A man has been arrested on a popular inner-city Newcastle restaurant strip and just a few hundred metres from where he allegedly threatened a hotel worker during an early morning heist a fortnight earlier. Read the latest.
Police have released an image of a man they believe can assist with their investigation into reports that a sexual act was performed on a bus at Charlestown.
A man found guilty of helping dump the body of murder victim Carly McBride before helping her killer try to evade justice has had his conviction quashed and a new trial ordered. Read why here.
It was 17 years ago when beloved 87-year-old grocer Frank Newbery was savagely bashed in his Newcastle store. And as the anniversary rolls past, police remain confident they will identify the man who murdered in half a dozen minutes.
A prisoner who was arrested sipping on cocktails eight days after being mistakenly released five months early has enjoyed another early release date, although police are still not commenting on why they dropped an escape charge.
DNA from the tip of a glove found inside a much-loved Newcastle pub has led detectives to arrest a parolee over an armed robbery where a barman the accused allegedly knew was told to move around on his knees.
A Nomads bikie enforcer has admitted kneecapping a wannabe gang member after luring him to lonely Lake Macquarie road and shooting him because he broke club rules.
A police officer has suffered a suspected broken leg in a dramatic attempted arrest before a chase and manhunt ended with an alleged drug dealer in custody on 60 charges.
Almost 10 years after he brutally murdered his new girlfriend during a fit of rage, a kickboxer has had his all-grounds appeal dismissed. And Carly McBride’s mum says she can finally breathe again.
The state’s fire chief has warned about leaving batteries to charge while sleeping as the families of two women – believed to be the first to have died in a lithium battery fire – pay tributes to their loved ones.
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