8.50am: Well, that's it from us today. Join Grace from Narromine tomorrow with all the latest news. In the meantime, check out what's happening across the region.
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8.40am: Is it your birthday today? If so, you share it with Australian fashion designer Collette Dinnigan.
If you have a friend or family member you would like us to send out a birthday shout to on our morning blog, send their name and date of their birthday to grace.ryan@fairfaxmedia.com.au
8.35am: Will you be checking out the new Aldi store that opens in Dubbo today? Some eager customers were there long the store threw open its doors!
8.30am: Dubbo City Council has granted conditional approval to a 28-lot residential subdivision in the face of opposition from neighbours.
Kintyre Estate residents raised concerns about access and other infrastructure at a meeting on Monday but the development proposed for the city's west gained unanimous support from councillors.
8.20am: Excited shoppers are already lining up outside Aldi as the store gets reading to throw open its doors in Dubbo!
8.00am: Now for something a bit lighter to kick-start your morning ... If you want a piece of paradise, you can nab your very own private island - some are even cheaper than a house!
7.45am: In case you missed it, check out this red carpet gallery from the Brownlow Medal ceremony this week.
7.35am: The Newell Highway is closed in both directions 30km north of Moree due to a truck fire.
Motorists can use the Canarvon Highway and the Mungindi-Goondiwindi Road via Boomi as an alternative route. This route is suitable for all vehicles but will add more than one hour to the journey time.
Emergency services are on site working to put the truck fire out.
Motorists are advised to avoid the Newell Highway and allow extra travel time.
For the latest traffic information, visit www.livetraffic.com or call 132 701.
7.30am: Time to take a look at what's happening further afield and nationally.
NATIONAL: Julia Gillard has accused Kevin Rudd of sabotage and blackmail, but expressed deep and lingering anguish over her own role in toppling Kim Beazley.
NATIONAL: How much does it cost to kill a rabbit? More than $7100, if you are the NSW government, whose controversial hunting in national parks program has garnered ridicule from across the political spectrum.
ORANGE: Small business is hard enough without vandals making it that much more difficult, says an Orange business owner whose property was torched.
BATHURST: The risks of leaving vehicles at an unofficial car yard have been highlighted after a vehicle on the Mitchell Highway was damaged by arsonists over the weekend.
7.15am: Let's take a look at what's happening across the region.
DUBBO: A Victorian man will front court today accused of leading police on a pursuit then dumping an Audi on the outskirts of Dubbo.
DUBBO: Shop-top housing has been advocated as an answer to revitalising the Dubbo city centre.
DUBBO: Dubbo's new water slides are on the way!
7am: Good morning everyone, welcome to your Tuesday Morning Grill!
You're with Angela from Dubbo this morning.
If you have anything you'd like to add to the Grill, please email me at angela.clutterbuck@fairfaxmedia.com.au
For your weather this morning:
DUBBO / TRANGIE / NYNGAN: Partly cloudy with a chance of rain and a maximum of 25 degrees in Dubbo and Nyngan and 24 in Trangie.
COBAR: Cloudy. Rain and the chance of thunderstorms and a maximum of 23 degrees.
BOURKE: Cloudy. Rain and the chance of thunderstorms and a maximum of 27 degrees.
