Tag: newcastle
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NEW HOME FOR HERITAGE COLLECTION
The future of a number of heritage rail items at Broadmedow appears to be clearer, with the collection set to be moved to a new storage facility in Sydney. Transport Heritage NSW today confirmed the former Chullora Railway Workshops in Sydney’s west will house a collection of the state’s heritage railway items, including from the…
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DRAMATIC VISION OF MAN DIVING INTO NEWCASTLE HARBOUR
Police have had to fish a man out of Newcastle Harbour, after he dived from the roof of the Queens Wharf Hotel during an altercation, narrowly missing people below. Footage shows two men wrestling with a security guard after they’d climbed onto the roof of the pub, just before nine o’clock last night. Police say…
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MAN LEFT WITH LACERATION AFTER BEING ASSAULTED WITH PLASTIC CUP
A 21-year-old man’s been granted conditional bail after he allegedly assaulted a man with a plastic cup at a Newcastle licensed premises. The man was arrested at the venue on Hunter Street just after 1 o’clock on Sunday morning, after it’s alleged he grabbed a plastic tumbler and struck a 28-year-old man over the head.…
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LIME CORDIALE PLAY EMOTIONAL LUNCH TIME GIG FOR NEWCASTLE HIGH STUDENTS
Music soothed some heavy hearts today at Newcastle High. A Sydney based band played a show in tribute to a student who tragically passed away earlier this year.
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DOMA PROPOSES CAR PARK ABOVE NEWCASTLE BUS INTERCHANGE
Newcastle residents will have their say on plans for a five-storey carpark at the former Store site in Wickham, at tonight’s council meeting. The $20-million project by developers Doma would sit above the new bus interchange on Hunter Street. It would feature close to 700 car spaces, but only be used for public parking for…
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FOUR NEW CLASSROOMS FOR NEWCASTLE EAST PUBLIC SCHOOL
Newcastle East Public School is about to get a long overdue spruce-up. Work will begin shortly on four new classrooms and a covered outdoor learning area, with Gosford-based group Artel Constructions awarded the tender. The Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter says the school has been struggling to cater for its expanding student population. Construction is…
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COUPLE FIND THEMSELVES STUCK ON LIGHT RAIL DIVIDER
It seems cyclists aren’t the only ones having trouble adjusting to Newcastle’s light rail set-up. This morning, a couple on their way home from the beach found themselves stranded at a Hunter Street intersection, after their car mounted a concrete divider. And while a four-wheel-drive might have made short work of it, the small hatchback…
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NEWCASTLE MAN KILLED IN MOUNTAINEERING ACCIDENT
A Newcastle man has fallen to his death while climbing in the Himalayas. Michael Davis was descending Ama Dablam near Mount Everest in Eastern Nepal on Thursday, when a rock fall cut his safety rope. The 33-year-old’s body was retrieved by air and taken to Kathmandu for a post-mortem. He was a part of a…
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TYRES SLASHED AT MAYFIELD
Residents in a Mayfield street this morning woke to an unpleasant – and costly surprise. In an overnight act of vandalism – several car tyres were slashed – in yet another attack.
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MISSING BOY LOCATED SAFE AND WELL
A 10-year-old boy missing from Wallsend near Newcastle has been located safe and well. The boy had been missing since around 11 o’clock on Saturday evening, and was located by a member of the public on Sunday afternoon.