World Cup cricket: Australia v Pakistan in Adelaide and other top stories

World Cup cricket: Australia v Pakistan in Adelaide

3pm: Drama at Adelaide Oval. Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has been bowled second ball by Hazlewood — but he's still batting. The curling outswinger glanced the leg-stump but did not dislodge the bail — which lit up before settling back in its groove. >> view original

Asbestos feared dumped at popular Adelaide leisure spot

A union official says waste dumped in Adelaide's north-west, close to the Port River, appears to include asbestos. CFMEU official Dave Kirner checked the area at Osborne after a tip-off and took photographs of the dumped material. Environment ... >> view original

Adelaide a world-beater

The new Royal Adelaide Hospital, being built for about $2.1 billion, has come in third on the list, surpassed only by New York's 104-storey One World Trade Centre at $US3.9bn ($5.1bn) and the Ceausescu-era Palace of the Parliament in the Romanian ... >> view original

Royal Adelaide Hospital on list of the world's expensive buildings

An Adelaide hospital has been named the third most expensive building in the world, putting it ahead of glitzy skyscrapers in Dubai, London and Singapore. The Royal Adelaide Hospital was named on a list of the world's most expensive buildings compiled ... >> view original

What's on in Adelaide

WEEKEND PICKS | This weekend's picks include the Adelaide Youth Orchestra's first concert of 2015, an Adelaide Symphony Orchestra performance featuring violin virtuoso Sarah Chang, and gigs by singer-songwriters Vance Joy and Kasey Chambers. >> view original

Adelaide's top local online news: A plan to triple the size of one suburb and ...

We've also revealed plans to triple the size of one Adelaide suburb and told why Adelaide City Councillor Anne Moran thinks the city's next CEO should be home-grown. And, once again, you've loved reading about where one Adelaide identity likes to eat ... >> view original

Selection: NAB Challenge, Game 3

PORT ADELAIDE has named its strongest available side for Saturday's NAB Challenge finale against the Adelaide Crows at AAMI Stadium. Captain Travis Boak, deputies Matthew Lobbe and Brad Ebert, and fellow leadership players Ollie Wines and Tom ... >> view original

Govt signs off dry zone extension

ADELAIDE | The Adelaide parklands alcohol curfew will remain in force for an extra six months. The State Government this morning signed off the extension following a request by Adelaide City Council. The dry zone trial, which bans alcohol between 8pm ... >> view original

Drug lab found in Adelaide concrete bunker

Police are dismantling a drug laboratory found inside a concrete bunker under a partially-built house in Adelaide. A 45-year-old man from Parafield Gardens has been arrested after the clandestine lab was discovered at Mawson Lakes on Wednesday. >> view original

Adelaide approaches driest spell in 35 years

Some rain has fallen in areas including the Adelaide Hills, the Far North the west of the state and the Fleurieu Peninsula, but Kent Town — Adelaide's central weather observation site — has missed it. In 1980 rainfall of less than one millimetre was ... >> view original