Otago Daily Times: Dunedin

Dunedin is set to lead the country in cycle safety.

A southwesterly cold blast is heading our way, possibly bringing snow flurries and more rain early next week.

The awards continue to stack up on Kylie Price's mantel.

Stolen number plates are being used on vehicles involved in petrol drive-off thefts around Dunedin, police say.

The heat was on at a chilli-eating competition in Dunedin last night, contestants chewing through tear-jerking amounts of some of the world's hottest chilli varieties.

Some submitters on a new gaming machine policy for Dunedin may not have understood what was proposed.

A significant number of the more than 600 people who made submissions said they disliked the city's current policy and wanted to see it changed to a sinking lid policy on gaming machines.

However, a sinking lid is actually proposed.