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Today is Tuesday, August 30, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, A Central Coast man was hospitalised in a critical condition after he was reportedly knocked to the ground in an altercation at Hamlyn Terrace Saturday night.

Today is Saturday, August 27, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, a former Port Stephens dance studio teacher accused of sexually and indecently assaulting five girls, including four students, will face a trial in Sydney in August, 2023.

Today is Friday, August 26, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Newcastle council has endorsed March 10 to 12 as the dates for next year's Supercars race while voting to prepare and exhibit a consultation plan on whether to extend the event beyond 2023.

Today is Thursday, August 25, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, A man in his 50s was flown to hospital in Sydney yesterday afternoon after a battery exploded, leaving im with serious acid burns to his face and chest, the NSW Ambulance has said.

Today is Tuesday, August 23, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, a coronial inquest into the death of an inmate at Cessnock jail in 2020 will explore how the 34-year-old ingested powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl in the hours before he died.

Today is Saturday, August 20, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, AGL Energy has taken its Newcastle storage facility off the market.

Today is Friday, August 19, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, the mother of murdered teenager Emerald Wardle had watched and listened for weeks as a trial focused on her daughter's killer and the innocent 18-year-old was constantly referred to as "a demon".

Today is Thursday, August 18, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Scott Morrison said there was a public and political expectation that the prime minister took responsibility for everything.

Today is Wednesday, August 17, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Scott Morrison held five secret portfolios during the pandemic, including Home Affairs and Treasury, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed.

Today is Tuesday, August 15, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Selwyn Cobbo scores hat-trick for Broncos against Newcastle.

Today is Saturday, August 13, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, a Hunter man charged with multiple counts related to alleged child abuse material offences remains behind bars after his first appearance in court.

Today is Friday, August 12, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, A jury convicted Kathleen Folbigg, but author John Kerr thinks the jurors were misled.

Today is Thursday, August 11, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, nurses and midwives fed up with "untenable" workloads at Maitland Hospital say chronic short staffing is putting patients at risk.

Today is Wednesday, August 10, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Olivia Newton-John had a unique connection with the University of Newcastle.

Today is Saturday, August 6, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, 20 COVID-19 deaths have occurred in the Hunter-New England region in the past week, but cases appear to be close to the peak, a senior health official says.

Today is Friday, August 5, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, From renewable energy manufacturers to grain farmers, businesses across the Hunter and beyond have rallied to support the push for a Newcastle container terminal.

Today is Thursday, August 4, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, veteran Newcastle musician Ty Penshorn has slammed moves to shut down outdoor live music at Adamstown Bowling Club, saying neighbours have too much power in the debate.

Today is Wednesday, August 3, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Adamstown Bowling Club has been forced to tone down its popular outdoor music events after noise complaints from neighbours as other Newcastle clubs grapple with the consequences of converting bowling greens into live entertainment spaces.

Today is Tuesday, August 2, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Housing values in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie have experienced their biggest monthly drop since May 2004.

Today is Saturday, July 30, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Sharon Claydon has had to remind Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor to stop referring to her Mr Speaker - before he went on to use the term another four times.

Today is Friday, July 29, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, former Hunter Valley vineyard owner David James' is accused of being involved in a 'cheque kiting' scheme involving nearly $20 million

Today is Thursday, July 28, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Live music, surf trivia, happy hour and footy. Hotelier Glenn Piper knows what the punters want.

Today is Wednesday, July 27, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, calls to split the Hunter New England health district in two are politically-based with no clear gains for affected communities, according to health economist Francesco Paolucci.

Today is Tuesday, July 25, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, the government says Newcastle is in the frame to receive support from its airline activation scheme but stopped short of committing funds

Today is Saturday, July 23, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, a LakeMacquarie couple spent almost 12 hours caught in a Splendour In The Grass traffic snarl on Thursday night after heavy rainfall sent the Byron Bay music festival into chaos.

Today is Friday, July 22, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Police have released dashcam vision of a person walking along a driveway as part of an investigation into an ongoing spate of tyre slashings in suburban Newcastle.

Today is Thursday, July 21, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, a primary school worker has been charged after allegedly providing a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine certificate to her workplace.

Today is Wednesday, July 20, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Jie William Smith has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter over the death of a six-month-old baby at New Lambton in 2019

Today is Saturday, July 16, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, the owners of a prominent hotel in the heart of the Newcastle East heritage precinct have lodged plans for a $6.7 million makeover.

Today is Friday, July 15, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Supercars is poised to race in Newcastle in March 2023 and for the following four years after applying for heritage approval until 2027.

Today is Thursday, July 14, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, several Hunter councils have been left in limbo for electricity supply after a company that agreed to provide power for 10 years tried to pull the plug on its contract.

Today is Wednesday, July 13, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, people shouldn't be concerned about taking repeated shots of COVID vaccines in a bid to prevent infection of more contagious Omicron strains, Newcastle virologist Nathan Bartlett says.

Today is Monday, July 12, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, a man accused of murdering a six-month-old boy at New Lambton in 2019 told detectives after his arrest that he was "covering" for the baby's mother and the child had bruises on his body before arriving at his house, a jury has heard.

Today is Saturday, July 9, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Bee experts believe the deadly varroa mite has been in Newcastle since the summer.

Today is Friday, July 8, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, NSW Treasury has confirmed coal royalties will more than double in 2021-22, bringing in $2.2 billion more than last financial year, a total of $3.6 billion thanks to record-high coal prices.

Today is Thursday, July 8, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns has escaped a full-time jail term over a case of high-range drink-driving that led to a crash after he drove in the wrong direction along the Pacific Highway.

Today is Wednesday, July 6, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, the proposed 30-storey residential development at the former Store site in Newcastle West has been given the green light.

Today is Tuesday, July 5, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Port Stephens MP Kate Washington says a Hunter mum facing a looming eviction with nowhere to go is one of an increasing number of constituents who had contacted her office for help in recent months at immediate risk of homelessness.

Today is Saturday, July 2, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, About $65million a year needs to be invested over the next decade to ensure the Hunter Region achieves a just and sustainable clean energy transition, according to a new analysis.

Today is Friday, July 1, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, McDonald Jones Stadium could host huge international music acts in a bold plan to stage open-air concerts at the sporting venue.

Today is Thursday, June 30,, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Federal Nationals leader David Littleproud admits it was a mistake by the former Coalition government not to announce a $250million funding package for a Newcastle Container Terminal - but he insists that Labor now fund the project

Today is Wednesday June 29, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, A MAN who left New Zealand helicopter pilot and firefighter Ian Pullen for dead after hitting him with his car outside Singleton will be out of jail in less than 12 months..

Today is Saturday, June 25, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, a critical shortage of GPs could soon leave some Hunter towns without a doctor.

Today is Friday, June 24, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, four people are before the courts after two separate, wild police pursuits through the Hunter this week.

Today is Thursday June 23, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, A MAN will face court next month after a Cessnock Road crash that left a pedestrian dead.

Today is Wednesday June 22 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, a woman who made a miracle escape from a crash off Swansea bridge five years ago has been left gobsmacked after receiving an $11,000 statement of claim from Roads and Maritime Services.

Today is Tuesday June 21 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, HUNTER councils have won approval to lift their rates by more than the statewide cap in the coming financial year, reaping millions more for their budgets.

Today is Saturday, June 18, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, A MAN accused of helping cover up the 2014 murder of Carly McBride did not know she had been killed on the day he is alleged to have helped dump her body in remote bushland outside Scone, a jury has been told.

Today is Saturday, June 17, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from the Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, businesses in the Upper Hunter have called for government support to secure the region's future after BHP announced it would be applying for an extension to their Mount Arthur operation to 2030, rather than 2045.

Today is Thursday, June 16, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, CHARLESTOWN is set to become a development powerhouse as the local council slashes red tape in favour of intensified housing, more employment, services and recreation in the city's north-east.

Today is Wednesday, June 15, 2022, and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today's top stories, Wild surf has damaged part of the front of Cooks Hill Surf Lifesaving Club at Bar Beach, as big waves continued to crunch the Newcastle coastline on Tuesday morning.