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OFFICER ASSAULTED DURING ALLEGED CAR THEFT
A man has been charged over allegedly trying to steal a police officer’s personal vehicle on the Mid North Coast this morning. The senior policeman was walking towards his Mitsubishi Triton ute just after 4 o’clock this morning, to travel to work from his home at Sapphire Beach. As he opened the ute, he noticed…
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COVID-19 TESTING FINDS NO NEW CASES AT CESSNOCK
A COVID-19 testing blitz at Cessnock has so far failed to find any cases of the disease. A drive-through clinic was set up at the local hospital on Wednesday. From then until yesterday, 320 people had been tested. It was established to boost testing numbers in the Cessnock area, which experienced a spike in cases…
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MAN CHARGED OVER POLICE PURSUITS
A man will face court today over two pursuits in the Hunter over the weekend. Police stopped a Toyota Corolla at Raymond Terrace just after 3pm on Friday and spoke with the driver, before he sped away, starting a pursuit. Officers followed the man through the suburb, with the Toyota allegedly reaching an estimated speed…
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MAN CHARGED OVER ALLEGED CHILD KIDNAPPING
A man will face court today charged over an alleged kidnapping attempt at Marketown in Newcastle West yesterday afternoon. Police were called to the Steel Street shopping centre, just after 5pm, after reports a man approached a two-year-old boy. The child was with his father when an unknown man allegedly approached them and asked if…
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SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISSING INMATE
Police are still searching for an inmate who escaped from a minimum security prison on Saturday afternoon. Officers say 44-year-old Selim Sensoy is from Prospect in Western Sydney, and has connections on the Mid North Coast and southeast Queensland. It was initially believed the prisoner may have stolen a red Subaru WRX from a Glen…
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ELDERLY WOMAN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER NORTH COAST CRASH
Emergency services, including the Westpac helicopter helped free an elderly woman who was trapped in her car, after a crash on the North Coast this morning. It’s understood the car collided with a truck on the Bruxner Highway at Wollongbar, just before 9 o’clock. The 70-year-old woman was flown to Lismore Base Hospital in a…
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SEARCH CONTINUES FOR DRIVER WHO RAMMED POLICE VEHICLE
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR DRIVER WHO RAMMED POLICE VEHICLE Police are looking for the driver of a Nissan Elgrand van, after he rammed a police car on the Central Coast last night. When police tried to stop the Nissan on Sherwood Drive at Springfield, it stopped briefly, before reversing into the front of the police vehicle…
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SINGING BRIDGE OUT OF TUNE WITH CYCLISTS
The Singing Bridge has become an innocent victim of a growing, and ageing population at Tea Gardens Hawks Nest. As more cyclists and mobility scooters cross the Myall River, residents say drivers need to start singing from the same songsheet.
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WATCH | WHAT IT’S LIKE TO FIGHT A HOUSE FIRE
New South Wales Fire and Rescue has released shocking vision of one of its crews battling a house fire, and saving people inside. The service is urging people to stay vigilant, after responding to more than 100 house fires in the state this week. In the cooler weather, the service is asking people at home…
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TAPS OPEN AT TEA GARDENS HOTEL
Pubs and restaurants along the coast are also gearing up to open the taps next month. Work is underway to reorganise the Tea Gardens Hotel, to accommodate the easing of coronavirus restrictions. “For us, we’ll get 50 in the hotel, we’re still working out the logistics of it,” said publican, Ben Hanson. The Hotel has…