Newtown
Grunge gives way to gentrification in streets of Newtown
Adele Horin FIRST came the DINKS - Double Income No Kids - then came the gays. And before you could say ''sea salt'', organic grocers, fusion food, and candle shops had arrived in Newtown.
Tale of two 'burbs as Newtown and Woollahra celebrate
Damien Murphy ONLY in Sydney could pork pie hats, dreadlocks, tattoos and Bugaboo strollers vie with Gant slacks, Zegna linen jackets, Carla Zampatti creations and Audi four-wheel-drives in the belief they best...
Last stand for Newtown's 'three proud people'
Josephine Tovey It is a tribute to one of the 20th century's most renowned protests: a mural facing the railway tracks in Newtown showing two black medallists giving a defiant raised-fist salute at the 1968...
Winners and losers: all change in rail revamp
Jacob Saulwick, Nicole Hasham Sydney's biggest train timetable change in almost a decade will include an extra 700 services a week - but some commuters will miss out when trains skip certain stations.
Train chaos fix left out of loop
Jacob Saulwick Sydney's train operator has failed to use $100 million rail facilities built five years ago that would make city train services more reliable.
Singleton puts faith in stewards for answers
Lisa Davies, Nick Ralston Millionaire businessman John Singleton is confident a racing inquiry will uncover who financially benefited from a betting scandal that has led to the end of his long relationship with Gai Waterhouse.
Companies pay fares for dead worker's family
Ilya Gridneff A labour hire firm and the construction company which employed a Canadian backpacker who died on a Sydney building site will pay for his family to be flown to Australia.
Parking ban for weekend gridlock
Jacob Saulwick Major Sydney roads will be cleared of parking at weekends in a bid to free up chronic traffic congestion that now rivals weekday travel.
Weekend clearways proposal is 'half-baked', says Robertson
The state government's plan to create clearways to ease Sydney's weekend congestion woes is ''half-baked'', says Opposition Leader John Robertson.
Backpacker dies on building site that had safety issues: union
Ilya Gridneff A 22-year-old Canadian backpacker has died at a building site that a union said was shut down at Easter because of concerns about safety.
Cash van raid accused was cleared of previous robbery
Lisa Davies, Ilya Gridneff In October last year, a 26-year-old man was one of four accused armed robbers to be acquitted over a string of crimes that allegedly netted him $1.2 million.
Man charged over robberies of women in their 90s
Megan Levy A man has been charged with robbing two elderly women in Sydney's inner west this month.
Former bikie jailed for torching police car
Stephanie Gardiner The former national president of the Nomads bikie gang will spend at least another nine months behind bars after admitting to torching a paddy wagon, which was parked outside his tattoo parlour in...
Lights out for Sydney's inner west
Ilya Gridneff Parts of Sydney's inner west were plunged into darkness tonight after a power blackout struck about 7pm.
Taxi driver in a coma, serial driving offender 'caught drink driving'
Cabbie suffers life-threatening head injuries during assault, while banned driver blew twice the limit.
Man's leg amputated after being hit by car
A man has had his leg amputated after he was hit by a car while standing on a footpath in Sydney's inner west.
Man cut into pieces and thrown in river, court hears
Paul Bibby It was a grisly discovery: the decomposing remains of an adult male carefully wrapped in six blue plastic packages bound with duct tape and wire.
Terror six claim it was fix
Hamish McDonald A SET-UP BY a foreign intelligence agency and a cover-up by senior federal government officials led to the conviction and jailing of six Australians in Sydney for terrorism, a Herald investigation...
Who are Sydney's anti-cyclist 'TRAFFIC' twins?
Stephanie Gardiner A Sydney cyclist who says he was punched during a road rage incident in the inner west is using the internet to try to identify his alleged attackers.
Night life more than alcohol, poll shows
Emma Partridge MANY of Sydney's night owls would prefer to peruse open-air markets, sip latte in bookshops and listen to music outdoors than stumble bleary-eyed out of one of the city's many pubs and clubs, a poll...
