A new online survey developed by researchers from the University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Population Health, in collaboration with the Australian Drug Foundation, aims to help families navigate the challenges of teenage alcohol use. With children drinking at…
Police are investigating after a fatal crash near Cessnock early this morning. About 12.30am (Friday 10 October 2014), emergency services were called to Lake Road at Elrington, near Cessnock, after reports that a Holden utility had crashed. On arrival officers from Central…
Detectives from the Firearms and Organised Crime Squad (FAOCS) have seized three guns and arrested a man following search warrants in the Hunter (Tenambit). As part of an ongoing investigation, police executed search warrants at two properties on Maize Street,…
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a man at Soldiers Point at Port Stephens yesterday. About 8pm, Thursday 9 October 2014, a woman contacted police when her 82-year-old husband failed to return home after visiting…
Two off-duty police officers have arrested a man after an alleged bag-snatch in Newcastle overnight. About 6.15pm (Thursday 9 October 2014), a 63-year-old woman, and her partner, was sitting at a fast food restaurant in King Street when a man allegedly grabbed…
Police have charged a fourth person in relation to the murder of a man near Newcastle earlier this year. Detectives from Strike Force Harrogate have been investigating the murder of a 52-year-old man whose body was found on Thomas Armstrong…
Police are conducting investigations into a fatal pedestrian collision at Edgeworth near Lake Macquarie this morning. About 8:20am, Wednesday 8 October 2014, police were called to the intersection of Main Road and Neilson Street following reports a girl had been…
Police from Newcastle City Crash Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses after a man was hit by a car in Clarence Town, on the state’s mid-north coast earlier in the week. About 2.45am (Monday 6 October, 2014), a 24-year-old man was located…
Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead today welcomed the $17,600 grant awarded to Mid Coast Connect under the NSW Government’s Investing in Women funding program. Mid Coast Connect was one of nine successful applicants selected to receive funding. Mr…
Police from Newcastle City have charged a man following an intimidation and assault incident that occurred in Newcastle overnight. About 7pm (Monday 6 October, 2014) a 26-year-old woman was driving her vehicle on Smith Street with her mother in the front passenger…