⚠️ PUTTY ROAD CLOSED – SERIOUS CRASH #MILBRODALE TO #BLAXLANDSRIDGE Putty Road is closed in both directions between Milbrodale and Blaxlands Ridge due to a serious two-car crash. Avoid the area and consider using the M1 Pacific a Motorway as an alternative.
Diplomat Lemon and Ginger Herbal Infusion 60g (40 bags) has been recalled due to chemical/contaminant (ethylene oxide) contamination. The product may cause illness/injury if consumed. Consumers should not consume this product and should return the product to any ALDI store for a full refund. All...
Emergency services responded to a deliberately lit grass fire on Bishops Bridge Rd around 10pm Saturday night (27/02/21), upon arrival firefighters found illegally dumped household items well alight in long grass. Fortunately, with all the wet weather lately, this grass fire had not taken off,...
John Hunter Hospital is among five major vaccination hubs that will open progressively across NSW from Monday 15 March, as the COVID-19 vaccination rollout stretches across the state. The five vaccination hubs and a further 99 satellite sites will initially focus on frontline health care...
A man has been charged with firearm and drug offences after a crash at Lake Macquarie overnight. About 3:50am (Saturday 27 February 2021), police responded to reports that a silver Kia Cerato, travelling west along Lowry Street, Cardiff, had crashed into two parked cars. The...
The Yancoal Board met yesterday and decided to transition its Cessnock Austar mine from “care & maintenance” to permanent closure. The Austar mine is last coal mine in Cessnock a once rich and vibrant mining town, which once employed 10,000 people. An important chapter in...
How dare ACM ask you to delete Facebook and return like nothing ever happened, just like a spoilt little kid who didn’t get their way. ACM are the owners of the Major Newspapers in the Hunter including the Newcastle Herald and the Maitland Mercury. They...
A man has been charged after allegedly assaulting paramedics and damaging an ambulance vehicle in the Lake Macquarie area. About 9.00pm on Thursday 25 February 2021, paramedics responded to a home on Edward Street, Cardiff, to assist a man who had reportedly injured his shoulder....
After almost 70 years in production Mr and Mrs Potato Head are dropping thier gender titles. Hasbro made the announcement on Thursday to promote gender equality and inclusion. From today the Mr and Mrs Potato head would prefer you call them only Potato Heads.
Police have located the body of a missing woman in Warners Bay who has been missing since Monday. The tragic news comes just hours after her van was found abandoned at the home maker centre in Warners Bay. Police are not treating her death as...
Jack Russell Puppy snuck inside the engine bay of an SUV The owner drove 22km down the Hunter Expressway The owner pulled over after hearing a strange howling sound coming from the engine bay. The owner discovered the puppy was firmly stuck inside the engine...
🚓 POLICE OPERATION UNDERWAY 🚓 Newcastle City Police District are currently conducting a major police operation in the Jesmond area. A number of roads are closed an police are patrolling Please avoid the area
Residents of the Hunter New England Local Health District who have used a commercial mouse bait containing zinc phosphide in their home are urged to contact the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s 24-hour Environment Line for advice and to register for free removal and disposal. The...
About 8.30pm (Wednesday 24 February 2021), a man, armed with a firearm, entered a takeaway food store on Cowper Street, Wallsend, and threatened four employees before stealing cash, a handbag. The armed man fled out the back door and a female employee chased him into...
Today Tim Crakanthorp was at the Neill Terrace playground with Hamilton South residents to speak with the media about thier petition for a replacement playground. The State Government has allowed this playground to rott into a dangerous state of disrepair and has no plans to...
Following the New Zealand Government’s report yesterday of three additional cases of COVID-19 in Auckland, NSW Health is contacting travellers who have arrived from New Zealand since Saturday 20 February on quarantine-free flights to check if they have been to any new venues of concern...
Proof Covid has had no impact on the housing market in the Hunter Valley as this four bedroom faultless family design house in Cessnock sells for $650,000. The house is framed by beautifully landscaped grounds and set in a quiet cul-de-sac within Cessnock’s premier housing...
Great news for Shortland! If you live, work or play in Shortland, the City of Newcastle is calling for community feedback on a proposal to improve safety for pedestrians and amenity of the local centre in Shortland. Community consultation undertaken in April 2019 and June...
