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Police News
A man will appear in Armidale Local Court today after allegedly assaulting two women and threatening a man with a knife in Uralla on Sunday. Officers attached to New England Police District commenced an investigation following multiple reports of alleged stabbing and assault. At about 9.40am yesterday, emergency services were called to John Street, Uralla, [...]
The Golden Triangle
DURING the past four weeks, Kembla Grange jockey Paul Zerafa and good mate and agent Luke Galea have driven more than 4500km in search of winners on bush racing’s Golden Triangle. Zerafa drew blanks at Moree and Mallawa, but made up the shortfall with a hard-fought win on Gavin Groth’s Norman in the 1400m B&W [...]
The Golden Triangle
IT’S been a long run of outs for Zara Lewis, but the Inverell rider made up for lost ground with a hat-trick of wins at Talmoi picnic races on Saturday. Lewis’s last visit to the winners’ stall was on Star Stroke for Stuart Canham at Tottenham picnic races in early March, and Saturday’s treble was [...]
Joeys World Cup
MOREE junior soccer stars Aden Bridge and Sarsha Maas fly out of Brisbane tonight, headed to Europe to tour Germany as part of the 2025 Joeys All-Star Team. Sarsha and Aden are part of a 36-strong squad of talented young footballers selected from New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland, after playing in the Rale [...]
Fatal Accident
POLICE are investigating a fatal crash in north-western New South Wales, on the Elcombe Road between Gravesend and Bingara. At about 3.50pm on Friday, June 20, emergency services responded to reports of a vehicle roll-over at the intersection of Elcombe Road and Royal Oak Road, Bangheet, approximately 90km east of Moree. Officers from the New [...]
Northern Tablelands
Trackside is a new youth hub and community centre which opened in Armidale on Tuesday. The old cadet building near the Armidale railway station was renovated with a grant from Transport for NSW and the facility will be operated by Armidale Women’s Shelter. It offers safe rooms where young people doing it tough can sleep, [...]
Homelessness
A public memorial service will be held at Martin Place at 6pm today – the shortest night of the year – to honour the lives of people who have died while experiencing homelessness in Sydney in the past 12 months. One death per week is linked to homelessness in inner Sydney. The service – the [...]
Police News
TWO men will face court charged over an alleged public place shooting west of Narrabri. Officers attached to Oxley Police District commenced an investigation following reports a gunshot had been heard about 11.30pm on Wednesday, June 18, near a home on Dangar Street, Pilliga, about 91km west of Narrabri. Officers attended and found a vehicle [...]
The Golden Triangle
PUNTERS wondering what time the gates open at Talmoi on Saturday, need to take a look at Garah icon Cedda O’Neill’s diary – the races don’t start until he gets there. A day at Talmoi without Cedda O’Neill trackside would be like a day at the races without the horses. Cedda turns 93 next month, [...]
Regional Arts
Multicultural organisations running projects and activities that build a stronger, more harmonious community are encouraged to apply for funding under the Multicultural NSW Stronger Together Grants Program. Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson said the region is home to people from more than 100 different cultures, adding to the vibrancy and diversity of the region. “We [...]
