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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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People watch as the Sun sets over the Sydney CBD after a hot spring day, Pictured from Dudley Page Reserve in Dover Heights,15th September 2019.Photo by Damian Shaw

‘Get ready’: NSW to swelter through severe heatwave

Authorities are warning NSW residents to prepare themselves as a severe to extreme heatwave bears down on the state, bringing four days of searing temperatures.

NSW

Redfern Region Enforcement Squad investigators have charged two people and seized cannabis worth nearly $275,000, after uncovering a hydroponic house in Sydney’s south., , Strike Force Grassy was established in 2011 by detectives attached to Redfern Region Enforcement Squad (RES) to investigate the enhanced indoor cultivation of cannabis across the Central Metropolitan Region.

10 signs you’re living next to a hydro house

Think you know your neighbours? After a $275,000 cannabis bust, NSW Police say these are the telltale signs you might be living next door to a makeshift grow house.

NSW

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY, 13, 2021: Police are seen walking George Street in Sydney CBD, with 5 new cases of Covid-19 reported in the last 24 hours across Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Elderly man hits policewoman in mask dispute

A police officer and nurse have been assaulted by members of the public in two separate COVID-19 related incidents.

UPDATEDNSW Coronavirus News

Dr. Michael Morgan at front and in foyer of new Macquarie University Hospital.

36 Sydney suburbs on COVID alert

Dozens of Sydney suburbs are on alert after virus traces were found in sewage. It comes as strict restrictions are set to ease.

NSW

Photo of Shaun millwood Maria onions; Tia Lloyd 8; Zac lloyd 12 Jess weissflog at Australia Day at Parramatta Park On 26.01.2020.(Daily Telegraph / Flavio Brancaleone)

Australia Day 2021: What’s on in Sydney

Australia Day activities will look different this year with restrictions in place. Here are what activities are on in your area.

NSW

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 13, 2020, Gary Stokes, founder of the environmental group Oceans Asia, poses with discarded face masks he found on a beach in the residential area of Discovery Bay on the outlying Lantau island in Hong Kong. - The surge in mask wearing during the coronavirus pandemic has thrown up a potent new threat to wildlife due to people thoughtlessly discarding the protective gear in massive quantities, environmentalists warn. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

Huge fine for Sydney mask litterers

Tired of seeing masks dumped on streets, a Sydney council has warned residents to bin them or be fined hundreds of dollars.

NSW

Campervan travelling on 1`Namatjira Drive near Mt Zeil in Northern Territory, Australia

Man found dead in campervan may have been robbed

Police are investigating whether a man found dead in a campervan at a rest stop near Tamworth may have been ambushed by a robber.

NSW

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA , NSW Police Force general generic stock GV breaking news police tape image at the Headquarters in Surry Hills, Sydney Australia. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Alleged Instagram groomer ‘professed love’ to girl, 14

A man allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in her own home after grooming her for sex on Instagram.

Macarthur

Pictured is Hue Quyen Tang (in stripped top) entering and leaving Campbelltown Court on Monday morning., Two men have fronted court after they were allegedly involved in an operation that swindled 250 tonnes of salmon from their boss at Huon Aquaculture Ingleburn plant in Sydney's south-west. , Picture taken by Lauren Ferri, ID Confirmed by journalist Lauren Ferri who is at court

Staff allegedly behind $4M salmon swindle

Two men have fronted court after five employees of a southwest Sydney salmon factory were arrested after some fishy behaviour allegedly surfaced.

Newcastle

Tributes flow after four dead in two separate Hunter crashes

One of the four people killed in a horror day on roads in the Hunter has been remembered as “an amazing, kind, caring girl”.

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