Manly

In praise of the Manly ferry

Tony Squires This is the perfect vantage point to watch the city as you burble away from it.

Mentally ill man escapes Manly hospital

Two doctors have been injured by a mentally ill man who fled from a hospital on Sydney’s northern beaches.

Manly pubs shut door on all-night revellers

Drinking, wine.

Geesche Jacobsen THREE large hotels in Manly will close their doors before midnight tonight after an arrangement welcomed by police and the council, who hope it will prevent trouble.

All aboard Manly's festival of surfing

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Rachel Browne It could have been the summer of '69 as a convoy of Kombis descended upon the beach at the Manly Festival of Surfing yesterday.

Manly to go underground with plan to keep cars away from beachfront

Manly Oval

Matthew Moore A TWO-STOREY car park will be built underneath Manly Oval as part of a plan to slash the number of cars clogging the beachfront village.

Cabbie says he saw Lane leave baby in bush on way to Manly

Kelli Lane

POLICE have spoken with a taxi driver who has come forward claiming Keli Lane left her baby Tegan in bushland 14 years ago.

Manly clamps down on early-hour grunters

Manly boot camp

Paul Bibby and Matthew Moore What is the difference between an early morning jackhammer and an enthusiastic bunch of boot camp participants?

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Wave of protest over Manly's cramped surf style

Josephine Tovey URBAN AFFAIRS IT IS a landmark at one of Australia's most popular beaches and counts the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, among its patrons.

City all warm and fuzzy but winter is coming

A thick fog this morning that enveloped Sydney Harbour for Mothers Day.

Leesha McKenny A warm burst of autumn emerged from the fog to bask Mother's Day in above-average temperatures.

Story emerges at last as trio unravel words and whispers

Eddie Hayson

Kate McClymont, Lisa Davies ''Everyone knew the horse couldn't win except poor Singo,'' said controversial brothel-owner and punter Eddie Hayson about the mail on John Singleton's horse More Joyous.

New northern beaches hospital to be funded by the private sector

Hospital

Anna Patty The private sector will be asked to build and operate a 423-bed hospital on the northern beaches to complement Mona Vale Hospital, which will be redeveloped and reduced in size.

Outrage at long wait for ambos

Kirsty Needham Almost 300 patients in need of immediate medical assistance waited more than 45 minutes for an ambulance to arrive last year, including 50 potentially life threatening cases when the patient waited...

Court stops payout to obese man

Luis Almario

Heath Aston A court decision to award a morbidly obese man more than $350,000 from his doctor because the GP failed to refer him to a weight-loss clinic or send him for lap-band surgery has been overturned on...

Lower vaccine rates put wealthy areas at risk of disease

Vaccinations

Amy Corderoy Mosman and some of Sydney's wealthiest areas have such low immunisation rates experts fear children could be at risk from deadly but preventable diseases.

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Prominent Sydney lawyer found dead

Lisa Davies and Kate McClymont One of Sydney's top silks has been found dead at the base of cliffs on Sydney’s northern beaches. Christopher Branson QC, who was an advisor to the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Football Club, is a...

Bernie's Diner back in business

Short Black.Moss Vale.February 21st, 2013.Photo.Sahlan Hayes.SMH Good Living.Owners Ioannis Benardos and Giuliano Colosimo at their soon to be opened Bernie's Diner in Moss Vale.

Scott Bolles After Emmanuel Benardos opened Bernie's Diner in Moss Vale in 1925, the Governor-General popped in for a milkshake. He soon became a regular.

Morning Express: Wednesday, March 13

Rachel Olding Morning Express is a live news blog produced each weekday from 6am-9am, covering the latest headlines, weather and transport.

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Obese man wins $350,000 payout from GP

Obese

Heath Aston A morbidly obese man dying of liver cancer has been awarded more than $350,000 from his doctor because the GP failed to refer him to a weight-loss clinic or send him for lap-band surgery.

Attacking gays was 'a sport', says family seeking answers in 24-year-old case

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Megan Levy Hunting down and attacking gay men in Sydney was a "sport" being carried out in epidemic proportions in the late 1980s, according to the family of a man whose body was found at the bottom of a cliff...

Kylie, Leo top of party people list

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Tim Barlass, Jo Casamento, Kate Waterhouse With the theme for this year's New Year's Eve celebrations being ''embrace'' there was one obvious question to ask Kylie Minogue