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Kaitlyn Hudson-O’Farrell is a general news reporter and has worked at The Daily Telegraph since June 2019. She enjoys covering everything from breaking hard news to grassroots community affairs and lifestyle or health yarns.

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Italy Fans going loose in Norton Street Leichhardt.Andrea gabrielli, Luigi moccia , Ernesto meduri, Victoria meduri.PictureÃs: NO Photographer Byline Required.

Italy’s Euro footy fans hit Leichhardt

Italian football tragics were out in force this morning as Leichhardt shopkeepers took their small celebration to the streets to wave a flag and sing songs while wearing masks.

NSW Coronavirus News

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos May 10, 2021: People queuing to enter the NSW Vaccination Centre in Homebush, Sydney.Picture: NCA NewsWire / James Gourley

Teachers get jab priority as NSW outbreak grows

Teachers and aged care workers will be prioritised at a new vaccination hub due to open on Friday in Sydney’s south-west. Read Monday’s live blog.

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Video has captured police arresting two shop owners in the Southern Highlands who were refusing to wear masks for “hygiene reasons”. Source: Instagram

Anti-vax shop owner charged after wild arrest

Two organic shop owners have been arrested after allegedly assaulting police when they refused to enforce mask-wearing inside their Southern Highlands store.

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Just before 12.30am this morning, paramedics responded to reports of a workplace accident on a vessel at Port Botany. Three crews, including a specialist medical team with critical care doctor and critical care paramedic, were dispatched to the scene. Source: NSW Ambulance

Port Botany worker injured on ship

A man suffered chest and stomach injuries after he was hit by a piece of equipment on-board a ship at Port Botany.

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People exercising at Heffron Park in Maroubra near Des Renford Swimming Pool which has become a hotspot for Covid-19 on the 2nd of July. Picture: Adam Yip

‘Don’t use shopping as an excuse to go out’: Plea to stay home

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has issued a stern warning for people to adhere to lockdown restrictions over the weekend and, more specifically, not to shop too much. Follow our live blog.

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Chantelle Otten and Dylan Alcott, December 2020. Picture: @chantelle_otten_sexologist/InstagramSource: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIWdUMoD4D6/

Tennis star Dylan Alcott rocked by cancer scare

Aussie tennis champion Dylan Alcott has spent weeks in and out of hospital with partner Chantelle Otten after she found a lump on her breast.

UPDATEDNSW

An investigation is underway after a body was found following a house fire in Macquarie Fields this morning., Emergency services were called to a home on Montana Way about 1.35am (Wednesday 30 June 2021), after smoke was seen coming from the two-storey brick home., Multiple crews from Fire and Rescue NSW attended and found the home well alight., All occupants were able to escape the home; however, a teenage boy was unaccounted for., Once the fire was extinguished, crews entered the building and found a body in an upstairs bedroom., Picture: Kaitlyn Hudson-O'Farrell

Community rallies around family of fire victim

Friends and community members left shattered by the death of 14 year-old Tahma Jones are now pitching in to help his family with the funeral costs.

VIDEONSW

Police have released CCTV as they continue to investigate a drive by shooting in Sydney’s west earlier this year., , About 10.10pm on Thursday 15 April 2021, a sedan drove past a premise on Piccolo Way, Shalvey, where a shot from a firearm was discharged towards the property. There were no reports of injuries., CCTV of a vehicle of interest, depicted as a silver coloured sedan – possibly a Holden Commodore – with black rims and wheels, Picture: NSW Police

Shot fired from car caught on CCTV

A video has been released of a gun being fired from a moving car in Sydney’s west as investigators urge witnesses to come forward.

UPDATEDPolice & Courts

A woman (L. Michelle Michell) and her husband (R. Neville Michell) have been found dead in a suspected murder-suicide at Inverell in the state’s north., The couple’s 21-year-old daughter (Jennifer Michell - not pictured) is also fighting for life after being critically injured in the same attack., The horrific incident occurred at a home on Glen Innes Road near Moore Street about 2.20am on Wednesday 30 of June 2021From source:https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1354410174737905&set=picfp.100005068064082ID's confirmed

Daughter critical after murder-suicide of parents

A man has stabbed his wife to death and left his daughter fighting for life, before taking his own life in an apparent murder-suicide in the state‘s north.

NSW Coronavirus News

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 29, 2021 - NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet provides a COVID update on Tuesday from the NSW Ministry of Health in St Leonards.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Christian Gilles

Grants up to $10k for hard-hit NSW businesses

Small businesses, tourism operators, and hospitality venues hit hard by the NSW lockdowns will be able to access grants of up to $10,000 as part of a state government relief package.

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