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LAKE MACQUARIE POLICE CARRY OUT COVID-19 PATROLS
Lake Macquarie police officers are carrying out proactive patrols throughout the region today, ensuring those in public places are sticking to social distancing guidelines and aren’t breaching any ministerial directions or public health orders. It comes less than 24 hours after Scott Morrison announced Australians should not gather in groups of more than two people.…
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MAN ARRESTED IN BYRON BAY OVER ALLEGED DEADLY GUITAR ATTACK IN SYDNEY
A man has been charged with murder after he allegedly attacked a sleeping couple with a guitar in Sydney’s northern suburbs last week. Last Monday, a man and woman, aged 36 and 31, were asleep in their Gladesville unit when they woke to find a man standing beside their bed. Police allege the man used…
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NUMBER OF HUNTER-NEW ENGLAND COVID-19 CASES RISES TO 18
Five new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Hunter New England region in the past 24 hours – four being people who recently returned from overseas. A woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s are in home isolation after recently returning from Italy with coronavirus. While, a woman in her…
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THIEVES ON THE RUN AFTER SPATE OF LAKE MACQUARIE ROBBERIES
Three thieves are on the run after a spate of robberies at Lake Macquarie. Fleeing with thousands of dollars in cash, and leaving behind a trail of destruction, the trio targeted three service stations in the space of two hours.
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FOUR CHILDREN KILLED BY ALLEGED DRUNK DRIVER WHILE GETTING ICECREAM
An alleged drunk driver has been charged with four counts of manslaughter and more than a dozen other driving offences, after four children were killed while riding their bikes on a Sydney footpath last night. Seven children were allegedly struck by the 4WD on Bettington Road, Oatlands just before 8pm yesterday. The group were riding…
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MISSING FISHERMEN
Grave fears are held for two fishermen, missing off Coffs Harbour. The 70-year-old from Valla Beach and 37-year-old from the south coast failed to return after setting out for Sawtell Reef yesterday morning… sparking an extensive search.
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HUMAN REMAINS ON MID NORTH COAST LINKED TO QUEENSLAND DIVER
A human leg that was found on a beach, just south of Coffs Harbour, this week has been identified as belonging to a Queensland man. Police were called to North Beach at Mylestom about 2pm on Wednesday after someone found skeletal remains including a femur and tibia and foot bones which were enclosed in what…
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CATASTROPHIC FIRE DANGER | AVOID TRAVEL IN NSW
Serve to extreme heat wave conditions are peaking today with the mercury set to exceed 40 degrees in many parts of the state. Hot and gusty westerly winds ahead of the trough, moving through NSW, is driving dangerous fire conditions. Fires are expected to grow rapidly, be unpredictable, spot large distances, and impact on lives…
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FURTHER CHARGES LAID IN CENTRAL COAST MURDER INVESTIGATION
Detectives have laid more than 20 additional charges as part of an investigation into the murder of a woman on the Central Coast more than three years ago. At about 10.30am on 24 April 2016, emergency services were called to Snapper Point in the Munmorah State Conservation Area, following the discovery of a woman’s body…
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HUMAN REMAINS FOUND ON MID NORTH COAST BEACH
A human leg has been found on a beach just south of Coffs Harbour on the NSW Mid North Coast. Police were called to North Beach at Mylestom about 2pm after someone found skeletal remains including a femur and tibia and foot bones which were enclosed in what appeared to be a black diving boot.…