A man will reappear in court today charged over the alleged sexual touching of a teenage girl in the Hunter Region. In November last year, detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad commenced an investigation following reports a 14-year-old girl had been sexually touched
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Have you ever had one those days where nothing goes your way or have you have stuffed up so big you can’t hide it, well this truckie has had monumental stuff up today after driving his heavy truck across the Allan Bridge. His truck has caused
Hunter Valley Police recently recovered a handful of watches they believe were stolen, the watches were recovered from a vehicle at a Kurri Kurri Address on the 10th of July. Hunter Valley Police would like to reunite the watches with their owners, if you or know
WEAKLEYS DRIVE CLOSED NORTHBOUND THORNTON NSW 2:47PM, Monday 12th July FATAL CRASH Weakleys Dr is closed northbound between the New England Hwy and Glenwood Dr due to a fatal crash. Also, if you’re travelling eastbound on the New England Hwy and take the off-ramp to Weakleys
Emergency services were called to a Lovedale property this afternoon with reports of a man who had been impaled on a metal bar from fencing equipment. The Westpac Rescue critical car team performed a delicate procedure at the scene to free the man. Cessnock District Rescue
The Prince of Merewether was fined for violating public health orders in connection with COVID-19. Newcastle City Police were carrying out business checks when they went to the venue at 9:00pm Officers observed the venue wasn’t adhering to the one person per square metre rule and
A five week old baby has been mauled to death on the Central Coast this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene around 2:20am to a house on Jeff Close in Kariong, west of Gosford. NSW POLICE were first on the scene and attempted to
Police have arrested a man following an alleged break and enter and several pursuits through the Hunter overnight. Officers from Hunter Valley Police District were notified of an alleged break and enter at a rural property in Ellalong, that occurred between 9am and 6pm yesterday (Thursday
A man has died in a single-vehicle crash in Lake Macquarie earlier today. Shortly before 7am (Tuesday 6 July 2021), emergency services were called to Freemans Drive, about 2km south of Cessnock Road at Cooranbong, after reports a vehicle travelling northbound had left the road and
A motorbike rider is in hospital under police guard following a crash this afternoon in Cessnock, it’s alleged the motorcycle collided with a car. Emergency services were called to the intersection of King and Cooper Streets shortly after 3pm when the motorcycle and a car collided.
A teenager has died following a crash on the state’s Hunter yesterday. About 4.15pm (Monday 5 July 2021), an unregistered trail bike – being ridden by a 19-year-old man – was travelling south along Torrens Avenue in Cardiff. The rider lost control of the bike after
Two teenagers have been charged following an alleged armed robbery in the Hunter overnight. About 10.30pm (Sunday 4 July 2021), a 26-year-old male employee and a 32-year-old female customer were inside a service station on the New England Highway at Rutherford, when two people entered the
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man missing in the state’s Hunter Valley area. Phillip Carter, aged 47, was reported missing to Police by a family member about 10.30am this morning (Sunday 4 July 2021). He has not made contact with friends or
This school holidays and NAIDOC week you can treat the whole family to a trip to The Maitland Regional Art Gallery for some family viewing messages containing profanity and racist art works. One family was disgusted by what they have seen at the art gallery after
Maitland Independent mayoral candidate Philip Penfold has announced 2 local women are joining his team at the local government election in September. Leonnie Carter lives in Woodberry where she and Josh are raising two children Toby and Lillie. Before establishing her business in 2013, Leonnie spent
One person is dead and another person has suffered serious burns after a light plane crashed into a paddock east of Muswellbrook around 1pm this afternoon. The second person has been flown to the Royal North Shore Hospital in a serious condition. More to come
A man will face court today charged with murder after a body was found in a home unit near Newcastle last night. Officers from Newcastle City Police District were called to a unit on Regent Street, Mayfield, about 6.30pm (Saturday 3 July 2021), after a man’s
It’s been 7 days now under the mask mandate and not a single Covid case in the Greater Hunter Region, so why the bloody hell are we still wearing masks? Greater Sydney is in lockdown and movements have been largely restricted and yet we are still
What a rollacoster ride it’s been for the Vaccine rollout in Australia, and frankly I think everybody is even more confused this week than ever before about whether they should get the AZ vaccine. The health advice is so confusing right now, we had Scott Morrison
A man wanted on outstanding warrants has been charged after allegedly entering the water at Lake Macquarie to flee police yesterday. About 11.20am (Wednesday 30 June 2021), officers from Tuggerah Lakes Police District attended a home on Mariam Street, Mannering Park, to arrest a man wanted