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Celebrant Lorraine Ellis with newlyweds David Phoutasak Senchansavang and Won Sook Choi. Picture Don Kim

Lucky eights good as Olympic gold

IT'S not an Olympic sport but has definitely been an Olympic marriage marathon.

Chinese community celebrates with colour

MORE than 4000 people braved the cold, wet conditions and headed to Hercules St in Ashfield for the fifth annual cultural festival on Sunday.

Thank you for the music

CENTRELINK staff spread a little choral cheer to some of Sydney's homeless community at the Exodus Foundation in Ashfield.

Priest absolved

BURWOOD'S Greek Orthodox priest the Rev Father John Grillis has confessed to assaulting a parishioner, but avoided a conviction.

Truck trial a triumph

RESIDENTS of two suburbs who have had their sleep disrupted by noisy trucks for eight years can now rest easily.

Lodger not guilty of murder bid

A MAN who attacked a seven-year-old boy with an axe as well as stabbing the child's mother has been found not guilty of attempted murder on the grounds of mental illness.

Truck tunnel option not ruled out yet

A TRUCK tunnel is still on the cards and is being seriously considered as an option in the Government's preferred plans for the M4 East road project.

Shield back to the Oval

SYDNEY club rugby's biggest day will go back to one of its traditional homes with the 2008 Tooheys New Shute Shield grand final making a welcome return to Concord Oval.

Illegal brothel fined $90,000

THE owners of an illegal brothel in Burwood have been fined $90,000 for using the premises without development consent.

M4 East bid could send Labor south

GOVERNMENT plans to build an M4 East motorway could swing local government election results further away from Labor in the Inner West, Greens candidates have said.