Hunter News

Lake Macquarie Council is inviting feedback on a draft master plan for the Toronto foreshore.

Koppers has been ordered to pay a total of $82,500, following prosecution by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for a spill of coal tar pitch and unlicensed fume emissions at its Mayfield plant.

Emergency Services Minister, David Elliott will join United Arab Emirates Ambassador, H. E. Abdull Al Subousi for an official handover ceremony at Tomago on Monday afternoon.

A police officer has been assaulted while attempting to arrest a man following an alleged domestic violence incident at Lake Macquarie.

Police are appealing for help from the public to find a woman reported missing in the Hunter.

Investigations are under way into the cause of a fire which destroyed a building at the Belmont Sports Club overnight.

A University of Newcastle researcher has collaborated with Chinese scientists to uncover the secrets of sugar in plants - opening the door to the possibility of creating 'diet fruit'.

A cars caught on fire during a three car crash at Hexham.

Central Waste Plant Pty Ltd will pay the NSW Environment Protection Authority more than $125,000 after its Kurri Kurri facility received more than double the amount of waste allowed.

Four years after it was announced, work is about to start on the final stage of the Newcastle Inner City Bypass.