Easter warning: NSW monthly road toll highest since 2019
With the Easter long weekend approaching, NSW Police are urging drivers to stay safe after the road death toll in March soared to its highest level since 2019.
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Teen killed in Hunter Valley motorcycle crash
A motorcyclist believed to be in his late teens, has died after colliding with a ute in NSW Hunter Valley region
Man charged with crashing into a family car in Sydney’s southwest
A man who police say fled a roadside breath test after allegedly returning a positive result has been charged with hitting a police officer and colliding with a family vehicle which had two young children inside.
Gun, knife seized: 10 charged in youth crime blitz
Ten people have been charged with more than 30 offences following a three day police blitz targeting youth crime in regional New South Wales.
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‘I was shot 14 times in five seconds and survived’
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‘Night is when it gets busy, when it gets dangerous’
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Australia Day 2021 dedicated to thanking frontline COVID heroes
Australia Day 2021 is set to become a National Day of Thanks to honour the frontline workers who helped pull our country through the COVID-19 pandemic – and the everyday community heroes who helped out in big and small ways. At the same time, News Corp Australia is today launching its thanksamillion campaign honouring our frontline heroes.
The Night Watch documentary series launches
They are hope in the darkness, the hand that reaches through flames for yours, that bravely stands between you and evil, that pushes another breath into your lungs when the last touches your lips, that tirelessly puts your safety ahead of their own — they are The Night Watch.
Meet the superhuman disaster response nurse
While most of Australia was locked down at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Rachel Macfarlane was on the health crisis frontline. Working up to 15-hour days, the St Vincent’s Hospital incident response nurse sacrificed her own health and time with her family to care for everyday Aussies.
Murder-suicide as dad shoots teen kids: How chaplains help our cops
Ambulance chaplain Malcolm York attended a horrific murder-suicide where a man had shot dead his two children before taking his own life. Mr York reveals how he helped the first responders deal with the horrific tragedy. CHECK OUT THE DOCUMENTARY AND PODCAST
Ex cop’s face-off with armed B4L gang: ‘I was sh*tting myself’
Crime squad detective Ryan Jeffcoat recalls the night he and his partner tried to arrest three men associated with a notorious gang following a grisly shooting outside a cafe — confronting them without any backup and only one pair of handcuffs between them. CHECK OUT THE DOCUMENTARY AND PODCAST
‘The human brain is not designed to deal with this’
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Cop opens up on husband taking his life: ‘I live with it every day’
Beth Docksey speaks for the first time about the loss of her husband, a decorated officer who succumbed to PTSD after preventing a public mass shooting. He later took his own life in front of her at a police station. CHECK OUT THE DOCUMENTARY AND PODCAST
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