UPDATED: DRIVER CHARGED AFTER GOLD COAST HIT AND RUN
UPDATE: Police have charged a 33-year-old Broadbeach man with dangerous operation of a vehicle causing grievous bodily harm after a hit and run on the Gold Coast yesterday. A 29-year-old man was struck...
View ArticleFULL DAY FOR THE WESTPAC RESCUE CHOPPER
It’s been a busy day for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter across the region today. The most delicate operation involved the retrieval of a 55-year-old woman who fell down a steep gully whilst bush walking...
View ArticleELDERLY DRIVER KILLED IN TOMAGO VEHICLE COLLISION
A female driver has died as the result of a vehicle crash north of Newcastle yesterday. Shortly before 8 o’clock on Saturday night, a hatchback and a ute collided at the intersection of Tomago Road and...
View ArticleWEEKEND UPDATE
Malcolm Turnbull has turned his focus to Campbelltown on day seven of the election campaign, while Tony Abbott launches his own bid for re-election. Five men are facing possible life sentences – after...
View ArticleAUSTRALIA FALLS AGONISINGLY SHORT IN EUROVISION
There were bleary eyes and hoarse voices around Australia this morning, as the nation woke up early to watch Dami Im take on the Eurovision final. And boy was it a nailbiter – the girl from Brisbane in...
View ArticlePOLICE URGE CAUTION AFTER TWO ROAD FATALITIES NORTH OF NEWCASTLE
Two people have died in separate road fatalities north of Newcastle in the last 24 hours. In the first incident, a 23-year-old man died on The Bucketts Way, Gloucester just after midnight, after a...
View ArticleHYDROPONICS SET UP DISCOVERED AFTER INDUSTRIAL FIRE NEAR LAKE MACQUARIE
Police discovered a hydroponic set up following a blaze at an industrial property in Lake Macquarie yesterday. Just after midday on Friday, emergency services responded to reports of a fire at an...
View ArticleDRIVER KILLED AFTER CRASHING INTO POWER POLE NEAR JERRYS PLAINS
A 27-year-old male has died after his Holden Commodore crashed into a power pole in the Hunter Valley last night. At around 10 o’clock, emergency services attended the scene on the Golden Highway,...
View ArticleTITANS TAKE DOWN PANTHERS IN LAST-GASP THRILLER
Panthers centre Peta Hiku’s season is almost certainly over as the mountain men were hit hard by injuries against the Titans today. The Panthers lost another tight match – allowing two tries in the...
View ArticleWOMAN AIRLIFTED AFTER VEHICLE CRASH NORTH OF PORT MACQUARIE
A woman has been flown to Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital with critical injuries from a crash on the Pacific Highway north of Port Macquarie this morning. The 33-year-old and her two children became...
View ArticleCENTRAL COAST FUGITIVE NABBED IN KEW
A man has been charged with a number of drug and firearm related offences after being arrested on the mid north coast. Just before 11am today, police identified a 25-year-old male who had evaded them...
View ArticlePOLICE HUNTING WANTED MAN ON FAR NORTH COAST
Police say a man wanted on two outstanding arrest warrants may be hiding out on the state’s far north coast. Jed Vincent was last seen in Kingscliff and is known to frequent northern NSW and the...
View ArticleTEENS CHARGED OVER ATTEMPTED CHARLESTOWN ROBBERY
A pair of male teenagers have been charged after an alleged robbery attempt in Charlestown last weekend. Just before 5pm last Sunday, an 18-year-old man was walking along Charlestown Road when he was...
View ArticlePOLICE CHARGE BRISBANE MAN OVER ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY IN SOUTHPORT
A Brisbane man has appeared in court over the alleged armed robbery of a woman in Southport on Friday. Around 5:30pm, a man armed with a hammer approached a woman on Wardoo Street in Southport, and...
View ArticleHOUSE FIRE ON THE GOLD COAST TREATED AS SUSPICIOUS
Queensland police are investigating a suspicious house fire on the Gold Coast overnight. Around 10:30pm, emergency services responded to reports of a house fire on McPhail Street in Coomera. They...
View ArticleCONCERNS HELD OVER MISSING GOLD COAST TEEN
Police hold concerns for a 14-year-old girl who has gone missing on the Gold Coast. The teenager was last seen on Wednesday evening at a residence in Manassa Street in Upper Coomera. She is described...
View ArticleWEEKEND UPDATE
Riot police have been forced to break up fights between opposing groups of protestors in Melbourne, after pro and anti immigration demonstrations got out of hand. The Olympics in doubt as more than 100...
View ArticlePOLICE PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF HEAVY VEHICLE COMPLIANCE OPERATION
Police have commended the overall results of the latest heavy vehicle compliance operation, despite issuing a number of infringement notices. From 7am on Friday, highway patrol officers conducted the...
View ArticleSTATE GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE FUNDING TO COMBAT IMPACT OF BATS
Hunter councils struggling to move on large colonies of flying foxes, are being urged to apply for funding. The state government’s made available $1-million for mitigation works. From next month,...
View ArticleTWEED HEADS ALTERCATION RESULTS IN STABBING CHARGE
A man has been charged in relation to an alleged stabbing as the result of an altercation on the far north coast last week. Shorly after 10 o’clock on Thursday night, police responded to reports of a...
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