Fitness tips for Sydney to Gong MS Ride
Signing up for the Sydney to Gong MS Bike Ride is a way to improve your fitness, provided you commit to a training program.
View ArticleLocal kayaker set to take on marathon journey
Central Coast paddler Graily Aldridge, 32, takes off from Darling Harbour this Saturday morning on an epic 1,000 kilometre kayaking marathon.
View ArticleSamaritans gear up for Wyong lunch
Hunter-based charity, Samaritans, says it is gearing up to host a Christmas Day lunch on the New South Wales central coast this year because of the region's high rate of unemployment.
View ArticleKNIT IN 2012
2012 is the 10th anniversary of the 702 ABC Sydney and ABC Local Radio KNIT IN.
View ArticleFinal preparations for Samaritans' Christmas lunch
Hunter-based charity Samaritans is expecting to feed more than a thousand people this Christmas.
View ArticleMoney woes grow as mining slows
Lifeline says its financial counselling offices across the Hunter are increasingly being inundated with people who have lost their jobs and have not planned for the future.
View ArticleSalvation Army still helping people one year after Hunter bushfires
One year on since devastating bushfires in the Hunter, an organisation that provided emergency relief said it is finding some victims are still struggling emotionally.
View ArticleDoctor calls on GPs to give a day's pay to Ebola action
A New South Wales doctor is calling for GPs and medicos to donate a day's pay to Ebola efforts in West Africa in what he's calling a 'Double the Doctor' day of action.
View ArticleTiny homes for the homeless
Imagine living in a house smaller than a caravan. The tiny house movement has been embraced by people trying to downsize, but now it will be trialled as housing for homeless people in Gosford, New...
View ArticleAustralia's first Tiny Homes Foundation project to be built for homeless on...
Australia's first project to build single-dwelling affordable homes for the homeless is set to begin construction on the Central Coast.
View ArticleHoofless piglet saved from slaughter just in time for Year of the Pig
Betty, the piglet born with just two hind hooves, is saved from slaughter just in time for the Lunar Year of the Pig.
View ArticleThe end could be in sight for obstetric fistula, a devastating childbirth injury
Two regional Australian doctors are at the forefront of an international effort to eliminate a horrendous childbirth injury, and say they could succeed within a decade.
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