Simon Mccarthy
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- Oct 1, 2026
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'He didn't have to do what he did': how this Knights supporter's day was saved by an unexpected hero (opens the original)
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Ross Kilpatrick was trying to accept that he was probably going to miss the game. The afternoon was already wearing on, and he was tired. It had taken him hours to get this far, and still he had barely made it beyond Lake Macquarie. A broken-down freight train on the line had ground other trains to a stop, and transport officials were scrambling to get as many supporters as they could to the city in time. But even those services that did manage to trickle through were already heaving. And, to to
Teenagers charged over serious crash in allegedly stolen car (opens the original)
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A teenager accused of crashing a stolen car near Maitland, then fleeing from the scene leaving another boy injured in the wreck, will face court next week. Police allege the 14-year-old, who stands accused of a litany of offences relating to the alleged vehicle theft and crash, took the car from a property at Ashtonfield, near Maitland, before losing control at South Seas Drive. The car became airborne, police allege, before rolling and landing outside a residential property in the early hours o
New Annual was a cool story already, but then they added a dinosaur (and he's in love!) (opens the original)
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If your arts appreciation nerve endings were somehow cauterised at birth such that, after the weekend's barnstorming New Annual opener, you found yourself thinking 'it's cool, but needs more dinosaur', then rest easy. In the first instance, you have our sympathies. In the second, New Annual has dinosaurs. Of course, it is New Annual - Newcastle's flagship arts festival, celebrated for pushing the boundaries of culture and performance to platform revelatory new voices in a showcase of regional cr
SOAK it in: 5000 people groove at Newcastle Ocean Baths gig (opens the original)
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A sunset concert staged over the water of Newcastle Ocean Baths transformed the iconic city swimming spot into a roiling sea. Estimates at the second iteration of SOAK at the Ocean Baths on Saturday night were for a crowd of about 5000, eclipsing the crowd from the premier run in October last year. The thumping weekend concert kicked off an anticipated return of the City of Newcastle's flagship arts festival New Annual, and a 10-day extravaganza of cultural events and performance to unfold acros
'Like robbing a church': crystal trader robbed of $10,000 in gems and stones at Hunter festival (opens the original)
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A stallholder at the Newcastle Medieval Festival has reported losing $10,000 worth of crystals, gemstones and other collectibles to theft during the event. In a brief statement on Wednesday, September 23, NSW Police confirmed they were aware of the incident, and investigators were making inquiries. Anna Snow, the founder of Cats Crystals Aus - a sustainable lapidary dealer of pre-owned and custom crystals, as well as offering a "spell casting" service - has sought public support after stones, ge
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