We talk COVID, building trains and the latest on the quest to save the Cambridge.

There are 400,000 emergency services workers across Australia, including 200,000 volunteers but statistics indicate 1 in 10 will experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress related to critical incidents.

As a result of his own battle with PTSD, Behind the Seen, was launched by Ross Beckley to help train emergency services personnel to work together to build resilience, increase support and reduce the stigma of mental health challenges.

Ross tells Newcastle Live why and what Behind the Seen is.

What happens when a trial judge dies midway through a hearing?

Newcastle Basketball will forge ahead with plans to build their new $25 million basketball stadium at

Glendale following the Hunter and Central Coast Regional Planning Panel’s decision to reject the

Hillsborough site. The RPP decision on the development application for Hillsborough was expected given the constraints and conditions placed on the vacant parcel of Lake Macquarie City Council’s Community Land.

Where to now? Newcastle Basketball General Manager, Neil Goffet, tells us the latest.

What is happening in, and around the Hunter? This week Steph talks about the Lovedale Long Lunch, the Whispering Brook Olive Grove Long Table Lunch and a new hotel opening.

Online trolls have branded her a “bimbo with no brains” and vandals have torn down her posters, but Liberal candidate Brooke Vitnell is fighting back against the barrage of sexist abuse.

A young female Liberal candidate in NSW has been targeted over her appearance, with vandals and online trolls branding her a “slut” and “bimbo” with “no brains”.

Fearing the barrage of sexual slurs will deter more women from entering politics, Paterson hopeful Brooke Vitnell, 30, called for an end to the abuse.

Brooke joined Tracy to talk about the issue.

The Eighteenth Session of General Synod is being held on the Gold Coast until Friday 13 May 2022 with the long-delayed showdown over same-sex marriage threatening to ‘further diminish’ Australia’s second-largest church and destroy its national unity.

The Bishop of Newcastle, Dr. Peter Stuart joined Newcastle in the Morning to discuss the issues on the agenda.

The Big Picture Fest is returning to Newcastle with 8 new sites!

The 3 day large-scale street art festival will bring together world-class artists to showcase their work alongside exceptional local talent.

The Big Picture Newcastle is now seeking Expressions of Interest from local emerging street/mural artists to feature in our 3-day festival.

Festival Director Katerina Skoumbas joined Newcastle Live with all the details on how you can be a part of it all!

1000 Hearts is a global kindness community that was started in 2016 by Tasmanian resident Sarah; because she felt like the world really needed a bit of love.

Today it is an enormous global movement. We speak with Toni Brown, a Novocastrian, who has taken up the challenge.

If you would like to get in touch with Toni to find out more - [email protected]

All’s One Theatre Company will be bringing "GHOSTS" by Henrik Ibsen back to local theatre in May.

Ibsen’s bleak classic is a searing examination of religion, prejudice and duty and will be performed at the Dungeon, Adamstown - the perfect location for this incredible play.

Director Nicholas Thoroughgood joined Newcastle Live to talk about this latest adaptation.