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The Bulldogs are desperate to climb their way up the NRL ladder but will they be up to the challenge of the top-eight Raiders? Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary.

A convicted sex offender who allegedly asked a young girl "do you want to see something cool" before abducting her while she was playing outside a relative's home is refused bail.

A police taskforce is set up to investigate the alleged misconduct of gynaecologist Emil Gayed, following complaints made by almost 200 women to a NSW public inquiry about health care including the unnecessary removal of organs.

The Eels break their three-match losing streak with a spirited 26-14 triumph over a Rabbitohs outfit missing several of their stars because of State of Origin.

It took her four months of sewing until her fingers tingled, but Theresa Ardler's graduation cloak tells a story that dates back many generations.

Hospital buildings where flammable cladding posed a major fire threat to the public in Sydney and across the state are identified in NSW Health safety documents, with Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital the only one where potentially combustible panels still need to be removed.

From June 1, water restrictions will be in place across Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the Illawarra. Here's what you need to know as well as some ideas for how you can save more water at home.

The Panthers make it two wins in a row but they are forced to survive a late scare in their 15-12 victory over the Sea Eagles at home in Penrith.

Randwick orthopaedic surgeon Angus Gray says Health Minister Brad Hazzard is wrong to characterise the issue as a dispute between doctors, saying it is instead about losing a critical patient service.

The alleged mastermind behind the daylight execution of lawyer Ho Ledinh as he sat at a busy cafe in a suburban Sydney cafe is charged with murder, with police claiming the crime was prompted by a dispute over $200,000.

Shahab Ahmed, who stabbed his wife Khondkar Faihi Elahi to death after finding lewd text messages on her phone, is sentenced to 27 years behind bars with a judge highlighting the "terrifying nature" of the attack.

A colony of Little Penguins on a tiny island near Sydney is given new concrete homes after a bushfire destroyed their habitat last year — its hoped the "primo real estate" will help the birds mate.

MORNING BRIEFING: Former Newcastle Knights star Jarrod Mullen is charged over his alleged role in a cocaine ring in the Hunter region and Australia's country music industry is in shock after singer and producer Glen Hannah dies.

A former patient says acclaimed brain surgeon Dr Charlie Teo is a "miracle worker" worth the hefty private-hospital price tag, despite debate over medical fees in Australia.

A battle between the Harbour City's two children's hospitals reaches breaking point after more than 100 senior doctors at the Randwick Children's Hospital vote to leave the network that governs it.

MORNING BRIEFING: Sydney's controversial lockout laws will be put under the microscope as part of a major review of the city's night-time economy and police have been charged 55 people after a two-year police operation targeting cocaine supply across Sydney.

M+ is framing itself as the Pompidou of the Asia Pacific: a behemoth museum for visual culture. Sydneysiders can see collection highlights this week, at Sydney Opera House.

A frail, gaunt Ivan Milat is wheeled out of Sydney's Price of Wales Hospital after receiving treatment for terminal cancer and to spend the final stages of his life in Long Bay jail.

Level one water restrictions will be enforced in the Harbour City this Saturday for the first time since 2009, as dam levels drop to about 53 per cent and much of NSW remains in drought.

MORNING BRIEFING: The mercury plummets to just 2.7 degrees Celsius in Richmond as Sydney shivers through a cold snap, while police arrest five people after a 51-year-old man is shot dead in Doonside.

Serial paedophile Michael Anthony Guider — who killed Bondi schoolgirl Samantha Knight — has been freed from jail unsupervised on up to 20 separate occasions but remains "a serious danger to the community", a court hears.

One man dies and another is injured after an accident involving a bulldozer at a tip in Sydney's west leads to workers being trapped under tonnes of garbage.

Nathan Burke's daily drive from his Kellyville Ridge home to work in North Sydney takes more than an hour — so is Sydney's new driverless train faster?

MORNING BRIEFING: Things are running smoothly on Sydney's new Metro train line, which is in the midst of its first peak-hour test, while the Bureau of Meteorology issues a warning for damaging winds this afternoon.

Welcome to Australia's biggest, and newest, morgue where up to 500 bodies are stored after sudden or unexplained deaths and staff "bend over backwards to help people through the worst day of their lives".