Newcastle Herald brings you live updates from breaking news incidents, traffic and travel from across Newcastle, the Hunter ...

A Spirit Airlines flight destined for the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince has been struck by gunfire, forcing it to be ...

Newcastle could face more weather extremes and a growing number of days above 35 degrees as the region faces a high chance of ...

Police in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai say they have detained a 62-year-old man after he rammed a car into people ...

The federal government is in the final phase of talks with ANZ bank to ensure it continues to offer services in the Pacific ...

A free mental health service for young people in Port Stephens has secured a merger with a Sydney-based organisation in a ...

Rob Stanton reckons the Newcastle Jets would have a couple more competition points in the bank if Lachy Rose was fit.

Four Hunter councils have signed a joint renewable energy agreement that will save them hundreds of thousands of dollars, ...

WHAT a great, locally produced documentary: Shipwrecked Newcastle ("Sadness and survival in story of shipwrecks", Newcastle ...

Pay transparency, parental leave and flexible work will be among factors assessed by Australian technology firms under a push ...

Supermarket giant Coles faces calls to stop sourcing farmed salmon that threatens the existence of an endangered ...

A regional Victorian town is in mourning after an out-of-control truck ploughed into a kindergarten, leaving a staff member ...