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Keith and Di Blessing both underwent emergency surgery on Thursday.

Keith Blessing shot an alleged home invader. How far are you allowed to go in self-defence?

A violent home invasion in a rural NSW community has brought renewed attention to the law of self-defence.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

Latest

Police are offering a $1 million reward for information about the murders of Susan Kay and Joanne Teterin in May, 2000.

DNA breakthrough in cold case double murder prompts $1m reward

More than 25 years after Susan Kay and Joanne Teterin were bludgeoned to death in a Newcastle home, police are on the cusp of solving the gruesome crime.

  • Riley Walter
Burwood Historical Soceity president Chery Chemp with fellow members Paul Roper and Katie Kershaw pictured outside the Strathfield Hotel.

Why these Sydney publicans are pivoting from pints to property

Almost 3000 homes are planned to be built on pub and club land in NSW as venues tap into the state’s Housing Delivery Authority.

  • David Barwell and Nigel Gladstone
14/20

The 50 combos at this Italian-inspired panino shop are all ‘killers with delicious fillers’

More than 50 sandwich options have been created for tiny regional paninoteca and wine bar Arno Deli.

  • Callan Boys
Sam said the abuse left him unable to tell his children he loved them.

A nun allegedly raped Sam. Then she introduced him to another abuser

Sam says he was flogged, raped and abused at a NSW boys’ home. A landmark ruling may help him get justice.

  • Amber Schultz and Michaela Whitbourn
Australian Reptile Park manager Billy Collett with a freshwater crocodile captured at Wallsend on Sunday, March 1, 2026.

‘Don’t belong here’: Croc captured in Newcastle park

Wildlife carers are working to find a permanent home for the reptile abandoned in a suburban waterway.

  • Jack Gramenz
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Peter Wickham arises most mornings at 3am to drive from his home in Maitland to Newcastle Baths for his morning swim.

‘Speculative pervert panic’: Why these baths’ historic open-air changing shed is making a stir

Protest has long greeted a proposal to put a roof over Newcastle’s historic change rooms at the baths. Now, a DA has been lodged, and the community isn’t happy.

  • Julie Power
Gallery director Lauretta Morton in the new wing.

Two mine shafts stood in the way of a gallery extension. It took 15,000 cubic metres of grout to sort out

The new $48 million wing of the Newcastle Art Gallery is as much an engineering feat as a cultural one.

  • Linda Morris
Haydan Andrews is building a granny flat.

‘People love it’: The feature that Sydneysiders really want in a home

It’s flexible enough to boost a property’s value, be used as extra living space or gather a whole family together.

  • Carmen Forward
The look

Regional airport’s new international terminal is a game-changer

For me, and 1.4 million other residents north of Sydney, this new $110 million international terminal means no more two-hour trips south for overseas flights.

  • Sheriden Rhodes