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Christmas 'miracle' As Ricki Returns To The Fold

26 December 2008

THE Bell family got their Christmas wish. More than a month after their daughter Ricki, 21, was thrown from a moving vehicle on King Street, Newcastle, she was able to leave John Hunter Hospital and spend Christmas with her family... read full story

Nitties Tops '08 Crop For Hunter

23 December 2008

JAMES Nitties capped off a great year for Newcastle golf when he walked the tightrope to play his way onto the world's richest golf tour... read full story

Con Issues Call To Arms For Fans

18 December 2008

NEWCASTLE Jets owner Con Constantine has urged Novocastrians to get behind the embattled A-League champions in their hour of need... read full story

Falvey Rides Again

18 December 2008

PAUL Falvey returns to the saddle today almost seven years after the former star Newcastle jockey broke his neck in a race fall and was told his career was over... read full story

Jobless Rate Shows People Starting To Give Up: Analyst

18 December 2008

THE jobless ranks are lengthening in much of western Sydney, the Central Coast and Newcastle, even as the labour market holds up relatively well in the face of financial turmoil... read full story

Jets Suffering Death By A Thousand Cuts

16 December 2008

THERE is death and death by slow torture, and for some reason the sporting gods have decided the Newcastle Jets deserve the latter option... read full story

Jets Don The Blinkers For Roar Encounter

14 December 2008

NEWCASTLE Jets coach Gary van Egmond imposed a media ban on his team yesterday in an attempt to ensure the players remain focused for this evening's clash with Queensland Roar at Suncorp Stadium and are not distracted by a looming player exodus... read full story

Feelings Run Hot On Mast

13 December 2008

A ROW over a new radio mast at Newcastle's coastal patrol headquarters has led to a long-time volunteer being stood down and questions raised over the effectiveness of temporary antennas... read full story

Graffiti Soft Line Useless

10 December 2008

NEWCASTLE City Council must drop its soft approach to graffiti vandalism and tackle offenders head on, graffiti warrior Robert Denton says... read full story

Time To Skip Show Holiday

6 December 2008

WHEN Maitland Show Society decided in 2000 not to apply for the gazettal of its traditional show holiday, it stated the obvious as its main reason. The plain fact was that relatively few people who were given the holiday actually used it to attend the show. That's every bit as true in Newcastle, where the show holiday has become little more than a bonus long weekend for schoolchildren and lucky workers in some privileged industries... read full story

Get Stuck Into Him

4 December 2008

FIRED-UP Jet Tarek Elrich has called on Newcastle fans to make Sydney FC striker Mark Bridge public enemy No.1 at EnergyAustralia Stadium on Sunday... read full story

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