Nowra

Landslip works may close Kings Highway

Kim Treasure, Tom McIlroy The drive to the south coast could be 2½ hours longer for Canberrans if a proposal to close the Kings Highway on three weekdays is approved.

Long queues to get back home

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Rachel Olding The state's roads struggled to cope with the Easter holidaymakers returning to Sydney on Monday.

Fiery crash: choppers to be grounded unless fuel tanks changed

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Nick Ralston All helicopters similar to those involved in a fiery crash that killed four retired scientists will be grounded at the end of the month unless vital changes are made to their fuel tanks.

Brutal story ends as kneecapper freed

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Paul Bibby Some time on Friday Saleh Jamal will walk out of the South Coast Correctional Centre at Nowra as a free man.

Police station attack: Saleh Jamal acquitted and freed

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Paul Bibby and Lisa Davies No sooner had he set foot outside the confines of Nowra correctional facility, Saleh Jamal bent to kiss the ground he was now free to walk upon.

Lost in the darkness: tragedy as mother drowns off boat

Stephanie Gardiner IT WAS clear and calm when a northern Sydney family of four sat on their boat anchored at Rose Bay, taking in a direct view of the city skyline early on New Year's Eve morning.

Swimmer goes missing in choppy waters

A man is missing after wading into choppy waters on the NSW south coast, police say.

Three men shot, two critical

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Anne Tarasov Three men with gunshot wounds were driven to hospital in a private car last night. Two of the men have life-threatening head injuries.

Four injured in incident at bikie clubhouse

Adam Wright, Lisa Davies Men in balaclavas, carrying baseball bats and a gun, stormed a Rebels club house on the state's south coast overnight, leaving four club members seriously injured in hospital.

'His first attack was fatal': cyclist Robbie, 27, dies during training ride

Robbie

Robert Crawford The cycling world and Shoalhaven sporting community has been shocked by the sudden death of local award winning and multiple race-winning cyclist Robbie Williams.

Distance a killer in the bush

Garry Lyons.

Julie Robotham A cancer diagnosis is just the latest in a series of crushing misfortunes for Garry Lyons. Following a redundancy this year - the third for the 60-year-old boiler worker - he invested the money in...

Parole of killer is in 'public interest'

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Geesche Jacobsen IT WAS a gruesome crime that outraged the public. People protested outside court and yelled abuse, and family members nearly came to blows at the funeral of a six-year old boy.

Shakespeare the conman and love rat caught

Shakespeare

Lisa Davies and Denise Dion He is a serial fraudster, and one of the nation's most wanted men.

An unusual meeting of minds

Margaret Cunneen

Kate McClymont WITH only 200 metres to go, Bold Glance looked a dead certainty to win the Eagle Farm handicap. But racegoers watched with a mix of astonishment and horror as the gelding was easily run down.

Health groups want Aldi bottle shops canned

Vanda Carson THE Aldi supermarket chain's plans to sell alcohol in its NSW stores have been met with objections from the Health Department, as well as an Aboriginal land council, community centre, councils and a...

Nary a murmur from Berry's moo believers

Milk

Debra Jopson REGIONAL AFFAIRS ONE of the nation's smallest rural co-operatives producing fresh milk says its customers are so loyal that it is barely hurting from the supermarket price war.

A miraculous escape for the little girl the Pope blessed

Claire Hill

Saffron Howden PETER HILL'S life has been peppered with signs.

Navy investigates incidents at base medical centre

Linton Besser THE navy has instituted an official inquiry into alleged medical negligence and patient mismanagement at a health facility at Nowra.

Champion of her mob gave Oprah some peace

Rhoda Roberts

Erik Jensen WHEN an enormous ''O'' was mounted on the face of the Harbour Bridge during Oprah Winfrey's visit this month, it was reported that engineers and designers had worked slavishly ''on Premier Kristina...

Love, jail and jealousy: 'dog' tattoo revenge attacker gets 14 years

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Bree Fuller A jealous lover who attacked a mentally impaired teenager with a baseball bat during a seven-hour orgy of violence before tattooing "DOG" on his forehead has been jailed for more than 14 years.