Sunday Age defies national trend to record top circulation growth

THE Sunday Age has defied market trends to record the best year-on-year growth of any Sunday newspaper in Australia.

Brownlow backers want to be sensationally buoyed by top Dog

BROWNLOW MEDAL betting heated up this week with Western Bulldogs' midfielder Matthew Boyd sensationally backed in from $251 to $67 to win the coveted award.

Bank Of Korea Cuts Rate By Record To Bolster Markets

THE Bank of Korea slashed interest rates by a record at an emergency board meeting in an attempt to bolster markets as the nation faces its biggest crisis since an International Monetary Fund bail-out 10 years ago.

Your Sunday Best

SUNDAY may be Easter Sunday, but the Newcastle City Farmers and Craft Market will be open as usual.

Berry Market A Crowd Puller

Markets are a great drawcard for any town and people travel to Berry in their thousands on foot, by bus, car and train on the first Sunday of each month for market day.

Cosima Joins Convoy

COSIMA DE VITO Camp Quality Convoy for Kids Sunday: Shellharbour Village Green

Credit Where It's Due, Please

John Howard had reason to be cranky. The reference is not to the leaders' debate on Sunday but to a 7.30 Report interview on October 15. Kerry O'Brien put it to the Prime Minister that the Coalition's tax cut plan "wouldn't be possible without the resources boom and China's insatiable hunger for our minerals" and declared that Howard could not take credit for this.

Trash And Pleasure

The bargains come to you in the retail oasis of Rozelle Markets.

Kiwis And Canny Punters To Prosper In Wet And Windy Wellington

SUNDAY' S Test match between Australia and New Zealand has attracted spirited betting. Rugby league is clearly back in favour.

Pulling Out The Stops To Avoid Pressure Of Being Under Pressure

THE grand final mind games have begun in earnest with Manly players maintaining Melbourne are under far more pressure than them to win Sunday's decider.

Police Steeds Face Apec Lock-up

MOUNTED police may be without their horses for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit, which starts next Sunday.

Manly Leave Five At Home

MANLY yesterday announced five players had been withdrawn from their nominated side for Sunday's game against the Warriors in Auckland because of injury - putting smiles on the faces of big punters who had plunged on the Warriors when betting markets opened on Wednesday.

Hk Horse Rates Cox Plate Claims

THERE already has been jostling for favouritism for October's Cox Plate after the first-up runs of Haradasun and Marasco, but international ratings released yesterday suggest Hong Kong horse Viva Pataca has a case to be shorter in early markets than the Australian pair.

I Made It Myself - Jagged Histories Necklace

WHAT Jagged Histories necklace WHO Leyla Acaroglu

Bikers To Hog The Road For Disadvantaged Kids

THOUSANDS of motorbike riders will roar into the inner-city on Sunday for the annual Lake Macquarie and Hunter Valley Christmas Toy Run.

Children In Peril As Illegal Toys Flood Market

TENS of thousands of unsafe and banned toys are flooding into novelty stores and markets in Victoria, endangering children and frustrating both regulators and the local toy industry.

Markets 'duped' In Dollar Crisis

RESERVE Bank governor Ian Macfarlane has revealed that the Reserve teamed up with Prime Minister John Howard and Treasurer Peter Costello in the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis to hoodwink foreign exchange markets into thinking interest rates might rise.

All Weekend

ALL WEEKEND ? Newcastle Cathedral Flower Festival, Christ Church Cathedral, Church Street, Newcastle. Saturday 9am to 5pm, Sunday 11.30am to 5pm, Monday 9am to 1pm.

Picture To Shift On Venerable Sunday

The embattled Nine Network is staying silent on changes to its Sunday program, including the future of host Jana Wendt.

Will He Or Won't He? Bookies Suspend Betting Again Amid Joey Rumours

MARK down 4.33pm yesterday as the moment Joey hysteria struck again. With one $30,000 plunge, nervous bookmakers were sent into a spin for the third time in a month, as speculation mounted that champion halfback Andrew Johns would play against South Sydney on Sunday.