Thursday, January 7, 2016

Last Top Stories: Man accused of bashing two women in Newcastle refused bail

  • Man accused of bashing two women in Newcastle refused bail

    Man accused of bashing two women in  Newcastle  refused bail
    Shaun Rudder, 26, has been charged over the attack in Newcastle.Photo: SuppliedA man accused of the brutal Boxing Day bashing of two women during a night out in Newcastle will remain behind bars until later this month, reversing a court's earlier decision to free him on bail.Shaun Rudder, 26, has beencharged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harmover the alleged late-night attack on Brittany Merrick and her flatmate, Brittany Norris, as they walked through Newcastle's CBD.Poli..
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  • A-League signings: Jets secure talented youngsters

    A-League signings: Jets secure talented youngsters
    Newcastle Jets has secured the future of Nicholas Cowburn and Lachlan Jackson with the talented duo inking new Hyundai A-League deals with the club.The versatile Cowburn, 20, has penned a two-season Hyundai A-League contract with his hometown club and is now tied to the Jets through to the completion of the 2017/18 season.Jackson, also 20, has penned a one-season contract extension, ensuring he will remain with Scott Miller’s side through to the end of the club’s 2016/17 campaign.Hyundai A-Leagu..
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  • Arnie's 'angry ant' Abbas back for ANZ clash

    Arnie's 'angry ant' Abbas back for ANZ clash
    It’s the news that will excite every Sydney FC fan and one coach Graham Arnold hopes will give the Sky Blues a huge boost for the rest of the Hyundai A-League season.After more than a year on the sidelines with a knee injury, popular midfielder Ali Abbas is back in the Sky Blues squad and ready to take on Newcastle Jets on Saturday.The Iraqi international hasn’t featured in the A-League since suffering a horror knee injury against Western Sydney Wanderers in December of 2014.But after a handful ..
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  • Search resumes for sailor washed off yacht near Broughton Island

    Search resumes for sailor washed off yacht near Broughton Island
    Video will begin in5seconds.Heavy rains flood Raymond TerraceSydney residents have been told to defer non-essential travel as as the unseasonal big wet continues to cause chaos on the roads.PT0M33S620349A missing Sydney yachtsman who was washed off a boat on the NSW Mid North Coast had just completed a sailing race and was returning home when he and his crew were caught in wild seas, police say.The search for experienced sailor Mal Lennon, 62, resumed on Thursday morning, after rescue crews were..
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  • Convicted paedophile Steven Larkins granted bail ahead of appeal ...

    Convicted paedophile Steven Larkins granted bail ahead of appeal  ...
    Larkins will appeal the 12-month jail term he received for failing to tell authorities he was using two social media apps.APPEAL: Convicted paedophile Steven Larkins will appeal the severity of a 12-month jail term he received last month. Picture: Dean OslandCONVICTED paedophile and disgraced former Scout leader Steven Larkins will appeal the severity of a 12-month jail term he received last month for failing to tell authorities he was using two social media applications and for breaching a good..
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  • Sydney weather: Here comes the sun - and a heatwave

    Sydney weather: Here comes the sun - and a heatwave
    Video will begin in5seconds.NSW floodwaters begin to recedeRelieved residents and holidaymakers in Raymond Terrace begin to return home under SES supervision as floodwaters start to recede on Thursday. Vision courtesy Network Ten.PT2M25S620349Hang in there, Sydney, summer is about to return with a blast of warmth and even sunshine.The city has been due for some beachy weather especially after Wednesday's top of just 18.6 degrees - the lowest for a January day in 28 years, according to the Bureau..
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  • Blue sky and brown water follow storm

    Blue sky and brown water follow storm
    An aerial view of the Hunter following a record January downpourBlue sky and brown water follow stormexitTHE view from the sky tells the story.As the January rains finally let up on Thursday, Newcastle Herald photographer Marina Neil took a helicopter flight over the Hunter, capturing a region well and truly inundated by flood water.In Nelson Plains, near Raymond Terrace, isolated livestock mixed with sea birds, while in neighbouring Osterley a lone four-wheeled drive chanced driving through flo..
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  • World Cup at Kingston Heath could lure golf's 'Big Three'

    World Cup at Kingston Heath could lure golf's 'Big Three'
    Golf's "new world order" could be coming to Melbourne later this year.Golf's "new world order" could be coming to Melbourne later this year.The all-out offensive by organisers of this year's World Cup has created the possibility that the game's "Big Three" – No.1 Jordan Spieth, No.2 Jason Day and No.3 Rory McIlroy – will commit to playing at Kingston Heath in November.A $US8 million ($11 million) prize pool, and the re-introduction of "teams" game play and the "patriotic" element of the event ha..
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  • Park joyride on 'freezing' day

    Park joyride on 'freezing' day
    The wet weather provided the perfect conditions for a some inland wakeboarding.GETTING AIR: Toronto wakeboarder Nathaniel Watt took advantage of some unusual summer conditions in Redhead on Wednesday. PHOTO: Callen HectorWHEN residents talk about wakeboarding in Lake Macquarie, they usually aren’t referring to Redhead.Not so on Wednesday.As rain pummeled the Hunter, a flooded park next to Kallaroo Road proved the perfect testing ground for some experimental trick riding by Toronto resident Natha..
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  • Half century up for cranky croc

    Half century up for cranky croc
    The crocodile famous for stealing a lawnmower has turned 50.AS if a cantankerous croc needs another grumble, Elvis, the Australian Reptile Park resident saltwater crocodile, has turned 50.Park staff treated the five-metre, half-tonne crocodile – who charged at keepers in 2011 and dragged a mower to the bottom of his lagoon – celebrate with half a cow’s carcass.“When he first came out he grabbed onto it and that bone-crunching sound – it made my bones shudder,” general manager Tim Faulkner said.“..
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