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THREE CHARGED OVER NORTH COAST ARMED ROBBERY
Three people in their 20s have been arrested over an alleged armed robbery on the state’s Far North Coast earlier this year. A woman was closing a business Brunswick heads on March 12, when she was allegedly threatened by a man with a firearm, just after midnight. The 28-year-old forced the woman to reopen the…
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TEN YEAR PLAN TO FIX STOCKTON’S EROSION STARTS AT $52 MILLION
Newcastle Council has completed its Coastal Management Plan for Stockton, available to the public, after more than two years of consultation with engineers and the community. Council says money needed to fix the erosion would start at $19 million over five years, followed by another $21 million investment into mass offshore sand nourishment and $12…
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HUNTER MAN CHARGED OVER ALLEGED ONLINE GROOMING
A Hunter man will face court today, after allegedly trying to meet a teenage girl he was speaking to online. In March this year, detectives began engaging online with the man from Maitland. Police allege the man believed he was speaking with a 13-year-old girl – he spoke about sex acts he wanted to perform…
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TWO MEN FIGHTING ON HIGHWAY KILLED BY ONCOMING TRUCK
Two men are dead after coming to blows on the nation’s busiest road overnight. Police say the pair were fighting in the middle of the Pacific Highway south of Ballina, when they were hit by a b-double.
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MAJOR DAMAGE FROM SHORTLAND WETLANDS FIRE
A blow for volunteers at Shortland Wetlands, with tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment destroyed in an overnight fire Staff were alerted to the blaze by a motion-activated camera, and arsonists are being blamed.
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NURSES HONOURED FOR TIRELESS WORK
Nurses across the world are being recognised for their life-saving efforts on what is International Nurses Day. There are more than 8,000 working in the Hunter New England health district alone. Newcastle’s Calvary Mater Hospital, which has more than 600 nurses, uploaded a post to social media thanking them for their bravery during the pandemic.…
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GAV’S WEATHER | A LITTLE WARMER TOMORROW
There’s a NW moisture feed streaming on the jet stream across central Australia running into a high pressure system causing the cloud to dissipate. A another front is approaching the SE. The latest front approaching the SE corner of the country will have no major impact on the local region. Inland has a very consistent…
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LICENCE GRANTED TO OPEN LAKE CATHIE IN EVENT OF FLOODING
Crown lands has fast tracked the approval of a conditional licence to open Lake Cathie. Council is expecting to be in a possible position to open the lake as early as this week. At last weeks Port Macquarie-Hastings council meeting, mayor Peta Pinson pushed for a licence following months of public outcry. Pinson last pushed…
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TWO DEAD AFTER ROAD RAGE INCIDENT
Two men have been killed after they were hit by a truck on the Pacific Highway south of Ballina last night. It’s believed a man driving a SUV and another man driving a semi-trailer, carrying logs, were involved in a minor altercation. Witnesses told police the men were fighting in the northbound lane when they…
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SEMI-TRAILER GOES UP IN FLAMES ON THE M1
A B-Double has gone up in flames overnight, destroying thousands of dollars worth of groceries on the M1 west of Toronto. Several nearby rural fire brigades and Toronto fire and rescue responded to the blaze just after 11pm. Crews worked to extinguish the fire including unloading the damaged goods from the trailers. The driver of…