►MACLEAY: A Crescent Head local has been named the NSW professional photographer of the year.  Adam Williams says his passion for landscape photography comes from living with depression and anxiety.

►MID NORTH COAST: Some river systems on the Mid North Coast could expect minor flooding over the June long weekend as a coastal trough directs moist onshore winds over eastern NSW...full details here.

►MANNING VALLEY: Mitchells Island Public School students and staff took to the high seas for Pirate Day...see the colourful results for yourself.

►PORT MACQUARIE: After a few years in the wilderness, the bodyboarding team's challenge will return...full story here.

Human rights groups have hit out at calls to detain all Muslim citizens suspected of terror offences. Read more.

►BALLARAT: Police have arrested a man accused of ramming a police vehicle. Read more.

►ORANGE: Charities are in desperate need of blankets as the winter cold hits. Read more.

►KATHERINE: Parramatta Eels player Peni Terepo dropped in to a primary school to encourage students to listen to their parents and teachers. Read more.

►BRISBANE: Police have released an image of a man who was reportedly kidnapped from Spring Hill on Thursday morning. Read more.

►DULVERTON: An elderly woman died in a house fire on Wednesday night. Read more.

►BENDIGO: Uber is concerned a $2 fare levy could impact the company’s expansion into regional cities like Bendigo. Read more.

►WARRNAMBOOL: Police have arrested three people in relation to a police car ramming. Read more.

►NEWCASTLE: Researchers have found a link between stress and irritable bowel syndrome. Read more.

►GRIFFITH: Meet the boy with two mums, two sisters, three brothers and one dad. Read more.

►The NSW Government has announced it will be the first state in Australia to remove sugary drinks from its hospitals and health facilities. Read more.

►Supermarket giant Coles has admitted underpaying much of its workforce in cosy deals it struck with the conservative shop assistants union. Read more.

►Monday night’s fatal siege in Brighton has put Victorian Muslims on high alert for hate speech, the Islamic Council of Victoria says. Read more.

►  North Korea has fired a volley of cruise missiles off its eastern coast, the South Korean military said on Thursday morning. Read more.

► When Sara Zelenak hugged her family on March 10 and boarded a plane for London, she didn't know it was the last time she would see them. Read more.

► Searchers have found bodies and debris in the water after a Myanmar military transport plane with 122 people on board crashed after taking off from an airbase in the southern part of the country. Read more.

1931 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon.

1940 Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II.

1945 Australian troops land in Brunei Bay, North Borneo.

1953 Worcester County tornado (94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless).

1967 Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl.

Volunteer Yvonne Redfern is one of Australia’s unsung heroes.

She has taught scripture at Wellington schools for 32 years, spent several years on Rotaract, has worked to establish the Combella Hall playgroup, and has been on several boards and committees over 25 years. Read more.