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TOPSHOT - A heifer bull jumps over revellers in the bullring after the second bullrun the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain on July 8, 2019. - On each day of the festival six bulls are released at 8:00 a.m. (0600 GMT) to run from their corral through the narrow, cobbled streets of the old town over an 850-meter (yard) course. Ahead of them are the runners, who try to stay close to the bulls without falling over or being gored. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP)
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Blood on the streets of Pamplona

Thousands come for the thrill. For the chance to take on wild beasts rampaging through the streets. Most make it out unscathed, but for an unlucky few, the Running of the Bulls ends in hospital … or worse.

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AFL - Adelaide Crows  v Port Adelaide Power in Showdown 35 at AAMI Stadium. Angus Monfries about to goal and give Port the momentum back. PIC SARAH REED.

The Showdown’s most famous kick

IT’S SA football’s version of Shane Warne’s “Gatting ball’’. Five years ago, in the last Showdown to be played at AAMI stadium, one of the most magical and memorable moments in the history of the state’s biggest football clash left fans stunned and amazed.

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Portraits of Mark Stapleton,the new Parramatta Council CEO and his family, taken in  Prince Alfred Square, Parramatta, on July 6th 2018. With him is wife Diana and children Russell (3) and Elena (4). (AAP Image / Julian Andrews).

Meet the new Parramatta CEO

Six months is a long time in the council, and Mark Stapleton has been through plenty in his year in Parramatta, but now he is in the top role as chief executive and said those rocky days are well behind him.

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Anglela Mealing's cousin Jade Dibben and Angela's  sister in law Kelly Mealing with her children Jack 1,   Aleea 2, and Kye 4  at the Cairns Esplanade PICTURE: ANNA ROGERS

Family carries lasting pain

Kellie Mealing holds her daughter Aleea close. The two-year-old is fast resembling her aunt Angela, who died in 2000 under suspicious circumstances that continue to haunt the Far North.

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Police handcuffing three prison escapees who were captured on Birdsville Track on Sep 14 1970.  Men had taken Monica Schiller hostage after escaping from Cadell Training Centre.  kidnapping prison escapecrime 1970s

Gunfight on the Birdsville Track

THREE desperados on the ground, cops with guns drawn and a terrified girl rescued from the back of a car. This is the moment a perilous outback manhunt ended in a police ambush and shootout.

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