The most disturbing stat about Toon tumble and other top stories.

• The most disturbing stat about Toon tumble

  

  TOON fallout, Martinez in big strife, Hazard’s return.EPL Extra-Time brings you the reaction to the mid-week action.WHAT a depressing season for Rafa Benitez.Sacked by Real Madrid. Relegated at Newcastle.The only thing more galling than being relegated is to be sent tumbling by your most bitter rival.That’s what Newcastle United fans are reeling from today, as Sunderland celebrated safety and sent the Toon army down.After spending some $A157 million on signings in the last two transfer windows..

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• Why 'big club' Newcastle crumbled, worse awaits

  

  SADDENED? Despicably so.Sunderland, yes, it had to be Sunderland’s 3-0 win this morning consigned us Newcastle lot to the abyss.The unknown and uncertainty of the Championship, and associated disaster of missing out on the really big TV coin on offer to Premier League clubs next season.Never been a good time to get relegated, and this is especially grim for one of England’s so called big clubs. What a myth that is right now.Since getting bouncing straight back into the Premier League in 2010, up..

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• Newcastle relegated: Where did it go wrong?

  

  SUNDERLAND’S emphatic victory over Everton has condemned their north east rivals Newcastle to relegation from the Premier League.The Magpies had a pre-season target of a top-eight finish but have spent the majority of the season in the relegation zone and their return to the Championship was confirmed by Sunderland’s 3-0 win over Everton at the Stadium of Light on Wednesday.But where did it go wrong for the club? We look at some of the key factors …BENITEZ APPOINTED TOO LATERafa Benitez could ba..

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• Port-Newcastle council merge announcement

  

  UPDATE: Port Stephens-Newcastle council merger still under consideration by NSW Government. UPDATE:LABOR MP Kate Washington has called the NSW Government’s handling of the proposed Port Stephens-Newcastle merger a “dog’s breakfast” and a “political farce”Ms Washington, the Port’s state MP, has called on the NSW Government to rule out the proposed Newcastle-Port Stephens council merger altogether after it was announced on Thursday that a decision was still pending.“[NSW Premier] Mi..

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• Home again: sons return dad's wagon | photos, video

  

  After all these years, the Prices are back in the family wagon again. FULL CIRCLE: Greg Price with his sons (from left) Gregory and Matt and cousin Mark Dannenberg in the rear of the elusive Holden HR wagon. Picture: Simone De PeakGREG Price broke down in tears when he realised what his sons had done.Parked in his garage was the same Holden HR wagon he’d parted ways with nearly two decades ago.A car with more hits than Elvis, its fate was thought sealed after it entered its last V..

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• Nursing a healthy profession

  

  Staff members at Muswellbrook Community Health Services celebrated International Nurses Day on Thursday. FOR Jenny Boyton, the rewards of being a nurse are numerous.The nurse unit manager at Upper Hunter Community Health Services in Muswellbrook brought her team together on Thursday for International Nurses Day.The day of celebration, which coincides with Florence Nightingale’s birthday, proved to be informative and enjoyable for the Muswellbrook crew.CELEBRATION: Nurses from Musw..

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• How Owen Craigie lost 60k in a week

  

  ANDREW and Matthew Johns rated him the most talented junior footballer they’d ever seen, yet Knights premiership player Owen Craigie looks back on his career with regret at greatness gone begging and his earnings lost to gambling.Craigie, the gifted centre/five-eighth, appeared on Sterlo On the Couch on Wednesday night, reflecting on a career that began with him becoming the only player to make the Australian Schoolboys team three years running.Tune in to Sterlo On the Couch on Fox Sports 1, 7.3..

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• Charlestown Square restaurant admits underpaying staff by almost ...

  

  CAUGHT: Charlestown Square's New Shanghai restaurant taken to court THIS WAY PLEASE: Entrance to New Shanghai restaurant in Charlestown Square's open southern courtyard.THE New Shanghai restaurant at Charlestown Square has admitted underpaying 85 staff by more than $583,000 in just 16 months.The Fair Work Ombudsman has taken the restaurant’s Sydney owner, Zhong Yuan “John” Chen, his company NSH North Pty Ltd, and two restaurant managers, Ting “Sarah” Zhu and Jin “Jenna” Xu, to cou..

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• Student survey rates Newcastle university

  

  New data: The website reveals what graduates and current students think about their institutions and courses. Picture: Max Mason-HubersUNIVERSITY of Newcastle graduates can expect to earn starting salaries of about $56,000, according to a new national data resource designed to improve transparency in the tertiary sector.The federal government launched its Quality Indicators For Learning and Teaching website this week, which allows prospective students to compare institutions using survey feedbac..

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• Twin coup for Knights

  

  Saifiti siblings sticking with Newcastle Daniel and Jacob SaifitiKNIGHTS coach Nathan Brown says the Saifiti twins, Jacob and Daniel, have sacrificed money to re-sign with Newcastle.But there are no guarantees other, more established players, will resist the lure of bigger dollars on offer at rival clubs.The Knights announced on Thursday that the 20-year-old Central Coast juniors, who could hardly have been more impressive in their debut NRL seasons, have extended their contracts ..

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