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Bombo crash closes highway

21/11/2008 | Traffic on the Princes Hwy near Kiama was blocked for more than seven hours this morning after a B-double truck rolled on its side against a concrete barrier, spilling a 30 tonne load of recycled paper.

News - General

Stinson inspires Students

21/11/2008 | The return of reigning Illawarra Senior Cricketer of the Year Grahame Stinson was the highlight of University's 62-run win over The Rail in round one of the Illawarra Twenty20 competition on Wednesday.

Sport - Cricket

Gregson out with serious leg injury

21/11/2008 | Bulli's champion runner Ryan Gregson will have an enforced break from the track because of a stress fracture in his lower right leg.

Sport - Other

Champ a 'fat slug'

21/11/2008 | If you didn't know who trainer Natalie Rasmussen was talking about you would be worried about the horse's future in the stable.

Sport - Horse Racing

Illawarra child-care crisis

21/11/2008 | At least 200 Illawarra families have been caught up in child-care uncertainty as a third provider has been forced into external administration. |

Comments (4) | ABC collapse sparks child ...

News - General

Baptists disown pastor

21/11/2008 | The Baptist Union of NSW has distanced itself from a Wollongong church whose pastor was alleged to have said Jews were "going to hell" and faced a fate "worse than the Holocaust" for not believing in Jesus. |

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News - General

Challenging Red Shoes role keeps dancer on her toes

21/11/2008 | Ballerinas are trained to slip into the most difficult of shoes, but according to dancer Jennifer Provins, the red ones are the most difficult.

News - General

Bishop joins grant attack

21/11/2008 | The Federal Opposition has escalated its attack over Wollongong City Council's $2.15 million funding grant, claiming it sends the wrong message to other councils across the country. |

Comments (5) | Sacking won't cost Illawarra ... | Wollongong `incompetence' ...

News - General

Hawks steeling up for tough road run

21/11/2008 | Skipper Mat Campbell says the Hawks need to show some "steel city toughness" as they face the toughest stretch of their season. | Deflated Blaze need to lift ... | Hirsute Hawks help out

Sport - Basketball

Shellharbour shopping upgrade plan passes first test

21/11/2008 | Stockland's planned $138 million extension of its Shellharbour shopping centre has been given the green light - subject to 157 conditions.

News - General

Firm pores over Lysaght Oval invoices

21/11/2008 | Wollongong City Council has brought in an independent surveyor to find out how more than $2 million in public money was spent to relocate two Wollongong football clubs to Lysaght Oval. | Meeting over Lysaghts Oval ... | $2.5m funding taken to ICAC

News - General

Taylor raring to take on Mundine

21/11/2008 | A showdown between boxers Shannan Taylor and Anthony Mundine moved a step closer following a meeting between representatives of both parties in Sydney yesterday. |

Comments (4) | Taylor itching for Mundine fight

Sport - Other

Illawarra schools gets cool in studio session

21/11/2008 | Students from the Berkeley community of schools got a taste of life in the music industry this week, when they entered the recording studio to lay down their own tracks on a CD. |

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News - General

Super Friday

20/11/2008 | Catch up on the Mercury's Friday highlights.

News - General

SUPER FRIDAY

20/11/2008 | Friday's Mercury highlights.

News - General

Vellar, Paradisis end long dispute

20/11/2008 | Disgraced Wollongong developer Frank Vellar yesterday ended a long-running dispute with businessman George Paradisis over an alleged debt.

News - General

Wollongong `incompetence' comments rapped

20/11/2008 | Wollongong had been "rewarded for incompetence" when it received a $2.15 million government grant, Federal Opposition spokesman for local government, Scott Morrison, said yesterday. |

Comments (8) | Sacked council delivers $1m ...

News - General

Dymondee takes on top mares

20/11/2008 | Garrett Newton is a young man on the rise and his next step up the ladder will be made with five-year-old mare Dymondee in the Group One Cordina Chicken Farms Ladyship Mile (1760m) at Harold Park tomorrow night.

Sport - Other

Public school teachers say no pay deal

20/11/2008 | Illawarra public school teachers have rejected a State Government pay offer and will continue industrial action in the new year. |

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News - General

A-League bid turns to Plan B

20/11/2008 | South Coast Football - the consortium hoping to bring A-League to the Illawarra - could take over the region's NSW Premier League licence if Wollongong FC folds.

Sport - Soccer