Mother and sons lose all in house fire
8:17 AM AEST | A mother watched in despair as her house burned down yesterday – a fire started by her six-year-old son with a cigarette lighter.
8:18 AM AEST | A quest to discover the source of an elusive odour that has polluted the city’s west for almost a decade will centre on the Rutherford Industrial Estate.
Kids put their hearts into setting new record
10:20 AM AEST | They said “jump”. The kids said “for how long?” The Heart Foundation’s Jump Rope for Heart initiative looks set to bounce its way into the Guinness Book of World Records this year.

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Fine. Sunny.
Delnorth proud of flexible business
Whenever you pass a new guidepost or flexible signpost on a Hunter-region road, it is a safe bet ...

Blacks on the attack
8:24 AM AEST | It was more like a thumping than just a win, but a barnstorming 80-point victory by the Maitland Blacks has catapulted them into the top five for the first time this season.
8:26 AM AEST | For the first time in almost a decade the Maitland Mustangs women’s team has won three consecutive matches in the Waratah Basketball League.
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