‘Fortunate escape’ after truck smashes into southern Sydney home

‘Fortunate escape’ after truck smashes into southern Sydney home

A truck crashed through part of a house and was partly hanging over a 10-metre cliff at Caringbah South,but no one was seriously injured.

  • byNigel Gladstone

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Cyclists’ injuries at record high,riders blame aggressive motorists
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Cyclists’ injuries at record high,riders blame aggressive motorists

Cyclists say police are ignoring evidence that drivers are running them off the road after more than 2300 riders were hospitalised in NSW in 2021.

  • byNigel Gladstone andJulie Power
Teenager charged with affray after stabbing death at Sydney park
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Teenager charged with affray after stabbing death at Sydney park

A teenager has been charged as part of an investigation into the stabbing death of a 24-year-old man at a park in Roselands last week.

  • byNigel Gladstone
Girls’ schools in demand as co-ed debate heats up

Girls’ schools in demand as co-ed debate heats up

As the long-running debate about single-sex schools intensifies – and more Sydney boys’ schools shift to co-ed – the popularity of girls’ schools continues to grow.

  • byLucy Carroll andNigel Gladstone
Pubs and clubs target data and surveillance in race to win pokie profits

Pubs and clubs target data and surveillance in race to win pokie profits

In the battle for profits,clubs are investing in number plate,CCTV and player recognition and crowd counting in the hunt for what has been dubbed “untapped gold” from pokie machines.

  • byNigel Gladstone andBen Cubby
NAPLAN year 5 results:The state’s top schools revealed

NAPLAN year 5 results:The state’s top schools revealed

While advantaged schools made up more than 90 per cent of the top performers,dozens of schools across NSW have defied that trend to punch above their weight in reading,writing and maths results.

  • byLucy Carroll,Nigel Gladstone andChristopher Harris
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Children searched more than 100,000 times by NSW police
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Children searched more than 100,000 times by NSW police

Children and Indigenous people are more likely to be stopped and interrogated by NSW police,according to new figures.

  • byNigel Gladstone
The Sydney suburb with the most singles (and it’s not where you think)

The Sydney suburb with the most singles (and it’s not where you think)

Adults living without a romantic partner is on the rise in Sydney suburbs stretching from Bondi to Cabramatta,reaching up to half of the residents in some areas.

  • byMatt Wade,Nigel Gladstone andOlivia Ireland
The data that shows why de Minaur will need to be at his best to beat Djokovic

The data that shows why de Minaur will need to be at his best to beat Djokovic

Numbers don’t lie,and Novak Djokovic has a set that are imposing,as Alex de Minaur will discover on Monday night.

  • byNigel Gladstone
Sydney hasn’t been hot for nearly a year. That may change this week

Sydney hasn’t been hot for nearly a year. That may change this week

Maximum temperatures have stayed below 30 degrees for the past 327 days,a mild streak only bested by the 339-day record set in 1883.

  • byNigel Gladstone
Sydney’s top private schools rake in millions in donations
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Sydney’s top private schools rake in millions in donations

Twenty private schools have received more than $340 million in donations in recent years as schools ramp up fundraising drives amid a building boom.

  • byLucy Carroll andNigel Gladstone