Cows' beef with EPIRB ends with police search and other top stories.

• Cows' beef with EPIRB ends with police search

  Cattle set off an EPIRB south of Darwin, sparking an emergency response. PICTURE: SuppliedA HERD of cattle had Adelaide River police on the trot after the bovines activated an emergency beacon on a cattle station south of Darwin. Territory Duty Superintendent Brendan Muldoon said a cow stood or chewed on an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) Saturday evening, setting off the device and sending police rushing to Pell Station, 90km from Darwin.“When the EPIRB was activated, a signa..

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• Dinner party host tackles intruder, as cat sparks burglary fears in Top ...

  

  Dinner party host tackles intruder, as cat sparks burglary fears in Top End Posted April 10, 2016 11:38:50 An intruder has provided some entertainment for dinner party guests in Darwin after he was crash-tackled by the host.Police said the 47-year-old homeowner was on the verandah of his Fannie Bay home, in Darwin's north, with guests when he heard a noise coming from inside the house about 10:20pm."He went to investigate and saw a 26-year-old male rummaging through h..

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• Cow activates EPIRB triggering response involving Canberra, NT ...

  

  Cow activates EPIRB triggering response involving Canberra, NT authorities Updated April 10, 2016 10:42:13 A cow has managed to activate an emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB), setting in motion a response by Canberra authorities and Northern Territory Police.About 6:00pm on Saturday, monitors in Canberra detected an EPIRB signal emanating from an area north of the NT township of Adelaide River, about 3,000 kilometres away.They alerted police officers at ..

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• McIdiot blows it in front of cops

  A TEENAGE McIdiot might have gotten away with drink driving if he hadn’t done a burnout in front of police in a Darwin fast food drive-thru.Adam Josh Tomlin, 19, has admitted spinning the wheels of a white Toyota HiLux and medium-range drink driving.Darwin Magistrates Court heard when the cops asked him why he got behind the wheel drunk, he replied: “I’d rather not answer, if that’s OK.”Defence lawyer Peter Maley said the facts of the case were “unspectacular”.“It wasn’t a big burnout and he has..

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• Digger legend preserved for next generation

  

  Living legend: World War II veteran Bill Mitchell, 99, handles the coins with great-grandson Jack Crocker, 6. Picture: Daniel WilkinsAT 99, Bill Mitchell says the memories of his World War II service are fading fast.Not even a mortar explosion that left him in hospital for nine months after the Egyptian battle of El Alamein, helping to hold the Libyan port as one of the infamous “Rats of Tobruk” or succumbing to malaria and dengue fever in the jungles of New Guinea remain vivid in his mind’s eye..

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• Is Matt Wright the new Steve Irwin?

  

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