Ryde

One in four of north's infants classes too big

Josephine Tovey, Julie Power Sydney's northern region had the highest rate of oversized junior primary school classes in the state last year with about one in four classes above the O'Farrell government's policy on class sizes.

Patient care at risk from delays to Ryde centre

Kate Benson The head of the state's biggest injury rehabilitation centre has accused the Health Department of trying to destroy it by slashing funding and playing political games at the cost of patient welfare.

CBD location is best for knowledge jobs

Nicole Hasham, Jason Dowling Creating highly skilled "knowledge" jobs in Sydney's outer suburbs is likely to fail and governments should bring people closer to existing jobs, a new report says.

Three wisdom teeth can be a devil of a job

Tim Barlass It was uncharted orthodontic territory. Not much is routine about major surgery on a Tasmanian devil with toothache - in fact Taronga Zoo believes it is a first.

Woman hit by bottle in train scuffle over tie

Ilya Gridneff A couple have been charged over an assault on a train in North Ryde, after a woman demanded that a 15-year-old boy hand over his school tie.

Inquest raises 'curious aspects' of death at investor's home

Rachel Olding In his car around the corner from Anthony and Veronica Ghalloub's multimillion-dollar West Ryde mansion, Jean Vincent Didier Govinden hid a knife, gloves, a black balaclava, ropes, a walkie-talkie,...

Couple charged over Sydney train assault over school tie

Ilya Gridneff A couple have been charged over a train assault in North Ryde.

Taxi driver suspended for putting lives in 'grave danger'

Kate McClymont Meet the taxi driver from hell. Sydney cabbie Nicholas Charles Brown, 55, has had a string of complaints about him, including overcharging, short-changing, smoking, failing to assist a pregnant...

Revealed: Eddie Obeid's secret diaries

Kate McClymont Eddie Obeid's claims to a corruption inquiry that he played no part in his family's business interests have been contradicted by his private diaries, which list scores of meetings with Sydney's most...

Sydney suburbs earmarked for high-rise blocks

Leesha McKenny Eight precincts have been earmarked for high-rise apartment blocks up to 30 storeys tall and increased commercial development as part of a state government plan to boost high-density housing and...

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Phone tip-off led to nation's biggest drug haul

Ilya Gridneff A SINGLE phone call to police from an anonymous source triggered a five-month investigation that netted Australia's largest recorded ice seizure - more than half a tonne, worth an estimated $438...

Record ice bust: 585 kilograms seized in Sydney after tip-off

Ilya Gridneff A single phone call to police from an anonymous source sparked a year long investigation that netted Australia’s largest recorded ice seizure - 585 kilograms worth an estimated $438 million.

Family's shopping centre windfall

Kate McClymont ONLY two days after being sensationally accused of standing to make $100 million out of an allegedly corrupt government coal tender, the family of controversial Labor kingpin Eddie Obeid was back...

Gatecrashing teen charged over attack

A 16-year-old boy has been charged over the serious assault of a young Sydney partygoer, who remains in a coma after a metal rod was thrown at his head by a gatecrasher.

Paedophile Ferguson fought to the end

Sean Nicholls Dennis Ferguson spent the last chapter of his life at a secret location within a Department of Housing apartment tucked behind Oxford Street in central Sydney.

Paedophile Dennis Ferguson found dead in his Sydney home

Megan Levy Convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson has been found dead inside his Sydney apartment.

Teacher council evicted from offices

Anna Patty The state's professional teachers' organisation is in a tug-of-war with the NSW government.

House burns after car firebombed in driveway

Rachel Olding THE complex fraud allegations involving Anthony Ghalloub took another dramatic turn on Saturday morning with a car firebombed in the driveway of Mr Ghalloub's parents' home and one woman treated for...