100TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

100 years have passed since International Women’s Day was founded in Copenhagen on March 8th.

Today, proud females of all ages marched through the streets of Gosford in recognition of the milestone.

SIX ARRESTED FOR DRINK DRIVING IN POLICE BLITZ

Operation Drink Drive has come to a close, with almost two thousand Central Coast motorists breath tested over the last nine days.

Police say the results were impressive, but warn there’s no room for complacency.

NIPPERS TAUGHT LIFE SAVING SKILLS

Mouth to mouth resuscitation was performed dozens of times at Terrigal beach today, however it had nothing to do with swimmers getting into trouble.

Hundreds of nippers were participating in a training work shop, learning exactly what to do in an emergency situation.

BATTLE ON FOR SEAT OF ROBERTSON

Controversial federal MP Belinda Neal will find out shortly, whether she’s been selected to re-contest her Central Coast seat.

Tyson Cottrill has been following the pre-selection battle and filed this report a short time ago.

HUNDREDS FLOCK TO PUBLIC RALLY AGAINST ADELAIDE SINKING

More than 800 people opposed to the scuttling of the former HMAS Adelaide have made their feelings clear at Avoca Beach.

The public rally was held just three weeks out from the sinking.

MIRACLE SURVIVAL FOR DRIVER ON F3

A Central Coast man who miraculously survived a big scare on the F3 Freeway yesterday, has put his survival down to luck, and his late mother looking out for him.

49-year-old William Lockley was travelling south when a wayward tyre struck his windscreen.

FULL INTERVIEW WITH F3 CRASH SURVIVOR, WILLIAM LOCKLEY

Click the video below to view the full NBN Television interview with William Lockley.

In the interview, Mr Lockley recounts his remarkable survival, and thanks police, paramedic, and hospital staff.

ETTALONG CHANNEL DREDGING DEBATE CONTINUES

Debate about the dredging of the Ettalong Channel is far from over, even though the works have now been completed.

The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has labelled the program, useless, claiming a large amount of sand has returned to some parts of the channel.

CESSNOCK GAOL TO EXPAND

After being saved from privatisation, Cessnock Gaol is now set for a major expansion.

The state government has given the go-ahead to a $93-million extension, that will create up to 190 jobs.

A LOOK BACK AT THE CENTRAL COAST ECONOMIC BLUEPRINT

The region’s business chamber says there’s still plenty to be done on the Central Coast, two years on from the creation of an economic blueprint.

The planning document has been used as a tool to lobby governments, but the chamber’s expectations are yet to be met.

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