The kids had been spoiling for a pet to look after, and Dad was having trouble finding new reasons to put off the inevitable.

Early morning fog caused several flights bound for Newcastle Airport to enter a mid-air holding pattern before landing ...

Josh Leeson is a news and features journalist, who focuses on Lake Macquarie, politics and entertainment at the Newcastle ...

An Australian man jailed for 13 years in a maximum-security Russian prison for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces was given ...

Hunter Drama's Performance Troupe is bringing to life the betrayal, magic and romance of William Shakespeare's The Tempest ...

Ten inmates, including some charged with murder, have escaped from a New Orleans jail with inside help, and a manhunt is ...

Conservation groups and wildlife researchers have called for urgent intervention to protect Lower Hunter vegetation corridors ...

A 28-year-old woman waiting for her bus was critically injured on Friday afternoon when a car smashed through the bus stop on ...

INDUSTRY insiders say illegal boarding house operator Sanctuary Place Living is running homes that flout laws against ...

A SERIES of threatening and violent attacks at Wallsend Library has forced City of Newcastle to restrict access to the ...

Plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) are now more popular in Australia than they've ever been, with a strong uptick in sales ...

A lawyer representing Sean "Diddy" Combs in the hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking trial has sought to undercut the claim of the ...