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Light up the night: Newcastle's first Diwali festival draws a crowd

See all the photos from the colourful and flavourful celebration.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 27, 2024

Many benefits flow from living in hope

Hopeful adults have better physical health

Newcastle Herald · Oct 27, 2024

Woman struck by car, killed after crash on motorway at Central Coast

The M1 was closed northbound at Wyong for several hours.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 27, 2024

Horror head-on crash closes highway, two flown to hospital

Police are investigating how a ute and sedan collided at Mount White.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 27, 2024

Water rescue: Boat flips in large swell, man thrown overboard

A distress call was made off Hams Beach on Sunday morning.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 27, 2024

Hunter bottle collectors go overboard for historic finds

Hunter bottle collectors go overboard for historic finds

Newcastle Herald · Oct 27, 2024

Plane in 'unsurvivable' mid-air crash took off from Cessnock, police say

One plane was believed to have been flying from the Hunter to Wollongong.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 26, 2024

'Not the apocalypse I prepared for': Inside the race to protect the Hunter from the next pandemic

Lessons from the last pandemic. What we know about the next one.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 26, 2024

Emergency services converge on Speers Point Park, from Defence to firefighters

'There's no better job for it.'

Newcastle Herald · Oct 26, 2024

Aberdare man burnt by mechanical explosion

The man has been rushed to hospital in Sydney.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 26, 2024