SANTA'S little helpers have been busy preparing to serve smiles and a hot meal to families that need it most.

A POUNDING swell and howling southerly winds have closed Newcastle's beaches on Christmas Eve amid a statewide hazardous surf ...

Police allege the 37-year-old man never held a licence in Australia and was disqualified from driving until 2044.

A BODY has been found in the search for a 37-year-old man who was reported missing from Cardiff.

RATEPAYERS will foot the bill for more than a quarter million dollars in fines and legal costs over a leaky pipe which spewed ...

Lightsource bp's Wellington solar farm. The company has just started work on the Goulburn River solar farm. Work on one of ...

ACCORDING to Lake Macquarie tour operators, the festive season has seen a boom in tourism to the area and one particular ...

TWO sleeps until Christmas and the line was already out the door at the Newcastle Fisherman's Co-op.

As Santa hops on his sleigh down from the North Pole, he'll be able to defrost in the warm, sunny skies set to hit the Hunter ...

POLICE have appealed to the public for help to find 83-year-old Allan Fielding who went missing from Lake Macquarie. Madeline ...

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There will be some unfamiliar faces around Donna Politarhis' table this Christmas, that's exactly how she planned it.