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Conmen rip up elderly couple's driveway

Travelling conmen who ripped up an elderly Sydney couple's driveway without their permission have been arrested, NSW Fair Trading says.

Households to pay $300 for fire levy

Sean Nicholls Millions of property owners in NSW face a new levy to fund fire and emergency services, after an overhaul of how land is valued to determine land tax and council rates.

Conservative gays welcome progress on marriage

Peter Munro In the early afternoon of July 27 Shayne Mallard and Jesper Hansen will wed in a towering old church in Copenhagen before 100 witnesses.

Double shooting: friends lived on same street

Megan Levy Two men who were found dead with gunshot wounds in a suspected murder-suicide lived on the same street in Sydney's north-west, police have revealed.

RFS volunteer to fight fatal crash charges

Nick Ralston A Rural Fire Service volunteer involved in a fatal crash on the F3 while returning from an emergency call out will fight the charges against him.

Train havoc deja vu: problem re-occurs on Northern Line

Rachel Olding Trains and a swathe of the Northern Line were checked for faults - but it didn't stop a near-identical incident.

Revealed: Torbay's close links to Obeid

Kate McClymont, Sean Nicholls Dumped Nationals' candidate Richard Torbay has family and political links to the former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid and an extensive property portfolio, some of which does not appear on his...

Tripodi 'in secret campaign to help Torbay's party plan'

Kate McClymont Controversial former Labor MP Joe Tripodi was involved in a secret campaign to help a group of independents associated with Richard Torbay at the past state election, a former associate claims.

RailCorp can't say how train wire broke

Saffron Howden RailCorp is at a loss to explain how 300 metres of electrical wiring that helps power its trains fell on top of a Tangara train just before morning peak hour, delaying and inconveniencing thousands...

Teen missing since November found in bushland

Megan Levy A teenager who survived for nearly nine weeks in bushland in Sydney’s north was found covered in leeches and bites and had lost nearly half of his weight during his incredible ordeal, rescuers say.

Man found after 9 weeks in suburban bushland

Paul Bibby, Nick Ralston THE discovery of an 18-year-old man in rugged bushland in northern Sydney was a chance find by two expert rescue bushwalkers who were walking off-track.

'I'm the victim': man accused over hedge row denies wrongdoing

Megan Levy An elderly man accused of chopping off the top of his neighbour's finger in a dispute over a hedge says he believes the woman pointed too close to his gardening shears as he was trimming back the...

Coalition figures restive over new rail plan

Jacob Saulwick CONCERNS are mounting in the Coalition's northern suburbs heartland about the proposed north-west rail link and the disruption it will cause to existing train services.

Greens have record task in bid to grow in Labor heartlands

The Greens will field a record number of candidates at next weekend's NSW council elections as they seek to capitalise on their federal success and extend the party's support base to Sydney's outer...

The NSW budget at a glance

Your two-minute guide to the budget.

'No way', says man accused of bid to kidnap girls

Rachel Olding A man accused of trying to kidnap two young girls on Sydney's north shore allegedly threatened to rape one as she tried to scream for help.

Sydney psychiatrist charged with sexual assault

Lisa Davies and Amy Corderoy A Sydney psychiatrist has today been charged with sexual assault of a patient at a high-profile private clinic on Sydney's north shore.