Deputy Lord Mayor Declan Clausen has officially launched the first-ever fully-autonomous (Level 4) driverless vehicle to mix with traffic, which starts a three-month trial on Newcastle’s roads today. The project is a joint initiative of City of Newcastle and Keolis Downer. Novocastrians and visitors to the
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An investigation is underway following the death of a man at Cessnock. Just after 5pm yesterday (Sunday 5 July 2020), police were called to a rubbish tip on Old Maitland Road, where they found a man injured. The 54-year-old man was pronounced deceased at the scene.
A man has been charged over an alleged sexual act on a bus in the Hunter region last month. About 1.45pm on Wednesday 24 June 2020, a 16-year-old schoolgirl boarded a bus at Rotary Park, Kurri Kurri, travelling towards Heddon Greta. A man also boarded the
PROACTIVE CRIME UNIT WEST ARREST 23 YEAR OLD MALE FOLLOWING POLICE PURSUIT WYEE. About 10:00pm on Thursday 2 July, 2020 Police attached to the Lake Macquarie Proactive Crime Unit (West) were patrolling in the vicinity of Wyee Road, Morisset. Police saw a green Subaru Forrester driving
NSW Health has been forced into screening people returning form Melbourne after thousands of people have returned to NSW from Melbourne over the past week. Gladys Berejiklian had no plans to close borders or screen people coming back from Melbourne as she firmly believes in the
Michael Johnsen MP, Member for Upper Hunter has announced that Dungog Shire will benefit from $4.4 Million in funding which will improve local roads and create jobs as part of the NSW Government’s $500 million Fixing Local Roads program, ensuring even more regional communities benefit, faster.
A man has been arrested after stand off with police near Newcastle. About 9.20am (Thursday 2 July 2020), officers from Newcastle City Police District were called to Warkworth Street, Maryland, following reports of a domestic dispute. Upon arrival, police were confronted by a man, armed with
A man has been charged after prohibited drugs and explosive devices were located at a home in the Hunter region yesterday. Officers attached to the Hunter Valley Police District Proactive Crime Team conducted a Firearms Prohibition Order (FPO) search at a home on Fifth Street, Weston,
Strike Force Trawler detectives have charged a man from the Hunter Valley following an investigation into the alleged online grooming of a child.
Flight JQ474 has taken off from the centre of Melbournes covid-19 hotspot, the plane can hold a maximum of 180 passengers, and as of 10am this morning there was only 1 seat available. Jetstar does have a Covid-19 plan and says contracting Covid-19 in a plane
A Lake Macquarie man will appear in court today charged by Strike Force Trawler detectives following an investigation into the alleged online grooming and procuring of a child. Last month, detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crime Squad’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit (CEIU) began engaging
Fire Crews were called to an early morning house fire on Alkira ave Cessnock this morning. Firefighters arrived to the house that was fully engulfed in flames, the house was fully furnished but Fire fighters quickly established that no one was home at the time. Firefighter
Gladys Berejiklian has refused to close the NSW border to prevent people from Victoria entering NSW and potentially spreading Covid-19 from Victoria to NSW. We can reveal a Jetstar flight from Melbourne to Newcastle is set touch down today before the lock down is enforced tonight
A teenage boy has been charged following several alleged aggravated break and enter offences in the Hunter. In June 2020, officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police Proactive Crime Team commenced Operation Golding to investigate and respond to an increase in property-related crime in Maitland, Rutherford and Aberglasslyn.
Police are appealing for information after two men were stabbed during a home invasion at Hawks Nest overnight. About 10.30pm (Monday 30 June 2020), a 78-year-old man opened the door of his home on Booner Street and was confronted by three unknown men. The group pushed
The Covid-19 economic crisis is hitting the Hunter hard and fast with statistics from the Hunter Business Chamber show that 36,000 jobs were lost in the Hunter region in May and youth unemployment in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie area having skyrocketed to 26.8 per cent.
Key Points The man left the venue, then returned and refused to leave a licensed venue, police were called to remove the man. When police arrived the man begun swearing and throwing rocks at police The man attempted to encourage bystanders to assault police before fleeing.
A man has been charged with damaging a police vehicle after he allegedly kicked the door during an incident where officers were threatened with a knife earlier this week. Two men, aged 28 and 35, where charged after allegedly threatening officers with a knife during a
Fears of a second wave of Covid-19 in Victoria has sent Hunter residents into a toilet paper buying frenzy today. The shelves of Coles and Woolworths have been stripped bare from Newcastle to Cessnock this afternoon, leaving many people scratching their heads in disbelief. There is
Cessnock City Council welcomed a recent NSW Government announcement that will see a temporary Community Recovery Officer role established for the Cessnock Local Government Area (LGA). The role will be dedicated to supporting the community following the bush fires that hit the LGA last fire season.