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Maryborough's Zoe Molloy, pictured with her husband Peter and children Ethan and Evelyn, has made healthy choices losing half her weight through the Healthy Mummy program on Facebook.

Lifestyle

Overweight mum now smaller than what she was at school

SO SUCCESSFUL: Fran Levy has found the benefit of "dives'.

Lifestyle

Diving into cancer recovery with hyperbaric

PRETTY DANGEROUS: The Japanese sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia), a robust and bushy plant that can be short or long-lived, growing up to 3m tall. Also known as Mexican sunflower, tree marigold and shrub sunflower, it is native to eastern Mexico and Central America and widely naturalised in the coastal districts of Queensland and northern NSW.

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Pretty dangerous: The top 3 weed offenders in Lismore

Lifestyle

Rude shock coming for pool owners

Natalie Forsdike with partner Jonny Spain and their newborn child Finn. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Lifestyle

Parents told baby would die after birth - but he survived

Elisha Palmer with son Knox

Lifestyle

Devastated mum believes this would have saved her baby's life

Gabriel Cornejo was ordered to pay child support even though he’s not the biological father of the girl in question.

Lifestyle

Man ordered to pay $82k child support for kid who isn’t his

Kids Around Campfire

Lifestyle

Let kids play with fire and power tools, researchers say

INCREDIBLE: Divers at Wolf Rock off Rainbow Beach recently spotted up to 70 pregnant female sharks at a time of the critically endangered grey nurse shark.

News

Big numbers of endangered shark off Rainbow Beach

Imagine arriving at a camp site and all the hard work is done.

Travel

Hate camping? This idea might change your mind

IN TRAINING: Neil Collie runs trails around the scenic Glass House Mountains area in preparation for the 250km Big Red Run.

Lifestyle

From hospital bed to six-day, 250km desert run

Fishing at sunset. Photo: Barry Leddicoat / Sunshine Coast Daily

News

The flathead and bream are biting

Lifestyle

Pearfect for your health

Pictures: Instagram@girlswithgluten

News

Will eating bread make you fat?

Chef Patrick Friesen has vented on Instagram about diners claiming to have various allergies.

Lifestyle

Picky eater? You could get someone killed

Aurosa for women.

Lifestyle

UnBEERlievable! Is this the worst idea ever?

Our regular columnist tells of her hilarious struggles keeping her abode clean and tidy.

News

GIRL TUESDAY: Not easy being clean

FLORAL FANTASY: Someone in Byron Bay is looking for a couch put this up as an example of an ugly couch they wanted to purchase and is willing to pay $10 to acquire.

Opinion

Ugly, cute or retro: Decor is all a matter of taste

FIRST HOME: The number of first home buyers remain a strong force in the Northern Rivers property market.

News

First home buyers edge out investors for a new home

Your choice of colours and patterns sets the mood.

Lifestyle

How often should you clean your sheets?

To avoid having to spray with chemicals, patrol your vegetable garden regularly for weeds, pests and other nasties.

News

Thumbs up to council for going chemical-free

Now's the time to plant strawberries, so next time you fancy making cheesecake, pavlova or trifle you'll have these delicious berries at your fingertips.

Lifestyle

We've a sweet idea for berry lovers

Citrus trees are not just for commercial growers; they are great in home gardens too.

Lifestyle

Gardening: Grow your own citrus trees

Busy Bee still buzzing in the cold morning air.

News

Leading beekeeper fined over threatening disease

TOP TALENT ON SHOW: The Cairns region has had an explosive growth in the brewing scene.

Travel

Cheers for FNQ's beers

Flying at the pointy end of a Qantas plane might not be as out of reach as you think.

Travel

Qantas lifts security to help fight against threat of IS

Savk Hotel

Travel

Teens on holiday caught up in sexual assault nightmare

Surfers Paradise beach on Queensland's Gold Coast and, right, QT's Bazaar Restaurant; Elvis impersonator Jay Dupuis performs.

Travel

Cruise control: The Gold Coast by cruise boat

Scott Cam hosts the TV series The Block.

Entertainment

The Block's family home rescue mission

Entertainment

Angelina Jolie 4.0: Is anyone buying this?

These 22 women trying to win Matty's heart... but at what cost? (Pic: Channel 10)

Entertainment

Love The Bachelor and a feminist? Sorry, you can't be both

NEVER TOO LATE: Ivan Perger, 66, received his first NCEIA Dolphin Award in the folk category in 2014.

Entertainment

NCEIA Dolphin Awards looking for the best of 2017

Courtney Smoulden and Dylan Barker sporting some of the extensive glitter available at Splendour in the Grass 2017 near Byron Bay.

Lifestyle

Glitter obsession not so glitzy for the environment

The Australian Lingerie Model Search 2017 was held at the Young Australian Hotel on Saturday night.

Lifestyle

LINGERIE SHOW: Gladstone models leave little to the imagination

Forget covering them up, designer nipples are all the rage in 2017.

Lifestyle

The perfect nipple: The latest craze to hit Australia

Lasting Impressions owner Leah Stevens helps Grafton bride to be Natalie Jackson find another wedding dress.

Lifestyle

Bridal wear shops unite to fight gown maker's collapse

GREENER SHOPPING: Gearing up for Plastic Free July are (L-R) Greig Shanley from Fundies Wholefood Market with Cheryl Smoother and Heather Dunn from Lismore Boomerang Baggers and Lismore City Council Waste Education Officer Barbara Jensen.

News

How green are your shopping bags?

LG's wallpaper TV shows off over 1 Billion colours in Active HDR with an integrated Dolby Vision™Dolby Atmos Soundbar.

Entertainment

LG's 77 inch wallpaper TV has $40k price tag

Business

This iPhone keyboard hack is hugely satisfying

Aldi is set to open in Central Queensland after the project was given the green light.

News

Is ALDI about to clog the sewers?

Harry Thies has just complete 6 months of rehab at the centre. Sunrise Way celebrates third anniversary. July 2017

News

'I wrote my ute off while I was high on ice'

News

Sorry men, the 'boys' aren't swimming the way they should

Thessy Kouzoukas, 27, shared the images on her Instagram to prove the agonising condition is “no joke.”

News

27-year-old in ‘menopause’ shares her ‘shocking’ reality

Charlie Gard's mother and father, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, announced that they have abandoned their legal fight at the Family Division hearing at the High Court in the five month legal battle for the right for Charlie to undergo experimental therapy in the USA. Charlie suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage.

News

Brutal twist in Charlie Gard case

PUBLISHED: Coast teenager Samuel James Osmond's has self-published his first book, 'I'm Going To Lose Some Friends Over This'.

News

Teen's first book lifts lid on drugs, depression, sexuality

LESSONS: It's a learning curve having a little one, as I'm finding out, in a messy way.

Lifestyle

Messy lessons to be learnt all day with a little one around

NO CONSENT NEEDED: At 18 you can get a tattoo, vote, apply for credit, and go skydiving without permission.

Lifestyle

Leaping into adulthood

Kawa Sweeney

Lifestyle

Aussie toddler pulled from bottom of Bali pool, in coma

Fraser Coast eligible bachelor - Bobbi Depp.

Lifestyle

Meet 7 of the Fraser Coast's most eligible bachelors

Karl poses for Stellar’s July 23 issue. Picture: Steven Chee Source:Stellar Magazine

Entertainment

Karl Stefanovic breaks his silence on divorce, new love

PET FRIENDLY WEDDING PLANNING: Having your fur babies at your wedding isn't just for celebrities.

Lifestyle

Say I do to having pets at your wedding

Yummy Mummy Maria DiGeronimo.

Lifestyle

Why I said breastfeeding in public is illegal