Today is Wednesday, December 15, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, Newcastle ‘super-spreader’ event could have caused world’s highest number of COVID transmissions from single venue

Today is Tuesday, December 14, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, a prom-themed party held at a Newcastle nightclub last week has been linked to at least 84 COVID-19 cases

Today is Monday, December 13, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, Jayden Penno-Tompsett remembered as a loving son, as his family still searches for answers

Today is Friday, December 10, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, a first look inside Maitland’s new hospital.

Today is Thursday, December 8, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, The Hunter's renewable energy infrastructure is second to none but it is the region's people who Twiggy Forrest says

Today is Wednesday, December 8, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, The Hunter economy will receive a $300million boost from two major defence industry contracts to be announced on Wednesday.

Today is Tuesday, December 7, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, Newcastle District Court hears NSW Ambulance “failed so miserably” to protect a paramedic from repeated sexual harrassment.

Today is Monday, December 6, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, Super rich Sydney-siders are driving up Valley property prices

Today is Friday, December 3, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, a downward case trend emerges but Hunter testing rates a cause for concern.

Today is Thursday, December 2, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Newcastle Herald. In today’s top stories, property price growth in the Hunter continues to outstrip the national average, driving the median house value in Newcastle to an eye-watering $844,000.