Category: Mid North News
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NEW RESPONSE VEHICLE FOR NANA GLEN VOLUNTEERS
A quiet place like Nana Glen doesn’t need an ambulance station, but it does have clinical volunteers who spring into action when there’s an emergency. They’ve just received the first ever Community Emergency Response Team vehicle, which will reduce response times.
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JURY DISMISSED IN LINDA BRITTON MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL
There’s been an abrupt end to the manslaughter trial of Linda Britton in Coffs Harbour’s district court – the jury discharged after members acted against the judge’s directions. Reporter Britt Ramsey has more – and a warning to our Indigenous viewers: this story contains the names and images of people who have died.
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WOMAN CHARGED AFTER ICE, COCAINE AND CASH FOUND IN CAR
A woman has been charged, after police allegedly found the drug ‘ice’, cocaine and cash when they stopped a car near Coffs Harbour. Officers set up Strike Force Praetoria to investigate the supply of prohibited drugs between Sydney and Tweed Heads in October. Following their investigations, police stopped a vehicle on the Pacific Highway at…
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WHALE SHARK STRANDED ON SAFETY BEACH
It’s been called a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – but it’s happened twice in as many days on the mid north coast. A whale shark has washed up on a beach near Coffs Harbour… straight after fishermen encountered one off Hawks Nest.
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TAREE FARMERS FORUM TACKLING THE BIG ISSUES
While things are heading in the right direction, some Mid North Coast farmers say they’re still not getting a fair share from supermarkets and buyers. A forum was held in Taree today, tackling the big issues effecting the industry.
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NEWCASTLE COVID CHAOS
COVID CHAOS | Many people are being turned away at Newcastle testing sites this morning as clinics very quickly reach capacity. There are concerns leading into the weekend, with music festival, Lunar Electric, set to go ahead near Nobbys Beach on Saturday.
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THE GOLDEN DOG REOPENS WITH SMILES ALL ROUND
It was forced to closed for weeks, but today a pub in Glenreagh finally re-opened. There were plenty of smiles from the owners as well, as they welcomed back customers – vaccinated or not.
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WOMAN INJURED IN TWO-CAR COLLISION ON THE MID NORTH COAST
A woman has been seriously injured following a two-car crash on the Mid North Coast yesterday. Emergency services were called to South West Rocks Road at Kinchela just after 7pm, following reports a Toyota Landcruiser had collided with a Haval SUV. The driver of the SUV – a 25-year-old woman – suffered fractures and injuries…
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NEWCASTLE’S COVID OUTBREAK WORSENS AS HEALTH DISTRICT RECORDS 424 NEW CASES
There’s grave concerns for Newcastle after the Hunter New England Health District recorded 424 new cases overnight – 243 of them from the city alone. It’s understood a number of cases are of the Omicron variant and that a number of nightclubs, including the Argyle House and Finnegans Hotel, are at the epicentre of the…
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EVIDENCE WRAPS UP IN MANSLAUGHTER CASE AGAINST LINDA BRITTON
Evidence has wrapped up in the double manslaughter trial against Linda Britton in Coffs Harbour’s district court. Britton is accused of running over and killing her daughter, Skye Luland, 24, and her friend Kazzandra Widders, 20, at Nambucca Plaza carpark in September 2019.