EASTER HOLIDAY TRAFFIC UPDATE
Roads are seeing some heavy traffic conditions as holiday-makers head home after the long weekend. Live Traffic NSW has issued the following traffic alerts for our region: At Woodburn in the far north,...
View ArticleINJURED MOTORBIKE RIDER WINCHED FROM DENSE BUSHLAND AT ABERDARE
A 46-year-old male has been airlifted to John Hunter Hospital with internal injuries and fractures, after coming of his dirt bike earlier today in the Hunter Valley. Around 12:30pm, the Westpac Rescue...
View ArticlePOLICE SEIZE ITEMS RELATED TO WARNERS BAY BREAK AND ENTER
A man has appeared in court, accused of breaking into a commercial property at Lake Macquarie over the Easter long weekend. Police say that early on Sunday, the property on The Esplanade at Warners Bay...
View ArticleMAN WANTED OVER FRAUD OF TWO ELDERLY WOMEN
Police have released CCTV footage of a man, following the defrauding of two elderly Central Coast women. In February this year, a 91-year-old woman was contacted by a man, who claimed he had found her...
View ArticleAWABAKAL COUNCIL AWARDED $150,000 FOR POST OFFICE CLEAN-UP
The Awabakal Aboriginal Land Council has received $150,000 from the state government, to clean up the Newcastle Post Office. The money will be spent making the site safer, so that assessors can...
View ArticleCACHE OF STOLEN GOODS RECOVERED FOLLOWING KOTARA SOUTH ARREST
A motorcycle, electric tools, bicycles, surf boards, a lawn mower, and large amounts of portable electronic equipment are among items police allegedly recovered following an arrest in a Newcastle...
View ArticleINTRUDERS ON THE RUN AFTER VIOLENT TWEED HEADS HOME INVASION
Two men in their 50’s have been violently assaulted during a home invasion on the far north coast. Around 9:30pm yesterday, three men forced entry into a home on Russell Way in Tweed Heads South, armed...
View ArticleILLEGAL DUMPING CATCHES UP WITH THORNTON MAN
A Thornton man faces a fine and has been ordered to pay clean-up costs, after he illegally dumped about 30 tonnes of building and demolition waste in the Hunter Valley earlier this year. The waste was...
View ArticleMAN KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS ON THE GOLD COAST
Police are seeking any witnesses a serious assault on the Gold Coast overnight. Around 11:30pm, a man was walking along Griffith Street in Coolangatta when he became involved in an altercation with a...
View ArticleHANDGUN USED IN CARRARA HOLD UP
A man has been held up at gunpoint on the Gold Coast overnight. Police say around 7:30pm, the man was in the car park of a golf club in Carrara, when he was approached by another man who produced a...
View ArticleDOUBLE DEMERITS IN PLACE UNTIL THE END OF TUESDAY
Two Byron Bay drivers will face court after Operation ‘Go Slow’ swung into action across New South Wales. In the first instance, police stopped a white Hyundai Getz that appeared to be exceeding the...
View ArticleATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FOR NIMBIN MAN
A woman has suffered multiple stab wounds, and a man has been charged with attempted murder in a violent incident in the Northern Rivers. Police say around 10pm on Friday, a 51-year-old man and a...
View ArticleGLASSING INCIDENT LEAVES MAN REQUIRING SURGERY
Police are on the lookout for a man after a glassing incident near Port Stephens overnight which left a man requiring surgery. Just before 9pm, police say two men became involved in an altercation at a...
View ArticleMISSING HUNTER VALLEY MAN MAY BE IN VICTORIA
Police are appealing to the public to help find a Hunter Valley man who was reported missing by his family yesterday. Concerns are held for 34-year-old Martin Osmond due to his mental state. Police...
View ArticleDRIVER CRASHES INTO GUARD RAIL TRYING TO EVADE POLICE
A driver on the Central Coast has allegedly returned a positive breath test after trying to evade police as Operation Go Slow continues through the weekend. Police were patrolling Central Coast Highway...
View ArticleMAN AIRLIFTED TO JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL AFTER WEST TAMWORTH BRAWL
A 32-year-old man has been airlifted to Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital with serious head injuries following a brawl in West Tamworth overnight. Police were called to a Green Street home just before...
View ArticleCHARGES LAID OVER NELSON BAY GLASSING ATTACK
A man will front a Newcastle court today, following a glassing incident in Port Stephens, over the weekend. Around 9pm on Saturday, a man was struck on the left side of his face with a schooner glass,...
View ArticleCRITICALLY INJURED ATTACK VICTIM AIRLIFTED TO SYDNEY
A man has been airlifted to Sydney with a fractured skull, after he was allegedly attacked with a brick and a bottle in the state’s north west. Around 1:30am yesterday, police responded to reports of a...
View ArticlePOLICE APPEAL FOR HELP TO LOCATE MISSING LISMORE MAN
Assistance is being sought from the public to find a missing far north coast man. 51-year-old James Gregory Auckram was last seen in the Lismore area about two weeks ago by a family member. Police say...
View ArticleWENDY BOWMAN WINS INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEATING BACK MINING COMPANY
A Hunter Valley farmer has won a prestigious international prize for grassroots environmentalism. Wendy Bowman, 83, has been awarded the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize for stopping a mining company...
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