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• Newcastle's 'Big Boy' funnel-web spider enlisted in anti-venom ...

  

  Newcastle's 'Big Boy' funnel-web spider enlisted in anti-venom program Updated January 25, 2016 12:16:58 Wildlife experts are urging New South Wales residents to keep their eye out for valuable funnel-web spiders, after a record-setting specimen was handed in at Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital.Nicknamed 'Big Boy', the male spider measures 7.5 centimetres in length and was found in Newcastle last week.It is the biggest male funnel-web spider ever handed in to the Austr..

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• Representative Round: Newcastle to host Test

  

  International Rugby League will move to Newcastle's Hunter Stadium in 2016 as part of Representative Round in May.The NRL today released the schedule for Representative Round, highlighted by a Test between Australia and New Zealand at Hunter Stadium and a Pacific Double Header at Parramatta's Pirtek Stadium.The Trans-Tasman Test match at Hunter Stadium, to be played on Friday May 6, will be Mal Meninga's first match as coach of the Kangaroos.The Harvey Norman Australian Jillaroos will also take..

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• Newcastle Jets vs Perth Glory highlights: Glory put six past Jets

  

  Newcastle Jets vs Perth Glory highlights: Glory put six past Jets Roar Guru 69 Have your say Live ScoresScores updated each minute. REFRESH NOW   Newcastle V Perth NEWCASTLE STADIUM, NEW LAMBTON, NSW, 24 JANUARY 2016   Newcastle Match Completed Perth 1 FINAL SCORE 6 1 HALF TIME SCORE 2 7 SHOTS 21 2 SHOTS ON GOAL 12 14 FOULS 7 4 CORNERS 10 0 OFFSIDES 8 37 POSSESSION 63 Match Result: Perth Glory had a dominant win over the Newcastle Jets on Sunday nigh..

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• Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets may become first A ...

  

  Interesting times: After Tim Cahill and the Socceroos showed China how it's done on the field, will Australian football repeat that off the field on the back on Chinese investment in Australia. Photo: AP Football in Australia has something Chinese football wants – honesty, knowledge and achievement – and they're willing to pay for it. Football in China has something Australia desperately needs – money.This is the partnership which can transform the domestic g..

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• Sissoko rules out January exit from Newcastle

  

  The opportunity to play regularly has encouraged Moussa Sissoko to remain at Newcastle United, but he refused make a long-term commitment.Moussa Sissoko has ruled out a move away from Newcastle United this month, but admits he could reassess his future after Euro 2016. The France international has been linked with a move to Napoli, but does not feel a January departure from St James' Park would be the right move. With regular football on offer at the Premier League side, the 26-year-old thinks ..

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• Brides and Bubs

  

  See who was hitched and hatched in the Hunter. Lots of beautiful arrivals came into the world recently and happy couples got married. Congratulations to all. Send your wedding and baby photos to community@theherald.com.au Brides and Bubs Amy and Andrew Smith from Rathmines welcomed baby Nixon. Picture: Tonya at Zen Life PhotographyRyan and Jenni Ward were married on December 31 at Jameson Park Equestrian Centre Cooranbong. They are on Mona Lisa.vEmma and Stu..

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• Inside the world of John Olsen

  

  John Olsen at 88 exudes his insatiable artist's joie de vivre. A Fairfax Media Australia Day promotionJOHN Olsen designed his splendid en-suite studio so that, like the artist Henri Matisse, he could be wheeled from his bed to create art until his last breath.Yet Australia's senior artist still wakes every morning with a new painting in his mind and walks freely to his studio to spend the day painting, standing up, the way he always has."I'm not old, I'm just aged," Olsen says, be..

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• Meet the Mob: Nathan Towney

  

  From scoring points playing league for the Canterbury Bulldogs, Nathan Towney is now improving the numbers for the Department of Education in New South Wales. He is the new principal of Newcastle High School, lifting the total number of Aboriginal high school principals to 25 out of 2153 in the state. Twenty-five may seem small, but it is seen as a big achievement for the state. The top job was never on Mr Towney's mind when he won a place in a teaching degree. "I just wanted to pass my first e..

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• 100 extra police called in for Australia Day | Poll

  

  AN army of more than 100 extra officers have been called in to help quell any unruly Australia Day behaviour across Newcastle as senior police refuse to forget the loutish violence which marred the city six years ago. AN army of more than 100 extra officers have been called in to help quell any unruly Australia Day behaviour across Newcastle as senior police refuse to forget the loutish violence which marred the city six years ago.A well-preprared Newcastle City local area command..

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• Short Takes for Monday, January 25, 2016

  

  Newcastle Herald Short Takes for January 25, 2016 MESSAGE for the Newcastle Jets: Why bother?David McNaught, Pelican  THEY are an affront to Newcastle soccer. Bill Slicer, Tighes Hill I’M asking Lake Macquarie councillors to go into Hillsborough either at 8 o'clock in the morning or at 5 o'clock of an afternoon and try to get out of the place. It's a disgrace. As I’ve asked before, does someone have to die before something is done about this little suburb?  I'm sure if any member ..

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