Keely Johnson

A Newcastle choir group known as The Unforgettables is providing a creative outlet for people with dementia, as well as support and friendship for their carers.

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It's getting warmer in Australia — summer is just around the corner and for many of us that means heading to the water to cool off.Whether you take the boat out at Lake Macquarie, have a surf at Newcastle Beach or a swim in the Hunter River.But as we cause a commotion above the surface, we often forget about the whole world of marine wildlife living beneath us — and their way of life is being disrupted more than you may think.A team of researchers from the University of Newcastle has uncovered the potentially devastating impacts noise from human activities is having on marine life.Credits:Presented and produced by Keely JohnsonSupervising producer - Grant Wolter. Executive producers - Lucia Hill and Blake Doyle.

The first study into underwater noise pollution in estuaries on the east coast of Australia has uncovered the potentially devastating impacts noise from human activities is having on marine life.

An extensive police operation is underway in Gosford's CBD, on the NSW Central Coast, after reports of a fire in at least one building.

A Newcastle man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his involvement in killing a man and then setting fire to his unit.

University student Madelene Ward has long dreamt of being a teacher. She is in her first year of a postgraduate degree studying a master's of primary teaching at the University of Newcastle.

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