'He woke up paralysed':Rare disease attacks six-year-old Kobe Duck

'He woke up paralysed':Rare disease attacks six-year-old Kobe Duck

Kobe has acute flaccid myelitis - a rare disease that affects the spinal cord and has left him in hospital unable to walk,breathe or swallow.

  • byAnita Beaumont

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Former NSW politician's son reported missing

Former NSW politician's son reported missing

Bob Baldwin said on Friday morning that his son had not been seen by his wife,and that he had not contacted her or his family,for the previous 24 hours.

  • byPhoebe Moloney
Pink meets teal:time to raise awareness of ovarian cancer

Pink meets teal:time to raise awareness of ovarian cancer

ABC broadcaster Jill Emberson,who is in stage four of the terminal illness,is calling on all women to help raise awareness of ovarian cancer.

  • byHelen Pitt
Days before the birth of my son,I was diagnosed with cancer

Days before the birth of my son,I was diagnosed with cancer

They'll be forever intertwined in my mind;the best and the worst of life. Everyone who asks me how my baby is going gets the story about my melanoma,too.

  • bySam Rigney
'We were cracking up laughing':When Matt Damon wears your hat

'We were cracking up laughing':When Matt Damon wears your hat

Chris Totterman cracked up laughing when he heard actor Matt Damon was wearing his hat.

  • byDamon Cronshaw
'The family are devastated':driver not guilty over crash that killed girl

'The family are devastated':driver not guilty over crash that killed girl

It was not dangerous driving but an unavoidable accident that caused the death of a teenager as she walked to the school bus stop last year,a judge has found.

  • bySam Rigney
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'Are you dumb?':Knights centre pleads guilty to Boxing Day taxi driver assault

'Are you dumb?':Knights centre pleads guilty to Boxing Day taxi driver assault

Tautau Moga slapped a taxi driver multiple times after a day at the races.

  • byMatthew Kelly
Deadly day on NSW roads with four people killed in three crashes

Deadly day on NSW roads with four people killed in three crashes

A double fatality in the state's north on Wednesday afternoon followed the deaths of a cyclist and motorcyclist earlier in the day.

  • byJenny Noyes
Second tram breaks down on light rail line four days after services commence

Second tram breaks down on light rail line four days after services commence

Newcastle Transport has been dealt a cruel couple of blows with two trams forced off the line because of technical issues.

  • byMax McKinney
Boxer gets 10 years in jail for aggravated sex with an under-aged person

Boxer gets 10 years in jail for aggravated sex with an under-aged person

Former champion Newcastle boxer Scott Edwards has been sentenced to a maximum of 10 years in jail for having sexual intercourse with an under-aged person.

  • byNick Bielby
'Please don’t die. Come on little man':Neighbour's desperate bid to save baby
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'Please don’t die. Come on little man':Neighbour's desperate bid to save baby

The grandmother said she had never seen 28-year-old Jie Smith before he appeared on her doorstep with a lifeless child in his arms.

  • byNick Bielby andMatthew Kelly