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A woman will face court after allegedly being caught driving more than six times over the legal limit in the state’s Hunter region yesterday. About 8.30pm (Saturday 24 July 2021) police were patrolling Nelson Bay Road at Williamtown after receiving information from the public about the

A man has died following a fatal shooting at Newcastle today. About 12.45pm (Thursday 22 July 2021), emergency services were called to a unit on Darby St, Cooks Hill, following reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, police located a man inside the unit with a gunshot

Macquarie College in Wallsend had a Covid scare today after a student was deemed a close contact of a covid positive case. Its believed the student visited a petrol station in Goulburn at the same time as a confirmed case did back on July 16th. The

A man has died following a motorcycle crash in the Upper Hunter overnight. About 10.15pm (Tuesday 20 July 2021), emergency services were called to Old Scone Road and Macartney Street, Merriwa, after reports a Triumph motorcycle with a rider and a pillion passenger had left the

Almost one in five drivers returned positive results during a proactive drink and drug driving operation in Lake Macquarie yesterday. Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District undertook Operation Amrap between 7am and 5pm (Monday 19 July 2021) targeting drink and drug driving offences, along with compliance

Anyone who attended the following venue at the times listed is a close contact and must get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result, and call 1800 943 553 unless they have already been contacted by NSW Health: Wallsend – Coles Express, 14

A Turramurra man has been issued a hefty fine for breaching health orders, after seeking some peace and quiet in Hawks Nest. At 12.40am today (Saturday 17 July 2021), police spoke to a man who was asleep in the rear of a white Volkswagen Tiguan on

NSW recorded 111 new cases with 42 cases in the community for part or all of their infectious period. Unfortunately NSW also recorded 1 death. No new restrictions have been placed on Regional NSW. 3 LGA in southwest Sydney are now under strict stay at home,

Covid-19 has made it way through the Hunter, with the first exposure site listed since the Delta outbreak. Anyone who attended the 7/11 at Thornton on Weakleys drive between 12:05pm and 12:11pm, Tueday 13th is considered a casual contact, must Isolate and until they return a

At 8.55pm on the 10 July 2021 a passer-by has contacted Police and Ambulance when they observed a 64-year-old male had impaled his left leg on a high metal picket fence whilst trying to gain entry into a property at Maitland. The male was freed by

Police remain at the scene of a serious head-on crash in the Hunter region this afternoon. Emergency services were called to Leggetts Drive, about 1km south of Pelaw Main, about 3.15pm (Thursday 15 July 2021), following reports a Toyota Corolla and a Ford Territory collided head-on.

A man has been seriously injured during an affray in the state’s Hunter region overnight. Just before 8pm (Tuesday 13 July 2021), a 28-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man were inside a home on Alliance Street, East Maitland, when three men and two women arrived at

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

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