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• McClaren retains Coloccini as Newcastle captain after 'feisty' week | : The World Game

  

  The Premier League leaders won 3-0 at St James' Park last weekend, piling the pressure on Newcastle ahead of the meeting with former manager Alan Pardew's Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.Captain Fabricio Coloccini has been one of the players singled out for poor performances and he reportedly feuded on more than one occasion with McClaren at training this week.But when asked if the Argentine remained his captain, the ex-England boss said: "Absolutely. We have had a great week on the training pit..

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• Newcastle Jets vs Brisbane Roar: A-League live scores, blog | The Roar

  

  Newcastle Jets vs Brisbane Roar: A-League live scores, blogRoar Guru3Have your sayA-League leaders Brisbane Roar face a tough trip to fifth-placed Newcastle. (AAP Image/Dan Peled)Live ScoresScores updated each minute.REFRESH NOWNewcastle V BrisbaneNEWCASTLE STADIUM, NEW LAMBTON, NSW, 28 NOVEMBER 2015NewcastleTo Be PlayedBrisbane0LIVE SCORE0SHOTSSHOTS ON GOALFOULSCORNERSOFFSIDESPOSSESSIONBrisbane Roarwill be determined to extend their lead on top of the A-League table when they travel to Hunter S..

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• Two Newcastle men charged with child sex crimes - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Two Newcastle men charged with child sex crimesPostedNovember 28, 2015 08:51:56 Two men from the Newcastle region have been charged with child sex crimes, accused of using the internet to groom young children.In May this year detectives, from the Sex Crimes Squad's Child Exploitation Internet Unit began investigating the online behaviour of a man allegedly using social media to contact a teenage boy.Yesterday police arrested a 30-year-old man at a Charlestown home and seized several electron..

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• Newcastle hit by Haidara injury blow | FourFourTwo

  

  Massadio Haidara will spend a further four months out due to a knee operations. The Newcastle United defender has not played since October.Newcastle United full-back Massadio Haidara is set for four months on the sidelines after undergoing knee surgery.Haidara has not played since his club's 6-2 win over Norwich City last month and was working his way back to fitness from a groin injury when he suffered a major setback.Newcastle head coach Steve McClaren said: "Massadio had an accident in midwee..

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• Peace talks behind Jets' new-found success

  

  Jets remain positive0:46A-League: Newcastle Jets coach Scott Miller is talking positive despite not registering a shot on goal against Adelaide.WHAT’S the secret to the Newcastle Jets’ dramatic turnaround this season? It’s all about the vibe, according to midfielder Ben Kantarovski.OK, there’s a bit more to it than that, but for the long-time Jet, the most important thing is that the club and the community has found its heart again.In his eight years as a one-club man, Kantarovski has experience..

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• Alan Pardew keeps low profile as Crystal Palace prepare for...

  

  Palace assistant manager Keith Millen spoke to the media ahead of Saturday's meeting with the Magpies at Selhurst Park. Pardew's absence suggested that he may be feeling the strain following Monday's disappointing 1-0 home defeat bySunderland- which left Palace with only one win from their last six - and that he also wishes to distance himself from Newcastle, who have struggled since his departure and are only one point above the Premier League relegation zone.
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• Shannon Eckstein wins Kelloggs Ironman round one

  

  “They (Belinda and Ellie) normally come to my races but they won't be at Newcastle (rounds 3-4). Hopefully I'll be able to take my newborn with me down to ...

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• ART: Rare Boyd prints for sale

  

  ARTHUR Boyd is arguably Australia’s greatest painter and it is extraordinary to find a group of his works for sale in Newcastle.Detail of two etchings from Arthur Boyd’s Narcissus series.ARTHUR Boyd is arguably Australia’s greatest painter and it is extraordinary to find a group of his works for sale in Newcastle.At Cooks Hill Galleries until November 30 are prints from major series sourced directly from Arthur’s son, Jamie. The last time works by Arthur Boyd were for sale in Newcastle was in th..

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• Pumphouse: Changing the design rules

  

  Private design colleges offer a way to learn or brush up on core skills without getting caught up in the bureaucracy of academia, writes ALEX MORRIS.Newcastle lecturer Wayne Thompson. Picture: Max Mason-HubersMAYBE skills are more important than pieces of paper, maybe people just want to be taught how to do things,” says Newcastle lecturer and typographer Wayne Thompson.Thompson is one of six locals with industry experience launching Newcastle’s first design school of its kind, The Pumphouse S..

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• THEATRE REVIEW: The Lady Juliana

  

  A STORY set on a convict ship bringing women to Australia might seem an unlikely subject for a musical, but a staging in Newcastle of the work-in-progress, The Lady Juliana, showed it to be engaging and moving.Konstanze Koedam and Zac Smith.THE LADY JULIANAWEA Hunter, Cooks HillNovember 21A STORY set on a convict ship bringing women to Australia might seem an unlikely subject for a musical, but a staging in Newcastle of the work-in-progress, The Lady Juliana, showed it to be engaging and moving...

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