CITY of Newcastle splashed thousands of dollars on expensive gifts purchased with ratepayer funds for its annual Christmas party celebrations, the Newcastle Herald can reveal.

A KITCHEN has been left charred and a neighbour has been hospitalised with smoke inhalation after a cooking fire erupted inside an empty home at Raymond Terrace.

ASIDE from the mattress slumped in the corner of a room, the rest of the house at Muswellbrook had been entirely "dedicated" to the million dollar cannabis cultivation and supply operation, the latest ...

A man has been charged over an alleged pursuit through the streets of Toronto and Edgeworth after allegedly fleeing a home ...

The flawed PEP11 plan to blast and drill for gas off our beautiful coast has officially been rejected by the federal government in a truly historic result.

Brendan Smith's life hasn't been the same since he was stabbed three years ago at Thornton.

Not much will change for Josh Mills when he becomes a citizen on Friday, but the rugby union diehard anticipates a bit more tension with his Welsh dad when the Australian Wallabies play the British ...

SO much has changed since I was indoctrinated as a school girl in the 1940s and '50s about what being Australian meant. Attending a small rural primary school, it was a day of celebration and feeling ...

THE developers behind Morisset's multi-million dollar transformation say the suburb's main arterial road can handle the ...

Hunter skies are looking clear and sunny for the Australia Day long weekend, so here's a list of how to spend the day across the Hunter Region.

The Greens have announced former Newcastle councillor Therese Doyle as the party's candidate for Shortland in the upcoming ...

The iconic Wyee Nursery has closed and a fire sale will be held this weekend with everything on sale for half price.