8.31am One last look at the trains and traffic now. There's still good service on the South Coast line. But those two broken-down trucks on the Princes Motorway - one southbound at Bulli Tops and the other northbound near new Mt Pleasant Road still haven't cleared.

8.27am Yep, this is me all over.

8.20am The baby looks funny. Until you realise it's Charles Manson, then it just looks unsettling.

8.15am University of Wollongong’s Vice-Chancellor Paul Wellings has remained silent despite other NSW university leaders calling for the Abbott government to delay higher education reforms, writes Brianna Parkins.

8.10am West Wollongong’s Dennis Gamiero has been jailed for eight months after hitting a neighbour in the back of the head with a piece of wood during an argument over a dog. Shannon Tonkin has the story.

8.08am A quick weather update - the temperature range will be between 2-24 degrees today and there’s a high chance of showers and thunderstorms, becoming less likely this evening. 

8.05am The accident on Masters Road that was affecting eastbound traffic is now cleared.

8.04am Well, what else did she think was going to happen?

7.56am There’s a truck broken down on the Princes Motorway near New Mount Pleasant Road. It’s affecting northbound traffic, with one lane closed. The earlier breakdown on Bulli Tops and the accident at Masters Road Mt St Thomas are still affecting traffic.

7.55am A swimmer at Austinmer Beach managed to get footage of a dolphin swimming underwater with him. Check out the video here.

7.50am ...but I bet it starts to move slower once they join that queue.

7.45am The $900,000 artificial reef that was dropped in the ocean off Shoalhaven Heads was supposed to go in waters off Port Kembla, Andrew Pearson reports.

7.43am ...and people say Jamie Soward's run-up before kicking the ball is involved.

7.40am The hit movie American Sniper used an obviously fake baby in one scene and has been rightly ridiculed for it. Check it out for yourself.

7.31am Check out what's making news across the country by checking out today's front pages from all our Fairfax newspapers.

7.27am Eighteen-year-old Christian Garcia appeared in court on Tuesday over a road rage incident where he used a  tyre lever and a knife to threaten a man who had his three children in the car. Shannon Tonkin has the story.

7.23am For the rail commuters, there's still good service on the South Coast line.

7.20am Bored? This should help you kill at least a minute.

7.15am Okay, there’s an accident involving a truck on Masters Road at Mt St Thomas. It’s affecting eastbound traffic. And the broen-down truck on the motorway near the Bulli exit is still causing problems.

7.10am That campaign to have Taylor Swift make it into Triple J's Hottest 100 may be over, thanks to KFC. Find out why here.

7.06am If you're going to spank your kid, don't do it on the cover of your album dude.

7.02am For commuters catching the train from Thirroul this morning.

7am Schools at Warrawong and Warilla have enlisted prison inmates to carry out maintenance works over the summer holidays, writes Angela Thompson.

6.54am Total honesty in clothes sizes.

6.48am Were you at the Illawarra Folk Festival on the weekend? Well, in case you missed it, we published a big gallery of photos of the fun. Check it out and see if you can spot yourself. 

6.45am Here's something that might come in handy one day.

6.40am Here are some of today’s sports stories from the Illawarra Mercury.

* Euan Aitken, in the frame for a centre position with the Dragons, is okay with all the praise he’s been getting, writes Mitch Jennings.

* Their season may be over but Wollongong Hawks’ Gary Ervin says the team is still playing for today rather than their futures, reports Tim Keeble.

6.36am: They met as budding engineers at the University of Wollongong in the early noughties. ​Now one of the men is facing allegations he solicited $300,000 in corrupt payments in a plum government job, while the other is accused of helping him to "launder" some of the cash. Read more here.

6.26am: There are some similarities....

6.22am Live Traffic is reporting the broken down truck on the Princes Motorway southbound is still there. We'll let you know as soon as it is cleared.

6.18am Here’s some of what’s happening around the world, from the Sydney Morning Herald.

* The AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month with 162 people on board climbed at a faster than normal speed and then stalled, the Indonesian transport minister says.

* The housing project that was home to Charlie Hebdo attacker Amedy Coulibaly is a concrete labyrinth so scary that doctors refuse to make house calls and mail workers won't deliver parcels. Drug dealers and teenage thugs hold sway over the blighted neighbourhood.

6.12am and here’s what’s happening in Australia, courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald.

* In the hunt for missing toddler William Tyrell, police have raided several mid-north coast properties. Detectives are now almost certain he was abducted rather than wandered off somewhere.

* NSW Treasurer Andrew Constance says Labor’s plan to make newsagencies the exclusive sellers of lottery tickets would cost the state up to $760 million in foregone revenue.

6.08am Here are some of the stories you’ll find in today’s Illawarra Mercury.

* A Corrimal woman is angry that the lack of a paediatric surgeon in the region means she has to take her three-year-old son to Sydney for surgery, writes Lisa Wachsmuth.

* Roads and Maritime Services have called for contractors interested in removing the Oceanlinx wave generator from the coast of Port Kembla, writes Greg Ellis.

* GIO, the insurer for the Miller Street apartment block that caught fire in November, explains why residents were not allowed back to their homes to collect belongings, reports Angela Thompson.

6.03am As always lets start Wednesday rolling with a look at the traffic, trains and weather

Traffic: Live Traffic is reporting a truck broken down on the southbound side of the Princes Motorway, just past the Bulli exit. One southbound lane is closed.

Trains: There’s good service on the South Coast line this morning

Weather: It’s going to be another one of those days where you say ‘‘it’s good for the garden’’. There’s a strong chance of rain today, maybe even a thunderstorm and temperatures are predicted to be between 2-24 degrees.

6am Good morning on this somewhat wet hump day. I’m Glen Humphries and I’ll be your pilot today on Morning Rush.