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Ending: Knights winger Nathan Ross has been forced to retire due to injury. Picture: Max Mason Hubers.

Former Bulldog Ross bows out due to injury

BARRY TOOHEY

Toby Price is concentrating on the truck category at this year's Finke Desert Race

Price to focus on truck and sit out bike category at Finke

Motorsport

Cessnock Goannas without four key players for Central trial

Michael Hartshorn

Ending: Knights winger Nathan Ross has been forced to retire due to injury. Picture: Max Mason Hubers.

Former Bulldog Ross bows out due to injury

HOW MUCH FUN IS THIS: A Sparkling Comets player looks to pass in her first game of netball. Picture: Michael Hartshorn.

UPDATE: Maitland netball games on from 10.30am

Michael Hartshorn

GOAL: Bears players Cooper Buswell and Kaleb Cox (left) celebrate after Buswell opened the scoring in the Weston and Maitland local derby on Saturday night. Picture: Michael Hartshorn

Weston Bears beat Maitland Magpies in El Clasicoal

Michael Hartshorn

The beautiful Maldives: In the Maldives the group will cruise some of the region's most spectacular islands, taking in pristine beaches and abundant wildlife. This is sponsored content from Travelrite.

Seychelles, Maldives and Andaman Islands make for the holiday of a lifetime

Marvel at the lost city of Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a mountain ridge 2,430 metres above sea level.

Ready for a cool change?

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Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries chief executive Tony Weber is urging motorists to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for vital safety check

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The beautiful Maldives: In the Maldives the group will cruise some of the region's most spectacular islands, taking in pristine beaches and abundant wildlife. This is sponsored content from Travelrite.

Seychelles, Maldives and Andaman Islands make for the holiday of a lifetime

GREASED LIGHTNING: Shannon's Show and Shine is a real highlight, with an amazing display of hundreds of immaculate classic cars and hot rods.

Dressed up and ready to rock

WEAR IT: The Rainbows and Fairies collection includes shoes and boots, clothing, bags and jewellery; all quirky and fun to wear with a touch of whimsy.

Pockets and whimsy rule at Rainbows

Kurri Kurri High Nostalia high tea

Sage Swinton

RETRO: Jumpin Jukebox will help kick off the 2019 Kurri Kurri Nostalgia Festival with a performance in Rotary Park on Friday.

Whats on around the Hunter this week

Photo: Jonathan Carroll

Nostalgia Festival returns this weekend

Kurri Kurri High Nostalia high tea

Aaron Jurd

Country star rising through the ranks

ACT: Karen Lee Andrews has been announced on the Friday lineup for Wollombi Music Festival 2019.

Wollombi Music Fest organises Auslan interpreters

Among the gum trees

WINNERS ARE GRINNERS: First-home buyers Jadon Bradley and Chloe Brown exchanged contracts on a house at Pelton, near Cessnock, this month. Picture: Marina Neil

Hunter property market downturn an upside for some buyers

Donna Page

Large and secluded

Cessnock Relay For Life 2017

Community Diary

REACH OUT: McGrath Foundation breast care nurses and supporters are looking for local champions in every community to help lead the Pink Up Your town fundraiser this year. More than 100 additional nurses are needed to meet demand.

How Pink will your town go to help women with breast cancer

Joanne Crawford

Expansion of Kurri cemetery

RICK ALLEN

Cessnock Relay For Life 2017

Community Diary

READY TO RIDE: Cyclists get in practice for the upcoming Royal Far West charity ride through south-west NSW.

Ride for country kids

PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY: Kurri Kurri Fire Brigade circa 1914. The volunteer brigade formed during a heatwave in 1905. Picture: Cessnock City Library

Unlocking the past | fire brigade put on fundraising concerts

Kimberly O'Sullivan

Nostalgia Festival shines through the rain

HOW MUCH FUN IS THIS: A Sparkling Comets player looks to pass in her first game of netball. Picture: Michael Hartshorn.

UPDATE: Maitland netball games on from 10.30am

Kurri Kurri High Nostalia high tea

10 photos from the Christchurch Remembrance Service

Photo: Jonathan Carroll

Nostalgia Festival returns this weekend

GOAL: Bears players Cooper Buswell and Kaleb Cox (left) celebrate after Buswell opened the scoring in the Weston and Maitland local derby on Saturday night. Picture: Michael Hartshorn

Weston Bears beat Maitland Magpies in El Clasicoal

Michael Hartshorn

DOMINANT: Harrison Ryan leads a heat on his way to winning the Casey Stoner Junior Cup at Kurri Kurri on Saturday. Picture: Michael Hartshorn

Ryan brothers dominate Casey Stoner Cup at Kurri Kurri | Photos

Peter Baker

UPDATED
Wine Machine festival cops criticism after storm cancels headline act

Jessica Brown

End-of-life doula Helen Callanan

Doulas provide support for the dying

Eileen Wood

ON REFLECTION: Simon Cullen with the Lookinglass artifical intelligence mirror.

AI mirror monitors Parkinson’s signs

BE SAFE: If you find it is too tricky or unsafe to fit a smoke alarm yourself, contact your nearest Fire and Rescue NSW station for advice.

Be alarmed about fire risk

Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has slammed the Morrison budget handed down on Tuesday.

No budget plan to lift wages: Labor

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The federal budget at a glance

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's budget speech in full

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Women have been the big winners in sports funding in this year's federal budget,

Women the big winners in sports funding

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has pitched the coalition as responsible economic managers in the budget.

No-losers budget aimed right at voters

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Campaigns to fight domestic violence will be boosted by $328m in the federal budget.

Domestic violence action gets boost

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Australia's public broadcasters will get more than $4b in funding over the three years.

Public broadcasters get $4 billion

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Daphne Dunne, a grandmother who met Prince Harry three times and his father once, has died aged 99.

Australian royal watcher Daphne Dunne, 99, dies

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Light restocker heifers were in demand at Armidale on Monday.

Weaner steers to $957 at Armidale

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Car win for 13yo Colleambally shooter

Sally Cripps
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Landmark agents sell young cattle supporting the annual Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service "Tag-a-Calf" fundraiser tallying $3000-plus. Photo. Michelle Mawhinney.

Rescue helicopter gains $3000

Mark Griggs

Stokes Hill … cheese, wine and a spectacular sunset.

Get 'lost' in South Australia's Flinders Ranges

John Rozentals

Seven minimalist properties around the world to inspire travellers to de-clutter their lives

Your weekly travel inspiration

John Rozentals

PUPPY EYES: No matter how cute and pleading they look, don't give in to your dog's request for a piece of the Easter egg stash. Give them their own suitable treat while you hunt for chocolate treasures.

Chocolate is a big no-no

Chenelle Tregannon

UNDER PRESSURE: The causes of stress are common and diverse, including pressure from a job, such as being overloaded with work or having a difficult boss.

How to manage stress in life and work

HealthShare

Happy 110th birthday: Agnes 'Nessie' Kluckhenn, right, and her 'baby' sister Williamina, 95. Photo: Eddie Jim

She's likes a drop of whisky and is a 'chocoholic': Nessie, aged 110

Carolyn Webb