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Michael O'Connell is sentenced to 15 years in jail for the murder of Danielle Jordan, who fell from the bonnet of his moving car in April 2022.

The mother of Canberra woman Danielle Jordan, who was murdered by her partner in 2022, tells the court she wakes up every day with her daughter still dead, her husband has cancer and she is raising a 9-year-old girl at 62 years old.

A jury has found a Canberra man guilty of murdering the "love of his life", siding with the argument of the prosecution that she fell from the bonnet of his car.

A court hears 43-year-old Michael O'Connell's former partner Danielle Jordan suffered catastrophic head injuries when she allegedly fell from the bonnet of his car.

The new ACT government-funded Meals in Schools pilot program will see thousands of Canberra kids fed throughout their school days when the free meals initiative rolls out later this year.

Michael O'Connell is charged with the murder of his former partner Danielle Jordan, after she allegedly fell from the bonnet of a car he was driving after an argument in the early hours of Good Friday. 

A 42-year-old Canberra man has faced court charged with manslaughter, after a woman fell from a moving vehicle during an alleged family violence incident.

A Canberra man has his probationary licence suspended after he recorded an "exceptionally high" blood alcohol reading of 0.269 early on Saturday night.

A man who robbed a taxi driver at knife point and was involved in a carjacking in Canberra's north is sentenced to more than four years' jail.

A Canberra man who wiped away tears during a sentencing hearing last week over his role in an armed crime spree is sentenced to more than two years in jail.

A man faces court over two carjacking incidents where he and another man allegedly threatened to stab drivers in Canberra's north.

Police hope CCTV footage will help them capture two men who threatened drivers with a gun and a knife in late December.

Six chickens are decapitated at a home in Canberra's north, in what the RSPCA describes as a disgusting case of animal cruelty.

US trainee teachers are making themselves at home in Canberra classrooms as part of a new cultural exchange program.

Student teachers from the United States are honing their skills in Canberra classrooms as part of a new cultural exchange program.

ACT police are investigating a fatal single car accident at Melba last night in which a 39-year-old woman died.

A scheme at a Canberra high school is encouraging disengaged students to remain in study by teaching them skills in painting and design.

Twenty-seven CFA members were among the first in the country to get the national emergency medal for their service.

A motorcyclist has been killed on Kingsford Smith Drive at Melba in Canberra's north after he came off his Australia Post motorcycle.

A motorcyclist has been killed on Kingsford Smith Drive at Melba in Canberra's north. The man died after coming off his motorcycle on Kingsford Smith Drive between Alpen Street and Le Gallienne Street.

A Canberra man who ran five slum boarding houses has escaped a jail sentence in the ACT Magistrates Court.

A 16-year-old boy arrested over an alleged stabbing at a north Canberra school earlier this month is facing a new charge.

A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing a student at a north Canberra school yesterday has been charged with intentional wounding.

A 15-year-old boy is in hospital after allegedly being stabbed in the back with a chisel by another student at a north Canberra school.

A 15-year-old boy is in hospital after another student allegedly stabbed him in the back with a chisel at a north Canberra school.