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CASES DROP IN NSW, POSSIBLY DUE TO EASTER
New South Wales has recorded its lowest COVID-19 case increase in one month, with just seven more people testing positive in the past 24 hours. However, Health Minister Brad Hazzard says the lower number could be due to less tests being done over Easter. Mr Hazzard said people need take social distancing measures seriously, if…
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NEWCASTLE STREET RACE ENDS IN 19 FINES
New South Wales police are “appalled’ after 19 drivers were caught street racing west of Newcastle. Highway patrol were called to the Stockrington Conservation Area on Haul Road at around 4pm on Saturday, where they found 40 cars within a closed area. Nineteen people were issued $1000 fines for breaching the Public Health Order, while…
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HUNTER DRIVERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CHEAP FUEL
Hunter motorists have been taking advantage of cheaper petrol, and it looks like it’s here to stay. But the NRMA is cautioning us to shop around, some outlets are still price gouging.
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HUNTER DOCTORS BUILD VENTILATORS
With ventilators in dangerously short supply during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hunter doctors and engineers have teamed up to make their own. In a small workshop in Islington, they’ve built a prototype, to be shipped off to some of the world’s most vulnerable countries.
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MAN DIES AFTER HORROR HUNTER CRASH
It’s been a devastating start to the Easter long weekend on our roads. A 35-year-old man collided head-on with a truck this morning in the Hunter, and died on the way to hospital.
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CENTRAL COAST BOY IMPALED NEAR BUDGEWOI
A nine year old boy on the Central Coast has been flown to hospital hospital suffering a puncture wound to his chest. The boy was climbing on a fence at a property near Budgewoi when he fell and was impaled underneath his armpit. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter flew him to John Hunter Hospital where he…
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FURTHER THREE PEOPLE FINED FOR BREAKING PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS
Three people have been slapped with $1,000 fines for breaching public health orders. Two Tamworth men and one Quirindi woman were pulled over by police in separate incidents. The men, aged 21 and 30, had received a prior warning, while the 34-year-old woman ignored police orders before being pulled over again.
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MAN SPITS ON POLICE OFFICER DURING ARREST
A Hunter man has been arrested and fined $5, 000 for spitting on a police officer during an arrest. Police attended a Metford home just before 7pm last night, after reports of a domestic-related, intimidation incident. Two men, aged 36 and 62, spoke to police, before the younger man was arrested. As officers tried to…
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JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL PATIENT LOSES FIGHT WITH COVID-19
The number of COVID-19 cases in the Hunter New England Health region has stayed relatively stable in the last 24 hours. Sadly though, one family has received some very grim news.
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WOMAN CRASHES CAR WITH TODDLER INSIDE, FAILS TO GIVE BREATH TEST
A woman has been charged with several offences, after she allegedly crashed her car in Newcastle, while a toddler was inside. Just before 10pm last night, the 33-year-old was driving a Holden Commodore on Main Road at Glendale, when she crashed into a traffic light. The woman then allegedly took her three-year-old child out of…