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Shayla Bulloch is a crime and police reporter at The Courier-Mail in Brisbane. She has previously worked as a journalist across regional Queensland, including in Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast and Townsville. Shayla’s work was also recognised by a Queensland Clarion Award in 2022.

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Townsville

TIME BOMB: Inmate films Tik Tok inside centre

Serious security concerns continue to be raised about Cleveland Youth Detention Centre after a video of an inmate dancing inside the prison appeared on social media.

Townsville

QLD Prison guards go on strike across the state including at Wacol, amidst stalled negotiations with the state government. Michael Thomas from the Together Union (purple shirt). Pic Jono Searle.

Centre packed to the rafters and causing issues

A union representative says the many issues plaguing a Townsville prison cannot be fixed until the major problem of overcrowding is solved, but admits it is just getting worse.

BREAKINGTownsville

Generic photos of The Ville Splash Bar and pool. Picture: Zak Simmonds

Ambos rush to Splash Bar for drunk woman

An ambulance has been called for a drunk woman who was thought to have suffered a head injury at a popular Townsville watering hole.

Townsville

A critical care paramedic is en route to a Tin Can Bay crash between a motorbike and car.

Rider injured in car and bike crash

A motorbike rider has been injured after a crash with a car on a busy Townsville road.

Townsville

LOCK DOWN: 13 times prison rocked by wild acts

From sex scandals and toxic culture claims, to escapees and officer assaults, Townsville Correctional Centre has been a hub of violence and controversy for many years. See the biggest incidents that rocked the prison >>

Townsville

A YOUNG mother struggling with homelessness and a long-term ice addiction has been told to use a jail sentence to get her life in order.

Cops find soldier’s stolen medals in ice, cannabis bust

A decorated defence force officer had no idea his service medals had been stolen from his home until police found them during a massive drug bust, uncovering meth and marijuana.

Townsville

Raja's Indian Curry House is celebrating 42 years in business. Raja's Team; Amal Fabra, Maina Ramsingh and Leila Raja. Picture: Alix Sweeney

Stalwart restaurant spicing up city through thick and thin

Floods, cyclones and now a devastating pandemic has still not been enough to shake one of Townsville’s longest-running restaurants, who is celebrating more than 40 years of spicing up the city.

Townsville

Police out the front of a home in Vincent after the street was closed down to look for three teenagers wanted on property offences.

Teens arrested for spate of break-ins, car thefts

A group of teenagers involved in a swag of break-ins and car thefts have been arrested after a dramatic foot chase that closed down multiple Townsville streets.

Townsville

People out and about in Melbourne wearing masks and adhering, or not adhering, to social distancing rules. A man on a scooter in Melbourne CBD. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Teens suffer head injuries after e-scooter crash

Two teenagers were taken to hospital in the early hours of Thursday morning after crashing an e-scooter.

Townsville

GUARDS WANTED: Centre crying out for staff

A Union has serious concerns for the safety of staff at a Townsville detention centre, after an officer lifted the lid on violence, assaults and the potential of a riot.

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