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Singleton PCYC has given the popular annual Singleton book sale a new lease of life, following news this years sale would be the last.

RFS and Fire and Rescue crews were called to the 4 bedroom home off Idaville Road at 3.30am to find smoke issuing from the rear of the house.

Police will alleged the 22-year-old man who has since tested positive to COVID-19, hosted a number of gatherings at the home on Sandgate Road on three separate nights from 28 - 30 July.

Ferdinand, the black angus cross, was discovered shivering in a paddock and is now living in a stable and being bottle-fed back to health by the inmates

The numbers show a jump in the Maitland local government area which was expected.

Police say a 21 and 20-year-old will face court next month for failing to comply with multiple directives from police to return to Sydney.

The was in his 90's was fully vaccinated and in palliative care at the Masonic Village aged care facility at Edgeworth.

Hunter Valley Police are searching for two people who broke into a Singleton residence overnight while the occupants were at home.

Both men were told to return to their homes immediately.

The Hunters lockdown will be extended by one week as the region records 24 cases of COVID-19.