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Were the pilots distracted? Catching up on their sleep?

Frank Lampard scored twice this morning (NZT) to lead Chelsea to a record 5-0 win over Blackburn and first place in the Premier League.

Research in the United Kingdom has shown that veterinarians there are up to four times more likely to commit suicide than the general population and twice as likely than other healthcare professionals.

Clare Hislop is a veterinarian, running her own practice, The Pet Doctor (formerly Main Street Vets) in Alexandra, Central Otago.

Smoky eyes is a classic look but it's a fine line between having smouldering smoky eyes and looking like Ling Ling the panda. MAC retail artist Michelle Brindle, of Dunedin, demonstrates step by step how to create the look yourself.

If the eyes are the windows to the soul, what are yours saying about you? Laura Hewson looks at how to make the most of what you have.

The sudden appearance of a see-saw in a city parking space may not be a form of protest after all.

Sid Wormald has been an integral part of the Alexandra community ever since he and wife Judith arrived in the early 1960s.

Original plans to have the roundabout being constructed at the intersection of Alexandra's main streets completed this month have been delayed.

New entrance signage for Roxburgh, Ettrick and Millers Flat townships is likely to be completed by April next year.

Alexandra woman Ngaire Woodward is in Dunstan Hospital recovering from a broken pelvis she sustained in last month's Samoan tsunami while there on holiday with Auckland friend Jill Barron.

After nearly 40 years sitting idle, the historic Bannockburn general store could soon get a new lease of life if a resource-consent application to the Central Otago District Council (CODC) to re-establish commercial use of the building is successful.

Teamwork was the key to success for the Otago 14th grade girls football team this season.

When Vulcan railcar RM56 left Alexandra on ANZAC Day 1976, providing the final day of railcar service on the Central Otago Railway, no one would know that 3 decades, 3 years and almost 6 months later the very same Vulcan railcar would grace the tracks again, but it did.

A disastrous start came back to haunt Otago when it was denied a spot in the National Netball Championship grand final by just one goal.

Dunedin's Steve Prescott, swimming the 800m at the Sydney World Masters Games, on Saturday.

A three-peat is on the cards for a motivated and talented University of Canterbury team in the national road relay championships in Christchurch today.