The Latest Breaking News from Hastings

When Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand in February, it left a trail of destruction across the North Island. At least 11 people died, and more than 10,000 were displaced. Bridges were washed out (35 in the Hastings district alone), roads closed and communications cut.

Hawkes Bay residents suffered incomprehensible destruction and with almost no information, locals are having to depend on word of mouth and rumours 

A massive fire has ripped through a former nightclub on George Street, in Hastings, with local residents told to keep their windows and doors closed, and avoid the sea front area

Perverted double murderer Mark Brown killed Leah Ware and Alexandra Morgan in 2021 and torched their bodies in an oil drum at a farm near Hastings, Sussex, as the family speak of their trauma

Just three seats remain in doubt in Victoria as the Labor Party reveals its new ministers in the wake of the weekend's election victory.

The number of votes separating some candidates can be tallied on one hand as election counting continues in six lower house seats.

Steak with the best chips ever in front of the fire, or a bracing walk followed by wild mushroom nut roast, perhaps? Our writers hit the trail of great pub lunches from the Isle of Skye to Hastings

Jake Finn, 22, took a carton of milk with him when he broke into Café Royale in Hastings, East Sussex, although he put it down when he removed the till, leaving his DNA at the scene

A man has been charged with murder after a fatal hit-and-run in Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula.

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Party figures understood to have urged leader to rein in acolytes after candidates from left excluded from longlists