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`PRESSURE IS A PRIVILEGE'

1:00 AM | SAM Mitchell knows the pressure is on the Hawks this season.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Wynyard to introduce subs to help expenses

1:00 AM | THE Wynyard Football Club will make its players pay a subs fee this season.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Coastal pair earn spots at world titles

1:00 AM | COASTAL eightball pocket rockets Cale Barrett and Stephen Kaine will travel to England in June to compete in the world titles.

Sport - Other

Palmer powers to two more prestigious titles

1:00 AM | DEVONPORT power boat racer Chris Palmer added two prestigious titles to his already substantial list of achievements on the weekend.

Sport - Other

Much more riding on pre-season cup

1:00 AM | FORGET bragging rights, this year's pre-season match between the Devonport Football Club and NTFL premier Latrobe will have much more on the line.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Tassie wickets essential for Copeland's future

1:00 AM | HOBART - Miserly former Test paceman Trent Copeland knows full well he needs to make a statement with the ball to regain the ground he's lost to Australia's rising barrage of quicks.

Sport - Cricket

Tight clash tipped in main game

1:00 AM | DIVISION One pennant has become slightly disjointed as representatives for the state squad leave to do battle with Victoria this week.

Sport - Lawn Bowls

Nothing can stop her

1:00 AM | MELBOURNE - Regular jockey Luke Nolen has put a concise seal of approval on champion mare Black Caviar as she prepares to step into uncharted territory at Caulfield on Saturday.

Sport - Horse Racing

Luff set to replace Skaife as co-driver

1:00 AM | SYDNEY - He's a hard act to follow but V8 Supercar star Craig Lowndes is confident Warren Luff has what it takes to replace Mark Skaife as his endurance race co-driver.

Sport - Motor Racing

Contador drug ban another hit for cycling

1:00 AM | MADRID - The decision to strip Alberto Contador of his Tour de France title and ban him for two years for doping is another blow to the sport, cycling greats Eddy Merckx and Miguel Indurain said yesterday.

Sport - Cycling

Burnie CBD traffic `satisfactory'

1:00 AM | THE Burnie Central Business District Traffic Review has found the road network operated at a satisfactory level.

News - General

Greens call for sun bed phase-out

1:00 AM | SOLARIUM guidelines are not adequate and the tanning machines should instead be banned in Tasmania, the Greens say.

News - General

Firies campaign after $1m cut to funding

1:00 AM | NORTH-West Coast firefighters embarked on a new fight yesterday launching a campaign to outline the impacts of the State Government budget cuts.

News - General

Opportunity to talk business

1:00 AM | BUSINESSES from along the Coast were given a rare opportunity to share their views on the outlook for Tasmania during the Mersey Electorate Meet and Greet Tour.

News - General

Vegie crops as far as the eye can see

1:00 AM | HARVEST season is in "full flight" at one of Tasmania's leading vegetable producers, Harvest Moon, where crops coming off paddocks are large this year and of a good quality.

News - General

RBA decision comes as `no real surprise'

1:00 AM | BURNIE financial adviser Peter Mancell, of Mancell Financial Group, was "not really surprised" to see official interest rates kept at 4.25% yesterday for another month.

News - General

Bigger schools not better for students: teacher

1:00 AM | A VETERAN teacher who has taught at or headed three of the primary schools on the potential closure list says it isn't school size but teacher ability that dictates student success.

News - General

Kiwi buying up Gunns?

1:00 AM | A NEW Zealand-born billionaire, with a history of investing in markets "in distress", has been linked to timber company Gunns Ltd.

News - General

Country star turns out for mate

1:00 AM | GINA Timms has dedicated much of her life to the country music industry, so friends decided it was time to give her some well- earned recognition.

News - General