Well, our Grilling time has come to a close, make sure you check back in with Grace Ryan in Narromine tomorrow. 

In the meantime, keep an tab on our regional pages:

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8:50am:

A South African court has convicted Dubbo-born former Grand Slam doubles tennis champion Bob Hewitt on two counts of rape and one of indecent assault.

High Court Judge Bert Bam found Hewitt, 75, guilty on all charges on Monday brought by women he coached as young girls, following a six-week trial in Johannesburg. 

Hewitt was released on 10,000 rand ($1070) bail and is due back in court on April 17 for the sentencing hearing, defence lawyer Alwyn Griebenow said by phone. Read more here. 

8:45am

A mother and son from Victoria were among the 150 passengers and crew on board doomed flight 4U9525. 

Flight 4U9525 was travelling from Barcelona in Spain to Dusseldorf in Germany. The accident happened in a snow-clad alpine area.

Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop said they were seeking to identify whether there were any other Australian citizens, dual nationals or permanent residents onboard the flight. 

You can read the live updates of the scene here. 

8:40am:

Golden Age

James Bourchier is hoping the NSW Gold team he has been named in is the first of many state and high-level representative teams he will make.

After being a standout player in the Western NSW squad, which took part in the recent Junior Gold Cup, St John's student Bourchier has been selected in the NSW Gold under-15s side.

More than 250 juniors took part in the Gold Cup but Bourchier was deemed one of the 23 best players in NSW and will now play in a match against the Queensland under-15s early next month. Read more here. 

Underdogs Dubbo claim Western Conference

Dubbo 18s have staked their claim as the region's best, coming away victorious from the Western Conference Carnival in Orange at the weekend.

The Dubbo women had wins over Orange and Parkes, and drew against Bathurst, to claim the title of Western Conference champions, despite being the underdogs and playing the entire day without substitutes. Read more here. 

Siblings take on the best at national titles

Narromine field athlete Aiden Butcher has earned the title of under 15 men's Australian Javelin Champion for 2014, at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships earlier this month.

Aiden travelled to Sydney for the five day carnival, which kicked off on Wednesday, March 11 and wrapped up on Sunday, March 15, to compete alongside his sister, Kaitlin.

The siblings were pitted against the best junior track and field athletes from across Australia, coming away with three top ten finishes, including two medals. Read more here. 

8:30am:

A Dubbo family is rejoicing, after being reunited with a priceless piece of family memorabilia.

A plaque dedicated to Walter Rupert Tink, who died while serving at Gaza in 1917, was returned to his family on Friday, March 20.

Twenty-four-year-old Walter, from Benalong, Dubbo, had been working as a grazier before he enlisted on March 14, 1916, according to Australian War Memorial Records.

He served with the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment was kill in action in Palestine on March 26, 1917, the records say. Read more here. 

8:20am:

A Dubbo artist has drawn on the support of cultural hubs in the city to get to a festival that will utilise Kandos' shop windows and garages, pubs and churches, halls and vacant blocks.

Kim V Goldsmith worked on her multi-sensory artwork for the Cementa15 biennial contemporary art festival during a three-month and Orana Arts sponsored residency at Dubbo's Fire Station Arts Centre in 2013 - Read more here. 

8:15am: 

Almost 1000 people turned out to vote at the Dubbo pre-poll centre at 34 Talbragar Street on Monday, March 23.

The Electoral Commission NSW is projecting a total of 11,500 pre-poll votes will be cast at Dubbo in the two weeks before the state election this Saturday, March 28.

In the two weeks of pre-polling before the 2011 state election, only 6349 people took advantage of the early voting option.

Friday, March 20, was the busiest day of the first week of pre-polling at Dubbo for the 2015 state election with 630 people voting between 8am and 6pm. Read more here. 

8:10am:

Of the seven candidates vying for votes in the Dubbo electorate, six will be in attendance on Wednesday: the Nationals Party's Troy Grant, Country Labor's Stephen Lawrence, the Greens' Matt Parmeter, Christian Democratic Party's Peter Scherer and independents Rod Pryor and Colin Hamilton.

Dubbo MP and Deputy Premier Troy Grant welcomed the chance to appear, but said he wasn't expecting any surprises from the other candidates or members of the audience. Read more here. 

The candidates forum will be officiated by Bob Berry, and will take place at Dubbo RSL Club on Wednesday, March 25 from 6pm. 

Saturday, March 28 is just around the corner. We've spoken to the candidates for the seat of Dubbo, so click here to see what they have to say. 

AND REMEMBER

We will be streaming the candidates forum tonight live from the Dubbo RSL Club resort on our website

Anyone will be able to watch by visiting the Daily Liberal website. 

8:00am:

What we know already:

 - The Airbus A320, carrying 144 passengers and six crew, was en route from Barcelona in Spain to Dusseldorf in Germany when it crashed in the French Alps just before 11am, local time.

 - Everyone on board Flight 4U9525 died. Two Australians - a mother and her adult son from Victoria - were among the victims.

- The airline believed there were 67 Germans on the flight. Spain's deputy prime minister said 45 passengers had Spanish names. One Belgian was aboard.

- The crash site is in the area of Méolans-Revel, an isolated area of small villages that are difficult to reach. Debris is scattered over an area of about two square kilometres.

- The flight captain had more than 10 years' flying experience with Lufthansa and Germanwings, and had recorded more than 6,000 hours' flying time.

Stay tuned for further updates. 

7:55am:

We have an exciting Easter competition for you. We need you to find the hiding Easter Bunny before Easter rolls around! He'll be hiding amongst one of our galleries in our Grill from Thursday, March 26 onwards.

Submit a form with your details and where the bunny is hiding to go into the draw to win one of our delicious Cadbury prizes! Winners will be announced and notified on Thursday, April 2.This means you have just FIVE chances to go into the draw to win our delicious Easter prize. We have two hampers and lots of bunnies to give away and you've got to be in it to win it. So make sure you tune in to our Grill from Thursday until Wednesday to go in the draw to win.

7:45am:

Four boys injured after explosion involving nitro fuel

Four boys playing at a family home in Nerong, near Bulahdelah, were taken to hospital on Tuesday night with burns after an explosion involving nitro fuel for a remote-controlled boat.

The group, aged between 11 and 13, had been playing with a drum of fuel around 7pm when they decided to light a small amount of the liquid that had been tipped onto the driveway of the Curlew Crescent home.

The flame then shot to the drum of fuel causing it to explode. Read more here. 

WHO: Weedkiller ingredient 'probably' causes cancer

The household weedkiller Roundup contains an ingredient that "probably" causes cancer, a World Health Organisation report has found.

But the agricultural chemical company that produces the herbicide has attacked the credibility of the WHO committee that assessed the chemical, accusing it of cherry picking the evidence. Read more here. 

Easter Show human cannonball woman breaks arm in freak accident

The female human cannonball and the star of Xtreme Korruption, a highlight of this year's Sydney Royal Easter Show, broke her arm in a freak accident on Tuesday.

During her performance, Jennifer Schneider propels her body 20 metres into the air,  before landing in a net 40 metres away at speeds of up to 70 kilometres per hour.

It was understood that she broke her arm in two places practising this manoeuvre during rehearsals in the countdown to the show's opening.  She was to have performed the act with her husband on Wednesday during a media preview. Read more here. 

7:30am: 

Call for 10km buffer zones to protect horse studs and vineyards

On the eve of the state election the Hunter’s thoroughbred breeders and winemakers have joined forces to call for a 10 kilometre buffer zone to be established to protect their industries from coal mining and coal seam gas (CSG) development.

The two industries say they cannot co-exist with open cut mining and CSG on their doorstep. Read more here. 

Gunnedah farewells Michael Baxter

Hundreds of people attended the funeral service of Michael Baxter in Gunnedah on Monday, with mourners including members of the Packer and Murdoch families.

The soaring sound of Bridge Over Troubled Waters, sung by Adelaide’s Chantelle Ormandy-Stratton who sung at the 2007 wedding of Erica Baxter and James Packer, rang out across the many people gathered outside Gunnedah Anglican Church.

Gunnedah mourned both Mr Baxter and Damian Haire on the same day, with Mr Haire’s funeral held in Tambar Springs. Read more here. 

7:15am

Concerns have been raised over a women's refuge using cameras in living areas and corridors, with footage streamed to senior staff members' mobile phones.

Dubbo Women's Refuge, managed by Orana Support Service, provides accommodation for women and children escaping domestic violence.

Peter Gallagher, the chief executive of Orana Support Service, told Fairfax Media a number of cameras were installed inside the premises in February to monitor the common rooms, kitchen and corridors.

Mr Gallagher said the purpose of the surveillance was to ensure client safety. Read more here. 

The Dubbo library and public schools will benefit from Labor policies for libraries and to install solar panels in schools, Labor candidate for Dubbo Stephen Lawrence said yesterday.

He was responding to reports in the Daily Liberal on Tuesday which incorrectly suggested Dubbo had missed out in Labor party election policy announcements. Read more here. 

A rural medical school with increasingly coveted spots up for grabs has clinched the interest of aspiring doctors with the help of the lifestyles and facilities on offer at Dubbo.

Jack Luxford and Clare White were new converts to studying in the regional city they saw as offering professional and personal advantages. Read more here. 

This Saturday is your chance to put a smile on Barnsy's dial.

Zumba instructor, Tracy Hanna, is hosting Give Barnsy A Reason To Smile at St John's Primary School from 6:30pm.

Daniel 'Barnsy' Barnes was diagnosed with Angleman syndrome at birth. His life expectancy was 10 years of age and incredibly he's about to turn 25. Tracy has been teaching Zumba at Dubbo Northcott for more than two years. In celebration of his birthday, she decided to set out to raise money to purchase Barnsy a new wheelchair. Read more here. 

7am:

Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to your Morning Grill with Laura McIntyre. 

And while I'm at it, I'd like to wish you all a very HAPPY HUMP DAY!

It was a slightly cooler start to the morning, and Dubbo looks like it's going to reach a top of 28 degrees today. Trangie, 28 and Nyngan slightly cooler at 27. 

Bourke residents will see a comfortable 29 degrees and Cobar will need to rug up for their 26 degree day.

WINTER IS COMING.