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A Newcastle man will appear in court, accused of murdering a 39-year-old man at train station in the NSW Hunter region.

Experienced Sydney to Hobart sailor Andrew Miller was already keen to partner his son, Harry, in his first attempt at the race. Now, after changes to include two-handed crews in the race for the Tattersall Cup overall handicap prize, the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club duo are eyeing a special debut…

Northern and Transpennine will operate no trains in the North East, while LNER and CrossCountry will run reduced services during the RMT strike

Customers will be greeted and waited upon by rude waiters when Karen's Diner comes to Newcastle next year

A motion to Tuesday's Newcastle council meeting calls to place the draft Newcastle 500 Strategy on public exhibition for six weeks.

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Council chiefs may be forced to cut back on planned upgrades on the Central Motorway because of the spiralling costs of renovating the famous landmark

Matthew Stevens, of Brunswick Village, subjected the victim to a horrific ordeal in the chilling 50 minutes between the two CCTV clips

Matthew Stevens, of Brunswick Village, has been found guilty of attempting to murder a woman who he stamped on, kicked, punched and stripped naked then abandoned in woods

Newcastle Council will consider a tender for the construction of a $5million buried seawall at the southern end of the existing Mitchell Street seawall in Stockton.

Howard stabbed the victim in the left arm with a Stanley knife, leaving a laceration from his shoulder down to his elbow.