14-YEAR-OLD INVOLVED IN RESCUE AFTER MAN BECOMES CAUGHT IN RIP
Two people, one aged only 14, have helped rescue a man caught in a rip on the Mid North Coast. A group of three were swimming at a beach at Tuncurry, just before 6 o’clock last night, when they were...
View ArticleFIREARMS SEIZED AFTER CAR ALLEGEDLY SHOT AT
A man from the Manning Great Lakes region will face court after a car was allegedly shot at last night. Police say the shooting took place following an argument between two men, aged 25 and 48, at...
View ArticleAMBULANCE BROKEN INTO, MEDICATION STOLEN, AT WEST KEMPSEY
Police are appealing for information from the public after medication was stolen from an ambulance that was broken into on the Mid North Coast. Paramedics in two separate ambulances attended a call for...
View Article73-YEAR-OLD MISSING IN MOREE
Concerns are held for a man in his 70’s missing from a nursing home in the north of New South Wales. 73-year-old William ‘John’ Torrens was last seen shortly before 9:30am on Friday at a nursing home...
View ArticleWOMAN CRITICAL AFTER BEING STRUCK BY TAXI
A woman has been hospitalised after being struck by a taxi, north-west of Newcastle this morning. The incident happened in the car park of a shopping centre in West Mall, Rutherford, just before 8am....
View ArticleBODY OF MISSING CLARENCE RIVER SWIMMER RECOVERED
The body of a man who went missing while swimming in the Clarence River has been recovered. The man, aged 76, was camping with family members about 70km north west of Grafton, when he experienced...
View ArticleBIKE RIDER DIES ON THE CENTRAL COAST
A man has died while riding his bicycle on the Central Coast this afternoon. The man, believed to be aged in his 50’s, was riding across the Brian McGowan Bridge on the Central Coast Highway at Gosford...
View ArticlePASSENGER KILLED AND DRIVER CRITICAL AFTER ERINA CRASH
A single-vehicle crash on the Central Coast has left one woman dead and a man in critical condition in hospital. Emergency services were called to the Central Coast Highway in Erina, after reports a...
View ArticleMAN DIES IN HOSPITAL AFTER BEING HIT BY A VAN
A man has died in hospital as a result of injuries he sustained when he was struck by a car on the Central Coast on the weekend. The 23-year-old was walking along Wallarah Road in Kanwal at around...
View ArticleGOLD COAST MAN STABBED WITH SCISSORS IN ALLEGED CONFRONTATION
A man will face a Gold Coast court after he allegedly stabbed another man with a pair of scissors overnight. Police say an altercation broke out between the two men, aged 35 and 49, just after midnight...
View ArticleCHAMPNESS EARNS A SPOT IN AUSTRALIAN UNDER-23 SQUAD
Emerging Jet’s forward Joe Champness has been named in the Australian squad for the 2018 AFC Under-23 Championships in China. Champness takes the place of injured Jaushua Sotirio, and comes after being...
View ArticleSENIOR CONSTABLE TO FACE ALLEGED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES
A Hunter Valley police officer has been accused of a domestic violence incident, and will face court later this month. The senior constable, aged 43, was arrested at Raymond Terrace yesterday and...
View ArticleDRIVER ALLEGEDLY TESTS POSITIVE FOR CANNABIS WITH TWO CHILDREN ON-BOARD
Police have allegedly discovered a quantity of illegal drugs after stopping a vehicle with two children on board. The sedan was stopped for speeding on the M1 at Mandalong on the Central Coast just...
View ArticleTWO TEENS ARRESTED AT TORONTO HOUSE PARTY
A police vehicle has been damaged and two teenagers arrested at a house party near Lake Macquarie overnight. Following noise complaints, police attended the party on Day Street in Toronto at around...
View ArticleTWO SERIOUSLY INJURED IN GRETA BALLOON CRASH
Two people have been airlifted to hospital, after a hot air balloon with 15 people on board crashed in the Hunter Valley early this morning. Police say the balloon attempted to land at Camp Road in...
View ArticleNEWCASTLE DRIVER ALLEGEDLY THREE-TIMES OVER THE LIMIT
A man will front Newcastle Bail Court after allegedly being caught driving three times over the legal limit this morning. Police allege the 34-year-old male driver failed to stop for an RBT on Kings...
View ArticleTWO MEN HOSPITALISED AFTER UNPROVOKED GOLD COAST ASSAULT
Two men have been assaulted – one knocked unconscious – during an unprovoked attack on the Gold Coast. Shortly after 3am, the men were among a group of friends on Archipelago Street at Pacific Pines,...
View ArticleEMERGENCY WARNING BUSHFIRE AT TOMAGO
TOMAGO FIRE: The Rural Fire Service has issued an EMERGENCY WARNING for a fire on Masonite Road, Tomago. Residents in Barry Close, Cabbage Tree Rd and Massonite Rd are advised to shelter in place. Do...
View ArticleKNIFE ALLEGEDLY THROWN IN ALTERCATION ON HUNTER STREET
A man has allegedly thrown a knife at another man during an altercation outside a Newcastle cafe. The two men, aged 23 and 24, became involved in the altercation on Hunter Street, just before midday on...
View ArticleMAN PASSES AWAY AFTER BEING RESCUED FROM A NEWCASTLE BEACH
A man pulled unconscious from the surf at a Newcastle beach earlier this week has died in hospital. Lifeguards pulled the 67-year-old from the water at Dixon Park Beach at around 10:30am on Thursday,...
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