Today Ben Gouldsbrough will be climbing walls, hurdling water, and leaping through tyres to prove his school is the toughest.

World champion shearer Rowland Smith lived up to the tag of overwhelming favourite to win his third Golden Shears Open title in Masterton at the weekend.

Can you guess where?

A bus driver who acted as a human shield to stop five allegedly armed teenagers from storming a bus full of 30 students has been labelled a hero.

A dog that fled after being stabbed in a backyard attack is now back with her family.