Tag: newcastle
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MAN COMMITS INDECENT ACT IN FRONT OF GIRLS
Police are appealing for the public’s help to identify a man who committed an act of indecency in front of two school girls at Newcastle yesterday. The 15 year olds were walking along Dumaresq Street in Hamilton at around 3:30pm, when they saw a man performing an indecent act out the front of a unit…
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ZANE TETEVANO DROPPED BY MANLY SEA EAGLES
Former Newcastle Knight Zane Tetevano is without a club for next season, with Manly dropping his contract after he admitted to bashing his girlfriend on four occasions last year. The 23-year-old pleaded guilty to eight charges in Newcastle Local Court on Friday, including common assault and stalking. The Sea Eagles had offered Tetevano a one-year…
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MAN WANTED OVER ATTACK AT NEWCASTLE MOSQUE
Police are asking for the public’s help to find a man, wanted over an attack outside the Newcastle Mosque in Wallsend. An arrest warrant is out for Corey Ellis, after a 47-year-old man was verbally and physically assaulted following evening prayer on November 12. Anyone with information should contact Newcastle Police.
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TEENS ADMIT TO MOSQUE ATTACK
Two 17-year-old boys have admitted to police they’re behind an incident at the Newcastle Mosque in Wallsend. It comes after a pig’s head was hurled into the grounds of the mosque last Monday night. The pair will be dealt with under the Young Offenders Act.
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POLICE INVESTIGATE ACCIDENT AT KOTARA
A 12-year-old girl has been praised by police for taking control of a car after her father collapsed at the steering wheel from a suspected heart attack. Police say the girl grabbed the wheel and avoided oncoming traffic after the car veered onto the wrong side of Carnley Avenue at Kotara at around 8.40pm. Paramedics…
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COUNCILS MOVES TO INCREASE RATES BY 47 PER CENT
The average Newcastle resident will pay an extra $100 per year, if a special rate variation is approved by IPART. Newcastle Councillors voted in favour of an 8 per cent increase each year for five years during last night’s meeting, which was the first led by new Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes. The Lord Mayor used…
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NEWCASTLE’S RAIL HISTORY UNCOVERED
A piece of Newcastle’s rail history has been uncovered during works on the Bathers Way upgrade at Nobbys Beach. Contractors discovered a section of old railway line yesterday, which dates back to the 1890s. The old line was used to transport materials during the construction of the Nobbys breakwater and what was formerly known as…
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ABC CUTS RUN DEEP IN NEWCASTLE
The cuts run deep in Newcastle, with radio 1233 set to lose around a third of its staff. It will be downgraded to a regional ABC station, losing funding, back-office support, and several high-profile presenters.
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NINE STAFF TO GO FROM ABC NEWCASTLE
Up to nine jobs will be lost from Newcastle’s ABC radio station, as part of the public broadcaster’s move to offset federal funding cuts. The station will be downgraded from metro to regional, which will include cuts to local programming. Carol Duncan’s midday radio show will be among those axed. It comes as the ABC’s…
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NEWCASTLE POOCH REUNITED WITH FAMILY AFTER EPIC JOURNEY
We often hear about the remarkable journeys humans make, but very rarely do we learn about the adventures of our four-legged friends. One lucky pooch has been reunited with his family in Newcastle, after travelling an extraordinary 150-kilometres to Sydney.