Thursday, January 28, 2016

How Fadi foiled knifeman's run to Wollongong station and other top stories.

  • How Fadi foiled knifeman's run to Wollongong station

    How Fadi foiled knifeman's run to Wollongong station
    A heroic cabbie drew on his training in the Lebanese army before intervening in a high-stakes foot chase. SERGEANT: Wollongong Radio Cabs driver Fadi El Majdalani, reluctant to show his face, stepped in as a knifeman ran towards crowded Wollongong station earlier this year. Picture: Sylvia LiberA heroic Wollongong cabbie who intervened in a high-stakes police foot chase says he drew on his training in the Lebanese army before confronting the fleeing knifeman.Fadi El Majdalani was ..
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  • SES boss caught drink-driving in Wollongong

    SES boss caught drink-driving in Wollongong
    Fledgling NSW State Emergency Services boss Adam Dent blows almost double the legal alcohol limit. SES Commissioner Adam Dent at the new SES state headquarters in Wollongong. Picture: ADAM McLEANFledgling NSW State Emergency Services boss Adam Dent has been convicted of drink-driving after blowing almost double the legal alcohol limit at a police random breath testing site in Wollongong. SES Commissioner Adam Dent leaving Wollongong Court on Thursday.Dent, whose organisation atten..
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  • Woman has emergency caesarean after eating at Sylvania bakery ...

    Woman has emergency caesarean after eating at Sylvania bakery ...
    Food poisoning: Ashley and Kane Buchanan in Wollongong Hospital. Photo: Kirk Gilmour A woman from Kiama was forced to undergo an emergency caesarean after she says she became violently ill after eating a hot chicken roll from a Sydney bakery suspected of being at the centre of a food-poisoning outbreak.First-time mother Ashley Buchanan remains in Wollongong Hospital after giving birth to her daughter, Ava, on Tuesday, five weeks before her due date. ..
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  • Sydney weather: Thunderstorms, possibly severe, sweep in from the ...

    Sydney weather: Thunderstorms, possibly severe, sweep in from the ...
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Potential severe thunderstorms for Sydney Damaging winds, heavy rain and hail are expected to hit Sydney on Friday, according to Weatherzone meteorologist Tristan Meyers. PT1M21S 620 349 Sydney can expect waves of thunderstorms, some of them potentially severe, as a complex low pressure system brings storm activity to much of eastern Australia.The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for large hailstones and damaging wi..
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  • Riverina brekkie wrap | Friday, January 29, 2016

    Riverina brekkie wrap | Friday, January 29, 2016
    WOLLONGONG: Fledgling NSW State Emergency Services boss Adam Dent has been convicted of drink-driving after blowing almost double the legal alcohol ...
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  • Parts of the country bracing for severe weather including Sydney ...

    Parts of the country bracing for severe weather including Sydney ...
    The warning, immediate threat and severe thunderstorm areas as of 11.51am. People in Sydney and the Blue Mountains have been warned to expect a severe weather onslaught, with damaging winds and large hailstones likely.The Bureau of Meteorology upgraded their warning and issued a detailed severe thunderstorm warning a short time ago, affecting people in the Grose Valley in the Blue Mountains, with the storm system expected to hit Penrith, Camden and Liverpool in the city's west by 12.30pm.Other ..
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  • Hawks revival capped off by 36ers win

    Hawks revival capped off by 36ers win
    This time last season the Illawarra Hawks were crippled by team disharmony and stumbling to the wooden spoon for just the second time in club history. After accounting for the Adelaide 36ers 104-97 on Thursday night in Wollongong, the Hawks are on the cusp of the greatest 12-month turnaround in the club's 37-year history. Illawarra's 15th win of the season kept them in third spot and, with four games remaining, all but assured the NBL's last remaining foundation club of a finals berth. Sixteen ..
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  • Ballarat breakfast report| Friday, January 29, 2016

    Ballarat breakfast report| Friday, January 29, 2016
    Your news snapshot from around Ballarat, regional Australia and beyond. Good morning Ballarat and happy Friday! We've got all the news headlines you need right here.Rainbow Serpent Festival defended by puntersPUNTERS have gone in to bat for the Rainbow Serpent Festival in Lexton after police released a scathing report about crowd behaviour on Thursday. Read more.Man cut out of car after Sturt and Lydiard intersection crashA heavy collision on Thursday night involving two cars in t..
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  • Page eyeing a third century

    Page eyeing a third century
    ANDREW Page is within sight of a third century of the season as University look to keep their semi-final hopes alive on the second day of round nine against Northern Districts. ​ANDREW Page is within sight of a third century of the season as University look to keep their semi-final hopes alive on the second day against Northern Districts.Determined: Wests Callum Waldock batting earlier this season. Wests are away to premiers Balgownie on day two in round nine. Picture: Adam McLean..
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  • Illawarra set for stormy end to wet January

    Illawarra set for stormy end to wet January
    Wet weather is forecast into next week, but Friday should deliver the most rain. Storms, potentially severe, could hit the Illawarra on Friday – ending a wetter-than-normal January.Wet weather is forecast into next week, but Friday should deliver the most rain. The end of  the working week is expected to bring a very-high chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. “A thunderstorm likely, possibly severe,” the weather bureau’s Wollongong forecast warned. GLOOMY: S..
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Man scales 12-storey crane at Wollongong construction site .Australia Day a great one for Wollongong Young Citizen of the Year .
Australia Day 2016: what's on, weather .Wollongong to “wharfies” for three theatre students .

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