ABC NewcastleCast

Did you know there's a tunnel under Newcastle? 

The cost of living crisis is forcing renters to make incredibly tough decisions.

It’s 22 years to the day since Newcastle woman Maria hit rock bottom and stopped playing pokies for good, but she says local clubs and lawmakers need to break their own addictions to gambling revenue.

It's a journey that took hundreds of years and thousands of kilometres.

Back in the 1950s, Pommy Town was the place to be. That was the nickname for Belmont North in Newcastle where 50 Nissan huts housed British migrants. Now, 70 years later, more than half of that temporary accommodation has been knocked down. A few people reckon there's a place for this history alongside modern housing.

Laurise Dickson hits the streets with Darlene Cameron who grew up in a tin can home on Somerset St and speaks with Susan Sedgwick, who helped renovate one of the houses.

The oldest still standing theatre in NSW is boarded up on Perkins St.

Where did 2022 go?

We've been hearing a lot about the future of energy around the Hunter.

1 in 6 women have experienced intimate partner violence. 

Local musos are enjoying a renaissance.