A man screamed at his son to stop one attempted carjacking before pulling a disabled woman away from a reversing car during a second. His good deeds ended there, as he jumped into the stolen car and drove off.
A police investigation is underway into how a video of the horrific shark attack which took a surfer’s leg became public, with evidence suggesting it was copied at a police facility. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.
In 1983, two young men set off for a deep sea fishing trip off Newcastle and never returned. Now, more than 40 years later, police are one step closer to closing the case.
Detectives are on the hunt for three people who stormed a home during an early morning raid before demanding cash. Here is what we know.
A brazen burglar involved in an early morning break-in may have believed he had ticked all the relevant boxes as he rifled through an office complete with gloves, hoodie and a camouflage balaclava. But did he?
A female traffic controller is in hospital with pelvic injuries after allegedly being struck by a stolen Mercedes SUV during a brief police chase in suburban Newcastle.
A young surfer has lost his leg after being attacked by a three-metre shark during a horror attack at a remote beach.
A 61-year-old pensioner who took advantage of a drunk young woman he met at a late-night kebab shop – taking her home and “plying” her with more alcohol and cannabis before repeatedly sexually assaulting her – has been jailed.
Authorities have recovered the body of a man in a Lake Macquarie channel, 12 days after a young boatie disappeared when he was flung into the water as the vessel he was travelling in flipped.
New technology used for a fresh risk assessment, which suggests a 1 in 3500-year earthquake could damage the Hunter’s main dam for drinking water, has prompted authorities to reduce its capacity to 90 per cent.
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