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Mitchell Van Homrigh is a reporter and producer for The Daily Telegraph. He has previously worked in radio and television in Queensland before joining the Telegraph in 2019. In that time he has worked as a breaking news reporter, general reporter and night chief of staff. He has extensively covered the state’s worst drought in living memory, the black summer bushfires and the coronavirus pandemic.

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Lighthouse beach seen from the lighthouse in Port Macquarie in the summer

NSW’s four best holiday towns for 2021

NSW has dominated Wotif’s annual travel awards, with four of its towns listed in the website’s Top 10 Australian destinations. See the list.

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Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have managed to rescue a kitten who had become stuck down a storm water drain on Elva Street, Strathfield just before 8am this morning.A group of students on their way to school noticed the kitten was being swept down the drain and immediately called Triple Zero (000). Firefighters from Concord Fire Station arrived on scene a short time later and, using a ladder were able to access the drain and safely remove the kitten.Thankfully the kitten was uninjured and was dried off and taken to the RSPCA for further check ups.

Firies rescue kitten from drain after Sydney deluge

Firefighters had to climb down a canal to stop the animal from being swept away after heavy rain hit Sydney.

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A crime scene has been established at the Primus Hotel in Sydney CBD after a woman was seriously injured. , Picture: Georgia Clark

Brutal attack at Sydney CBD hotel

A woman was critically injured after she was attacked with a hammer at a Sydney city hotel overnight.

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a shadow of a hand holding bid machete knife

Teen slashed with machete during home invasion

A teenager is recovering in hospital after being attacked by two men armed with a hammer and machete.

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***ID CONFIRMED TO DERRICK KRUSCHE*** From source: https://www.facebook.com/cryssyleeA BOY from the bush who was left to die alone on his birthday on a remote stretch of road in southwest NSW has been remembered as a kind soul with a “heart of gold”. Police were called after a motorist travelling on River Road at Wantabadgery, about 40 kilometres east of Wagga Wagga, saw Braydon Worldon, 15, and stopped to help before realising he was dead about 1.30am today.

New clue in teen’s hit and run death

More than two years after Braydon Worldon was killed and left on the side of the road, police are appealing for help in finding the person responsible for Braydon Worldon’s death.

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Police are appealing for information after a woman was assaulted in a road rage incident in Sydney’s CBD last week., , About 1.45pm and Sunday 14 February 2021, police were called to Wattle Street, Ultimo, following reports a woman had been assaulted., , Police have been told the woman was crossing a road when the driver of a black SUV beeped the horn and verbally abused the women.

Muscle-bound man wanted after road rage rampage

Police are searching for a man after a woman was assaulted and her phone smashed in a harrowing road rage incident in Ultimo last week.

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he NSW Government has increased the reward to $1 million for information over the suspicious disappearance and suspected murder of William Roach nearly three decades ago., , William “Bill” Roach was 25 when he was last seen on Barney Street, Armidale, on Friday 31 December 1993 and was reported missing in early 1994.

Mystery of missing man ‘cursed by witches’

Almost three decades after he disappeared, NSW police have offered $1 million for information on Bill Roach’s suspected murder.

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Charges laid after $700,000 worth of magic mushrooms seized – Strike Force Bagster, A man will face court today charged after the large-scale seizure of $700,00 worth of ‘magic mushrooms’ in Sydney’s west., , , In January 2021, detectives attached to Cumberland Police Area Command established Strike Force Bagster to investigate the suspected manufacture of illicit drugs in the Greystanes area., , , Following inquiries, investigators stopped a Nissan X-Trail on Pennant Hills Road, West Pennant Hills, about 12am on Wednesday 3 February 2021., , , During a search of the vehicle, officers seized psilocybin, commonly known as magic mushrooms, cocaine, more than $50,000 cash, and two knives., , , The driver, a 26-year-old man, was charged and remains before the courts.

$700k of magic mushrooms seized in raid

Police have seized almost 50kg of magic mushrooms in one of the state’s largest hauls.

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‘No mucking around’: Vaccine rollout could be accelerated

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said her government would not “muck around” in bringing the COVID vaccine rollout forward if doses arrive here fast enough.

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‘Harry’ opens up on late-night sprint with Tommy Turbo

Meet the footy fan who raced Tom Trbojevic down the Manly Corso — and what he thinks about the Sea Eagles star’s injury woes. WATCH THE VIDEO

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