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What a proposed childcare centre for Byamee Street would look like if approved by Wollongong City Council. Picture by BDAA

A new childcare centre could be built a few blocks from the suburb's main street.

Childcare boost planned for Dapto

A Kiama council report says the expense of running an aged care service has meant areas like stormwater infrastructure and sporting groups may have missed out on funding. Picture by Sylvia Liber

A council report says stormwater and sporting groups may not have got the funds they needed.

Kiama aged care 'over-investment' sees other areas miss out: report

Agron Latifi

The Tigers men and women sides enjoyed success at Hollymount Oval

Inclusion Round success for AFL South Coast outfit Northern Districts Tigers

On other planets, the aurora are often in other colours.

Aurora magic is not just a gift for Earth

Peter Brewer

Hugely popular tow cars, like the Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series, received late dispensations from the revised fuel efficiency standard. Picture supplied

Do the hidden documents predict which car brands may disappear?

What are they hiding? Transport officials lock away emissions modelling

Mark Kenny

Sir Keir Starmer is on track to win the next UK election, mainly by not being a Tory. Picture Shutterstock

Lessons from Australia are being heeded by Labour in the UK.

The depressing reality of modern 'progressive' politics

Kiama council's legal bill doubles to more than $4 million

Outgoing Greens city councillor Cath Blakey with the party's Lord Mayoral candidate Jess Whittaker and councillor candidate Kit Docker. The party is calling for development applications from homelessness services to be expedited. Picture by Robert Peet

Those DAs should be given priority, they say.

Get moving on homelessness DAs, say Greens council candidates

Jordan Warren

The Wolves have lost back-to-back games, the latest a late 2-1 defeat to Manly at Cromer Park. Picture by Adam McLean

The Wolves had plenty of chances to take the three points.

The missed chances that cost the Wolves dearly in latest loss to Manly

Ben Langford

Clockwise from main picture: Sewage overflow warnings at Belmore Basin in January 2024, Wollongong Golf Club in August 2023, Dandaloo sports ground in 2020, Belmore Basin in March 2019, Kembla St in March 2014, and where it should be: the Sydney Water treatment plant at Coniston.

Better look at sewerage system showed true extent of problems.

Three more years before sewage overflows fixed in Wollongong, Shellharbour

WW2 veteran Fred Holborn, from the Fleet Air Arm, salutes as he looks at British Legion Union flags carrying thank you messages planted in the sand on Gold beach on June 5, 2014 near Asnelles, France. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

 The Mayor of London Boris Johnson wears a traditional headdress during a visit to the Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, a major new Hindu temple being built in Kingsbury on May 28, 2014 in London, England. The Mayor met with religious and community leaders and toured the new complex.  Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images

A young scavenger boy grabs plastic between tons of trash in the Anlong Pi on June 11, 2014 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Dozens of children work every day in the Anlong Pi landfill, which is situated only few kilometres aways from the world famous Angkor temples, visited by more than 3 million tourists every year. Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images

King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia of Spain prepare to appear at the balcony of the Royal Palace during the King's official coronation ceremony on June 19, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. The coronation of King Felipe VI is held in Madrid. His father, the former King Juan Carlos of Spain abdicated on June 2nd after a 39 year reign. The new King is joined by his wife Queen Letizia of Spain. Photo by Javier Lizon /EFE - Pool Getty Images

Revellers run with Torrestrella's fighting bulls along the Calle Estafeta during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival on July 7, 2014 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemingway 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona. Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

An unidentified man lifts the Union Jack flag on top of a Loyalist pyre on Lanark Way as final preparations are made for the 11th night bonfire, on July 11, 2014 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

A man looks at debris from an Malaysia Airlines plane crash on July 18, 2014 in Grabovka, Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed on the Ukraine/Russia border near the town of Shaktersk. The Boeing 777 was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members. Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

Wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 lies in a field on July 22, 2014 in Grabovo, Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed killing all 298 on board including 80 children. The aircraft was allegedly shot down by a missile and investigations continue over the perpetrators of the attack. Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images

 A Papuanese tribal man poses for a portrait during the 25th Baliem Valley festival on August 7, 2014 in Wamena, Indonesia. Photo by Agung Parameswara/Getty Images

Two children stand in their demolished home holding ammunition on August 14, 2014 in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. A new five-day ceasefire between Palestinian factions and Israel went into effect today as part of efforts aimed at reaching a permanent truce deal. The Palestinian death toll from Israel's weeks-long military onslaught on the Gaza Strip has risen to 1959, according to a Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Oscar Pistorius reacts in the Pretoria High Court on September 11, 2014, in Pretoria, South Africa. Photo Kim Ludbrook/ - Pool/EPA/Gallo Image/Getty Images

Syrian refugees wait to cross into Turkey at the border September 22, 2014 near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Turkey. The Turkish deputy Prime Minister said some 60,000 Syrian had fled across the border as Islamic State (IS) militants shelled villages close to the border. On Friday Sept. 19, after permission was granted from Ankara, Turkey opened part of its border to Syria to the refugees. Photo by Getty Images

Pope Francis (R) greets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he arrives at St. Peter's Basilica during a celebration for grandparents and the elderly on September 28, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday morning in St Peter's Square, following a special encounter with elderly persons. In his homily, the Holy Father said 'Elderly are key to health of free society'. Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images

Prime Minister David Cameron prepares his keynote speech in his hotel room at the Conservative party conference as his image appears on a TV news broadcast on September 30, 2014 in Birmingham, England. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A rider holds on as a bull tries to throw him during the Bull Ride Spectacular on the first day of the 2014 Deni Ute Muster at the Play on the Plains Festival grounds on October 3, 2014 in Deniliquin, Australia. Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Police escort an ambulance that carries the Spanish nurse infected by Ebola to Carlos III Hospital from Alcorcon Hospital on October 7, 2014 in Alcorcon, Spain. Spanish Health Minister Ana Mato confirmed the nurse had tested positive after treating two Ebola patients that had been brought back to the country from Africa. Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images

An Indonesian Marine tank jumps and launches missiles during The 69th Republic of Indonesian Military Anniversary on October 7, 2014 in Surabaya, Indonesia. The 69th Republic of Indonesian Military Anniversary will be the last led by Republic of Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). This year's ceremony will be the biggest for the past ten years with the Indonesian Army, Navy, and Air Force all taking part. Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images

Chelsea Pensioner Albert Willis plants a poppy at the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red evolving art installation at the Tower of London on October 9, 2014 in London, England. 888,246 poppies will be planted in the moat by volunteers with the last poppy being planted on the 11th November 2014. Each poppy represents a British or Colonial fatality in the First World War. The poppies are for sale with 10% plus all net proceeds going to six service charities. Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Malala Yousafzai waves to the crowd at a press conference at the Library of Birmingham after being announced as a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, on October 10, 2014 in Birmingham, England. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

An explosion rocks Syrian city of Kobani during a reported suicide car bomb attack by the militants of Islamic State (ISIS) group on a People's Protection Unit (YPG) position in the city center of Kobani, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border, October 20, 2014 in Sanliurfa province, Turkey. Photo by Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images

Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani look on near makeshift tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 28, 2014. Photo by Kutluhan Cucel/Getty Images

Labour leader Ed Miliband donates money to a woman as he walks to a meeting with UK council leaders at the Town Hall on October 31, 2014 in Manchester, England. A recent poll has predicted that Labour could lose it's Scottish seats to the Scottish National party next year. Photo by Nigel Roddis/Getty Images

A group of men relax and drink Tuba (coconut wine) on a table off the beach on April 20, 2014 in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images

US President Barack Obama kisses first lady Michelle Obama at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn April 21, 2014 in Washington, DC. President Obama and the first lady hosted thousands of children for the annual White House event dating back to 1876 that features live music, sports courts, cooking stations, storytelling, as well as the Easter egg roll this year. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images

Osama bin Laden lookalike Ceara Francisco Helder Braga Fernandes poses in his 'Bar do Bin Laden' on April 29, 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Braga says he was known as the 'Beard Man' before 9/11 but became known as a Bin Laden lookalike following the 9/11 attacks. He says he is Christian and continues to play the role to support his business. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images

 Bernie Ecclestone, the 83-year-old controlling business magnate of Formula One racing, attends his trial for bribery with his lawyers Norbert Scharf (L) and Sven Thomas (C), on May 13, 2014 in Munich, Germany. Ecclestone is accused of bribing BayernLB bank employee Gerhard Gribkowsky to ensure the sale of SLEC Holdings, the parent company of Formula One, to private equity firm CVC. Photo by Sebastian Widmann - Pool/Getty Images

Motorists try to repair their Russian Lada on the highway near a steel production plant on May 16, 2014 in Mariupol, Ukraine. Steelworkers from the plant displaced pro-Russian separatists who had been occupying Ukranian government buildings in Mariupol. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images

 Katerina Lucento, 93, a retired factory worker casts her vote from her home as election staff collect the votes from people too infirm to visit the polling station on May 25, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. The Ukrainian Presidential elections, taking place today, are widely viewed as crucial to taming instability in the eastern part of the country. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Protesters run from tear gas fired by the Venezuelan national guard during an anti-government demonstration on February 27, 2014 in Caracas, Venezuela. Almost three weeks after protests against the federal government began, demonstrators continued to block thoroughfares and clash with security forces. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images

A woman consoles Bizimana Emmanuel, 22, during the 20th anniversary commemoration of the 1994 genocide at Amahoro Stadium April 7, 2014 in Kigali, Rwanda. Thousands of Rwandans and global leaders, past and present, joined together at the stadium to remember the country's 1994 genocide, when more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and moderate Hutus were slaughtered over a 100 day period. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Competitors perform at the World Irish Dance Championship on April 13, 2014 in London, England. The 44th World Irish Dance Championship is currently running at London's Hilton London Metropole hotel, and will host approximately 5,000 dancers competing in solo, Ceili, modern figure choreography and dance drama categories during the week long event. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

 A penitent from 'El Museo' brotherhood walk to the church to start a procession on April 14, 2014 in Seville, Spain. Easter week is traditionally celebrated with processions in most Spanish towns. Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge greet the crowds of public outside Sydney Opera House on April 16, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are on a three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand, the first official trip overseas with their son, Prince George of Cambridge. Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images

An Orthodox priest prays between police and protestors at the scene of anti-government protests near Dynamo Stadium on January 25, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Violent protests in Ukraine have spread beyond the capital as President Viktor Yanukovych held crisis talks with three key opposition leaders. Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images

Worker's continue to build flood defences around Moorland resident Sam Notaro's house in the flooded village of Moorland near Bridgwater on the Somerset Levels on February 10, 2014 in Somerset, England. Thousands of acres of the Somerset Levels have been under water for weeks, yet flood levels are still rising and worryingly, more rain is forecast for later this week. Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Anti-government protesters continue to clash with police in Independence square, despite a truce agreed between the Ukrainian president and opposition leaders on February 20, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. After several weeks of calm, violence has again flared between police and anti-government protesters, who are calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the European Union. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

 A 'Galejador' climbs the selected pine up during 'La Festa del Pi' (The Festival of the Pine) in the village of Centelles on December 30, 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images

A relative of a passenger looks out over the waters of the Java Sea near Pangkalan Bun, Kalimantan on December 30, 2014 in Surabaya, Indonesia. Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

Journalists and supporters demonstrate outside the Egyptian embassy as they call for the release of fellow reporters on December 29, 2014 in London, England. Al Jazeera television journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were arrested in Egypt a year ago and jailed for seven to ten years. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

A group of elderly women from a nearby village shelter from the rain after visiting the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 22, 2014 in Grabovo, Ukraine. Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images

40 of the best news shots | Photos

That was 2014 and here are 40 of the best news images from the Getty Images files.

40 of the best news shots | Photos

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