If Maitlands Councils 7.2% rate wasn’t a big enough kick to the teeth last month, this month they have decided they did such a wonderful job in screwing you out of more cash it’s only fair they deserve a 20% increase in councillor allowances and...
A three month baby girl has died after being found unresponsive at a house in Hamilton South last Tuesday. Emgencey services were called to the house at Hamilton South where they found a baby girl unresponsive and rushed the baby to John Hunter Hospital where...
Viral fragments of COVID-19 have been detected in a recent sample from the Burwood Beach sewage treatment plant. The sample was taken as part of a NSW Health research program to test sewage for traces of COVID-19 to support the public health response to the...
Officers from South Sydney Police Area Command were alerted about 6PM on Friday, 7th August, after a man absconded from his hotel room in Mascot. Police began searching for the man and tracked him to Central Railway Station where he has caught a train north....
For the past week I have noticed people posting about clown coming out after dark around Swansea at Lake Macquarie. The clown appears to just walk around there has been no reports of the clown causing any trouble. The Swansea clown is receiving a mixed...
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.
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...
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...
NSW Police are renewing their appeal for information into the disappearance of a teenage girl from Lake Macquarie for more than 25-years, as part of this year’s Missing Persons Week. Gordana Kotevski, aged 16, was last seen being forced into a vehicle on Powell Street,...
HNE Health have added an additional venue to list to self isolate and seek testing. Sushi Revolution Hamilton 12 – 1pm Bennett Hotel, Hamilton – Friday 31 July, from 5.30pm to 10.00pm Greenroof Bar and Restaurant, Hamilton – Friday 31 July, from 10pm to 12...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
NSW Health have advised that a positive COVID-19 case visited the Toronto Drug Court on Monday 27 July between 7am and 2pm. A member of the Court at Toronto has tested positive to COVID-19 and the positive result was received on Saturday (1 August) evening....
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...