More than 12,000 people a year are hospitalised in Hunter New England due to being overweight or living with obesity.

A CAFE owner says a vicious assault on him is a sad part of life in his community at the moment, but he hopes change is ...

A new ambulance roster set to begin in the Hunter on Saturday has not been fully staffed, angering fatigued and frustrated ...

KING Street Hotel's stance warning prospective residential investors highlights a one-sided narrative that frames Newcastle's ...

A university building evacuated, a hapless driver rescued, shipping paused, and thousands without power as emergency and ...

A Port Stephens wildlife park avoided disaster on Friday, which could have seen hundreds of sharks and rays destroyed.

Hanging up on a 20-minute phone conversation with Robert Irwin recently, it occurred to me that his famous father, Steve, ...

Labor frontbencher Murray Watt was in Newcastle on Friday to spruik the party's Same Job, Same Pay laws as the federal ...

A hapless driver had his vehicle pulled from the water's edge at Horseshoe Beach on Friday after apparently trying to perform ...

Matt began his Newcastle Herald career as a cadet in 2009. He is a Walkley nominated reporter who has covered councils, ...

BUSINESS owner Ian Mitchell said Nelson Bay had been blown "back to the Stone Age" by the violent storm that left the ...

POLICE are seeking help to find a woman missing from New Lambton Heights. Kaytana Smallwood, 29, was last seen at a hospital ...