Tag: mid north coast
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FATHER AND SON MUSCLE-UP FOR ARM WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
It’s not a sport many are familiar with, but a Telegraph Point father and son will take to the international stage for arm wrestling next year. The duo have qualified for the world championships in Kuala Lumpur.
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COFFS LOCAL CAPTURES SHARK LEAP ON CAMERA
PHOTO: Steph Bellamy [divider] A Coffs Harbour local has captured the moment when a shark appears to be leaping out of the water on the mid north coast. Steph Bellamy was taking photos at McCauley’s Beach, near where a women’s surfing competition was being held, when she saw a splash. She then took a photo…
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WEST KEMPSEY HOME BADLY DAMAGED BY FIRE
A West Kempsey home has been badly damaged after fire tore through the premises this morning. Three fire crews arrived at the scene just before six o’clock and found the house engulfed in flames. They managed to extinguish the blaze after two hours. Fortunately no-one was inside at the time. Police are treating the fire…
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HUGHES ENTERS THIRD DAY IN INTENSIVE CARE
An update on the condition of Macksville cricketer Phillip Hughes is expected today, as the top batsman enters his third day in intensive care. The 25-year-old has been in an induced coma at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital since Tuesday, when he was struck in the head by a cricket ball at the SCG. Hughes was…
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MACKSVILLE’S PHIL HUGHES FIGHTING FOR LIFE
He was trying to fight his way back into the Australian test team, but tonight Macksville cricketer Phil Hughes is in an induced coma in hospital. The 25-year-old was hit in the head by a bouncer, while playing for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match at the SCG.
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TEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BREAK AND ENTER
A 14-year-old boy has been charged following an aggravated break and enter north of Kempsey. Police allege he threatened an elderly man and woman with a meat cleaver and a tyre lever in their Cabin Street home at Bowraville yesterday morning. He demanded money, but left empty-handed. The couple was not injured. The teenager has…
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FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
Councils on the mid north coast will be able to get started on a number of environmental projects, after receiving more than $1-million from the state government. Greater Taree City Council will receive the biggest share, largely thanks to its environmental levy.
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ELECTRICAL FIRE IN TAREE
Fire and Rescue New South Wales is at the scene of an electrical fire in Taree. The fire broke out in the switchboard of the Hooke Chambers building on Victoria Street at around 11:30 this morning. Two businesses were evacuated including Federal MP David Gillespie’s office. No-one was injured.
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TWO MONTHS ON AND STILL NO TRACE OF WILLIAM TYRELL
Police say they’re going over old and new ground in their search for three-year-old, William Tyrell. Tomorrow marks two months since the little boy went missing at Kendall on the mid north coast, sparking a search that made national headlines – and investigators remain determined as ever to find him.
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CHILDREN APPROACHED IN SOUTH KEMPSEY
Police are investigating after two children were approached by an unknown man in South Kempsey yesterday. Two girls aged 9 and 10 were approached by two men who were parked in a driveway of a home across the road from their home in Chifley Place. The small red hatchback was last seen traveling east on…