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SPEED RACER: Mulbring's Max Stauffer will be trying his luck on the world stage this month. Picture: Stephen Bisset

Mighty Max heading to India

Stephen Bisset

Kurt Fearnley has welcomed the significant boost to para-sport funding.

Para-athletes funding boost of $1 million

Adrian Warren

BIG KNOCK: Greta/Branxton first grade co-captain Joey Butler

Twin tons for Joeys

MARK BERCINI

SPEED RACER: Mulbring's Max Stauffer will be trying his luck on the world stage this month. Picture: Stephen Bisset

Mighty Max heading to India

SACRIFICES: Boxer Madeline Benson has dedicated herself to boxing, regardless of the sacrifices involved. Picture: Sage Swinton

How a tragedy helped Madeline find passion

RICK ALLEN

ON TRACK: Max Stauffer (front) has headed to India to try his luck in the FIM Asia Cup of Road Racing. Picture: Col Roper

Mighty Max is off to make his mark in India

Stephen Bisset

Come back to your accommodation and cool off this spring and summer in the Hunter Valley.

The Hunter Valley with kids - The holiday destination that will make everybody happy

Emma Brown

SCOTTISH FLAIR: See the spectacular Royal Edinburgh Tattoo when the Celtic cruise stops in Scotland.

See the best of British and more on a Celtic cruise

What's inside: Lifting the lid on our recycling habits, Council have an A-Z guide of recycling to keep your bin in check.

Lifting the lid on recycling

Come back to your accommodation and cool off this spring and summer in the Hunter Valley.

The Hunter Valley with kids - The holiday destination that will make everybody happy

2017 WINNERS: Cessnock Leagues Club CEO Paul Cousins with category winners Rachael McGee, Kim Munro, Dylan Craft, Jordyn Threlfo, Liz Joyes and Bruce Wilson (representing Cessnock District Health Benefits Fund).

Serving up recognition for Cessnock

A sunset bath in Botswana is enjoyed by a pair of elephants

An exhilarating brush with danger in deep Botswana

Jennie Dicker

HOE DOWN: Travis Collins will headline this month's Country at the Camp at Branxton.

A big night of country awaits

Stephen Bisset

SAY CHEESE: Paparazzi will play at Cessnock Leagues Club on Saturday 10 November.

What’s on for the weekend

ICON: James Morrison

Giants of jazz to hit Hope this month

HOE DOWN: Travis Collins will headline this month's Country at the Camp at Branxton.

A big night of country awaits

RUMBLE: East Cessnock Bowling Club will host an action-packed night of wrestling. Picture: Aaron Witt Photography

ECBC gets ready to rumble

COOL TUNES: Matt Semmens will perform at Cypress Lakes on Saturday 3 November.

What’s on for the weekend

Style and charm

First impressions: Using quality photos in real estate listings can make all the difference.

Are professional photos worth it?

Ruth Lewis

Pretty as a picture

Cessnock Relay For Life 2017

Community Diary

SNAPPED: AIF 2nd Division soldiers, Vignacourt, 1918. Picture: AWM P10550.140

Road to Remembrance

Detective Inspector Jon Rouse

Detective awarded for work catching child sex offenders

Cessnock Relay For Life 2017

Community Diary

MOVE IT: Armidale Skating Rink, circa 1917, a source of entertainment for those on the home front.

Doing our bit on the home front

Lydia Roberts

Died in the war: Sydney William Estick.

Armistice Centenary: More stories about loved ones

Jim Kellar

35 photos from the Coffs Coast World Rally showdown

GRINNERS: Dayne Pool from Hunter Area Plumbing was named overall winner of the 2018 Cessnock Customer Service Awards on Friday night. Picture: Stephen Bisset

Customer service applauded

SOLEMN: Cessnock RSL Sub Branch President Max Lewis addresses the crowd at the Cessnock War Memorial on Sunday.

A solemn remembrance

Billie the 3-year-old Domestic Short Hair is a sweet boy who has been nursed back to health after a horrible injury while he was at his last home.

Will you care for me?

Winner of ther 2018 Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter and jockey Kerrin McEvoy with trainer Charlie Appleby.

How the Melbourne Cup panned out: on the track

Megan Gale

25 faces you might know at the Melbourne Cup

Scenes from Flemington.

How Melbourne Cup 2018 panned out: off the track

British billionaire and owner of Magic Circle, Marwan Koukash, puts on a g-string during the Melbourne Cup parade press conference. Photo: AAP Image, Julian Smith

The billionaire, the Melbourne Cup and that g-string

DEVELOPING A PLAN: Mount Vincent, Kurri Kurri and Weston parishioners at St Mary's Anglican Church, Weston, one of a number of churches the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle has proposed be sold. Picture: Simone De Peak

Letters to the Editor: July 4

BUSY ROAD: Two of this week's Letters to the Editor refer to the busy traffic on Main Road, Heddon Greta.

Letters to the Editor: June 27

SALVOS CALLING: Salvation Army volunteers will be out and about around the nation this weekend for the organisation's annual Red Shield Appeal.

Letters to the Editor: May 23

DEVELOPING A PLAN: Mount Vincent, Kurri Kurri and Weston parishioners at St Mary's Anglican Church, Weston, one of a number of churches the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle has proposed be sold. Picture: Simone De Peak

Letters to the Editor: July 4

SORE SUBJECT FOR SENIORS: From November 1 anyone aged 50 or over will have to visit a specialist to be referred for an MRI scan on a sore or injured knee.

Over 50s denied GP-referred knee MRI scans

Eileen Wood

BEST SHOT: Wilma Perkins competes in shot put - one of seven events in the heptathlon - at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain. Photo: World Masters Athletics

Golden girls reign in Spain

Geraldine Cardozo

Win a NZ Holiday

Scott Morrison has met with Joko Widodo in a bid to rescue a free trade agreement.

Morrison attempts to mend diplomatic rifts

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It's nearly 10 years since the Black Saturday fires with Kinglake one of the places hardest hit.

Countdown to Black Saturday a decade on

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New Zealand enters sausage sizzle debate

Morrison raises sticky India sugar stoush

Groote Eylandt in the NT will design and run government-funded services under a new agreement.

NT hands power to Groote Eylandt clans

Greg Roberts

Researchers suspect baby brain may affect people going through other life changes.

Baby brain could stretch beyond mums-to-be

Christine McGinn

Jesse Ray Hooker has been fined $4000 for stealing a baby meerkat from Perth Zoo.

Perth Zoo meerkat thief thought 'cool pet'

Rebecca Le May

Security guard Shadi has spoken about being stabbed during the Bourke Street attack.

Stabbed guard speaks on Melbourne terror

Christine McGinn

A bellowing good time on Scotland’s west coast

Rochelle Tubb

Old bottles of madeira … richly flavoured and seductive.

Life is but a SeaDream

John Rozentals

The Sebel Melbourne Malvern … 17 floors with 86 apartments.

Six highlights in your travel week | 12 Nov

John Rozentals

Where's my waste: This year’s theme for National Recycling Week, From Waste Wars to Recycling Reboot, aims to resolve some of the confusion surrounding Australia’s waste.

The truth about recycling

A 2013 comprehensive review of the literature on the effect of bariatric surgery on cancer outcomes suggested that the surgery did reduce cancer risk, particularly for breast and endometrial cancer in individuals who had been obese prior.

Does bariatric surgery reduce cancer risk?

Healthshare

DIY: Take on smaller jobs.

Finish your reno before Christmas