After a month’s worth of rain drenched Sydney on Saturday, forecasters are warning of another wet week ahead, with rain predicted to blanket the city from Wednesday through to the long weekend. More than 90mm of rain was reported to have fallen over 24 hours across Saturday, with Vivid attractions cancelled and multiple calls to … Read more
The State Library of NSW has apologised after a security guard removed a student wearing a traditional Palestinian scarf. The library posted an apology on its Instagram page, explaining the guard had asked the student wearing the keffiyeh to leave the building, in the Sydney CBD. It said management had since spoken to the guard … Read more
The search operation for a woman, trapped in the rubble of her townhouse in Sydney’s west following an explosion, has continued overnight. But the Fire & Rescue NSW commissioner admits it would be “very challenging” for someone to have survived the blast. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Sydney townhouse explosion. Know the news with the 7NEWS … Read more
Millennials are leading the exodus from capital cities to regional areas, continuing a trend that began during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and which has been fuelled by high housing and living costs. But people fleeing the fetid air of the dusty, dirty city are not going far, overflowing to nearby regions that make up the five … Read more
A search and rescue operation was launched at a collapsed townhouse complex in Whalan, in Sydney’s west, on Saturday afternoon. An explosion on Waikanda Cres just before 1pm prompted the immediate evacuation of a number of people, with one person still unaccounted for. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Major explosion at Sydney townhouse complex sparks emergency … Read more
A Chinese international student who fatally stabbed his girlfriend at least 75 times in a “rageful” attack inside her Sydney apartment has been jailed for up to 20 years. Weijie He, 24, killed 19-year-old Liqun Pan with two knives and a hammer in her Wolli Creek flat on June 27, 2020, before he jumped from … Read more
A man once dubbed the “Inner West rapist” will spend the next decade behind bars after being linked to a string of attacks in the mid-2000s through family DNA. Darren Kennedy was sentenced to a non-parole period of 13 years for sexually assaulting four women in suburban Sydney between December 2003 and March 2004. WATCH … Read more
The family of a talented golfer killed in a high-speed crash in Sydney’s west say they are “heartbroken beyond belief”. Doey Choi, 24, was on the back of boyfriend William Brown’s bike during a night ride on Tuesday when they collided with a car at Greenacre. The pair did not survive. “Our family is heartbroken … Read more
Traffic is beginning to flow following an ugly multi-vehicle crash on a busy Sydney motorway on Monday. The M4 Motorway westbound was reduced to one lane near Prospect Hwy after two trucks and a car were involved in a collision about 2.30pm (AEST), sparking peak-hour chaos. Pictures from the scene showed a sedan wedged between … Read more
A travel agency in Sydney’s southern suburbs is under investigation after allegedly duping dozens of customers out of their holiday funds. Travel World Sydney, with a now-shuttered store on Firth St, Arncliffe, allegedly took $234,534 from customers over the last 17 months, but failed to follow through with any real bookings. There have been 28 … Read more
