Trams go off rails in CBD for NYE
Sydney’s trouble-plagued light rail will be partially shut down on New Year’s Eve following services being cancelled on Boxing Day, less than two weeks after the network went live.
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Beyond the beach: Top watering holes on a hot day
Sydney is known for big wave beaches but there are plenty of other places to cool down — even in landlocked suburbs — from inland waterfalls and rivers to coastal rock pools or even urban aquatic centres.
Townships wiped out by monster that stole Christmas
Two country NSW towns have been almost entirely wiped off the map and more than 100 buildings razed to the ground across the state during the weekend’s catastrophic bushfires.
‘Human right’ to perform, OneFour rapper tells court
A member of controversial rap group OneFour has failed in his bid to overturn a ban on him touring with his bandmates despite his lawyer telling a magistrate that playing music was a “human right.”
Bad news: ‘There’s not much left in Balmoral’
Bushfires have almost wiped out an entire small town south west of Sydney as officials sent to investigate the damage confirm there’s “not much left”. The devastating news comes as a man has been reported missing in the Lithgow area.
Tributes to two heroes lost to the ‘widow maker’
Shock and despair has ripped through a tight-knit western Sydney fire brigade, as firefighters and members of the public came out to mourn the loss of their ‘brothers’ — two RFS volunteers killed when a burning gum that fireys call a ‘widow maker,’ fell into the path of their tanker last night.
‘Fires could spot 18km ahead’ on catastrophic Saturday
Catastrophic conditions, worse than Thursday, are forecast for Saturday with temperatures expected to reach 40C once again and fireys warning that major blazes could spot up to 18km ahead of the fire front.
Alleged glamour drug dealer banned from Sydney’s east
When police pulled western Sydney woman Pamela Tsolakki over in the Eastern Suburbs, they allegedly found her in possession of cocaine, MDMA and more than $3650 in cash. The 21-year-old now faces serious prison time if convicted of drug supply.
Five linked to rival bikie gangs arrested in raids
The men, who police say have connections to the Finks, Rebels, Comancheros and Hells Angels, were arrested by Strike Force Raptor detectives during a series of raids in recent days in Sydney
Man denied bail over death of baby boy
A man will remain behind bars after being charged over the death of a 10-week-old baby boy in Sydney’s west who died in hospital from significant brain injuries.
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