UPDATE ***** ALL FIREWORK DISPLAYS ON HOLD UNTIL NSWRFS and NSW FIRE AND RESCUE APPROVE EXEMPTION REQUESTS. ALL OTHER NYE ACTIVITIES AT VENUES ARE GOING AHEAD REGAURDLESS OF FIREWORKS MOST VENUES WILL BE RAISING MONEY TO SUPPORT FIRE SERVICES AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING...
A cheeky cow trying to get an extra feed of hay got its head stuck in the metal feeder, Cessnock District Rescue Squad attended the scene to free the stuck cow. Cessnock District Rescue Squad issued the following statement. A cow had managed to get...
Fire crews are responding to reports of a structure fire on Sweetwater Rd beford the fire is confirmed to be at the Ridgeview Estate we are unclear which building is on fire at this stage, The Estate has cottages, restaurant and cellar door as well...
About 10pm (Saturday 28 December 2019), officers from Lake Macquarie Police District attended Rhodes Street, Blackalls Park, after reports a large house party was out of control and spilling onto the street. About 150 people spilled out onto the streets as police tried to break...
Police are investigating the attempted armed robbery of a business in Raymond Terrace. About 7.10pm (Friday 27 December 2019), a man entered a petrol station on Adelaide Street and approached the counter. The man asked for a pack of cigarettes before allegedly threatening the male...
A man has been charged after allegedly deliberately lighting two fires in the state’s Hunter region yesterday. Just after 11pm (Friday 27 December 2019), officers from Hunter Valley Police District were on the scene of a bushfire near Greta Street, Aberdare, when they noticed a...
Crews are responding to a new fire burning on Yango Creek Rd Laguna. The size of the fire is unknown at this stage. Stay tuned for more info.
The annual NYE party at the Wollombi Tavern will continue go ahead to spite extream fire conditions forecast for NYE and recent fires in the area. Usually, the event organizers pass around buckets for donations to offset the cost of the fireworks display but this...
Two children have suffered minor injuries after police pursuit ends in a crash. Police said they attempted to stop a 45-year-old woman driving a Mazda 3 travelling northbound on the New England Highway at Singleton, for the purpose of a random breath test. The driver...
STOLEN – from Cameron Machinery Co between 12 midday Wednesday 25th and midday Friday 27th December. From Mt. Thorley workshop, Piercefield Road. Hino Field Service Welding Truck, including Lincoln Air Vantage Welder. Clearly sign written with Cameron Machinery Co. and Unit # CM203 Any information...
The fire was a small scrub fire of approximately 20mx20m in size. It was attended by Fire and Rescue NSW and NSW Rural Fire Service, and reported as out last night. Crews are currently working on a smalthel fire on Cessnock Rd Neath crews believe...
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED – STEALING DARBY STREET PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE TO ASSIST US IS THIS SOMEONE YOU KNOW? Newcastle City Police are investigating a stealing on 12 December 2019 on Darby Street, Cooks Hill. We are attempting to identify the male person in the attached...
At 420pm ironically police stopped a 22-year-old man driving a holden commodore on Maitland St Kurri Kurri, the man could not produce a valid drivers licence and admitted he had never held a drivers licence, a subsequent search of the man’s vehicle found a small...
Crews are responding to reports of bush alight at Paynes Crossing Rd Paynes Crossing. Stat tuned for more information.
Police had been hunting this man since the 30th of November with no luck in identifying this man. Today they put his Face on Facebook and within Twelve minutes they had a positive ID on this man. He was wanted for a string of thefts...
A 36-year-old man is in police custody today following a violent attack on the streets of Mayfield last night. It’s alleged that the 36-year-old man produced a knife and stabbed another man in the neck on Silsoe Street, near the intersection of Myola Street, in...
Around 4:30am this morning a Cardiff woman awoke to grab a glass of water when out of nowhere she was grabbed by an intruder. The woman tried to fight the intruder off, the intruder then pulled a knife out and stabbed the lady in the...
Sadly you can’t make this up Newcastle Police identify man currently on bail in relation to a stolen security camera system. When police catch up with this man at his residents they discover a stolen mountain bike. The man tells police an unknown person must...
Two teenage boys have been charged following investigations into an aggravated robbery in Cessnock yesterday. About 1am on Monday 23 December 2019, a 15-year-old boy was riding his bike with a friend along Aberdare Road, Aberdare. As he rode past two 16-year-old boys, police will...
Supermarkets are great at pretending that care about plastic if they can profit from it, they welcomed the ban single-use bags so they could charge you 15cents per bag, and it made them look like they cared about the plastic problems facing the world. But...