“There is no requirement in law for a household to have any local connection to an area to access emergency accommodation there,” says Mary Heavey, solicitor with Community Law and Mediation. Councils ...

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Pimicikamak Cree Nation Chief David Monias wrote a letter to the provincial government Monday, imploring it to use emergency legislation to order hotels to prioritize accommodations for evacuees.

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A section Bathers Way has been closed while investigations into how to stabilise a section of the South Newcastle cliff are completed. Matthew Kelly has worked as a journalist for more than 25 years.

Emergency services have undertaken a 13-hour operation to rescue a man from the base of a waterfall at Tallong. If you have a story to tell, drop me a line at louise.thrower@austcommunitymedia.com ...

Women's State of Origin returned to Newcastle for just the second time on Thursday night as fans flocked through misty weather to watch NSW take on the Maroons. Renee Valentine is a sports ...

THE number of people in emergency homeless accommodation across Ireland has increased to a record of 15,580, according to the latest Government figures. The data shows that 10,805 adults and 4,775 ...

Figures published on Friday by the Department of Housing 15,580 people were living in emergency accommodation during the week of April 21st to 27th. This represents an 11 per cent increase on ...

A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “At 12.20pm today (Friday), we received a report of a suspected unexploded device at an address on Swinhoe Road in the Great Park area of Newcastle. “Emergency ...

The number of people in emergency homeless accommodation across Ireland has increased to a record of 15,580, according to the latest Government figures. The data shows that 10,805 adults and 4,775 ...