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A man has been injured after a gas bottle exploded at his southern suburbs home. Picture: Elizabeth Henson

Man injured in explosion | Sledgehammer attack on guard

The police Bomb Response Unit has attended a southern suburbs home in Adelaide’s south, where a man has been seriously injured in an explosion. Meanwhile, a guard at a Mawson Lakes pub has heroically stopped two armed bandits. 

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Generic photo of a petrol pump. Picture: iStockFuel pump nozzles close up in a service station, the sun is shining, no people,

Fuel prices stable but spike looming

A drone attack on oil production in Saudi Arabia is yet to send SA’s petrol prices skyrocketing, but experts say a shorter-than-average fuel cycle could lead to a cost spike.

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Police are seeking public assistance to help locate missing man Nicholas Lees.Nicholas Lees, 60, was last seen at his Blackwood home about 9am on Friday 30 August. Picture: SAPOL

Plea for missing brother

Police are searching Belair National Park for Nicholas Lees, who has been missing for the past two weeks.

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CITY to BAY - FINISH LINE. John,72, (no last name given) of Colonel Light Gardens crosses the finish line.15 September 2019. (AAP Image/Dean Martin)

Westpac City-Bay mega gallery by the Sunday Mail

Tens of thousands of South Australians threw on the activewear to get involved in the Westpac City-Bay fun run presented by the Sunday Mail — and our photographers caught all the action. Did they snap you?

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04/02/16 - SA Ambulance with lights flashing. Picture Dean Martin

Man dies after car hits tree

A man has died after his car hit a tree on a suburban street in Adelaide’s north, with police investigating if a medical episode caused the fatal crash.

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HISTORIC FORD FALCON -  1960 XK Falcon Sedan At Lara Proving Ground . Picture: Supplied

The ten great Aussie car fails

Australia’s late, lamented car industry produced some truly great cars — but don’t think there weren’t awful decisions down the years too.

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19th Century Anglo-Italian School A PORTRAIT OF THE STEAMSHIP PAREORA IN THE BAY OF NAPLES inscribed with title gouache 39.5 x 67.5cms; 15 1/2 x 26 1/2in., unframed. NB The SS Pareora was built for the New Zealand Shipping Company and carried zinc concentrates and mineral ores between 1924 and 1933. She was the third ship to bear this name.

Did a toothache sink this SA cargo ship?

It was a terrible shipwreck that claimed the lives of 11 men, but the loss of the SS Pareora on the rocks of Althorpe Island in the Yorke Peninsula a century ago may all have started with the captain’s toothache.

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5/8/15  Liam Flemming and Lewis Batchelar Making the 2015 Ruby Award at the Jam Factory glass studio - it's a 10 years for the Rubies.

Ruby Awards call for nominations

Nominations are now open for the 2019 Ruby Awards for excellence, achievement, innovation and leadership in South Australia’s arts and cultural sector.

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SAGE founder Andrew Downs with his best friend Brian Skinner (aka BBQ Bob) who has been battling Multiple Myeloma since 2017.  Old photo is of them as friends and apprentices at Bridgestone Tyres, 38 years ago.  Andrew and his staff and their families are running in the City to Bay, raising money for some great path breaking research that could potentially help Brian and others beat the odds.

SAGE effort to support a friend

SA businessman and SAGE Automation founder Andrew Downs will run for life this Sunday, not his own, but that of his friend of 38 years, Brian Skinner.

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