Ryde
Patient care at risk from delays to Ryde centre
Kate Benson The head of the state's biggest injury rehabilitation centre has accused the Health Department of trying to destroy it by slashing funding and playing political games at the cost of patient welfare.
Legal threats as plans create a flood of letters
Kelly Burke AN ORDINARY row of shops in a north-west suburb has become the subject of an extraordinary dispute, with the local council receiving almost 2000 letters over the controversial redevelopment and...
Council undeterred by writ threat
Kelly Burke A LOCAL council is standing firm against threats by a developer to sue for defamation over a sham letter-writing campaign.
Salvos helped organise dubious lobbying over redevelopment proposal
Kelly Burke THE Salvation Army and a state Liberal Party campaign director are implicated in a scheme to contaminate the public consultation process for a multimillion-dollar redevelopment.
Woman admits manslaughter over 'attempted castration' of ex
A Sydney woman accused of cutting her former lover's penis in an attempt to castrate him has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter.
Former priest in court over alleged child sex abuse
Louise Hall A retired Catholic priest and a one-time close personal friend of the Attorney-General, Greg Smith, has appeared in court over the alleged sexual abuse of four children in the 1970s and '80s.
Bikie associates arrested over Merrylands shooting
Two Hells Angels bikie associates have been charged over a shooting in Sydney's west.
Alleged drive-by: bikie gang violence continues
Nick Ralston Tit-for-tat violence between feuding bike gangs continues with police today confirming associates of the Hells Angels allegedly shot at a western Sydney home believing it belonged to a member of the...
Scratchies maker's jobs scratched
Anna Patty AUSTRALIA'S only manufacturer of instant scratch lottery tickets will shut up shop in Sydney and move its business offshore, putting 60 people out of work.
Runaway bus leads to calls for handbrake safety checks
Heath Aston AN EMPTY State Transit bus rolled down a busy city street and smashed into another parked bus just over a week ago, but the accident was not made public, prompting calls for an investigation.
'It's been 33 years in the making': ex-priest charged over sexual abuse
Nick Ralston, Lisa Davies A retired Catholic priest and a one-time close personal friend of the Attorney-General, Greg Smith, has been charged over sexual abuse claims.
Church dumps priest who wed
Nicky Phillips, Nick Ralston A SYDNEY Catholic priest who revealed he has been married for a year has been removed from his post by church officials.
Power pole snaps in Sydney P-plate crash
A P-plater and his passenger have been seriously injured after crashing into a power pole on Sydney's north shore, causing it to snap in two.
All in the line of duty: police dogs top up the blood bank
Lissa Christopher NSW Police Dogs are "perfect blood donors," says Justin Wimpole, a senior registrar at the Small Animal Specialist Hospital in Ryde (SASH). "They're fit, well looked after and more than 25 kilos.
Bands in the backyard strike a chord as gigs get intimate
Rachel Olding THERE is no stage, no tickets, no bar and no mosh pit. Just a patch of grass and a handful of music fans.
After years of waiting residents demand remediation of derelict church site
Kelly Burke ALMOST two years after asbestos was found on a derelict Catholic church site, the residents of West Ryde are still waiting for it to be cleaned up.
Toll frozen until M2 completed
Heath Aston Toll increases on the M2 motorway will be frozen until widening work that has led to delays for 100,000 motorists are completed next year.
Shot with an arrow in suburban Sydney
Stephanie Gardiner A man who was shot in the neck with an arrow in a suburban Sydney street fell onto the road and screamed in pain, a resident says.
For sale: the Kalajzich horror home
Jim O'Rourke THE harbourside home where Megan Kalajzich was murdered in her sleep is on the market for $4 million - at the same time as her husband Andrew Kalajzich, who hired the hitman, is set to walk free from...