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There was plenty to cover on this week's program. Here's a look at The Point's stories

Stephen Holmes used to love stories about Ben Boyd as a kid. That is, until he found out how his Thaua ancestors were treated by the Scottish entrepreneur during his brief years on the NSW South Coast in the 1840s. “I admired Boyd when I was a kid, until I got my face in the books and started reading histories,” the Thaua man told NITV’s The Point program. “When I read (painter and diarist) Oswald Walters Brierly from England. I read his journals and that’s when I saw it all, it just popped out. Stephen Homes is a Thaua man and founder of Thaua Country Aboriginal Corporation.

Woods searched in hunt for killer of Kent police community support officer Julia James Martin Bentham and Laura Sharman Police were carrying out fingertip searches of fields and woodland in Kent on Thursday as the hunt for the killer of community support officer Julia James intensified. The body of Ms James, a “smiley” 53-year-old who worked for the Kent force, was found in Akholt Wood close to the village of Snowdon, near Dover, on Tuesday afternoon and police confirmed yesterday it was a murder investigation. Ms James was last seen walking her dog and is understood to ha...

BBC News Published image captionJulia James was a serving PCSO with Kent Police A serving police community support officer found dead in woodland was last seen taking her dog for a walk, the BBC has been told. A murder investigation was launched after the body of Julia James, 53, was found in Akholt Wood, Snowdown, near Dover, just after 16:00 BST on Tuesday. Ms James had been off duty at the time, Kent Police said. Police have been carrying out searches of woodland and nearby fields and Ms James's home has been cordoned off. image copyrightPA Media image captionPolice erected a white tent o...