Today is May 14, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, in the last decade, just a few minutes have been shaved off the travel time for Illawarra rail commuters travelling to Sydney, according to a Wollongong MP, and the vast majority of Illawarra drivers caught by mobile speed cameras since the state government removed warning signs have been travelling just a few kilometres over the speed limit.

Today is May 13, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, three teens have been arrested over an alleged break and enter in Kiama, and Law Society of NSW President Juliana Warner has highlighted the pressing need for a full-time magistrate at Port Kembla Local Court during a visit to the region on Wednesday.

Today is May 12, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a police investigation is underway into two armed robberies in the Wollongong area this afternoon, and the Jervis Bay Road flyover is "one step closer" after the federal government allocated $100 million for it in Tuesday's budget.

Today is May 11, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, Jack de Belin faces the prospect of a third trial over rape allegations after a Sydney jury returned hung verdicts to most charges, and there will be no prime ministers, past or present, at the farewell dinner for departing University of Wollongong vice-chancellor Paul Wellings.

Today is May 10, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, despite the state recording no new community transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday, most restrictions will be extended for another week, and overnight camps trying to strengthen the bonds between parents and their children is just one way a Kiama anthropologist in encouraging others to be "good humans" and build stronger communities.

Today is May 7, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, Wollongong City Council is looking to "create" a new road at Coledale - and then close it, and COVID-19 restrictions will be temporarily tightened across Greater Sydney, including Wollongong, for the next several days.

Today is May 6, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, police need to crack down on out-of-town "hoons" causing problems in the Wollongong CBD, according to Paul Scully, and South32 could face a million-dollar legal payout over a 2019 incident at Appin mine in which a miner lost two toes.

Today is May 5, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, the state government is chipping in $83 million to help build a new power plant on the shores of Lake Illawarra - just five months after approving the project, and the managers of Killalea State Park have thanked the community for "sharing their passion" for the popular reserve.

Today is May 4, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a motorcyclist has sustained serious injuries after crashing over a guard rail on the Illawarra Hwy, near Robertson on Monday, and Woolworths will roll out Quiet Hour nationally following a successful trial in select stores.

Today is May 3, 2021 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, Wollongong played host to dozens of emergency services volunteers on the weekend, who tested their skills in a series of simulated scenarios, and a mysterious safe found cemented into the wall of a Corrimal home has posed more questions than answers after it was opened on Friday.