DISQUALIFIED DRIVER ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
A disqualified driver on the mid-north coast has appeared in court after allegedly being caught driving an unregistered vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Police stopped the man on Manning...
View ArticleUBER DRIVER ASSAULTED AND ROBBED IN CHARLESTOWN
A ridesharing driver was assaulted and had his car stolen in Lake Macquarie this morning. The 35-year-old male driver was called to Dudley Road, Charlestown, about 12.30am today. The car stopped near a...
View ArticleDRIVER SERIOUSLY INJURED IN TWEED HEADS SOUTH CRASH
A man in his 20’s was seriously injured in a collision between a car and a truck on the far north coast yesterday. Around 5.30pm, emergency services responded to reports of a vehicle collision between...
View ArticleFIRE CREWS WORK TO CONTAIN FORT SCRATCHLEY GRASS FIRE
A grass fire near Fort Scratchley has sent smoke billowing through the Newcastle CBD today. Shortly before 1:45pm, fire crews responded to reports of a grass fire on Shortland Esplanade near Fort...
View ArticleTWO-CAR COLLISION CLAIMS THE LIFE OF A WOMAN NEAR ABERDEEN
A woman has died in a crash in the upper Hunter this afternoon. Around 2:30pm, emergency services responded to reports of a two-car collision on the New England Highway near Aberdeen. One vehicle had...
View ArticleWEEKEND UPDATE
The White House has confirmed US President Donald Trump will honour the asylum-seeker deal with Australia “in some way”. A French soldier has shot and seriously wounded a man armed with machetes, who...
View ArticleABERDEEN COLLISION CLAIMS SECOND LIFE
A two-car crash in the Upper Hunter this week has claimed another life, with a second person passing away in hospital. On Monday afternoon, a Mazda 323 collided with a Ford Falcon on the New England...
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Football fans have helped apprehend three men who lit a flare after Saturday night’s A-League Melbourne Derby. US President, Donald Trump has berated a federal judge on Twitter overnight and vowed to...
View ArticleBELMONT MAN TRIES TO DISPOSE OF DRUGS HIDDEN IN PANTS DURING POLICE SEARCH
A 50-year-old man has been charged, after he took a bag of suspected drugs from his pants and threw it into a drain, while in the presence of police. The accused was stopped on Herbert Street in...
View ArticleWEEKEND UPDATE
New South Wales is once again feeling the heat today – with temperatures reaching the mid 40’s in parts of the state. 11 people have been arrested after an out-of-control party at Lake Macquarie. Two...
View ArticleGOLD COAST MAN TO BE EXTRADITED OVER $1.5 MILLION FRAUD CHARGES
A Gold Coast man will be extradited to New South Wales for an outstanding warrant relating to fraud charges, police allege total $1.5 million. Strike Force Apron commenced an investigation following...
View Article11 ARRESTED AFTER CHARLESTOWN PARTY GETS OUT OF CONTROL
11 people have been arrested, while another two have been admitted to hospital suffering suspected drug overdoses, following an out of control party near Newcastle. At around 9 o’clock last night,...
View ArticleFEMALE GOLD COAST ESCAPEES ON THE RUN
Two female prisoners are on the run after escaping from a low custody facility in the Gold Coast hinterland. Charlotte Bowman, 19, and Jahnessa Jerome, 24, went missing from the Numinbah Correction...
View ArticleTWO BYSTANDERS HELP RESCUE WOMAN AT AVOCA BEACH
A woman in her 50’s has been pulled from waters on the Central Coast after falling from rocks into the ocean. Two members of the public jumped into the water at Avoca Beach when they saw the woman fall...
View ArticlePOLICE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION INTO MISSING TWEED HEADS TEEN
Police have made an appeal to the public to help locate a missing teenager on the state’s far north coast. Joel Noonan, aged 17, was reported missing after he failed to return home from school on...
View ArticleCENTRAL COAST MAN FRONTS COURT OVER BUSHFIRE
A man has appeared in court after allegedly lighting a bushfire on the Central Coast. Shortly after 12am this morning, emergency services were called to a bushfire on Mangrove Creek Road, Mangrove...
View ArticleMAN ALLEGEDLY EXPOSES HIMSELF TO 14-YEAR-OLD
A man has appeared in court after allegedly exposing himself on a Central Coast train. Around 8pm last night, a 14-year-old girl travelling with her mother allegedly witnessed the man exposing himself...
View ArticleTHREE TO FACE COURT OVER ATTACK ON LAKE MACQUARIE TEENAGER
A man and two teenage boys will face court after a 15-year-old boy was assaulted near Lake Macquaire yesterday. About 5.30pm, the three males approached the teenager in a skate park on Fishery Point...
View Article23-YEAR-OLD MALE DRIVER KILLED IN WOLLOMBI
A man has died in a single vehicle crash, west of Newcastle this afternoon. Around 1pm, emergency services responded to reports of a single vehicle crash on Wollombi Road, Wollombi. On arrival, they...
View ArticleONE KILLED AND ANOTHER AIRLIFTED AFTER M1 COLISSION
A woman has died and a man has been trapped in his vehicle for more than an hour after a two-vehicle crash on the M1 near Ourimbah this morning. Just before 4:30, a car was seen travelling north on the...
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