Today is Tuesday, August 30, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, A Central Coast man was hospitalised in a critical condition after he was reportedly knocked to the ground in an altercation at Hamlyn Terrace Saturday night.

Today is Saturday, August 27, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, a former Port Stephens dance studio teacher accused of sexually and indecently assaulting five girls, including four students, will face a trial in Sydney in August, 2023.

Today is Friday, August 26, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, Newcastle council has endorsed March 10 to 12 as the dates for next year's Supercars race while voting to prepare and exhibit a consultation plan on whether to extend the event beyond 2023.

Today is Thursday, August 25, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, A man in his 50s was flown to hospital in Sydney yesterday afternoon after a battery exploded, leaving im with serious acid burns to his face and chest, the NSW Ambulance has said.

Today is Tuesday, August 23, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, a coronial inquest into the death of an inmate at Cessnock jail in 2020 will explore how the 34-year-old ingested powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl in the hours before he died.

Today is Saturday, August 20, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, AGL Energy has taken its Newcastle storage facility off the market.

Today is Friday, August 19, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, the mother of murdered teenager Emerald Wardle had watched and listened for weeks as a trial focused on her daughter's killer and the innocent 18-year-old was constantly referred to as "a demon".

Today is Thursday, August 18, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, Scott Morrison said there was a public and political expectation that the prime minister took responsibility for everything.

Today is Wednesday, August 17, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, Scott Morrison held five secret portfolios during the pandemic, including Home Affairs and Treasury, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed.

Today is Tuesday, August 15, 2022 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, Selwyn Cobbo scores hat-trick for Broncos against Newcastle.