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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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The Express

(L to R) Rashays Owner Basham Krayem with Raian Hoblos promoting sign language at the restaurants 9-03-2018.The Punchbowl franchise is seeking to become a completely deaf-friendly restaurant by training all staff in sign language.(AAP IMAGE/Simon Bullard)

Sydney restaurant gets deaf-friendly

A SYDNEY restaurant will become Australia’s first deaf-friendly eatery with mandatory sign-language training for its waitstaff.

Fairfield

Supplied image of CareFlight medical staff and ambulance paramedics providing treatment to a six-year-old girl who was hit by a van in southwest Sydney, Tuesday, March 13, 2018. A six-year-old girl remains in a critical condition in hospital after being struck by a van in Sydney?s southwest. The girl was reportedly hit on Tuesday afternoon on a busy Smithfield road and taken to The Children?s Hospital at Westmead suffering head injuries. (AAP Image/CareFlight) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

’Wait for us!’ Mother’s harrowing plea

THE mother of a six-year-old girl who was hit by a van at Smithfield on Tuesday afternoon shouted “Wait for us!” just before her daughter walked out between parked cars and was struck, security footage has shown.

Fairfield

Mobile barber shop at your door

The days of waiting in line for a decent haircut are over thanks to a revolutionary mobile barber that drives directly to your door.

Fairfield

(L-R) Principal Peter Rouse and students Arianna Granda Jaines(13), Patrick La(14) and Triston Cheng(13) pose for a photo at Canley Vale, NSW, Australia, 9th March 2018. Canley Vale High School has had outstanding NAPLAN results. (AAP IMAGE / Robert Pozo).

Canley Vale at front of class

Canley Vale High School is just one of eight across the country to record above-average improvements every year for the past four years in their NAPLAN assessments.

Fairfield

L-R Mohammad Dahdoleh and Hala ElMarouk Bachelor host Osher Gunsberg, Naomi Loane and Atelaite Tuamoheloa at show off there drawing skills. Heckenberg, Monday, February 19th 2018. Bachelor host and media personality Osher Gunsberg is visiting Heckenberg Public School to give out stationery. (AAP Image / Angelo Velardo)

Bringing gifts for studies

A NEW pen for you is one for a friend in need when you use Yoobi stationery. The Bachelor host Osher Gunsberg visited a southwest Sydney school bearing gifts last week.

Fairfield

Kiet Van Nguyen, 52, miraculously walked away after his car rolled three times on a busy Cabramatta road. Picture: Eliza Barr

Man walks away from horror crash

AN unbelievably lucky man has walked away uninjured after his car rolled three times on a Sydney road. The near disaster had a happy ending with the driver at fault coming to his rescue.

ExclusiveLiverpool

12/12/2016: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the Minister for Urban Infrastructure, Paul Fletcher release the finalised Western Sydney Airport Plan in Sydney.Pic by James Croucher

Turnbull asks for airport train time

PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has asked the Infrastructure Department whether there can be a rail link to Western Sydney Airport by the time it opens – or if not, how soon afterwards.

The Express

Shooting of Sixty-five-year-old Vietnamese criminal lawyer Ho Ledinh , at Bankstown Plaza today on North Terrace. Pictures: David Swift.

Man arrested over brazen daylight murder

A man has been arrested at Sydney Airport after the brazen daylight shooting murder of Ho Ledinh in Bankstown last month.

The Express

** STRICT LEGAL WARNINGS...DO NOT USE WITHOUT SPEAKING TO THE DT PIC DESK. SUPPRESSION ORDER IN PLACE **Images of Yyani Cook Williams, taken from her Facebook account. Source https://www.facebook.com/yyanirose

Child sex charges for teacher and burlesque dancer

A children’s music teacher who moonlights as a burlesque performer is one of four people accused of hideous sexual abuse at a Blue Mountains circus arts school.

The Express

Two males aged in their 20's have been stabbed during a wild brawl at the McDonalds store, Rickard Road, Bankstown. Police and Ambulance crews were called to the store just after 10pm to find the victims still on scene. The Restaurant was closed for hours whilst Forensic services examined the crime scene. Pics Bill Hearne

Girl threatened with gun during Macca’s run

A LATE-night Macca’s run has resulted in charges for a man who allegedly threatened a teenage girl with a firearm in Sydney’s southwest.

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