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Helping hand: Miguel Fenech, 13, with Milly as she looks over his school work at Kotara High School. Picture: Simone De Peak

Specially trained dogs who do the rounds of hospital wards and visit schools to relieve anxiety in supported learning units are making a difference.

Best medicine: Delta dogs reach where people can't

ON SONG: A male regent honeyeater sings to his mate in the Capertee Valley. Picture: Dean Ingwersen


The battle to save an endangered bird has brought focus onto an industrial development zone near Kurri Kurri.

Saving the regent honeyeaters of the Tomalpin Woodlands

Jim Kellar

REPAIR WIZARD: Paul Lowe, one of the expert tradesmen in the new Foxtel show The Repair Shop, in his Mayfield workshop. Picture: Marina Neil

It's kind of hard to imagine Lowe saying no to somebody in need of a repair

Born to fix things: Paul Lowe's 15 minutes of fame is here

How Young People see it: Olha Pokhmurska, born in Ukraine and raised in Newcastle. "Looking back in history, Ukraine became independent in 1991 and they haven't always been independent, there's always been that shadow over them. So for the young people now, they just want to have a country of their own," she says. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

As the war in the Ukraine rages, we dig beneath the surface to understand the pride, patriotism and resistance behind the headlines.

Australian Ukrainians double down on homeland

New era: Facing page, Oceane Campbell and her children Dominique, Gabrielle and Emmeline on the family e-bike at Maryville. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

'COVID made people think of other forms of transport and not being so reliant on cars.'

Why e-bikes are booming on Newcastle streets

Ben Langford

GRIM STREETS: George Gittoes and Hellen Rose in Bucha, where some of the worst atrocities have been reported. Pictures supplied by George Gittoes.

Illawarra filmmaker and artist George Gittoes has once again travelled to document a war zone and his face tells the story of the horrors he has seen in Ukraine. BEN LANGFORD reports.

For Werri Beach duo drawn to find love in the Ukraine war, their eyes have it

Always a beer town, new starters are evidence of a serious revival of the beer making spirit.

Newcastle's craft beer boom

Lisa Rockman

DEDICATED: Amellia Formby and her microlight at Lake Macquarie Airport, Marks Point. Picture: Marina Neil

"I learned to fly a microlight purely so that I could create this project and share the magic of shorebirds with everyone."

Amellia Formby is a bird lover on a mission

Wisdom of 30 years in the pub game: Stephen J Hunt, founder of Hunt Hospitality, at the Kent Hotel. Picture: Marina Neil

After 30 years in the game, he knows how to create a successful business

Building a pub empire: everything Stephen Hunt touches turns to gold

CRUISE CONTROL: A bicycle rider passes under Oakdale Road on the Fernleigh Track. (Picture by Max Mason-Hubers). 

A Newcastle newcomer reflects on the pure joy of riding the communal track

Fernleigh Track: a ride to sanity

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ICE BREAKER: With winter just around the corner, make sure you invest in a new moisturiser. Photo: Shutterstock

Research reveals our major winter woes

Performance monitoring gives people the ability to learn from their successes and failures. Picture: Shutterstock.

Performance monitoring: Scientists identify neurons responsible for learning from successes or failures

The science behind learning from mistakes

If we are happy to swap batteries in a lawn mower, why don't we just do that with our cars? Picture: Shutterstock.

If we are happy to swap batteries in a lawn mower, why don't we just do that with our cars?

Battery-powered mowers are a hit, can it work for cars too?

EAR EAR: Deafness can be congenital, gradual or sudden in animals. Picture: Shutterstock

Hearing in loss in pets is not the end of the world.

Sound advice for managing deafness in furry companions

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