THE deadline has arrived - yet John Hunter Hospital remains without a child eye specialist, leaving the region's ...

SOME of the region’s best known artists have paid tribute to nature on the second anniversary of the ...

THE Newcastle Jets have extended their losing streak to nine games, falling to the Melbourne Victory 4-1 in ...

Family friendly fun is planned from one end of the Hunter to the other, from Nelson Bay's parade ...

A FORMER NSW Health official who lobbied the NSW government to use teenagers to ‘‘sting’’ bottle shop retailers ...

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As rain tumbled early on Friday, music fans began flooding into the Flemington Racecourse for the Big Day ...

CHINESE tennis superstar Li Na has beaten Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova 7-6 (7-3) 6-0 in the women’s Australian Open ...

A stunning bowling blitz in the last five overs of the day has Wallsend in firm control against ...

VETERAN Dutch defender Kew Jaliens is adamant the Jets are focused on tonight’s F3 derby despite the upheaval ...

KNIGHTS veteran Anthony Quinn has announced his retirement because of concern surrounding eye injuries that needed surgery last ...

This division chief and conservationist continues a family's fixation with the ice.

Surviving and thriving in a harsh land made early Australians an innovative bunch - a tradition that shows no sign ...

A program to preserve a rare breed of camels has its roots in Australia.

Fresh evidence of Indian children being trafficked for adoption in Australia has emerged as the Abbott government flagged a boost ...

HERALD letter writer Peter Rowney cut to the eye-watering chase recently with a piece about circumcision, headed "Circumcision ...

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