Today is December 21, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, another 30 cases of COVID-19 from the Northern Beaches cluster has seen NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian further tighten restrictions in the Illawarra and elsewhere in the days before Christmas, and a popular South Coast beach could become a "no go zone" due to dangerous erosion issues brought by large swells this week.

Today is December 18, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a tragic motor vehicle accident in a home garage has left a 93-year-old West Nowra woman with almost an amputated foot, and the New South Wales Northern Beaches cluster has tripled to 17 cases in just two days, as residents have been told to avoid unnecessary travel outside the area

Today is December 17, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, it’s going to be a wet week for the Illawarra and NSW coast, but the jury is still out for whether Christmas will be dampened too, and a man who drives international air crew to and from Sydney Airport has been diagnosed with COVID-19, ending 12 consecutive days without a locally acquired case of the virus in NSW.

Today is December 16, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, University of Wollongong researchers will deliver a first-of-its-kind professional learning program for middle leaders in NSW public schools, and SafeWork investigators were shocked to find maggots in the toilets of one Illawarra construction site during a three-day blitz.

Today is December 15, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, Kiama council is staying tight-lipped about the future of its general manager, and each train carriage on the South Coast line can now carry extra passengers, due to a further easing of COVID restrictions.

Today is December 14, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a long running plan to permanently fence off the cliff face next to Headlands Hotel will finally go ahead next year, and a water rescue involving several teenagers took place between Killalea State Park and Minnamurra on Sunday afternoon.

Today is December 11, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a health and aged care provider is expanding its specialist services for Illawarra people living with dementia, and Appin miner South32 could face legal action over a workplace accident that saw a man lose several toes.

Today is December 10, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, the Wollongong court which deals with complex family law matters has been left with just one quarter of a full-time judge, despite having around 600 outstanding matters in the lead up to Christmas, and a spectacular fire that lit up a Lake Heights neighbourhood, destroying the garage of residents Mary Anne and James Stewart, has been blamed on an electrical fault.

Today is December 9, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, the Russell Vale mine extension has been given the green light - subject to more than 100 conditions - and children in Gerringong this summer will have access to a new portable track suitable for bikes, skateboards, scooters and roller blades.

Today is December 8, 2020 and this is your daily news briefing from The Illawarra Mercury. In today’s update, a Sydney man has been charged following a head-on collision on the Princes Highway south of Berry earlier this year, and students have been evacuated from classrooms at Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts after a threat was made Monday morning.