NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen has resigned over her use of a ministerial driver for private trips.

Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital has apologised for the "hurt" caused by an email sent by its Human Resources Department that ridiculed junior doctors.

The accused drug smuggler is to be extradited to NSW after he was arrested on a yacht on Australia Day allegedly trying to flee the country.

Proponents of nuclear energy have launched a campaign to win the hearts and minds of towns promised nuclear facilities if the Coalition wins the next election.

The family of Rhyanwen Horne, a young Sydney woman who went missing from a mental health clinic in Newcastle 50 years ago, wants a coronial inquest into her disappearance.

An outbreak of the world's deadliest bee parasite, varroa destructor mite, has been found less than 5 kilometres from the Queensland border — the closest detection to date.

It follows Splendour in the Grass's announcement last week that it will also not be returning for 2025.

A bowling club on the NSW Central Coast fights for survival as high-rise developments pop up around it, and members are devastated by the prospect of losing their greens.