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Private dam overflows at Catherine Hill Bay building site as Newcastle drenched in rain
A private dam on a development site at Catherine Hill Bay has overflowed in Saturday's heavy rain. Picture supplied.
Simon McCarthy • 2hrs ago
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Motorcycle rider in hospital after head-on crash near Singleton
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Image sourced from Google Earth.
Police
Alleged drug dealer faces 36 drug and gun charges after police swoop on Shortland
Simon McCarthy
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League legend's family walk to raise awareness of sport concussions
Last year's Walk to End CTE, and inset league legend Steve Mortimer and son Andrew. Pictures supplied
Sage Swinton
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Targeting high-risk cancers in children with drugs to kill free radicals
Damon Cronshaw
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Cancer researcher Matt Dun at the Merewether ocean baths in 2021. Picture by Marina Neil
Council refuses to answer questions about cost of letters investigation
Madeline Link
Japanese resident Scott Neylon and, inset, his close friend City of Newcastle CEO Jeremy Bath. Picture: Facebook
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Council attacks Herald 'errors', so let's get down to the facts
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City of Newcastle CEO Jeremy Bath with his best made and long-term resident of Japan, Scott Neylon (inset), and the council's "media statement" lauding the "proactive" release of the Pinnacle report.
Column
Keeping friends in mind serves us well
Tarnya Davis
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Keeping friends in mind serves us well
Court and Crime
Alleged drug dealer faces 36 drug and gun charges after police swoop on Shortland
Police
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Simon McCarthy
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'We don't need names and faces': push for 48-hour media ban on victims' details
Madeline Link
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Mackenzie Anderson's mother Tabitha Acret at the memorial bench unveiled in her honour at Gregson Park in December. Picture by Marina Neil
'I need a drink': alcoholic driver after crash that killed 9yo boy
Mark Russell
A speeding drink driver who caused a boy's death has been jailed more than five years. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)
Power and the passion: A Herald series
Power station pleads not guilty to Lake Macquarie fish kill
Some of the marine creatures killed in the Mannering Park fish kill.
Matthew Kelly
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See what offshore wind manufacturing will look like in Newcastle
Matthew Kelly
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See what offshore wind manufacturing will look like in Newcastle
Nationals scope out the Upper Hunter for nuclear power plant site
Matthew Kelly
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David Littleproud and Senator Ross Cadell at Nelson Bay on Thursday. Picture by Simone DePeak.
Council News
Council attacks Herald 'errors', so let's get down to the facts
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City of Newcastle CEO Jeremy Bath with his best made and long-term resident of Japan, Scott Neylon (inset), and the council's "media statement" lauding the "proactive" release of the Pinnacle report.
The Newcastle Herald
Satire
With friends like these, who needs [REDACTED]?
Simon McCarthy
City of Newcastle CEO Jeremy Bath and his long-time friend Scott Neylon (inset) are the subject of a recently published council code of conduct investigation.
'Unlikely', 'may have': how Pinnacle reached conclusion on Bath and Neylon links
Sage Swinton
Jeremy Bath pointing to a poster of his friend Scott Neylon advertising an English school in Kyoto, Japan.
Longreads
D-Day: World War II pilot's emotional recollection of Battle of Normandy
In Depth
World War II veteran Bill Purdy shares his observations of what he saw from the sky as a pilot during D-Day in the Battle of Normandy. Inset is a picture of a Lancaster Bomber, the type of plane Bill flew. Pictures by ACM/Peter Stoop and Cpl Phil Major ABIPP/Wikimedia Commons.
Bill Purdy opens up about that fateful day and the "longest three hours" faced during his time in the military.
Anthony Caggiano
In Depth
'Wicked witch narrative' engulfing mushroom cook murder investigation
Anna Houlahan
Erin Patterson talks to reporters outside her home on August 7, 2023. Heather Wilkinson, Don and Gail Patterson (pictured) died days earlier while Ian WIlkinson (bottom right) recovered from a liver tranplant in hospital. Pictures Supplied/Nine News
In Depth
'Able-bodied to virtually paralysed': Family grapple with Indi's rare diagnosis
Jessica Howard
Indi Pulham has been diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syndrome and remains in the Royal Children's Hospital. Picture supplied
PropertyView
Brand-new architectural masterpiece embodies essence of barefoot luxury
Brand-new architectural masterpiece embodies essence of barefoot luxury
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Tranquil lifestyle beckons at picturesque "Riverside" property at Manilla
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Tranquil lifestyle beckons at picturesque "Riverside" property at Manilla
Unique property opportunity awaits savvy investor in sought after location
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Unique property opportunity awaits savvy investor in sought after location
History
Newcastle photographic exhibition recalls the glory days of steam
One of the early morning pictures from the Railway Portraits exhibition at Newcastle Region Library. Picture by Robert and Bruce Wheatley
Mike Scanlon
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Legendary 'Singing Bridge' marks 50 years
Mike Scanlon
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The historic twin township bridge has turned 50 years old. The bridge overshadows the former vehicular punt ramp. Inset: An unusual sculpture of a pelican with handcuffs in its beak outside Tea Gardens police station. Pictures by Mike Scanlon
CBD steetscape an evolving storey of demolition and renewal
Mike Scanlon
This rare 1980 photo looking up Market Street towards the Hunter Street Mall reveals the King Street car park after the Strand Theatre was demolished. Picture: John Herrett
Politics
AUKUS trade exemptions deadline delayed by 120 days
Trade exemptions for the AUKUS pact will be finalised in the next four months, the US says. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)
G7 pledges aid for Ukraine, seeks to calm Middle East
G7 foreign ministers have wrapped up three days of talks on the island of Capri. (EPA PHOTO)
Voting starts in India election, Modi seeks third term
Krishn Kaushik, Praveen Paramasivam and Yp Rajesh
Polls have opened in India's national election, which involves almost one billion voters. (AP PHOTO)
Health
League legend's family walk to raise awareness of sport concussions
Last year's Walk to End CTE, and inset league legend Steve Mortimer and son Andrew. Pictures supplied
Sage Swinton
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Targeting high-risk cancers in children with drugs to kill free radicals
Damon Cronshaw
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Cancer researcher Matt Dun at the Merewether ocean baths in 2021. Picture by Marina Neil
'Unprecedented demand', yet funds for suicide prevention program set to end
Damon Cronshaw
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LivingWorks Australia director of suicide prevention Marc Bryant and CEO Shayne Connell. The organisation's state funding ends in June. Picture by Simone De Peak
Business
Record Store Day: The hunt for the sweetest sound in the world
Topics
Hiss and Crackle owner Mitchel Eaton makes his final preparations ahead of Record Store Day on Saturday, April 20. The annual one-day sale event has become a pilgrimage for music's faithful, on the hunt for a bargain, a rare find, or that one elusive LP. Picture by Simone De Peak
Simon McCarthy
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Power station pleads not guilty to Lake Macquarie fish kill
Matthew Kelly
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Some of the marine creatures killed in the Mannering Park fish kill.
AI, robots and Newcastle: how the city became a budding tech hub
Jamieson Murphy
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New tech companies are seeking out Newcastle to establish themselves in the city.
Education
Young workers 'terrified' their student debts will never be paid off
Hannah Pycroft and Baillie McWhirter both have student debts over $50,000 which they are worried they'll never be able to pay off due to high indexation. Pictures supplied
Emily Anderson
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Newcastle student sends weather balloon 28,000 metres into the sky
Alanna Tomazin
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Hunter School of the Performing Arts student Nolan Sobel-Read launching his weather balloon in Nyngan. Pictures supplied
'Heartbreaking': primary school canteen trashed in break-in
Anna Falkenmire
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'Heartbreaking': primary school canteen trashed in break-in
National
'Time to heal': Higgins breaks silence on Lehrmann case
"I was raped - no judgement was ever going to change this truth," Brittany Higgins says. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)
Samantha Lock
Troubled forensic lab's DNA backlog blows out to 41,000
Fraser Barton
Health Minister Shannon Fentiman has revealed another jump in DNA samples that may need re-testing. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)
Man dead, bus driver 'saved lives' in head-on collision
Fraser Barton and Samantha Lock
A man has died after his car collided with a bus near Dubbo following a short police chase. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS)
World
Dubai airport re-opens after four killed in UAE floods
The UAE has witnessed its heaviest rainfall since it began data collection in 1949. (EPA PHOTO)
Pesha Magid • 29m ago
US House votes on $148 billion Ukraine, Israel package
Patricia Zengerle, Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton • 2hrs ago
House Speaker Mike Johnson says the funding package takes care of "really important obligations". (AP PHOTO)
Russian war reporter killed by Ukrainian drone: paper
Guy Faulconbridge, Ron Popeski and Vladimir Soldatkin • 2hrs ago
A Russian reporter returning from Zaporizhzhia region was reportedly killed by a Ukrainian drone. (AP PHOTO)
Investigations
Parole for disgraced former Anglican dean Graeme Lawrence
Graeme Lawrence
New book details Anglican church crimes and cover-up in Newcastle
Sage Swinton
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Abuse survivor Steve Smith, and inset, author Anne Manne.
New documentary highlights PFAS victims' fight for justice
Matthew Kelly
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Wreck Bay Aboriginal community member Nick Carter with Carrie Fellner. Picture courtesy of Stan
Australian of the Year
'I don't want to die': an Australian of the Year 2024 has incurable cancer
Professor Georgina Long and Professor Richard Scolyer. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong
Lanie Tindale
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Australia's golden girl of the pool collects another accolade
Lanie Tindale
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Young Australian of the Year Emma McKeon receives her award in Canberra on Thursday. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong
Traditional healer and teacher wants to 'marry both worlds of healing'
Lanie Tindale
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Yalmay Yunupingu is Senior Australian of the Year 2024. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong
Car Expert
Is it illegal for a passenger to steer your car?
Car Expert
Matt Campbell
Car Expert
Toyota Kluger: Top-selling three-row SUV going electric - report
Jordan Mulach
Car Expert
BYD's latest Australian trademarks point to ute name, plug-in hybrid sedans
William Stopford
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Top Gear Australia drops trailer ahead of imminent TV return
Jordan Mulach
Car Expert
Tesla CEO Elon Musk in line for an $87 billion payday
Jordan Mulach

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