9:02 AM AEDT | IT WAS Thursday night’s heavy falls that brought joy to the farmers and everyone else in the Bega Valley. By 9am the rain gauges around Bega were showing figures of over 100ml, creeks were running, tanks and small dams were filled to overflowing and large dams were half-full and yet the Bega River remained dry.

9:00 AM AEDT | TEGAN Lloyd’s family is concerned that people are giving donations to a Pambula appeal thinking they are helping Tegan, who was badly injured in the road accident near Eden on Sunday, January 31.

9:03 AM AEDT | RAINFALL figures for the Bega Valley: Coopers Gully 266, Candelo 153, Wolumla 210, Numbugga 192, Tantawanglo 166, Cobargo 230, Bermagui 223,

9:09 AM AEDT | KALARU trainers Chris and Michelle Strickland dominated the Bega Cup race day at the Sapphire Coast Turf Club on Sunday. The Stricklands won the $25,000 TLE Electrical Sky Gold Bega Cup with Sebony and one of the main supporting races with his stablemate Mr Massee.

8:42 AM AEDT | EMPTY seats at the nation's cricket grounds are fast becoming blood on the carpet at the Nine Network with cricket's long-term broadcast partner hit by a major fall in TV audiences for the sport.