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KNIGHTS RETURN TO RESTRICTED TRAINING
After six weeks training in isolation, the Knights squad have been reunited for the first time since the NRL season suspended. The Newcastle Knights will be on restricted training duties until at least the end of the week. The club will be thrust into a mini-pre-season, as it prepares for the possible resumption of the…
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MAN CHARGED OVER ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE OF TEENAGE BOY IN THE STATE’S NORTH
A 59-year-old man has been charged after allegedly sexually abusing a teenage boy, who was known to him, at a home in Grafton. Police allege the man sexually assaulted the boy – then aged between 14 and 15 – in September last year. Detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex crimes Squad began launched an…
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FORMER FOSTER CARER CHARGED OVER ALLEGED CHILD SEX OFFENCES
A former foster carer from the Hunter region will re-appear at Raymond Terrace Local Court today, charged with 20 child sex offences. Police allege the man sexually assaulted two young girls on multiple occasions, while they were in his care, between 2002 and 2004. The girls were then aged 8 and 10. Following a six month investigation, detectives from…
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CONTROVERSIAL PUSH FOR REFORM TO VICTIM SUPPORT SCHEME
An attempt to change the way victims of crime access support services has advocacy groups up in arms. They say pressing ahead with such a reform during a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic is highly inappropriate.
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TWO BOYS CHARGED WITH THEFT AND ASSAULTING POLICE
Two teenage boys have been charged with theft, trespassing and assaulting police in Lake Macquarie. Police were called to a home on Motherwell Street at Edgeworth at around 12.55am yesterday morning. They arrested the two boys, aged 15 and 16, charging them with 12 offences, including failing to comply with a noticed direction on COVID-19.…
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REVS PUZZLES IN HIGH DEMAND
Surf artist, Mitch Revs is causing headaches in households, as families piece together his iconic prints. His puzzles have proven so popular, suppliers are struggling to keep up with demand, while Covid-19 shipping conditions are causing a bottleneck in the supply chain.
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THREE MEN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD-LIKE SEX DOLLS
Police have charged three men, two of them from Grafton, over the possession of sex dolls resembling children. A multi-agency team comprised of Australian Federal Police officers, Border Force agents and NSW Police was set up to investigate, after dolls were intercepted on three separate occasions in March and April. On Thursday this week, officers…
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FOUR NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS IN NEW SOUTH WALES
New South Wales has recorded four new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours and two of those are connected to the cluster at Sydney’s Newmarch House nursing home. The state has recorded 3,035 confirmed cases of the disease, and 2,306 patients have now recovered. 14 people are in intensive care and 11 of…
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JOEY PETERS TALKS GROWING GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL
As we wait for sporting competitions to restart, the FFA is taking the time to work out how to grow the game. A local Matildas legend is among those chosen to lead the way – and she wants to speak up for those at the grassroots.
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WOMAN INJURED AFTER FALLING FROM HORSE
A 27-year-old woman has been flown to the John Hunter Hospital after falling from a horse at Denman. Emergency services were called out early this morning. The woman was treated on the scene by paramedics and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter’s critical care medical team. She suffered back injuries.