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Anil Namdeo, a professor of air quality management at Northumbria University, compared the toxic fume crisis to the lethal smog that enveloped London in the 1950s

Wallsend writer and University of Newcastle PhD candidate Shea Evans' character Pigboy could be anyone. He taps into characteristics Mr Evans says are omnipresent in all of us.

Baxterwood Grove is said to be "infested" with critters and now the property management company has called pest control and offered a family alternative accommodation

Leland was diagnosed with MDS cancer, which can develop into acute leukaemia, last year

Supercars has approval to work round the clock for nine days.

The Newcastle Art Gallery may have its doors closed, but there is still action going on. The gallery launched a six-part podcast, Conversations from the Collection, in January featuring gallery audience lead Zana Kobayashi in conversation with six artists. Each episode dives into a different collection area of the Newcastle…

The property is listed for sale with a guide of $1.8 million.

The competition is one of the richest for painting in regional Australia.

Two Norwegian nationals charged with allegedly trying to retrieve a commercial quantity of cocaine from Newcastle harbour this week will remain in custody while a brief of evidence is prepared to be served against them.