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McClaren: Newcastle not panicking | FourFourTwo

Newcastle United are second-bottom in the Premier League but manager Steve McClaren is backing his team to overcome the struggle.Steve McClaren is not pushing the panic button just yet, despite Newcastle United's horrendous start to the season.Newcastle have lost eight of their opening 14 Premier League matches following Saturday's 5-1 drubbing at Crystal Palace.McClaren and Co. languish second-bottom in the standings, two points adrift of safety.However, McClaren is confident he can turn things..
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Newcastle MP Sharon Claydon hopeful Defence plans to clean up contaminated soil extend off the Williamtown base - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Newcastle MP Sharon Claydon hopeful Defence plans to clean up contaminated soil extend off the Williamtown basePostedNovember 30, 2015 06:51:02 Newcastle MP Sharon Claydon is hopeful Defence's commitment to treat contaminated soil at its Williamtown air force base, extends beyond the site of an infrastructure project.The firefighting foam contamination scandal was mentioned at a Federal parliamentary inquiry on Friday, focussing on an air traffic control infrastructure project.Concerns were ..
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David Lowe: Jets enter defining month | Newcastle Herald

The Jets can take a huge step towards a place in the finals during the run-up to Christmas.STANDING TALL: Young Jets defender Lachlan Jackson celebrates after Newcastle equalised against Brisbane Roar at Hunter Stadium on Saturday. Picture: Getty ImagesTHE brief: Get the job done more clinically, with less embellishment and better end product.Advice that might have served league leaders Brisbane Roar well at Hunter Stadium on Saturday but actually directed at your columnist, to fit in with the n..
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Joeys striker ready to take the next step

He is the Hunter's most decorated junior footballer in five years, but will he play for Newcastle?Australian Joeys striker Cameron Joice would “love to play for Newcastle” but must wait until the end of the National Youth League season before choosing the next step in his football career.BRIGHT FUTURE: Newcastle product Cameron Joice playing in an Under-17 World Cup warm-up game against Costa Rica in Chile in October. Picture: FFAJoice played in last month’s FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Chile, whe..
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Sales Manager - Newcastle / Lake Macquarie - mUmBRELLA Jobs

<- Back to all jobsSales Manager – Newcastle / Lake MacquarieFairfax Media is one of Australia’s largest and most diversified media business. Our products and services include digital media, events, newspapers, magazines and radio. We are on a journey of transformation and we’re leading the way in innovation and audience centricity.We are now looking for a Sales Manager for the Newcastle / Hunter region.The role will be vital in leading and coaching a team of Sales Representatives in order to..
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Meet the Mob: Fiona Manton

A quarter of a million people visit the Stockton sand dunes, of the Worimi Conservation Lands (WCL), each year. But for Fiona Manton, the dunes are her backyard. "My mum and dad used to bring us over here when we were kids. Come and get the fish and that. That's where we spent most of our life, on these sand dunes. "Everyone from the mission in Karuah used to come over here, catch their fish and their pipis and go back home and eat them." "I used to eat pipis raw but I don't eat..
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Light rail case is flawed

NEWCASTLE’S light rail project failed most of the criteria used to assess it in a secret business case the Baird government is refusing to release.The government has not denied the $510 million project was given a ‘‘green flag’’ for only two of nine criteria against which it was considered, and says light rail is part of a ‘‘broader vision’’ to improve the city and ‘‘can’t be looked at in isolation’’.Greens MP David Shoebridge has questioned the government on information provided to him on a ‘‘r..
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Reg Mombassa's masterclass treat

RARE TREAT: Reg Mombassa and Michael Bell at Newcastle Art Gallery.REG Mombassa isn’t a dog person, which is a bit like finding out Beatrix Potter wasn’t big on rabbits.Still, a rich vein of canine ran through the wall-sized sketch with which Mombassa and fellow Mambo luminary Michael Bell beguiled an audience at Newcastle Art Gallery.Mombassa, 64, soft-spoken and diminutive in jeans, t-shirt and blazer, doesn’t attach much significance to the dogs.“I actually have a cat. Dogs, I suppose, are a ..
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The tortured world of a broken mum

Bernice Swales and the knowledge that people are aware of what happened to her 20-month-old son.The tortured world of a broken mumexitTHERE are a lot of things eating away at Bernice Swales.There is the obvious grief and guilt that continues to wrack her body some 10 years after her ‘’Little Man’’, 20-month-old Jordan Thompson, died in suspicious circumstances.There is the heartwrenching thoughts about a future lost for a child who never really got to live.And there is the knowledge that there a..
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Push to extend light rail west

Engineers Australia says extending light rail west from Wickham should be part of the Baird government’s longer term plans for the city’s transport system.EXTENDING light rail west from Wickham should be part of the Baird government’s longer term plans for the city’s transport system, Engineers Australia says.The organisation’s Newcastle division met with staff of Transport minister Andrew Constance to emphasise the need for intergrated transport planning for the city.Engineers Australia Newcast..
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