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Krista Kach died in hospital after police shot her with a beanbag round to bring to a close a nine-hour siege.

Eight hours a day: Crisis program unavailable for woman’s ‘beanbag round death’

A program to de-escalate people in crisis is underfunded and not available in Newcastle, where Krista Kach was shot dead during a standoff with police.

  • Perry Duffin and Laura Banks

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Krista Kach died in hospital after police peppered her with bean bag rounds and Tasered her to bring to a close a nine hour siege.

Daughter begged for medical care before mother was Tasered and died

The family of Krista Kach say they only found out that their mother had been Tasered before her death when they heard it on the radio.

  • Harriet Alexander
Police have set up a crime scene after a woman was Tasered in Stockton.

Woman dies after being Tasered by police during axe stand-off

The 47-year-old allegedly threatened police with an axe before barricading herself in a Newcastle unit.

  • Sarah Keoghan
Beaches across NSW have been hit hard over the past three years after La Nina has smashed the coastline.

Shifting sands raise concerns about future of coastal communities

As climate change intensifies, bringing more damaging rains and seas during La Nina, governments face the dilemma of how to protect beach communities from coastal erosion.

  • Laura Chung
Stacey Klimovitch has been identified as the woman killed in a shooting in Newcastle.

‘It’s horrendous’: Woman shot dead after answering front door in Newcastle

A woman has been shot dead in a targeted attack after answering the front door of her home, police say.

  • Daniella White
A childcare centre has been forced to close over fears it could wash away.

'Tipping point': Coastal erosion tearing away community's heart

The Stockton beach, near Newcastle, may have lost too much sand to recover.

  • Laura Chung and Donna Page
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Emergency services were called to a home on Church Street in Newcastle after the body of a newborn was found in a backyard shortly after 7am on Tuesday.

Newborn baby's mother found after body left in Newcastle backyard

The 18-year-old mother was located in Penrith in Sydney's west, police said on Friday.

  • Staff reporters
Emergency services were called to a home in Newcastle shortly after 7am on Tuesday.

Newborn baby's body found in Newcastle backyard

Police are looking for the baby's mother, who they hold "grave" welfare concerns over.

  • Josh Dye and Sally Rawsthorne
Mr Fenwick at Wests Nelson Bay the day before he disappeared.

'Troubling' Facebook messages may assist murder probe to find suspected murder victim Steven Fenwick

Friends of suspected murder victim Steven Fenwick hope a series of social media posts about the 33-year-old's disappearance could help police solve the baffling mystery.

Ship that lost 83 shipping containers docks as clean-up continues

Ship that lost 83 shipping containers docks as clean-up continues

The ship that lost 83 shipping containers last week has docked in Sydney, as hundreds of workers continue to clean up the state's coastline.

  • Sarah Muller

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