Today is September 14, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a motorcyclist travelling along Picton Road suffered compound fractures to his leg in an accident on Sunday morning and there were nine new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in NSW in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday night, including one from a mystery source.

Today is September 11, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a new hotel proposed for the controversial Shellharbour development area, Calderwood, will include a kids' playground, beer garden and bar and dining area, and reports have emerged that a Woonona High School student was rushed to hospital after an accident in the playground on Thursday.

Today is September 10, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, schools across New South Wales have received guidelines to support planning for the Higher School Certificate written exams that start on October 20, and rescue crews are on standby if a whale seen entangled in ropes and floats off the NSW South Coast is spotted again.

Today is September 9, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, the future of Shellharbour Hospital is now clear with the announcement on Tuesday that a new $700 million hospital will be built at a greenfield site in the region, and there’s been a 33 per cent increase in the number of reported sexual assaults in the Illawarra in the 12 months to June 2020, and the COVID-19 lockdowns have been partially to blame.

Today is September 8, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, the Federal Government's Job-Ready Graduate Package has already been defeated in the House of Representatives and NSW Premier Gladys Berejikllian has confirmed her previous ban on Year 12 school formals and graduations will be lifted in Term 4.

Today is September 7, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, two women have been injured after the silver sedan they were in reportedly swerved to miss an early morning jogger in Woonona on Sunday, and a new elevated lifeguard tower bas been craned in to Austinmer Beach in a move Wollongong City Council say would improve beach sightlines.

Today is September 4, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, all but one of the major events planned for the Illawarra in 2020 have been postponed, rescheduled or outright cancelled, taking at least $40 million out of the local economy this year, and Wollongong City Council isn't looking to follow the lead of Sydney counterparts and introduce more 10km/h zones

Today is September 3, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, University of Wollongong's decision to appoint its first ever female Vice-Chancellor has been welcomed across the board and Shellharbour councillors unanimously supported a push to investigate how the city can cut its carbon emissions.

Today is September 2, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a man has been charged after allegedly crashing a car into the Albion Park police station fence and setting a car alight inside the compound earlier this year, and organisers of the 2020 i98FM Illawarra Convoy have decided not to proceed with this year's truck and motorcycle convoy on November 15

Today is September 1, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, police and the Department of Education have investigated Figtree High School after complaints a student had drawn up a "kill list", and the woman killed in a horrific head-on car crash on the Sydney Harbour Bridge has been identified as Dapto woman Nicole Green.