Up to 90% of the 2020 vintage will not make it to bottle due to smoke tainted grapes caused by the catastrophic bushfire season. The Government has announced a $75,000 emergency grant for agriculture damaged by the bushfires, but smoke-taint will probably be excluded from the
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3 Dead in C-130 Large area tanker crash Body of man found in burnt out house on the south coast. 6 NSWRFS Firefighters injured in tanker roll over. Horror Thursday for NSWRFS, as the news broke Thursday afternoon that a large area tanker had crashed killing
The scam was so simple and preyed on desperate farmers who are willing to do anything to feed their stock in desperate times, A 27 year old man was advertising discounted hay on social media to desperate farmers in drought stricken in NSW to feed stock,
A 23-year-old woman has overdosed on the popular MDMA party drug at last weekends Cold Chisel concert in Pokolbin, the woman allegedly purchased the drug inside the venue before having an adverse reaction to the drug. The woman was taken to hospital where she made full
Around 12pm on Wednesday emergency services responded to a grass fire at Weston which took hold pretty fast and threatened business in the area, in all 14 fire crews attended the fire and firebird 287 commenced water bombing. Fortunately no business we’re damaged as a result
4 major retailers will close it’s doors at Green Hills as brick and mortar retailers struggle to make profits and complete with online shopping. Music chain Sanity is the first to close it store down at Green Hills and also many other locations around the country
48-year-old man charged and will face court today Laptops and phones seized Strike Force Trawler detectives engaged a man online who believed he was talking to a 13 year old girl. In December 2019 Strike Force Trawler detectives engaged in online conversations with a 48-year-old man
On Tuesday 21JAN2020 @ approximately 16:00hrs firefighters from Singleton Fire + Rescue station and Whittingham Rural Fire Service responded to reports of a building fire off Cemetery lane Singleton. Upon arrival firefighters found that a fire had started after a power transformer had made contact with
Thugs have smashed holes in walls and damaged expensive cricket pitch covers for the second time this summer. whilst nothing was stolen because there is nothing housed in the change sheds of the cricket club, it’s extremely disappointing that people would commit such a stupid meaningless
Wollombi RFS fire crews are investigating a confirmed smoke sighting a few km west of Andrews Rd. Stay tuned for infomation as the situation unfolds. 4:15pm update firebird in the air heading to Wollombi to assess the fire from the air
Kendall Street at Bellbird has been closed off, multiple emergency vehicles on scene. stay posted tuned for more information. 1pm: report of a person on the ground Stay tuned as soon as we hear more we will let you know.
P Plate Driver, Drink Driving- Nelson Bay. A P plate driver has been stop for a traffic breach in Nelson Bay as a result the driver was breath tested and was found to be twice the legal limit of a full licenced driver. The young man’s
Three people have died in a single-vehicle crash west of Coffs Harbour this morning. Emergency services were called to Gleniffer Road near Sunset Ridge Drive, Bellingen, just before 2.30am (Tuesday 21 January 2020), and found an eastbound small SUV had left the road and hit a
Last night supercell storms across the greater Sydney area have brought down trees and power lines and caused flash flooding. SES has received over 400 calls for assistance last and has worked through the night to get through all the jobs, some 200 jobs still remained
A house under renovation in Weston went up in flames over the weekend when electrical wires at the front of a house partially dislodged arcing on the front of the house. Around 4am Emergency services were called to reports of a house fire, crews responded quickly
SOMERSBY, 10 Pile Rd, Pool Chemical Factory. ⚠️ROAD CLOSED⚠️ Fire+Rescue NSW, Ambulance and Police are on scene at a factory complex. At this stage an unknown substance has formed a vapour cloud and affected about 4 x factories. Approx 40 pple have been evacuated and need
Around 4am Saturday morning police and fire crews were called to a property in Eighth Street Weston, upon arrival a caravan parked at the front of the house was well alight. Fire crews extinguished the fire and no one was injured in the fire, police suspect
Police say 2 Kangaroos were deliberately run over and 1 found dead with chest injuries yesterday in the Wollombi Park near Muswellbrook. A bushwalker found 2 injured and 1 dead Kangaroo around 8am yesterday morning and called police. Police established a crime scene and commenced an
Hunter Valley Zoo Welcomes New Fur Babies There never been a better time to visit the Hunter Valley Zoo as they welcome so many new fur babies to the zoo. Check out the energy these baby Emu’s have Next we have 3 baby Macaw chicks who
Cessnock district rescue squad, RFS and NSW Ambulance were called out to a motor vehicle accident on Wollombi Road near Bucketty late yesterday afternoon it was reported a person was trapped in the vehicle. Upon arrival the driver of the vehicle had been freed and was