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Simon Knight was 32 years old when he vanished without a trace.

A Sydney chef checked out of a Surry Hills hotel. He was never seen again

Simon Knight left the hotel by bike, withdrew $500 from the bank then “disappeared off the face of the earth”.

  • Josefine Ganko

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Stairway to Heaven.

R by Raita Noda

There’s a new rendition of Stairway to Heaven. You’ll find it at R by Raita Noda, a 15-seat Japanese fine diner on Redfern’s Wunderlich Lane.

  • Erina Starkey
Taguan is a Filipino cafe in Redfern.

Taguan Cafe

This cafe is a finalist for best food in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

The arayes pita with tomato salad and amba.

Kepos Street Kitchen

This cafe is a finalist in the best all-rounder category in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Newtown is among the inner Sydney suburbs with a median house price of $2 million or less.

The last inner Sydney suburbs where houses cost under $2m

Popular inner suburbs are being hit by a rush of potential buyers, eager to snare a home before any more rate cuts.

  • Sue Williams
An artist’s impression of a proposed 24 hour McDonald’s restaurant in Redfern and the site as it stands.

Why residents and police have joined forces to stop a McDonald’s at Redfern

Locals have labelled the proposal a “poison and blemish on the map”. Police are worried about a spike in crime and e-bike thefts.

  • Jessica McSweeney
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The Redfern unit where the bodies of two men were found on Saturday night.

Revealed: Man who stabbed Sydney couple to death had killed before

The couple died in ‘horrifying circumstances’ inside their inner-city home. They had been threatened by their neighbour at least once before.

  • Sarah McPhee
A young couple paid $4.98 million at auction on Saturday for a four-bedroom home in Roseville.

Young couple spend $4.98m on Roseville house at their first auction

The pair were upgrading from a Macquarie Park apartment and had help from a family member while bidding for the four-bedroom home, which came with a pool.

  • Kristy Johnson
Olympus Dining’s retractable oculus glass ceiling looks like it came off the set of Dr. No.
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Move over Totti’s, Olympus makes a bid for Sydney’s long-lunch crown

There isn’t a more in-demand restaurant in Sydney right now, but does the food (and service) live up to the hype?

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The changes to the Inner Sydney High catchment.

‘This will split our suburb in two’: Parents’ anger over school catchment changes

Inner Sydney High has its first year 12 cohort doing the HSC this year – and it is already feeling the popularity pinch.

  • Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris

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