Two fingertips of Sydney girl,5,severed on playground carousel

Two fingertips of Sydney girl,5,severed on playground carousel

The child has been taken to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead for emergency treatment after firefighters found the fingertips.

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‘Help me,he’s gonna kill me’:Pete the builder rescues woman from stabbing attack

‘Help me,he’s gonna kill me’:Pete the builder rescues woman from stabbing attack

A builder distracted an alleged attacker long enough for the woman to grab the knife and throw it onto the footpath outside her Dover Heights home on Monday.

  • byJenny Noyes
Sydney garbage shed blaze extinguished after eight hours
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Sydney garbage shed blaze extinguished after eight hours

Residents in the south of Sydney were urged to stay inside as black smoke billowed from a garbage shed fire. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.

  • byAngus Dalton andPallavi Singhal
Two men fled ‘suspicious’ fire at Balmain Leagues Club site,police say
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Two men fled ‘suspicious’ fire at Balmain Leagues Club site,police say

Two men were seen running from what investigators consider to be a suspicious fire at the Balmain Leagues Club on Saturday afternoon.

  • byLaura Chung,Pallavi Singhal andNigel Gladstone
‘Suspicious’ fire tears through old Balmain Leagues Club site
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‘Suspicious’ fire tears through old Balmain Leagues Club site

Fire investigators will return to the abandoned Balmain Leagues Club site on Sunday after it went up in flames on Saturday afternoon.

  • byLaura Chung andPallavi Singhal
Police identify alleged Harbour Bridge crash driver after public inquiry
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Police identify alleged Harbour Bridge crash driver after public inquiry

Investigators had been unable to identify the man,who remains in a serious condition in hospital,so they released a photo of his distinctive tattoo.

  • byJenny Noyes andJosh Dye
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Bodies found in western Sydney canal believed to be missing mother and son

Bodies found in western Sydney canal believed to be missing mother and son

The bodies have yet to be formally identified but police believe them to be the missing pair,whose car was found in the same canal on Monday.

  • byJenny Noyes
‘Absolute carnage’:Crash closes Sydney’s Parramatta Road after police pursuit

‘Absolute carnage’:Crash closes Sydney’s Parramatta Road after police pursuit

Five minutes after police stopped pursuing a car,its driver collided with five other vehicles – landing himself and four others in hospital.

  • bySally Rawsthorne andNigel Gladstone
‘Staggering’ rates of non swimmers,waders and walkers shock water safety experts
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‘Staggering’ rates of non swimmers,waders and walkers shock water safety experts

Water safety experts are shocked by new research finding the number of adults who can’t swim well or at all are higher than expected.

  • byJulie Power
Woman dies after falling from cliff in Sydney’s north

Woman dies after falling from cliff in Sydney’s north

A group of abseilers has been rescued from a cave on the face of the 20-metre cliff at Berowra Heights.

  • byCarrie Fellner
One dead after boat with seven people on board capsizes near Wollongong

One dead after boat with seven people on board capsizes near Wollongong

Rescuers were called to waters at Bulli,north of Wollongong,following reports the vessel had overturned shortly after 10am on Sunday.

  • byFergus Hunter andMegan Gorrey