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New dual-code sporting club to play out of $20m facility, EOIs open

Construction is underway on the ground and multi-purpose pavilion.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 31

Paul Culliver to hit the airwaves as ABC Newcastle's Drive presenter

The stand-up comedian and broadcaster will be behind the microphone from Monday.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 18, 2023

Adventures off-air: where ABC Radio's Hamilton and Handley are headed

The voices of two of ABC Radio Newcastle's prominent presenters will fall silent.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 11, 2023

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Little Wings bridges health gap for regional children, opens new hangar in Cessnock

The gap in accessing lifesaving healthcare is "very significant" for regional patients, but volunteer pilots at Little Wings are part of the solution.

ABC News · May 31, 2023

Police continue search for missing Hunter Valley man John Simpson, last seen at Laguna in April

Police are ramping up efforts to try to find a man they believe may have gone missing near his home in a rural hamlet 90 minutes north of Sydney.

ABC News · May 16, 2023

Hunter locals join Shitbox Rally, driving old cars across inland Australia to raise money for cancer research

More than 400 people, driving cars worth less than $1,500, will drive from Newcastle in New South Wales to Townsville in north Queensland to raise funds for the Cancer Council.

ABC News · May 13, 2023

Substantial cracks appear on Tighes Hill home as Fire and Rescue NSW evacuates nearby residents

Wide cracks have appeared in the facade of a townhouse under renovation north of Sydney, with Fire and Rescue NSW establishing an exclusion zone around the area.

ABC News · Apr 21, 2023

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Students show support as teacher faces court over Maitland classroom brawl

Michael Kable was supported by a group of students as he had his case heard at Maitland Local Court today.

ABC News · Apr 6, 2023

Animal shelters and pounds report increase in surrendered animals across NSW due to rental squeeze

Newcastle woman Cynthia has been denied hundreds of rentals partly because of her pet dog, but she would rather be homeless than surrender her furry friend.

ABC News · Mar 28, 2023

Woman stabbed multiple times in Hunter region, another woman in custody

A 37-year-old woman is in a serious condition after being stabbed multiple times in the upper body at Woodberry near Maitland.

ABC News · Aug 15, 2022

Sinkholes the size of swimming pools taking in floodwater and sewage in the Hunter Valley

Dozens of sinkholes have appeared in the rural Hunter Valley community of Broke in the aftermath of flooding rains, filling up with the suffocating stench of sewage.

ABC News · Jul 25, 2022

Hunter region flooded suburb dubbed Gillieston Island after being left with no supplies

Gillieston Heights residents fear they are being left behind as NSW faces more flood destruction.

ABC News · Jul 15, 2022

Hunter Valley flood recovery focuses on towns of Broke and Bulga

Hunter Valley residents have resorted to flying foxes and temporary bridges to traverse deep gouges left by flooding on their treasured communities.

ABC News · Jul 13, 2022

Prison guards Owen Kemp and Jack McCaig, guilty of assaulting Indigenous colleague, spared convictions

Two Cessnock prison guards have been given good behaviour bonds and spared convictions for assaulting a First Nations colleague.

ABC News · May 6, 2022

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ABC News · May 3, 2022

Housing pressure on Hunter region's domestic violence services puts Labor, Coalition on notice

Support services say both major federal parties need to step up with too many women staying in unsafe homes and fearing poverty if they flee domestic violence.

ABC News · Apr 13, 2022

Coroner delivers findings into the Anna Bay helicopter crash that killed five passengers

A coroner's findings on a fatal helicopter crash that killed five passengers in 2019 delivers closure to the relatives of the victims.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2022

Craig Thomson threatens to sue police over fraud charges relating to COVID business grants

Former federal MP Craig Thomson says he will take action against police for what he claims is a malicious prosecution.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2022

Stockton residents want solutions as yet another east coast low whips up waves to erode their beach

Giant waves breach sand dunes and spill into the streets at Stockton as the second east coast low in four weeks leaves residents worried about the coming winter.

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ABC News · Apr 4, 2022

NSW aged care staffing crisis prompts warning to government

NSW nursing home managers discuss a way forward for their embattled industry, amid fears of a mass exodus of demoralised and exhausted staff.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2022

What Were You Wearing? advocate speaks out after Newcastle's huge anti-domestic violence rally

Hundreds of Novocastrians took to the streets to call for more to be done to prevent domestic violence. One of the organisers, Sarah Williams, says she's proof that you don't have to be in power to create change.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2022

Newcastle residents clean up asbestos from wool store fire

Their homes were covered in asbestos after a warehouse fire in Newcastle last week and now residents are doing the clean-up themselves in the absence of advice from authorities.

ABC News · Feb 6, 2022

Historic photos of surf-side village Caves Beach open windows to the past

When Joe Woods started building his home at Caves Beach in the '60s he had a clear view out to sea and only a handful of neighbours. Things have changed a bit since then.

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