The Latest Breaking News from Blue Mountains

MORNING BRIEFING: Police hold serious concerns for a man missing in the Blue Mountains area, where emergency services converged for a large-scale search.

For more than 40 years, an underground coal mine discharged poorly treated wastewater directly into the Wollangambe River, which flows through the heart of the Blue Mountains World Heritage area.

Reviews weeks apart resulted in capacity of one Blue Mountains classroom increasing 500%

UNESCO has criticised the 'inappropriate' proposal to raise the Warragamba Dam wall, with fears it could jeopardise the Blue Mountains World Heritage status.

International Union for the Conservation of Nature says NSW government’s plan would inundate Indigenous sites and could create an in-danger listing for Blue Mountains

Scientific advisers to UNESCO have delivered a scathing assessment of the NSW government's plans to raise Warragamba dam, prompting fears that the Blue Mountains could lose its World Heritage status if the project proceeds.

Australian police charged a 32-year-old man on Wednesday with murder after the body of a nine-year-old girl, who went missing since while on holiday with family, was found in a barrel and dumped in a river near the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.

Justin Laurens Stein required treatment for mental health problems before a nine-year-old girl's alleged Blue Mountains murder, a court has been told.

The Gold Coast community is laying floral tributes for schoolgirl Charlise Mutten, allegedly murdered on a family holiday at the New South Wales Blue Mountains last week.

Police believe 31-year-old Justin Stein acted alone in the alleged murder of nine-year-old Charlise Mutten, whose body was found in a barrel on Tuesday, five days after she was last seen in the Blue Mountains.

Crews scouring the Blue Mountains for missing nine-year-old Charlise Mutten battle rain and fog, while their numbers are reduced due to a COVID-19 outbreak.