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'It was a very different era.'

Nip-and-tuck job: Huge housing development, skimpy road improvements

'It's hard to negotiate a walk along the beach,' resident says.

Markets, live music, art exhibitions and more.

A sold-out event at Hamilton has launched a new novel with roots in Newcastle.

Tui-Lee Bartlett was being tracked by the NSW Police Force helicopter.

Michael Bridge had offered house arrest and a relatively modest surety.

Outgoing councillor urges voters to break Labor bloc's control.

Newcastle's main street businesses expressed their issues with the government's new flexible working strategy, guaranteeing the right to flexible working whenever possible.

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With an incoming government that is yet to announce how it will address and dramatically improve the current funding landscape for the arts in the UK, as Co-founder and CEO of Restore the Music, I offer up a blueprint for a successful funding model for music education in state schools…