Around 1:30am this morning emergency services were called to a suspicious car fire at Weston Two cars were destroyed and the carport was damaged in the fire. Anyone with any information is urged to contact Cessnock Police or Crime Stoppers.
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St. Francis Xavier’s College in Hamilton will be closed for cleaning tomorrow after a student tested positive for #COVID19 tonight. A third case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Newcastle. He is a male teenager who is a household contact of the teenager announced yesterday and
The Grater bank in Raymond Terrace has closed for a deep clean as a precaution because one staff member attended the Newcastle Jets game at McDonald Jones Stadium and developed flu like symptoms and has undergone a Covid test and awaiting results. All staff members are
PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT – NEW COVID-19 CASES IN NEWCASTLE (UPDATE) – Since our alert last night (5 August, 8.15pm), a second case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Newcastle; a close contact of the teenager announced yesterday. The District is continuing to investigate the source of
PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT A new COVID-19 case has been confirmed in the Newcastle area today. The new case is a male teenager, and we are continuing to investigate the source of his infection. Hunter New England Local Health District is urging anyone who attended St Pius
ST PIUS X SCHOOL ADAMSTOWN CLOSED St Pius X High School at Adamstown will be closed for deep cleaning tomorrow after a student tested positive for COVID-19. Hunter New England Health says it will release more information soon.
About 2:50am today (Monday 3 August 2020), emergency services responded to calls for assistance relating to a 30 year old suffering from a medical episode near Bar Beach. Police responded where a search of the area was conducted, later assisted by the Weatpac Rescue Helicopter. Police
Hexham bowling club have quickly responded to tonight outbreaks in the Hunter by only allowing members to enter the licensed venue from Monday 3rd of August. This decision comes after two licensed venues in the Hunter were forced to close after vistors from Sydney had tested
Wallsend diggers has issued the following statement to its members. Good Evening Members. Wallsend Diggers was contacted by NSW Health earlier this afternoon. We were advised that a person from Sydney who is Covid Confirmed entered the premises on Thursday 30th July between the hours of
The Jesmound hotel has closed for a deep clean tonight, we understand that patron infected with Covid-19 attended the venue between 7:30pm and 9:30pm on Wednesday the 29th of July. More to come
It’s believed Wallsend diggers have been directed to close this afternoon, it’s believed to be Covid related, but this is not confirmed at this stage. One Facebook user has posted a photo showing Covid cleaners in a near by car park. I understand the Wallsend Diggers
Seventeen new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the 24 hours to 8.00pm last night, bringing the total number of cases in NSW to 3,584. One previously reported case has been excluded. Early this morning an 83-year-old man, who had COVID-19 linked to the Crossroads Hotel
Earlier today, NSW Health reported two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 for HNELHD. The first is a man in his 60s who is part of the known family cluster in Port Stephens and he remains in isolation. We are currently working to identify all close contacts
Many people across Newcastle are hearing and seeing military aircraft flying around the city. There is nothing fear, this is just a training exercise and they not shutting down Newcastle because of Covid. Australian Defence Force personnel will conduct training in the Newcastle, New South Wales,
PORT STEPHENS COVID-19 UPDATE – 29 July 2020 HNE Health officials confirm that there are two new cases of COVID-19 in Port Stephens, a woman in her 30s and a woman in her 60s. Both new cases are close contacts of the man in his 30s
A man will appear in court today charged following investigations into several acts of vandalism at train stations across Sydney, Central Coast and Hunter region transport networks. In December 2019, officers from the Police Transport Command commenced an investigation, following reports railway infrastructure and trains had
MINOR FLOOD BULLETIN #6Wollombi BrookIssued: Tuesday 28 July 2020 at 7.52pm Issued By: Peter Green, Incident Controller What is happening?Minor flooding is forecast for the Wollombi Brook Area, impacting on the towns and surrounding areas of Broke, Bulga, Laguna, Millfield, Wollombi, Brickmans Bridge, Ellalong,Paxton.Heavy rainfall has
product recall notice for Twang Brambleberry Sour 375ml Cans & Kegs from ALL RETAIL STORES AND VENUES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. Twang Brambleberry Batch 20117 PKD 10/07/20 & PKD 13/07/20 may be affected by refermentation in the can which could result in exploding cans. Twang Brambleberry kegs pose no safety issue however their
Fire has ripped through the Rahmani’s Rug Gallery in Newcastle West over night., completely destroying the two story building. Around 40 firefighters and 15 Fire trucks including 2 aerial appliances battled the furious flames. Crews had to battle many variables such as multiple levels, multiple exposures,
14 new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in NSW between 8pm on 26 July and 8pm on 27 July. Six of the new cases are linked to the funeral gatherings cluster, four cases are associated with Thai Rock Wetherill Park, and one case is associated