NSW

A high-profile underworld figure known as the ‘Balenciaga Bikie’ has been arrested after an extensive two-state manhunt.

An Air New Zealand flight from Christchurch has been forced to make an emergency landing at Sydney Airport following a hydraulic failure.

Retail associations are raising the alarm bells at soaring attacks on workers ahead of the busy Christmas period, and police hope a new plan will turn the tide.

Two childcare workers have been charged with multiple alleged assaults on a toddler.

A 12-year-old girl has been charged after an alleged group assault on a woman at a busy metro station that left the victim injured and shocked commuters.

7NEWS cameras also captured police swooping on the alleged attacker in a dramatic arrest.

A 65-year-old man has died after being struck by an e-bike in an alleged hit-and-run on a suburban walkway.

Detectives have laid fresh charges after Sydney mum Thi Kim Tran’s remains were found in a burnt-out car after an alleged violent home invasion.

‘It promised so much and delivers nothing.’

A woman who was allegedly murdered by her ex-partner described being strangled, spat on and attacked in harrowing messages to a friend.

‘There was blood all over the floor ... I’m never taking the bus again.’

A politician has dropped a parliamentary bombshell by naming a man accused of murdering three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer more than 50 years ago.

A police investigation is underway after a woman was found dead with multiple stab wounds on Sydney’s Northern Beaches early Thursday morning.

It’s a ‘race against the clock’ for one of Australia’s biggest cities, with landfill space to run out in just five years, threatening an end to rubbish collection.

Wild weather has lashed Australia’s east coast, bringing record heat, destructive winds and widespread power outages.