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A P-plater has allegedly been clocked driving at 193 kilometres an hour near Mount Gravatt.The 22-year-old was speed-checked on October 20 along the Pacific Highway, where the speed limit is 100km/h.To make matters worse, he wasn’t displaying his P-plates.The man was fined more than $2000 and his licence was suspended for six months.It was one of several high-range speeding cases confirmed by police this week.Another man drove at more-than-double the limit, hitting 189km/h in the 80km/h zone on Boundary Road at Thornlands.The 20-year-old was hit with a similar penalty, copping a $1919 fine and six-month suspension.Latest postsLatest postsA 90-year-old woman is missing after leaving a hospital in Noosa.Sonia McDonald left Noosa Private Hospital on Goodchap Street about 5pm on Tuesday and has not been seen since.She drove away in a Blue Holden Astra with Queensland registration 216 XBP.Missing woman Sonia McDonald.Credit: Queensland Police ServiceHer family have serious concerns for her welfare due to her elderly age, and because she has a medical condition which causes confusion.McDonald was last seen wearing a white short-sleeved top, dark navy knee-length shorts, and black and light coloured two-strap sandals, and was carrying a black handbag.Nearby residents are asked to check their properties, and anyone with relevant information should contact police.Test your brain power this morning with this curly question ...I begin the earth and end the eclipse, I occur in seconds and minutes, but never in a hand. Although, I am in a lifetime. What am I?The start of a lunar eclipse over Brisbane in 2022.Credit: Getty ImagesWe will reveal the answer around 9am. A P-plater has allegedly been clocked driving at 193 kilometres an hour near Mount Gravatt.The 22-year-old was speed-checked on October 20 along the Pacific Highway, where the speed limit is 100km/h.To make matters worse, he wasn’t displaying his P-plates.The man was fined more than $2000 and his licence was suspended for six months.It was one of several high-range speeding cases confirmed by police this week.Another man drove at more-than-double the limit, hitting 189km/h in the 80km/h zone on Boundary Road at Thornlands.The 20-year-old was hit with a similar penalty, copping a $1919 fine and six-month suspension. Advertisement We’ve experienced storms, fire, blistering heat and heavy rain – so enjoy a relatively calm Wednesday in the River City.An overcast day with a possible shower is forecast for Brisbane today, with a cool top temperature of 25 degrees (although the “feels like” temperature is a somewhat chilly 19).Looking ahead, the days are expected to warm slightly in the latter half of the week.Here’s the outlook:Here’s what’s making news further afield:The federal environment minister has called the weather bureau in for an urgent meeting to explain how it will fix its new website, which launched just days before wild storms hit south-east Queensland.Hurricane Melissa has de-intensified to a category 4 storm.Credit: CIRAHurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a category 5 hurricane and has been labelled “the storm of the century” for the country. It hit the coastline as one of the most powerful landfalls ever observed in the Atlantic, and is the strongest storm to hit the island since records were first kept 174 years ago. We’re covering it live.Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has attacked Anthony Albanese’s leadership over the prime minister’s decision to wear a Joy Division band T-shirt five days ago, accusing him of “displaying the wrong values”.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the army to immediately carry out “powerful strikes” in Gaza, and Hamas responded by saying it would delay handing over the body of a hostage, putting new pressure on the tenuous US-brokered ceasefire. Childcare centres are magnets for paedophiles who take advantage of staff shortages, high turnover rates and lax regulation to access and abuse children, and a state upper house inquiry into the early childhood education sector has warned more full-time quality staff are needed to keep children safe.Good morning and welcome to Brisbane Times’ news blog for Wednesday, October 29. Today we can expect a shower and a maximum of 25 degrees.Here are this morning’s local headlines:Revelations that students at a top Queensland high school had been learning the wrong topic for their year 12 ancient history exams came after the same issue emerged at another Brisbane school, with the department warned two months ago.The University of the Sunshine Coast research team surgically implanting tracking devices into a bull shark. Credit: University of the Sunshine CoastSwimmers prepared to venture in for a dip at a beach or river near Brisbane will be unknowingly sharing the water in proximity of a bull shark, according to a major study tracking the apex predators across south-east Queensland.Queensland’s health minister has used his ministerial powers to reinstate a pause on gender-affirming care for children, despite a court ruling just hours earlier that a ban on the care was unlawful and did not follow proper procedures.And the state is still yet to complete a whole-of-government update to its appointment process for major board roles more than three years after a critical watchdog report.Also, Reece Walsh is now the best player in the NRL. But, Sports Reporter Nick Wright reports, here’s how he can get even better.
