Category: Newcastle News
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WARATAH AGED CARE HOME SPEAKS OUT OVER RESTRICTION CHANGES
A Hunter aged care home has hit out at the state government’s decision to allow unvaccinated people to visit. Waratah’s ‘Maroba’ facility has dubbed the change ‘scandalous’… as yet another covid wave grips the region.
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FEARS FOR THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED AS COVID CASES RISE
The winter wave of covid is just weeks from its peak – with the community’s most vulnerable bracing for its impact. A Hunter transplant patient is urging locals against complacency – to keep the immunocompromised safe.
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NEW PERMIT PROGRAM PROVIDES RELIEF FOR NSW BEEKEEPERS
Relief is on the way for parts of New South Wales’ honeybee industry – as the sector remains gripped in its varroa mite crisis. Beekeepers outside biosecurity zones can apply for permits, to move their hives – finding a food source for the insects, and pollinating ours.
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BROKE RESIDENTS COUNT THE COST OF FLOOD DISASTER
Residents at Broke are still counting the cost, after the worst flood in the village’s 200-year history. Locals are waiting to see how much they can claim on insurance – while businesses are pleading for a tourism boost.
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COUPLE SWEPT OFF NOBBYS BREAKWALL
The Hunter is being hammered on all fronts, first came the major flooding in the valley… now wild surf is hitting the coastline. It’s been so dangerous, two people have narrowly escaped with their lives, after being swept off Newcastle’s Nobbys breakwall. The pair, who witnesses say had been taking photos, run for their lives.…
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PUB SOLD: THE WOMAN BEHIND NEWCASTLE’S NORTHUMBERLAND HOTEL FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS
A popular Newcastle watering hole has changed hands for the first time in decades. The Northumberland’s former owner giving the venue a fond farewell today, as she remembered its history.
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ELDERLY WOMEN JUMPS FROM BALCONY IN BURNING EDGEWORTH HOUSE
A scene of devastation, a family home gutted by fire. And a lifetime of memories lost. An elderly woman has been taken to hospital, after jumping off her balcony to escape from her burning house at Edgeworth overnight. Steve Watson’s 78-year-old mother “Cynthia” was on her own, when the fire broke out inside her Ridley…
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CALLS FOR SOLUTION TO FLOODING AT GILLIESTON HEIGHTS
Welcome scenes at Maitland today, with the floodwater receding enough for the SES to lead the first truck resupply convoy, across to Gillieston Heights. It comes amid fresh calls for a long-term solution – to stop the suburb from ever becoming an island again.
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COVID CASES SURGE IN THE HUNTER DUE TO NEW VARIANT
A new COVID-19 variant is putting more pressure on the Hunter’s health system, with thousands of active cases across the region. It comes as some residents wait weeks for an appointment with their local GP.
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TEEN IN NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL AFTER 15-METRE FALL FROM CLIFF INTO TREE
A teenager is recovering in hospital after falling 15 metres from a cliff into a tree in the Hunter region of NSW, rescuers say. Paramedics were called to the Hunter River Reserve at Greta, north-west of Newcastle, just before 4pm on Tuesday. NSW Ambulance said the teenager was found “tangled in a tree” with a broken…