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The Brisbane runner who conquered the world

BRISBANE’S Jacqui Bell is the youngest person to complete an ultra-marathon on every continent, and the intense challenges involved pale in comparison to other life obstacles. She speaks to Grantlee Kieza about her incredible achievements.

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Why this man was shot in face ten times

Why this man was shot in face ten times

HE was a troubled businessman, she was a former prostitute, her lover was a callous killer. Shyam “Sam’’ Dhody met a brutal end, found dead in his bed after a horrific execution-style murder that had Gold Coast detectives baffled.

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Police images of wanted murder suspect John Victor Bobak - photo Supplied

Coast’s most wanted man still on the run after 27 years

AN ORDERED hit, a biscuit company extorted for millions of dollars, two dead and a man on the run for nearly three decades. This is the bizarre and true story of the execution of SP bookmaker Peter George Wade and his partner Maureen Ambrose by Ronald Henry Thomas and John Victor Bobak.

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Lives torn apart by opioids

Lives torn apart by prescription drug nightmare

FOR Sally Wilkinson, the call that every parent dreads came on Christmas morning 2016. Expecting to hear from her son, Daniel, who was skiing in Canada with friends, she was delighted when her phone rang. Seconds later, her world came crashing down.

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A supplied image obtained Tuesday, July 18, 2017 of raids taken place at the Parklea Correctional Centre. One week after a YouTube video of a Parklea Correctional Centre inmate wielding a knife was discovered, Police have uncovered mobile phones and drugs hidden in toilets, food packages and televisions in the prison. (AAP Images/ CORRECTIVE SERVICES NSW) NO ARCHIVING   --

Deadly past of new Parklea Prison operator

THE announcement of the contract for Parklea — a facility with well documented issues — comes following a series of reports surrounding ‘uninhabitable conditions, violence, abuse and riots’ at MTC private prisons across the US.

The Coast’s biggest bikie brawls

The Coast’s biggest bikie brawls

THE Gold Coast has long been the backdrop for disputes between rival outlaw motorcycle gangs, but rarely have these arguments spilt into the public sphere. All that changed in 2006 when a violent public confrontation between bikies set plans in motion to have the city’s gangs completely dismantled.

Inside Coast cops’ ‘worst day ever’

Inside Coast cops’ ‘worst day ever’

IF you ask any long-serving Gold Coast cop what their worst day on the job has been, they’ll answer May 29, 2011. The day when one of their own — a young father and a good mate — was cruelly gunned down in a brazen tavern robbery.

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