Category: Headlines
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KNIGHTS LAUNCH INVESTIGATION INTO FOOTAGE
It’s been a season to forget for the Newcastle Knights ON the field… now there’s drama OFF it. The club’s launched an investigation, after footage emerged of a security guard escorting Kalyn Ponga and a teammate, out of a pub toilet cubicle.
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WOMAN HOSPITALIZED AFTER WOODBERRY STABBING
A woman is in hospital tonight after being stabbed in the Maitland suburb of Woodberry. Police have arrested a 37-year-old woman – and say the two are known to each other.
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KNIGHTS DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL ADDRESSES CONTROVERSY
Knights Director of Football, Peter Parr spoke to the media today in regards to the Club’s media statement after a 4 second video of players Kalyn Ponga and Kurt Mann being escorted from a toilet cubicle was released yesterday. “Just because you make someone a leader, give them a position of leadership doesn’t necessarily mean…
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KNIGHTS PLAYERS KICKED OUT OF TOILET CUBICLE
The Newcastle Knights are investigating after players Kalyn Ponga and Kurt Mann were escorted from a toilet cubicle over the weekend. The clip, which has been leaked from the social media app Snapchat, shows the pair being ushered out by a staff member with the caption ‘Ponga getting done in the toilet’. The club are…
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LAKE MACQUARIE FISH KILL GROWING LARGER
A fish kill in southern Lake Macquarie is larger than first thought, with locals putting the number of deaths in the thousands. More fish washed up over the weekend… an investigation into the cause is still underway.
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HUNDREDS OF DEAD FISH FOUND AT LAKE MACQUARIE
Hundreds of dead fish have washed up on the southern shore of Lake Macquarie. Launching an investigation into the incident at Mannering Park – the environmental watchdog is not ruling out pollution as a potential cause.
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WAR MEDALS OF ABORIGINAL SOLDIER IN THE CARE OF HUNTER SCHOOL
After weeks of study into his life and service, medals of an Aboriginal soldier who served in World War One were today placed in the care of a Hunter school. And, a warning to our Indigenous viewers – this story contains the name of a deceased person.
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BAIL APPEALED FOR ACCUSED BACKPACKER MURDERER
Tobias Moran has been granted bail but will remain in custody for the next few days. The 42-year-old is charged with murdering his then partner German backpacker girlfriend Simone Strobel in Lismore and acting with intent to pervert the course of justice between 11pm on February 11, 2005 and 3.30pm the following day in 2005.…
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FITZSIMMONS OUT AS RESILIENCE NSW DISMANTLED
Resilience NSW is set to be scrapped and its commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons stood down as the state government overhauls its emergency response network. It comes amid reports that NSW Police are preparing to create a new role to respond to emergency and disaster situations across the state. Fitzsimmons, previously the commissioner of the NSW Rural…
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‘NO NEW EVIDENCE’ CLAIMS LAWYER FOR BOYFRIEND OF SLAIN GERMAN BACKPACKER
The case against the boyfriend of slain German backpacker Simone Strobel is fundamentally flawed based on theories and ideas with no new evidence, a Sydney magistrate has been told. Tim Game SC in the Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday made a bail application for Tobias Friedrich Moran who appeared via video link from jail. The…