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Wanting to get warm but not keen on chopping wood? Then get in touch with this wood splitting service.

If you are looking to jazz up your living area then look no further than this lounge suite available for sale here.

If you’ve looking for some fresh new wheels  to drive around in then look no further than this 2006 holden commodore.

DID YOU KNOW?

There are 20 national parks within a two-hour drive of Uralla.

The population of the New England Region, including the slopes in 1971 was 164,128 people, according to census data. In 2006 the New England region had a population of 180,000 which included the local government areas of Armidale Dumaresq, Inverell, Walcha, Glen Innes Severn, Gunnedah, Guyra, Gwydir, Liverpool Plains, Moree Plains, Narrabri, Tamworth Regional and Uralla.

About 220,481.15 hectares or 7.7 per cent of the New England Tablelands Bioregion is managed as conservation tenures.

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AS the city’s streets are dotted with patches of red, yellow and orange leaves, it’s the perfect time to remember how the trees came to be there.

The autumn display was initiated in the 1940s by the Armidale Improvement and Beautification Committee and implemented by the Street Tree Planting Committee.

Between 1948 and 1964, 1500 trees were planted in Armidale streets on the recommendation of the committee.

The plantings were a community undertaking with residents planting trees provided by Armidale Council.

Margaret Waters whose father Alwyn Jones was instrumental in developing the project said there was a clear objective to the plantings. “They wanted to create summer shade and autumn colour, that prior to the plantings was non existent in Armidale,” said Margaret

“The displays are a wonderful initiative of Council that helps identify the various tree species around the city that put on such a wonderful autumn display every year.”

The tree plantings are explained in a series of informative outdoor displays now in the Arboretum, Armidale Regional Airport and at Quota Park.

The displays describe the history of tree planting in Armidale.

An accompanying colour brochure is also available at the Visitors Information Centre and the Civic Administration Building.

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A cool crisp Monday morning is here to jolt away any thoughts of a public holiday. It will be partly cloudy with a top of 17 degrees and some light winds. You can find out more about today’s  weather by clicking here. 

7am: Good morning and welcome to Monday, April 27, 2015.  You are here this morning with Lynn Pinkerton in Dubbo as we take you though the next two hours with local news, community highlights and notices. 

If you have something you would like to share on today's Grill email me at lpinkerton@fairfaxmedia.com.au. 

More than 300 Australians in Nepal are still unaccounted for after Saturday's earthquake.

Among them are a young family of four from Daylesford, a former Illawarra man and a 31-year-old Devonport man. Read our full regional wrap here.  

If you missed our weekend coverage of Anzac Day around regional Australia, you can see the photos here. 

Thousands have searched our national Anzac centenary commemoration, The Faces of Anzacs, which contains the names and photos of nearly 1000 Diggers.

The Faces of Anzacs tribute wall contains profiles contributed by hundreds of readers around the country and internationally and compiled by Fairfax’s regional, community and agricultural mastheads.

The wall, searchable by name and location, honours Diggers who served in the Great War; those who returned and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

► Bendigo police deployed a taser to subdue a man who stabbed his uncle twice in Maiden Gully. Sergeant Jason Bourke said the 35-year-old man had assaulted his uncle before the man's father broke the fight up at about 7.45pm on Saturday night.

► The most destructive storm to ever smash the Hunter region's vital electricity networks could see some residents remain in the dark for most of this week, as community leaders vow to introduce reforms to rid streets of troublesome trees.

►An officer was injured after police were showered in glass while trying to break up a party in the Illawarra on Saturday night. Police received numerous calls from members of the public concerned about a large party at a property on Rani Avenue in Shell Cove around 9.30pm.

► There are fears for four Tasmanians reported missing after Nepal's earthquake. Launceston’s Julien Tempone-Wiltshire, 24, has been reported missing, along with Devonport’s Adam Cleaver, 31, Hobart’s Jessica Farley, 46, and Jenny Davson-Galle, 29, also from Hobart. Bridport volunteer Amy Barnes is alive and well in Nepal.

► A Port Lincoln surfer was flown to hospital in Adelaide in a critical condition after being attacked by a shark Saturday morning at Right Point south of Port Lincoln. The man lost his leg in the attack. 

► Did you pay your respects at a dawn service around Australia yesterday? Check out our national gallery of the best, here.

► Victoria's anti-corruption agency will on Monday outline explosive details of how millions of dollars meant to benefit students has been stolen or fraudulently misused by a ring of allegedly crooked senior public servants and school leaders.

►Acting Labor leader Tanya Plibersek is calling on her party to make all Labor MPs vote for same-sex marriage in a fresh bid to get federal parliament to legalise the reform. Ms Plibersek will argue the ALP should change its platform at the party's national conference in July.

► Cbus, which manages $27 billion on behalf of building and construction workers, is calling on the Abbott government to crack down on employers who duck the super guarantee contribution. Read more.