'She's a brave wee girl', say police of an eight-year-old who was grabbed from her driveway and put in a car before she managed to escape.

Promising up and coming jockey Ashley Frye has been rushed to hospital following a fall during a race at the Ashburton Racecourse this afternoon.

A hearing scheduled for the teenager who killed young Ashburton mother Sina Solomona has been postponed.

Firefighters were this morning still battling a large blaze which ripped through hundreds of hay bales and threatened a house near Ashburton overnight.

An Ashburton fugitive caught after 10 days on the run appeared in court today on family violence charges.

Canterbury firefighters didn't get much sleep last night with six rural fire around Ashburton, four of which may be linked and are being treated as suspicious.

Firefighters are battling a large blaze at the Canterbury meatworks in Ashburton.

A fire in Ashburton gutted a local industrial building early this morning.

Ministry for Primary Industries officials have approved an incursion programme in mid-Canterbury following a spillage of one of Europe's most invasive arable weeds - black grass - found in a consignment of imported fescue seed.

The Methven resident was on his way home from Ashburton when he ploughed into three cows at about 7pm on Saturday.

An Ashburton university student suffered bruising after a heroic tussle with an intruder in her Wellington flat.

The truck driver who drove into the path of an oncoming train in May has claimed sun strike was the cause of the smash.

More than a hundred food handlers in Ashburton have been vaccinated against hepatitis A, as the virus continues to spread through the township.

Three weeks ago Col Sheehan was enjoying a few holes at the Tinwald Golf Course before his pet very likely saved his life.

A truck was cut in half and debris scattered for 500 metres when it was hit by a train at a rail crossing in Ashburton this morning.

Serious questions are being raised as to how the Ministry of Education allowed a bus company to compromise the safety and welfare of disabled children in Ashburton.

A teenager will reappear in Youth Court today charged with the murder of young Ashburton mother Sina Solomona.

Mystery surrounds what caused a power outage that left two thirds of urban Ashburton in the dark on Tuesday night.

A youth has appeared in court this morning charged with murdering Ashburton mother Sina Solomona.

Colin Hogg finds a southern town steeped in heritage.

A top doctor is urging pregnant women not to panic about high nitrate levels in Mid Canterbury water - despite earlier spotlighting the potentially fatal health risks.