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Eliza BarrSenior reporter

Eliza Barr is a senior reporter at the Daily Telegraph with a particular focus on courts. She has previously worked as the chief court reporter and general news reporter for News Corp’s suburban and regional news titles, and launched News Corp’s first ever digital-only local news title in 2018. She won the 2019 News Award for Community Journalism and the 2023 News Award for Breaking News Coverage, and is a panel guest on Sky News Australia and Triple J Hack.

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Holsworthy Fire.(L to R) Andrew Mayorga and Pat Collins of the Corryton Court Community Fire Unit tend spot fires at Wattle Grove 16-04-2018.(AAP Image/Simon Bullard) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Community fireys on front line

WHEN fires broke out just metres from homes in Sydney’s southwest today, the Community Fire Unit sprung into action to help their neighbours for the second time in as many days.

Fairfield

21-year-old Anand Singh. He is in hospital with a bullet wound to his chest and hand after an armed robbery at a Wentworthville Domino's pizza store. Picture: Tiffiny Genders/9News

Aspiring air force pilot shot in holdup

AN Indian student who had aspirations of joining his nation’s air force will never realise his dreams of being a pilot after he was shot twice in a bloody end to a string of robberies targeting Domino’s pizza outlets across western Sydney.

Fairfield

Police will address the media after charging a man over a series of alleged armed robberies in Sydney’s west and inner west over a seven-week period.Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad established Strike Force Tintaldra to investigate five armed robberies between late November 2017 and early January 2018 at Canley Vale, Fairfield East, North Strathfield, Strathfield and Wentworthville.Police will allege in court that during the Wentworthville robbery, a 21-year-old male staff member was involved in an altercation with the armed man. The employee was shot twice before the armed man ran from the store.The employee underwent surgery, but has suffered a permanent hand injury. Picture: NSW Police Media

Alleged pizza shop armed robber denied bail

UPDATE: A Sydney man accused of shooting a pizza shop worker twice in a botched armed robbery will remain behind bars but his aspiring air force pilot and handy cricketer alleged victim — who still has a bullet lodged in his chest — has had his dreams dashed, police say.

Fairfield

Sergeant Brett Grenfell ( crime prevention officer ) in John St Cabramatta. Cabramatta police are urging people to secure their personal belongings following a number of bag snatching incidents in the Cabramatta area. Thieves targets areas such as shopping centres, car parks and public toilets.

Large spike in youth crime

FIGURES from the Bureau of Crime Statistics show underage drug dealers, thugs and thieves are wreaking havoc in southwest Sydney, with an alarming rise in crimes committed by juvenile offenders in 2017.

Fairfield

Opposition spokemsan for police and Bankstown MP Tania Mihailuk holding a presser re the recent spate of shootings with Guy Zangari MP. Being held near where there was a shooting last night near kids soccer training.

Zangari endorsed for state election

FAIRFIELD state Labor MP Guy Zangari has been endorsed as Labor’s candidate for the 2019 election, just weeks after he faced an internal tribunal over allegations of misconduct.

The Express

An Ambulance drives in a designated Commonwealth Games Lane on the Gold Coast, Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Games Lanes will be activated over the weekend of 31 March for use by accredited vehicles travelling along the Games Route Network which links the Commonwealth Games Village at Parklands to key venues at Southport, Broadbeach and Carrara. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

Crane driver shocked by high voltage power

A MAN has suffered a massive electric shock at a southwest Sydney worksite after a crane he was working on knocked down high voltage power lines, which trapped another man in his car.

Fairfield

Anthony Huynh 17, riding the new attraction at Prairiewood Leisure Centre today 7th January 2018. AAP/Image Matthew Vasilescu

Sydney water park sizes up

RACING water slides, a wave pool, a new carpark and infrastructure upgrades are among a lengthy list of budget commitments from a southwest Sydney council.

Fairfield