MERCURY TOP 10: The week's most clicked stories

What everyone was reading from January 14-20.

1. Darko was killed as 'payback'

Darko Janceski’s shooting death was payback for the murder of Unanderra man Goran Nikolovski, police claimed on Tuesday. - Michelle Webster

2. Cafes shut, people faint as mercury passes 45

Temperatures soared to record highs in the Illawarra on Friday, surpassing forecasts and catching vulnerable groups unaware. - Angela Thompson

3. It's a record: temperature passes 45 degrees

Running coverage of the record-breaking heat at Albion Park and Bellambi weather stations.

4. Wollongong CBD splattered with white paint

Wollongong residents awoke to an unusual sight in the city on Thursday morning - a trail of white paint that twisted through the CBD. - Michelle Webster

5. Third man arrested over Janceski shooting 

On Wednesday morning, police arrested a 25-year-old man at Horsley in relation to the Darko Janceski murder.

6. Daylight slaying shattered ordinary Saturday

It was the whine of a trail bike engine followed by the startling sound of a gun that signalled the end of Darko Janceski's life last April. - Michelle Webster

7. Public safety warning issued for Mt Keira Road

Wollongong City Council has asked the community to stay out of the closed section of Mt Keira Road after council staff saw people accessing the site illegally. - Shannon Tonkin

8. Marriage proposal has Erin floating on air

Erin Richardson always knew she would be on cloud nine when her partner proposed, but she never expected to be physically in the clouds while he did it. - Kate McIlwain

9. Grandmother dies in Dapto pool tragedy

A 63-year-old woman is dead and her one-year-old grand-daughter is in hospital after the two were found unconscious in a backyard pool at Dapto on Tuesday.

10. Man shot twice by police in Bowral

A 21-year-old man is in a critical condition after he was shot twice by police in the southern highlands on Saturday morning.

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