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An 18-year-old pedestrian has died at an intersection after being hit by a ute allegedly driven by a man who had run a red light in Sydney’s southwest.

Teen pedestrian killed as driver allegedly runs red light

Frantic motorists and paramedics performed CPR on the young man but were unable to save him.

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A man has died from injuries sustained in a collision that also killed a 59-year-old woman. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Second person dies after car crashes into playground

A man has died in hospital after a car driven by a 91-year-old ploughed into two adults and a child, killing a woman at the scene.

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Joshua Brown has been charged with over 70 sexual offences.

Red flag claims about childcare worker accused of abuse

Red flags about the conduct of a childcare centre worker charged with the sexual abuse of eight young children under his care were raised at least two years before his arrest, it has been revealed. 

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Perth brothers Callum, 33, and Jake, 31, vanished in Mexico near Ensenada in Baja California on April 27 last year.

Motive for alleged murder of Aussie brothers revealed

Prosecutors have brought charges against a fourth man allegedly involved in the tragic killing of Perth brothers Callum and Jake Robinson.

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Donnybrook farmer Jay Higgins suffered a catastrophic brain injury following an unimaginable freak farm accident last month.

WA farmer killed in freak accident while castrating cattle

The father-of-four’s final act of compassion in his last moments has been revealed.

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Patterson this week was convicted of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, following a mammoth 10-week-long trial. 

How Erin Patterson went from ordinary mum to mass murderer

Criminal experts have described mushroom killer Erin Patterson as a ‘formidable witness’ who ‘knew what she was doing’.

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Tania French, the resident who found missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga.

Rescuer reveals what missing backpacker told her

The long-time Wheatbelt resident who found missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga has revealed details about the moment the young woman flagged her down.

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A man has been shot in a shopping centre.
Qantas passengers are facing a long delay after an embarrassing incident at Sydney airport where an aerobridge crashed into A380 plane.

Qantas plane with passengers on board rammed by aerobridge

Qantas passengers are facing a long delay after an embarrassing incident at Sydney airport where an aerobridge crashed into A380 plane.

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Carolina Wilga was found alive on Friday afternoon.

New details of German backpacker’s traumatic ordeal revealed

German backpacker Carolina Wilga survived an astonishing 11 nights alone in the WA wilderness by drinking rainwater from puddles and sleeping in a cave, police have revealed. 

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The boy was with a group of eight others when he was shot.

Child, 9, shot during overnight hunting trip

A young boy has been rushed to hospital after being shot during a hunting trip in regional NSW.

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Olympian Leisel Jones has shared the powerful three words that kept her alive when she “wanted to end it all”.

Leisel gives update after day she wanted ‘to end it all’

Australian Olympic swimming champion Leisel Jones has given an update on her wellbeing, less than two weeks after revealing she had wanted to ‘end it all’ in a raw and vulnerable post on social media.

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Joshua Brown (L) is accused of abusing children at a number of Melbourne childcare centres.

Parents’ horror after learning their daughter went to childcare where alleged abuser worked

‘When she started school we were incredibly grateful to get her out of that centre.’

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Missing surfer found marooned on remote island.
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Erin Patterson was found guilty of three counts of murder after preparing the fatal beef Wellington lunch that ended in the deaths of three family members.

Moment mushroom killer broke down in heaving sobs

For the duration of mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial, she maintained a level disposition – but there was one moment that broke her.

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