A YOUNG man has been taken to hospital and passengers were terrified after a "horrendous" daylight assault on a tram.

The first passengers will depart Newcastle for Sydney onboard one of the state's new $4-billion intercity train fleet on ...

A worker has died at the John Hunter Hospital redevelopment site, SafeWork NSW says.

Torrential rain in Indonesia's North Sumatra province has caused flash floods and landslides in four different districts, ...

The former police officer who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager during a botched arrest has been labelled a racist by the ...

AT the start of this season Lachlan Bayliss was in the midfield alongside captain Kosta Grozos.

Australia has notched up a record year for renewable energy investment but more is needed, and quickly, the nation has been ...

A BOATIE who died while trying to retrieve his yacht at Lake Macquarie has been remembered by his family as "a well-loved man ...

A SEVERE thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of Hunter ahead of days of rain across the state.

Muswellbrook Shire Council has expressed its desire to proceed with the construction of the Denman to Sandy Hollow Pipeline.

A THIRD person has been charged with murdering James Callahan on Beaumont Street.

A woman who allegedly killed and dismembered her husband might have done so to escape their abusive and controlling marriage, ...