TWO men, one allegedly carrying a firearm, have tried to rob a takeaway shop early this morning.

JOHN Freeman is back on the Hobart City Council after a recount for the vacancy left by Rob Valentine.

FORMER Hobart Lord Mayor Rob Valentine has been confirmed the winner of the Legislative Council seat of Hobart.

ROB Valentine has lashed out at his critics who have dismissed him as "simply a man with a hat".

Former Hobart Lord Mayor Rob Valentine looked set to win the Legislative Council seat of Hobart last night.

POLLING shows Labor candidate Dean Winter is still well behind Rob Valentine in their bids to become MLCs.

FORMER lord mayor Rob Valentine urges State Parliament to quickly decide the future of a hemp industry.

CAREER criminal Brett Corey Pickett had been sentenced to a lengthy jail term just 19 days before he held up the Queen's Head Hotel.

A PURPLE 1986 XF Ford Falcon called Psycho this year won one of the country's biggest prizes for modified cars at the annual Summernats car show.

WHEN Rob de Little found these globose violet snails he knew the finding was significant.

TWO robbers -- one armed with a firearm -- attempted to rob the Queens Head Hotel last night.

TOURISM entrepreneur Rob Pennicott has won the right to keep running Bruny Island Cruises from Adventure Bay - until it relocates.

A tourism strategy has identified the value to Bruny Island of Rob Pennicott's award-winning cruise business.

ROB Valentine did it for the good of the people, not for accolades, guests at a community reception were told.

ROB Valentine enjoys waking each day "and not having to get my brain into gear for the issues of the day".

TWO men and a youth who were stabbed when trying to rob a man have been found guilty by a jury.

A COMMUNITY reception will be held for retiring Lord Mayor Rob Valentine, Hobart's longest-serving leader.

ROB Pennicott's 18-foot inflatable round-Australia dinghy was escorted by a flotilla of boats up the River Derwent yesterday.

ROB Pennicott received a hero's welcome as he entered the Derwent River.

TASMANIA's round-Australia voyager Rob Pennicott is back in familiar waters today on the eve of his arrival in Hobart.

EXCITEMENT is building as Rob Pennicott prepares for the final legs of his epic charity trip.

ROB Pennicott is in the home stretch of his circumnavigation of Australia to raise money for polio eradication.

TASMANIAN Rob Pennicott has had an encounter with a pod of whales during his voyage around Australia.

TASMANIAN adventurer Rob Pennicott left Albany yesterday as he continued his journey around Australia.

HOBART Lord Mayor Rob Valentine will step down at the next local government elections in October to stand as a candidate for the Legislative Council next year.

POLICE are searching for two thieves who robbed a taxi driver late last night.

TASMANIAN tourism entrepreneur Rob Pennicott has made it to Mooloolaba on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

WITH the price of bananas around $13 a kilo, gardening guru Rob "Tino" Carnevale will be popular if he can get his tree to fruit.

ROB Pennicott tackled rough weather yesterday on the second leg of his epic circumnavigation of Australia.

ROB Pennicott's three-month circumnavigation of Australia in a rubber dinghy suffered a false start yesterday.