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8.52: Let's take a look at what's happening in Entertainment News!

ARIAS: Last night was the night of nights for the Australian Music Industry as the annual ARIAs took place. It was all about the ARIAs last night as hip young, and not so young, things from the music industry celebrated 2014 in Sydney. Chet Faker and Sia were the big winners. Find out who won what here and check out all the fashion, videos and goss from the red carpet here.

REALITY TELEVISION: It's hard to believe that the venerable reality television pioneer is still creaking along after thirteen years, but on Wednesday night Big Brothercrowned its eleventh winner. After 80 days trapped in a fake house on the Gold Coast, the winner of Big Brother 2014 has been decided: model-handsome 26-year-old Sydney-via-Queensland boy Ryan Ginns. Read more here.

CELEBRITY: Lawyers for high-profile Sydney paparazzo Jamie Fawcett issued a letter on Tuesday morning demanding visiting American pop star Katy Perry remove posts from her Twitter feed that the photographer claims are defamatory. Read more here.

CELEBRITY: Lady Gaga has credited Sir Elton John with saving her when she was struggling with drink and drugs. The Bad Romance hitmaker, who is godmother to the Bennie and the Jets star's two sons, realised she needed help after she passed out drunk on the lawn at her boyfriend Taylor Kinney's brother's wedding. Read more here.

CELEBRITY: Magwatch is always happy when somebody has a baby. It's not our loins being stretched to buggery and a weak pelvic floor. This week OK! reveals that Ashton Kutcher's offspring Wyatt is "very cute". This comes from Kutcher's former wife Demi Moore's daughter Rumer Willis, who "saw photos of her". Read more here.

8.45: Have you voted in the Harvest Photo Competition yet? Don't worry, there's still time! 

Let us know what photo you want to see on the front of The Western Magazine.

8.36: Let's take a look at what's happening in Sport around the Region:

BOXING: The Nyngan shed boxing club held its annual Fight Night on November 8.  The old outside picture theatre right in the middle of town turned out to be the perfect venue for an outside boxing tournament.  The weather was absolutely brilliant and the large vocal crowd seemed to be having a ball. Read more here.

​TRIATHLONS: The Make A Wish Foundation has benefited to the tune of $12,300 after the inaugural EMS Tri For Charity event held at Dubbo on Saturday. A total of 47 teams of three competitors lined up on the day, taking part in the 550m swim, 18km ride and 9km run, with the money being used by the foundation to arrange experiences for children with life-threatening medical conditions. Read more here.

BOWLS: The Narromine Bowling Club hosted their annual Triples Tournament earlier this month. The Bowling Club hosted teams from around the region. Club president, Kevin Rider, said there were originally 14 teams but one team dropped out early on the Saturday morning. Read more here.

CRICKET: Western Zone batsman Jordan Moran will have more reason than most to fire at this weekend's NSW Country Championships southern pool carnival in Griffith, with the Dubbo-based wicketkeeper-batsman still reeling from the horrific injury suffered by good friend Phil Hughes on Tuesday. Read more here.

BOWLS: Congratulations to Wayne Arandale, Mary Millar, Darrell Anderson and Don Smith who were made life members at the annual general meeting of the Nyngan bowling club on Sunday.  These four members are very worthy of the honour bestowed upon them. The time and voluntary work they have done and are still doing for the club is to be commended.  Read more here.

RUGBY LEAGUE: Dubbo will play host to one of the biggest rugby league carnivals in Australia next year with the announcement the 2015 NSW Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout will be played here next October. After three successive tournaments at Raymond Terrace the action will come to Caltex Park after the Walgett Aboriginal Connection (WAC) won this year's event and were awarded hosting rights. Read more here

8.28: If you're anything like me, you'd say this year has flown by! Just so Christmas doesn't creep on you as quickly, we've got a countdown clock! No you've got no excuse to be Christmas Shopping on December 24*

*but we won't judge you if you are!

8.22: The nation have all stopped in shock after South Australian's Phillip Hughes' cricketing injury on Tuesday. 

Many people have sent the cricketer well wishes through social media and other outlets. We have put together a message wall for the cricketer so you can show your support. Click on the links below to read about the incident and send him a message: 

The incident has stimulated conversation about the safety of cricketers. Local cricket players are encouraged to helmet up for the summer sport.

DUBBO cricket players have been urged to put their health and safety first when on the pitch, after the tragic incident which landed South Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes in hospital. Dubbo Junior Cricket Association president Lindsay Wood said he was pleased with the current match regulations in place, which required all batsmen under the age of 16 to wear a helmet. Read more here.

YEOVAL-born Victoria quick Chris Tremain says he can't imagine how New South Wales paceman Sean Abbott feels following the sickening injury to South Australian opening batsman Phil Hughes. Abbott sent down the bouncer that careered into the side of Hughes' head during the current round of Sheffield Shield action at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Read more here.

8.14: Have you been out to the zoo in the last 11 weeks? Have you seen baby Kibibi, Taronga Western Plains Zoo newest hippo?

Keeper Carolene Magner said Kibibi was getting used to the attention from visitors and had become a regular at the daily hippo keeper talk.

Kibibi means 'little lady' in Swahili, but the calf has already doubled in size since her birth.

Read more about baby Kibibi here.

We want to know what you think...

8.10: We're taking a look at today's front pages from around the region in the gallery below, to see the rest of the Fairfax front pages click here.

8.03: Taking a look at today's front page story: 

EMERGENCY services helped free a woman who became trapped when the vehicle she was driving slammed into a tree along the Golden Highway between Dubbo and Dunedoo yesterday.

Elong Elong Rural Fire Service, police, paramedics and VRA personnel converged on the site five kilometres west of Elong Elong about 10am following reports a car had rolled over and at least one occupant was trapped.

They arrived to find the vehicle had left the road and hit a tree and immediately set about helping the driver out of the vehicle.

READ MORE HERE

7.57: Here's Thursday treat for you: 

7.49: It's THROWBACK THURSDAY and we're throwing WAY back into our November archives to see what was happening all those years ago.

If you want to see what was happening in DUBBO in November 1980 click here.

Or check out what the Narromineites were up to in November 2009 by clicking here.

7.41: Let's take a look at what's happening around the world briefly:

AMERICAN PROTESTS:  As protests spread around the United States on Wednesday night, reinforced National Guard and police engaged in a tense stand-off in Ferguson, sparing the township much of the violence that tore through its streets on Monday.

THAI POLITICS Daryl Davies, a retired commercial pilot, paid the equivalent of about $500,000 in Thai baht for his dream three-bedroom home in Chom Tawan, one of the most prestigious residential developments on Phuket. But a Thai court has authorised an auction of the homes of Mr Davies and more than 40 other buyers to the highest bidder if millions of dollars owed to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China by the project developer are not repaid by a December 17 deadline.

ASIAN PROTESTS: Hong Kong police have arrested high-profile student protest leaders Joshua Wong and Lester Shum, as authorities moved to clear a key protest camp at the heart of a pro-democracy civil disobedience movement that has swept the financial hub for two months

7.31: Taking a look at regional news around Australia:

ASSAULT: Karl Sibley and his family wept during a final embrace in Orange District Court on Wednesday after Sibley was sentenced to two years in jail, with a non-parole period of 12 months, for an assault on Tom Brown in January, which left the victim with critical head injuries.

JESSICA SMALL CASE: Just $100,000 will be offered as a reward for information about Jessica Small’s abduction and murder – despite the state’s deputy coroner recommending at least five times that amount be made available.

GAY MARRIAGE DEBATE: Farrer MP Sussan Ley has responded cautiously to Albury Council’s support for same-sex marriage, saying she was waiting for legislation to come before Parliament before spelling out her views on the issue.

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS: When Debra Tropea's little boy Cruz became severely dehydrated during a traffic jam on Friday, she never expected the kindness of even one person - let alone 30,000 of them. Read more about the search for the kind-hearted truckie.

DROUGHT: Struggling graziers have been dealt another blow with the Water Reform and Other Legislation Bill passed in Queensland Parliament.

AIRLINES:  Qantas's new fleet of larger, faster planes will mean 10,000 more passengers can complete the trip from Wagga to Sydney each year.

FARMING ACCIDENT:  A cattle station worker has been flown to Brisbane after she was trapped under more than 1000 kilograms of hay bales while working on Taldora Station near Julia Creek.

DRUG ARREST: A long-time Warrnambool drug dealer who was so desperate to make money he substituted rock salt for ice  has been jailed for six months.

7.19: Let's take a look at today's local news:

CRIME: Police tasered a man in the bathroom of a West Dubbo house as a woman cowered in the corner with a newborn baby in her arms. Dubbo Local Court heard the man had terrified the woman, the newborn and a nine-year-old child in a Gowrie Avenue home. Neighbours called emergency services when they heard glass breaking, a man yelling and a woman screaming.

WHITE RIBBON DAY: For many men, challenging a mate when he talks about women in a demeaning or abusive way is not easy. But it needed to be done as a first step to address a culture that could sometimes accept violence against women, according to Dubbo man Jethro Geier. Mr Geier described himself as one of five "everyday Dubbo blokes" who appear on a new poster launched yesterday aimed at tackling violence against women.

BISHOP VISIT: St Joseph’s School and St Patrick’s Parish welcomed Bishop Columba to Nyngan during the first weekend in November.   Bishop Columba was ordained Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes Diocese on July 3, 2014. 

CRIME: Check out all that has been happening in the Narromine Police Report.

DISABILITY CHALLENGES: After four years of research into the access to disability services in rural and remote NSW, the Wobbly Hub and Double Spokes (WH&DS) team presented their preliminary findings at the Western Plains Cultural Centre (WPCC) yesterday. WH&DS project manager Dr Angela Dew said the distance between people with a disability and the available services was one of the biggest challenges identified.

EDUCATION: During the past two weeks stage 5 Nyngan High School students have had the opportunity to be involved in seven skills days offered by TAFE Western.   The students were engaged in hands-on activities in Children’s Services, Mining, Small Motors, Automotive, Electrotechnology, Aboriginal Culture and Express Coffee.  The days were aimed at encouraging the students to broaden their career ideas and give them an insight into the industries. The students found the days very rewarding.  

CENOTAPH: The Cenotaph remains a contentious issue in Narromine. Read the latest letter to the editor here.

7am: Good morning everyone, welcome to your Thursday Morning Grill.

You're with Grace from Narromine this morning. 

If you have anything you want to see in the Grill or to just say howdy click on my email address and it'll send me an email! grace.ryan@fairfaxmedia.com.au

DUBBO / TRANGIE / NYNGAN: will be mostly sunny with an extreme UV Index. Dubbo will get to 31, Trangie 32 and Nyngan 33. There is a 20 per cent chance of less than one mil tomorrow.

COBAR / BOURKE: will be sunny with extreme UV Index. Cobar will get to 33 with a five per cent chance of less than one mil. Bourke will get to 35 with a 40 per cent chance of less than one mil.