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Jim O’Rourke is a journalist with more than 35 years’ experience writing for major metropolitan newspapers as well as community and regional mastheads. He has covered politics, local government, industrial relations, transport, courts and crime.

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Jim O'Rourke

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Manly

Healthy cafe grabs prime retail site

From the blokes who brought us the Fishbowl eatery chain comes a healthy food cafe that will take the last lease in an iconic $15m church and retail development on The Corso at Manly.

Manly

New northern beaches pub set to be ‘a great community hub’

Exciting plans and artist impressions have revealed the newest pub set to open on the northern beaches. But it’s not just a pub opening in the area, with a bottle shop set to begin trading and plans for a major hotel in the works as well.

Manly

Surfing pioneer badly hurt after fall through ceiling

Internationally acclaimed surfing pioneer from the northern beaches, Barry Bennett, needed surgery after he crashed through a ceiling and fell to the floor of his iconic shop.

Manly

ROUNDABOUT ACCIDENT: One person allegedly taken to hospital after accident this morning.

Police act against driver for hitting boy, 2, at traffic lights

Police have taken action against a woman for hitting a two-year-old boy with her car at a set of traffic lights at Dee Why last week.

Manly

Driver who leapt from truck nearly ‘run over’ by excavator

A quick thinking truck driver, whose truck lost its brakes on a busy northern beaches road, managed to veer away from traffic and jump from the cabin before it crashed.

Manly

A Fire and Rescue NSW firefighter from the Forestville brigade puts out a fire in the kitchen of a home in Hurdis Ave, Frenchs Forest,that started in the oven. Picture: Fire and Rescue (Forestville)

Sleeping family of 5 saved by smoke alarm

Authorities have praised a family of five on the northern beaches for installing a smoke alarm that alerted them to a house fire while they were asleep.

Manly

Samuel Francis Gale, 24, of Collaroy, appeared in Parramatta Local Court accused of holding a knife against the throat of a woman who was nine-months pregnant. Picture: Facebook. Identity confirmed in court by reporter Joanne Vella.

Man held fishing knife to pregnant girlfriend’s throat

A man has pleaded guilty in court to holding the tip of a fishing knife to his heavily pregnant girlfriend’s throat at their Collaroy flat while he demaned she hand over $4500 in cash.

Manly

Alleged paedophile Colin Fisk (L) at Goulburn police station.

Notorious paedophile facing 23 historic child sex charges

There has been a delay in the case against a notorious paedophile accused of historic child sex offences involving a 13-year-old boy on the northern beaches.

Manly

Strike force detectives have arrested and charged a man after he allegedly stalked and intimidated women on Sydney’s Northern Beaches on multiple occasions in recent years., , Detectives from Northern Beaches Police Area Command established Strike Force Graffias in early 2019 to investigate after a number of women were allegedly approached by a man while walking or exercising alone on the Northern Beaches., , Police will allege that between November 2017 and September 2020, the man approached the women and made offensive comments to them. It’s further alleged that on a number of occasions the man exposed himself and performed a lewd act., , Following extensive inquiries, about 7.15am today (Thursday 3 September), strike force detectives attended a home on Warringah Road, Frenchs Forest, where they executed a search warrant and seized a small amount of drugs and clothing., , A short time later, a 42-year-old man was arrested at a work site at Birchgrove about 8am., , He was taken to Newtown Police Station, where he’s been charged with 39 offences:, , - Stalk/intimidate intend fear physical harm (x34); and, , - Carry out sexual act with another without consent (x5)., , He was refused bail and is due to appear in Newtown Local Court court today (Friday 4 September).

More alleged ‘flasher’ victims come forward

More women have come forward to report acts allegedly made by a northern beaches labourer arrested earlier this month.

Manly

Abusive dad’s shocking feather duster attack

In a confronting case of domestic violence, a northern beaches father struck his two-year-old daughter 23 times with the handle of a feather duster because she would not eat her dinner.

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