Tag: gold coast
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POLICEMAN TRAPPED IN VEHICLE AFTER CAR HIT BY TRUCK ON THE GOLD COAST
A police officer had to be cut free from his car following a crash on Gold Coast this morning. The vehicle was parked on the side of the M1, when it was struck by a passing truck just before 11:30. While one officer was able to free himself, the impact of the crash trapped the…
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YOUNG WHALE FREED FROM NETS OFF THE GOLD COAST
Only a few weeks into the migration season, a young whale has become tangled in shark nets off the Gold Coast. After a painstaking operation, the whale was released, and is once again swimming north.
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THREE CHARGED OVER GOLD COAST HOLD UP
Three people have been charged in relation to an armed robbery at a service station on the Gold Coast this morning. It’s alleged that around 1.30am, a man and a woman entered a service station on the Gold Coast Highway in Burleigh Heads, while a second woman stood by the door. The first woman allegedly…
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MOTOCYCLIST KILLED ON THE GOLD COAST
A motorcycle rider has been killed in a crash on the Gold Coast this afternoon. Police responded to reports of a car and motorcycle crash on Mount Nathan Road in Nerang, just before 1pm today. The rider, a 46-year-old Waterford man, was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was injured.
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TAYLOR SWIFT & TOM HIDDLESTON ARRIVE ON THE GOLD COAST
US pop star Taylor Swift has arrived on the Gold Coast and sped off in a waiting car with partner Tom Hiddleston. 35-year-old Hiddleston is preparing for his role as Loki in the new movie Thor: Ragnarok being filmed in the region. Local Swift fans were at Gold Coast Airport to greet the 26-year-old, who…
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UPDATE: MAN CHARGED FOLLOWING GOLD COAST ATM ROBBERY AT KNIFE-POINT
UPDATE: As a result of their investigations into this robbery, police took a man into custody in Surfers Paradise overnight. A 32-year-old man has been charged with deprivation of liberty, armed robbery, and entering a dwelling with intent. He is due to appear in court on Monday, July 4. ————————— A 50-year-old man has been…
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GOLD COAST FIRE BEING TREATED AS SUSPICIOUS
A café and nearby buildings have suffered extensive damage as the result of a fire on the Gold Coast early this morning. About 2am, emergency services were called to a building fire on Lavarack Road in Mermaid Beach. The fire is believed to have begun in a café and spread to other businesses, causing extensive…
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CHARGES FOLLOW GOLD COAST ASSAULT AND ROBBERY
Two people have been charged after a robbery on the Gold Coast earlier this week. Around 10:30pm on Thursday, two men allegedly assaulted another man on Anaheim Drive in Helensvale, stealing his debit card. Police alledge a woman who was with the two men also stole the man’s car and fled the scene. The two…
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PAIR THREATENED AND ROBBED BY A GANG ON TH GOLD COAST
Two men have been set upon and robbed by a gang on the Gold Coast last night. Shortly before 10pm, the men aged 20 and 21 were walking along Pitcairn Way at Pacific Pines with two teenage girls, when they were approached by a group of approximately 8 men. The group threatened the 21-year-old with…
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TAXI DRIVER ROBBED AND PUSHED FROM VEHICLE ON THE GOLD COAST
A man from NSW has been charged following a violent robbery on the Gold Coast on Friday. Around 2:30pm yesterday, a man entered a taxi on Wardoo Street in Southport, before allegedly assaulting the driver on Nerang-Broadbeach Road in Carrara. Police then say he then forced the driver out, and drove off in the taxi.…