CITY of Newcastle splashed thousands of dollars on expensive gifts purchased with ratepayer funds for its annual Christmas party celebrations, the Newcastle Herald can reveal.
A KITCHEN has been left charred and a neighbour has been hospitalised with smoke inhalation after a cooking fire erupted inside an empty home at Raymond Terrace.
ASIDE from the mattress slumped in the corner of a room, the rest of the house at Muswellbrook had been entirely "dedicated" to the million dollar cannabis cultivation and supply operation, the latest ...