Steph brings us all the social news for the week. We chat about the Earp Distillery Night markets, a wine dinner at The Edwards and the Hunter Valley Wine & Food Festival is back!

After three years of sailing the world on #Merewether, Kieran Wyse has finally made it home to Newcastle.

With him is the love of his life; Swedish-born journalist Isabelle Nee. The couple spent several years waiting out the COVID lockdown sailing the world until the time Isabelle was allowed entry into Australia.

The pair have been chronicling their escapades with weekly YouTube videos that you can watch via #SailingMerewether on YouTube.

Kieran and Isabelle dropped into Newcastle Live to talk about their adventure along with Kieran's mum Gillian.

Regional tourism in NSW is set to grow with a $28 million upgrade to Reflections Holiday Parks, which manages some of the best tourist parks in the state, giving grey nomads, families, and holidaymakers the chance to see what NSW has to offer.

Nick Baker, CEO of Reflections Holiday Parks joined Newcastle Live to talk about the upgrade.

To appeal to young voters, the Coalition government has proposed that first homebuyers may be able to access up to $50,000 or 40 per cent of their superannuation balance to assist with the deposit on their first home.

How would this work and is it a good idea or crazy?

Pete Wargent, co-founder of Pete Wargent, co-founder of BuyersBuyers attempts to unpack it for us.

We look ahead to the "rained out" make-up matches and Rep round with Newcastle Rugby League General Manager Marc "MG" Glanville.

Newcastle could be hosting one of the two biggest rugby games in the world.

The NSW Premier is putting Newcastle Stadium forward as an option for the Men’s Rugby World Cup in 2027 and the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2029, but is McDonald Jones Stadium up to standard?

How well prepared is the area to host these matches, what are the tourist benefits, and what does it mean for the game locally? We caught up with the President of Hunter Rugby; Glenn Turner AM, to find out.

Regional newspapers are under increasing threat after revelations printing costs were set to spike 80 percent from July 1.

But what is the future of the "printed" newspaper? We explore the future of our local media with Communication commentator Paul Scott.

It was a knockout night for Nikita Tszyu at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre but what is next for the Tszyu brothers?

We caught up with their Newcastle-based Manager Glen Jennings, as he prepared to fly to the US with Tim to watch the Charlo v Castano rematch as they learn who their next competitor will be.

Spoiler Alert; the main characters die in the first scene!

All Kevin wanted was to hang out with his mate Dale. Sadly, they’re in a fatal accident, which lands them on The Other Side. But eternity isn't all it's reported to be; it turns out that making it to heaven isn’t easy!

We find out what to expect when co-creator Theo Rule pops in the say hi.

Zac joins us live from the Renaissance Faire to talk spider bites, another series of mass shootings, more issues for Disney Florida, and a hot summer expected for the US.