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Fires burning across the Hunter | |
| High temperatures and strong winds are fanning a number of fires across the region, with scores of firefighters working to protect properties.
A blaze that hit emergency warning level at Pelaw Main, near Cessnock, on Tuesday was started after a car left the road and caught fire, killing the driver.
There was another emergency level fire at Paterson, while blazes continue to burn near Wollombi and in the Howes Valley. | |
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Former Knights star pleads guilty to cocaine supply | |
| Jarrod Mullen has admitted to taking cocaine on a daily basis "just to get through the day".
The former NRL star's downward spiral began when he was banned from playing rugby league for four years in 2017 after testing positive to steroids.
The 32-year-old pleaded guilty to one charge of supplying cocaine after being arrested in May as part of police investigations into a drug supply ring. | |
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Olympic shooter Michael Diamond selling second gold medal to pay medical expenses | |
| Michael Diamond was a shooting sensation at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the Sydney Games in 2000, winning two gold medals for Australia. But there have been some bumps in the road in recent years.
He sold his gold medal from the Sydney Olympics to pay legal expenses in 2017.
And now he's facing a different challenge - he's been placed on the heart transplant waiting list, with his heart functioning at only 25%. He's now selling his Atlanta medal to pay his medical expenses. | |
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Can you be friends with your support worker? | |
| The relationship between a disabled person and their support worker is a vital one ... but can they be friends?
Cath Mahoney, who is blind, is the ABC's Regional Storyteller Scholarship winner and she's explored the fine line between relationship and friendship. | |
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Proud moment from a friendship built on sewing | |
| The Year 12 formal is an important event for any teenager, but for Georgia Talbot it was made even more special because she designed and made her own dress.
Georgia worked with her disability support worker Linda Harris on the dress, which was revealed at her formal in Maitland.
Linda says it was an incredibly proud moment for both of them. | |
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Infamous power pole finally moved | |
| It was the power pole that left many people scratching their heads after it was left sitting out several feet from the kerb on a street in Wickham.
It led to a stoush between Newcastle Council, Ausgrid and the Electrical Trades Union.
But the pole has now been moved. | |
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