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CRASH: The scene of the incident where a truck ended up on its roof on the New England Highway. Picture: Live Traffic NSW

New England Highway reopens after truck crash: driver escapes unharmed

Jessica Brown
1hr ago

RESCUE: Emergemcy crews had to cut one man free from the wreckage. Picture: Cessnock District Rescue Squad

Man cut from vehicle after three-car crash

Jessica Brown
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The vessel that will conduct the survey from today looking for sand that could be used to replenish Stockton beach. Picture: Simone De Peak

'Significant step' in Stockton erosion battle

Nick Bielby

ROCKY ROAD: Two cats on the Stockton breakwall. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

HAVE YOUR SAYCat is out of the bag on Stockton breakwall

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The jab: The Pfizer vaccine will be offered to the Hunter's frontline healthcare workers via the John Hunter Hospital vaccination hub from March 15. Picture: Karleen Minney

'Big task ahead' for Hunter's vaccine rollout

Anita Beaumont

Future: Geoff Lee MP was asked to "rule out" selling the campus to "direct competitor" Racing NSW. He said the site went to expressions of interest. "We're in that process now, so we'll see what the market comes out with," he said.

Racing NSW bids on TAFE NSW's Scone campus

Helen Gregory
1hr ago

Out for blood: Donors needed urgently

Out for blood: Donors needed urgently

Anita Beaumont
1hr ago

BACK AT IT: Jets striker Apostolos Stamatelopoulos at training on Monday. Picture: Sproule Sports Focus

Jets striker keen to get one over former club Adelaide

Craig Kerry
2hrs ago

Newcastle 'decarbonatisation' lab seeking grant from $50-million emission reduction fund

Snowy Hydro says Kurri gas fired plant would be 'profitable'

Newcastle misses out on new cops from graduating class

Hunter within reach of long-awaited AFL debut

CRASH: The scene of the incident where a truck ended up on its roof on the New England Highway. Picture: Live Traffic NSW

New England Highway reopens after truck crash: driver escapes unharmed

1hr ago

The ute pushed its way through several cars

Sentence date over city road rage ordeal

IMPRESSIVE KIT, IMPRESSIVE PEOPLE: So said federal minister Angus Taylor of MCi during yesterday's tour. With Mr Taylor are university vice-chancellor Alex Zelinsky and MCi chief executive Marcus Dawe. Picture: Simone De Peak

Newcastle 'decarbonatisation' lab seeking grant from $50-million emission reduction fund

Newcastle courthouse.

Mum put self interest before the medical needs of her toddler: jury told

POWER POTENTIAL: Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor and Liberal patron senator for the Hunter, Hollie Hughes, listen as Snowy Hydro chief executive Paul Broad discusses the planned Kurri Kurri gas fired power station yesterday. Picture: Andrew Solomou, Hydro Aluminium Kurri Kurri

Snowy Hydro says Kurri gas fired plant would be 'profitable'

BACK AT IT: Jets striker Apostolos Stamatelopoulos at training on Monday. Picture: Sproule Sports Focus

Jets striker keen to get one over former club Adelaide

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Man cut from vehicle after three-car crash

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HAVE YOUR SAYCat is out of the bag on Stockton breakwall

1hr ago

Racing NSW bids on TAFE NSW's Scone campus

1hr ago

Out for blood: Donors needed urgently

1hr ago

New England Highway reopens after truck crash: driver escapes unharmed

1hr ago

Jets striker keen to get one over former club Adelaide

2hrs ago

NSW will lift its ban on genetically modified crops, in a boost for primary industry.

NSW lifting long ban on GM crops

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A gale warning has been issued between Cape Flattery and Innisfail.

Tropical cyclone Niran forms off Qld

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Queen Elizabeth has conducted her first video call to Australia.

Queen shares jokes in Oz video call

Laura Elston
23m ago

NSW will lift its ban on genetically modified crops, in a boost for primary industry.

NSW lifting long ban on GM crops

9m ago

The Business Council has released its plan to reopen the nation amid the vaccine rollout.

Business hopes vaccines steer virus rules

Rebecca Gredley and Matt Coughlan
50m ago

Melissa Caddick vanished the day after ASIC executed a search warrant at her luxury home.

Search continues for Caddick remains

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BACK AT IT: Jets striker Apostolos Stamatelopoulos at training on Monday. Picture: Sproule Sports Focus

Jets striker keen to get one over former club Adelaide

2hrs ago

Sam and Kristy Sultana with Flying Ricciardo. Picture: GRNSW

Flying Ricciardo returns in style at Maitland

FOCUS: Paul Hunter (right) trains with AFL club the Saints last month. Picture: St Kilda medai

Hunter within reach of long-awaited AFL debut

WILDCARD: Australian Bloodstock import Mugatoo and jockey Kerrin McEvoy giving trainer Kris Lees a first Newcastle Cup victory last September. Picture: Marina Neil

Mugatoo called up to All Star line-up

Alastair Clarkson wants the AFL to expand to Tasmania and the Northern Territory. Photo: Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images

OPINIONClarkson AFL expansion proposal is off the mark

Howard Kotton

FRUSTRATED: Jets coach Craig Deans.

SUBSCRIBERRunning Reds provide Jets with chance to return fire

David Lowe

CONTROL: Jets striker Tara Andrews in action during Newcastle's 2-1 loss to Adelaide at No.2 Sportsground on Friday night. Picture: Marina Neil

Sense of deja vu for Jets: four rounds remaining

Renee Valentine

Monstered: New English recruit Dominic Young smothers Storm fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen during the Knights trial loss to Melbourne. Pictures: James Wiltshire.

Young makes big statement in Knights trial defeat

Barry Toohey

The jab: The Pfizer vaccine will be offered to the Hunter's frontline healthcare workers via the John Hunter Hospital vaccination hub from March 15. Picture: Karleen Minney

'Big task ahead' for Hunter's vaccine rollout

Marie Janczura of the Therapeutic Goods Administration works on the COVID vaccine to ensure a safe roll out. Picture: Karleen Minney

EXPLAINERIs one vaccine better than the others?

Imagine more than 7000 mutations of coronavirus. Yes, it's a real thing. There are more COVID mountains to climb yet. Photo: file

DIGESTThe vaccines roll out, new mutations climb

The first shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines arrives in Australia. Picture: Getty Images

Strict vaccine advertising rules don't stop doctors from having patient conversations: TGA

The AstraZeneca shipment touches down in Australia. Picture: Getty Images

DIGESTVaccine envy is a First World luxury

Andrew Thorpe

Prime Minister Scott Morrison (left) speaks with Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins during the International Women's Day Parliamentary Breakfast in the Great Hall at Parliament House on Thursday. Picture: Getty Images

DIGESTThe storm inside Parliament rumbles on

Alex Crowe

John Hunter vaccine hub to open week of March 15

John Hunter vaccine hub to open week of March 15

Sage Swinton

'Ludicrous': healthcare workers have to hit the road to get jab

UPDATED'Ludicrous': healthcare workers have to hit the road to get jab

Anita Beaumont
Donna Page

ANU student Jozef Meyer points out a dieback affected snow gum in Koscziosko National Park. Picture: Kate Matthews

LISTENWhat's killing our Snow Gums?

ANU student Jozef Meyer points out a dieback affected snow gum in Koscziosko National Park. Picture: Kate Matthews

LISTENWhat's killing our Snow Gums?

Dr Alex Ritchie and his daughter, Shona, at his home in Canberra. PHOTO: Tom Melville

LISTENUncovering Canowindra's forgotten fossils

Dr Alex Ritchie and his daughter, Shona, at his home in Canberra. PHOTO: Tom Melville

LISTENUncovering Canowindra's forgotten fossils

Aussie Ark president Tim Faulkner says devils can help keep fox and feral cat numbers down.

LISTENDevils make a comeback on the mainland

Aussie Ark president Tim Faulkner says devils can help keep fox and feral cat numbers down.

LISTENDevils make a comeback on the mainland

How to cook the perfect risotto with asparagus and prawns. Picture: Rob Palmer

The secrets to avoiding a gluggy risotto

STANDOUT: Chace Abernethy was crowned Mulletfest's first 'Ranga' champion of 2021 on Saturday. Picture: Marina Neil

Majestic as ever, Mulletfest crowns its first magnificent manes of 2021

Pioneers: Jodie Belleville and Damien Stevens in their Hart & Hunter cellar door.

'Orange' wine from the Hunter Valley is the drop on the tip of everyone's tongue this vintage

Hot chance: Rosamund Pike in I Care A Lot.

WHAT'S ONOur top picks for this year's Golden Globes

Mushroom mania arrives in the Hunter

Mushroom mania arrives in the Hunter

Alex Morris

Hanging out: Artist Daniel Joyce and Xtraction Espresso owner Kenn Blackman.

WHAT'S ONRenowned coffee house Xtraction on Bolton St finishes expansion

Jim Kellar

At your service: Deanna Zulumovski, owner of Ribs and Pizza on Glebe. Pictures: Simone De Peak

FOODRibs meets pizza in a match made in heaven

Jade Lazarevic

YUMMY YUMMY: The Wiggles bring the We're All Fruit Salad Tour to Newcastle on April 21. Simon Pryce is pictured below.

WHAT'S ONLegends who make friends with salad return

Jade Lazarevic

OPINION: Jeff Corbett contributes regular opinion columns to the pages of the Newcastle Herald

OPINIONWhy marriage should be on a fixed-term

OPINION: Jeff Corbett contributes regular opinion columns to the pages of the Newcastle Herald

OPINIONWhy marriage should be on a fixed-term

Questioning my Aussieness

SUBSCRIBERQuestioning my Aussieness

Questioning my Aussieness

SUBSCRIBERQuestioning my Aussieness

Education of young cops unfair caning

OPINIONEducation of young cops unfair caning

Education of young cops unfair caning

OPINIONEducation of young cops unfair caning

Williamtown, a PFAS 'ground zero'.

COMMENTNSW ban on PFAS products a 'step in the right direction'

MOORED: A dredge sitting in Swan Bay, near Swansea Channel.

COMMENTChannel energy into opening the path

Coon Island point about racism is worth weighing

COMMENTCoon Island point about racism is worth weighing

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ROCKY ROAD: Two cats on the Stockton breakwall. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

HAVE YOUR SAYCat is out of the bag on Stockton breakwall

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Island's offensive name belongs in the past

HAVE YOUR SAYIsland's offensive name belongs in the past

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NEW MARK: A suburb record sale has been recorded for this Floraville property.

PHOTOSThis place in Floraville sold for $1.92 million

Renee Valentine

Space and sanctuary in the city

Space and sanctuary in the city

Renee Valentine

LARGE: There were 10 registered bidders for this three-bedroom house on a "lifestyle block" 1372 square metre in size with district views at 6 Cressington Way, Wallsend.

Street records smashed: Wallsend property sells for $150,000 over asking price

Renee Valentine

NEW MARK: A suburb record sale has been recorded for this Floraville property.

PHOTOSThis place in Floraville sold for $1.92 million

THE ENTERTAINER: This luxurious Warners Bay residence comes with everything and is set for auction on March 20 with a guide of $2.7 million.

PHOTOSInside a property you'd never want to leave

Renee Valentine

The Islington building where popular Pino's Restaurant is an established tenant is for sale.

"City-fringe" opportunity for investors

Renee Valentine

Volunteer firefighters Jet Boone, Lise Percival and Samantha Walker gear up in the Bawley Point Rural Fire Brigade's shed. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

LISTENBawley Point brigade's new recruits take fight to bushfire fears

Powerful Owl. Photo: Johanning, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

A powerful owl could be sleeping in your backyard after surveying kilometres of territory

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The ute pushed its way through several cars

Sentence date over city road rage ordeal

CCTV released after ute destroyed in Edgeworth fire

Police release CCTV: ute goes up in flames, destroyed by fire

50 of the finest photos from Mulletfest 2021

50 of the finest photos from Mulletfest 2021

STANDOUT: Chace Abernethy was crowned Mulletfest's first 'Ranga' champion of 2021 on Saturday. Picture: Marina Neil

Majestic as ever, Mulletfest crowns its first magnificent manes of 2021

Simon McCarthy

HIGH FIVES: Hamilton-Wickham celebrate a wicket during Saturday's seven-wicket win over the Tigers at Wallsend Oval. The Pumas remain in third spot heading into the last round of the regular season. Pictures: Marina Neil

NDCA finals race goes down to the last round

Josh Callinan

All of the photos from Kurri's Mulletfest

Iconic hair on show at 2021 Mulletfest

Memory Walk champion Kerrie and her daughters Carla and Josie.

Stepping out: Daughter Kerrie embraces Memory Walk & Jog in honour of her life-loving Mum

Mexican: Fresh, Healthy and now Franchising!

Mexican: Fresh, Healthy and now Franchising!

Harness the power of word of mouth

Harness the power of word of mouth

See Floriade in all its glory in Canberra on this Travelrite/The Senior escorted tour with Maureen and Paul Lucas. Photo: Paul Lucas

Join a September tour of some of Australia's best gardens in NSW and the ACT

Read the latest edition of Eat, Play, Stay and click on the cover above.

Discover the best of Tamworth and New England

Lydia Roberts

The Book of Luke: Today's chapter

The Book of Luke: Today's chapter

Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, Advertiser Content

The Book of Luke: Today's chapter

The Book of Luke: Today's chapter

Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, Advertiser Content

Rediscovering the Book of Luke - a message of hope for 2021

Rediscovering the Book of Luke - a message of hope for 2021

Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, Advertiser Content

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Walking has a range of health benefits and is a good place to start if you are looking to get active after a period in inactivity. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

Walk your way to better health

Renee Valentine

ACHIEVEMENT: Sailor and cancer survivor Garry van Dijk before the Heaven Can Wait endurance race, in which his boat took line honours. Picture: Simone De Peak

Plain sailing for fundraising in Heaven Can Wait regatta

Scott Bevan

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Joining forces with someone else to train can keep you motivated and working hard. Picture: Marina Neil

Partner up to stay accountable

Renee Valentine

CROSS CURRENTS: Boating signs along the Seaham Weir Pool on the Williams River. Picture: Simone De Peak

Samples from Williams River stir debate

Scott Bevan

ALONE AND VULNERABLE: Single older women without children face unique challenges. Image: Pixabay

The single woman, no kids paradox

Eileen Wood

SHOW GOES ON: The fundraising event will be the first time Maria Venuti will sing publicly since her stroke five years ago.

Maria Venuti to return to stage for 80th birthday

Geraldine Cardozo

IN THEIR ELEMENT: Silver Salties having a swell time at Terrigal on the NSW Central Coast.

You don't need gills to be in the water

John Piggott

Cattle prices stay put in a 'new normal'

Cattle prices stay put in a 'new normal'

Shan Goodwin
1hr ago

Elders auctioneer Lincoln McKinlay, Sam Davies, Chris and Helen Nixon, Michael McCormack and Dunoon Angus principal Jock Harbison.

Dunoon impressed at $45,000, av $13,839

Brett Tindal
1hr ago

Andrew Hood with his son, Colby and father, Roger,

Hoods flock wins Parkes two years running

Garry O'Brien
2hrs ago

Cattle prices stay put in a 'new normal'

Cattle prices stay put in a 'new normal'

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Supreme Limousin exhibit was the senior and grand champion female, Progress Perfect Storm P5 held and exhibited by Peter Kylstra of H&L Livestock and Progress Limousins, Yanco. Holding the calf is Olivia Dury while associate judge, Emily Polson, Yass, Ben Lawrence of Ausmectin, Sydney, and judge Peter Cook, Barana stud, Coolah, look on.

Perfect Storm with heifer calf brews up top combination for supreme Limousin title

Mark Griggs

Lachlan Shire Council general manager, Greg Tory, and mayor, John Medcalf, were special guest on the night.

Don Brown socials

Mark Griggs

Brewpubs offer creative menus to match the beers, creating a destination for locals and tourists. Pictures: Michael Turtle

Crafty brewers blazing hoppy trails across the country

Michael Turtle

Enjoy a private food and wine tasting experience at Heifer Staton Wines, Orange.

The NSW region that really shines in autumn

Louise Goldsbury

Millions of crabs emerge from the Christmas Island forest and head for the sea.

Cupid hits Christmas Island for annual journey to the sea

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