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Padlocked gates could cost lives: ambulance

4:00 AM AEDT | Ambulance officers say lives are being put at risk by padlocked gates which block access for emergency vehicles.

Vandals target Towradgi Park trees

4:00 AM AEDT | Wollongong City Council suspects that residents jealously guarding their view are responsible for the illegal lopping and poisoning of 12 juvenile Norfolk Island pines in Towradgi.

Council fee plan angers outdoor fitness trainers

4:00 AM AEDT | Outdoor fitness trainers have criticised a Wollongong City Council plan to introduce a licence system to regulate their use of public parks and beaches.

Illawarra cabbies frustrated by free bus plan

Motorcyclist airlifted after accident

South Coast shark sightings on the rise

Boys plead not guilty to recreation park sex charges

Port Kembla whale a truly big tale

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SLIDESHOW: 2008 - The Year in Review

31/12/2008 | A selection of Mercury front pages from 2008 displaying the top news stories of the year.

SLIDESHOW: Image of the Illawarra 2009 Calendar

SLIDESHOW: The 2008 Santa Claus Pub Crawl

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Glasson full of praise for Pietersen

4:00 AM AEDT | South Pacific singles champion Steve Glasson has anointed runner-up Matt Pietersen as bowls' next big thing after a gripping final at Albion Park yesterday. | BOWLS: Glasson steamrolls Rocky ... | BOWLS: Young guns zero in on ...

Wright and Bowen out of surf title

4:00 AM AEDT | The South Coast's hopes for the Billabong World Junior Championship ended yesterday with the shocking defeat of Dean Bowen and Owen Wright.

Wings clipped, but Hawks still positive

World's best women's cricketer a coup for Districts

Boersma chasing elusive Bulli gold

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Yacht race crew stops off in Wollongong

A 12m yacht heading home from the Sydney to Hobart yacht race was forced to take a scenic detour ...

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North Shore gumbo just the beginning

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