Brisbane weather: Hot and humid start to the week and other top stories.

• Brisbane weather: Hot and humid start to the week

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Very hot and humid for Brisbane Temperatures are forecast to reach up to 38 degrees in Brisbane by Tuesday, with high humidity and the chance of showers. PT1M19S 620 349 Extreme weather: Queensland's hottest town ... plus the wettest, driest and coldestThe hot and sticky soup cloaking South East Queensland over the weekend is tipped to continue into the new week as the mercury hits 36 in Brisbane and humidity hovers at tropical levels.West to nor..

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• Brisbane Lord Mayor has plans for $1.54b subway for city

  

  The proposed subway would use parts of southeast and inner northern busways, (Supplied) Brisbane's lord mayor plans to build a $1.54 billion high frequency subway system in the city if re-elected.Graham Quirk says Brisbane Metro, his first major announcement, would link Woolloongabba in the south to Herston in the north through the CBD, removing 200 buses an hour from the Victoria Bridge during peak travel times."The growth of our city and the demand on the bus network to feed this growth is lo..

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• Brisbane weather: thunderstorm warning cancelled for south east ...

  

  Storm clouds roll across Rosewood, west of Ipswich. Photo: Carissa Lewis / Higgins Storm Chasing A severe thunderstorm warning issued for much of Queensland's central and south east parts has been cancelled. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a general warning that thunderstorms are still possible in the wider south-east region of the state over the next few hours.Earlier: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for much of Queensland's central and s..

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• John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins, Waifs play Brisbane Riverstage

  

  The dreadlocks are gone, but John Butler still knows his way around a guitar. Photo: File/Max Mason Hubers As the lightning teased an uncomfortably hot crowd from the horizon on Sunday night, one could have been forgiven for thinking the weather gods had let every sticky body down.But as the mainstays of Australian folk rock – The Waifs, Missy Higgins and the John Butler Trio – sweated it out with the masses on one of the most humid evening..

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• Cats Brisbane review: Old Cats needs some new tricks

  

  Delta Goodrem may not be the best performer in Cats, but she puts bums on seats. Photo: Will Braden Cats The Musical opened in Brisbane on Sunday night but it was less of an opening and more of a hauling out of an antique to be admired. The show is now more than three decades old, and has been playing constantly somewhere in the world since it first arrived on the London stage as a mere kitten. The average age a cat reaches, according to Google, is 15 years. So this one is doing quite well. ..

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• Brisbane policeman Colin Randall appears in court over alleged ...

  

  Brisbane policeman Colin Randall appears in court over alleged murder of baby son By Josh Bavas Updated February 01, 2016 12:43:22 A senior police constable from the Brisbane region has been remanded in custody after facing court charged with the murder of his two-month-old son more than 18 months ago.Colin David Randall, 38, faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court for a brief hearing this morning.A joint investigation by the State Crime Command, child protection uni..

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• Driver mows down 17 roos in Brisbane

  A driver has deliberately run down and killed 17 kangaroos on Brisbane's outskirts.The RSPCA is appalled by the incident that has left a 100-metre stretch of road at Wacol littered with kangaroo carcasses.The animals were discovered on Monday morning, between the women's and men's prisons.RSPCA spokesman Michael Beatty said many of the roos were young."One of them we had to euthanase, 16 of them were dead," he told AAP on Monday."They've definitely been deliberately run over. You can quite cle..

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• Brisbane Broncos' Wayne Bennett to be named new England rugby ...

  

  Brisbane Broncos' Wayne Bennett to be named new England rugby league coach, according to reports Posted January 31, 2016 13:06:45 Wayne Bennett will replace Steve McNamara as the England rugby league team coach, according to a report in the UK. Sky Sports says the Brisbane NRL coach will be announced as England boss in the coming days, taking over from Sydney Roosters assistant McNamara who has been at the helm since 2010.Bennett's Broncos take on English side Wigan i..

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• Broncos star wants captaincy back

  

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• Policewoman concussed in Brisbane disturbance

  

  A POLICEWOMAN allegedly has been assaulted during a disturbance involving about 20 people at Brisbane's South Bank Parklands cultural precinct. Police say officers arrived at the scene about 10.15pm on Saturday and tried to break up the group, only to have things turn violent. A female constable was treated for concussion, and one officer used her capsicum spray after a woman allegedly obstructed her from breaking up the disturbance. The woman was taken into custody after receiving m..

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