The Latest Breaking News from Newcastle

NSW has green-lit the building of an 850-megawatt super battery at Newcastle by 2025 as coal-fired power station workers demand an energy transition authority.

The latest ABS jobs figures have more good news for Newcastle, unless you're an employer looking for staff.

WHEN Lime Spiders' frontman Mick Blood steps onto the Wickham Park Hotel stage on Friday night it'll mark an emotional return to Newcastle. The last time he visited the city he almost died. It was 2014 and Blood had just resettled in the harbourside suburb of Stockton, following the breakdown…

VIRTUOSO Newcastle guitarist Adam Miller will release his eighth solo album through American jazz-fusion master Charlie Hunter's SideHustle Record label.

The region will be treated to sunny spells in the lead-up to the weekend with the odd light shower and breezy conditions on the coast

Supporters can grab a selfie in front of the striking Newcastle United flower wall inside Eldon Square ahead of the cup final

EVEN before singer-songwriter Jarrod Grant made the move from Coffs Harbour to Newcastle last year he'd earmarked a gig on the Rogue Scholar rooftop as a feather he wanted in his cap.

A Pakistani family who consider Australia home say they live in fear of being deported at any time to a place where they no longer feel safe. More than 1,000 people have signed a petition supporting the Newcastle family's push for permanent residency.

Pro-Fitness Infusion in Hazlerigg has named its scheme 'Knives Down/Gloves Up!', and it already has over 25 kids taking part after just a month

There were fears that bus companies could slash services across the region by up to 20% within a matter of weeks, but have now been given extended relief funding

Newsboy expects his nap, Lilikoi, to win at Newcastle and also fancies Gowanbuster to score on the same card and complete his Daily Double