1+ week, 1+ day ago  (520+ words) FORMER lord mayor of Newcastle Ross Kerridge has emerged from months of intensive cancer treatment with scans showing evidence of an excellent response and cause for optimism. Dr Kerridge said he could now look forward to getting on with the…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (359+ words) Police have charged three men with rioting and have seized four trail bikes amid an investigation into a social media event that descended into chaos at Mayfield on the weekend. Specialist officers from the Northern Region Operations Support Group backed…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (801+ words) Warning: this story contains offensive language. A man has been traumatised and is scared of catching Newcastle buses after a passenger hurled abuse at him in a racist rant captured on camera. The man, who asked to remain anonymous for…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (475+ words) A bus driver has been hospitalised after he was allegedly punched and choked by a passenger, in another incident of violence on the Newcastle public transport system. The incident occurred about 6. 50pm on Sunday June 7. According to police, a 32-year-old man…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (200+ words) A fatal crash early on Monday morning has closed part of the M1. Emergency services were called to the Pacific Motorway near Ourimbah just before 3. 30am on June 8 to reports of a head-on crash between a sedan and a ute. NSW Police…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (826+ words) Cessnock City council has a "hard road" ahead that may include cuts to services after its bid for a 40 per cent rate rise was denied, councillors say. Councillors expressed mixed feelings on Wednesday, a day after the Independent Pricing and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (255+ words) The Newcastle bus operator says it is investigating after video emerged this week appearing to show a man clinging to the back of a bus as it travelled through Newcastle West. Footage appearing to show a hooded man riding on…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (21+ words) Newcastle Herald Hunter families battle NSW government as toxic water erodes concrete...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (568+ words) EWAN Howard is on his hands and knees by the side of the road, head bowed, shirt torn off, a ring of strangers closing in. Kicks land first, then fists as he is knocked unconscious. Someone barks at him to…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (567+ words) The City of Newcastle for a second consecutive year, has polled in the top 10 councils in NSW for complaints lodged with the Office of Local Government (OLG). The OLG received 39 complaints about Newcastle council for the 2024-25 financial year, placing it…...