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Al Shami
Sure, this is a terrific place to wrap grilled meat in bread, but there’s much more to explore
Syrian restaurant Al Shami’s big menu goes beyond the usual grab bag of the Middle East’s greatest hits.
- by Callan Boys
As it happened: Cumberland City councillors meet as same-sex parents book ban debate rages
As councillors vote on plans to overturn a ban on a children’s book about same-sex parents, protesters are due to gather outside council chambers.
- by Anthony Segaert and Megan Gorrey
‘Everything about her I miss’: Husband tells of finding wife dead in Merrylands unit
Nic Gilbert said he wished he had been there to save his wife, Erin Gilbert, after she died from severe injuries on Sunday.
- by Olivia Ireland
Woman found dead in Sydney unit
Police said the death of the woman in a unit in western Sydney was being treated as suspicious.
- by Perry Duffin and Olivia Ireland
Mother of alleged Alameddine clan member charged over ‘fake’ COVID-19 vaccination certificate
Police will allege the 55-year-old woman obtained the fake certificate from her connections to the Alameddine group and used it to work at a primary school in Sydney’s west.
- by Sarah Keoghan
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Health
‘A big no-no’: Warning after Sydney family bring outdoor charcoal makeshift heater inside
The four adults and two children were sleeping in a granny flat at a Merrylands property when one person woke up and complained they were feeling nauseous.
- by Sarah Keoghan
Mia used to barely attend school. Now she has perfect attendance
Independent school Key College in Merrylands aims to get non-attenders back in the classroom.
- by Daniella White
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Crime
‘They just kidnapped a guy’: Dramatic footage of daylight attack revealed
Onlookers captured the broad daylight kidnapping on mobile phones, with a man pictured being forced into a van.
- by Daniella White
Updated
Coronavirus pandemic
NSW records 681 local cases, one death, with regional lockdown extended
The Premier Gladys Berejiklian, however, said there was “light at the end of the tunnel” with a record number of vaccinations administered within the 24-hour period.
- by Mary Ward and Sarah McPhee
NSW reports a record 633 new local COVID-19 cases, three deaths
NSW has reported 633 new local cases, the highest number ever recorded in the state within a 24-hour period.
- by Mary Ward and Sarah McPhee
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