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Expect more sailing shenanigans in season 7 of Below Deck Mediterranean. Picture: Bravo/Binge

Like fashion or film, organic farming or journalism, the 'yachting industry' is a lot less glamourous than it sounds.

Below Deck is really just the seven sins on the seven seas

Check out the video of this globally recognised wetland on the lower EP which is held in private ownership, and is the market.

Share your own private lake with prying eyes from all over the world

WEEK OF DISRUPTIONS: There will be a wave of industrial action this week by train drivers, teachers, nurses and midwives. Picture: AAP

It's been a long week of protests and strikes across the state.

Teachers, nurses, transport workers strike across NSW in week of heavy industrial action

UNIVERSAL: Spacey Jane expanded their reach on their second album Here Comes Everybody. Picture: Sam Hendel

Spacey Jane mine the anxiety of the times on album two

Spacey Jane are writing songs for Everybody

BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER: Illustration of an influenza virus particle. Picture: Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library / Getty Images.

The 2022 season has only just begun and already it's tracking toward a five year record. So what makes this year's flu so bad?

Is this year's flu worse than previous years?

The scale of the task of shifting from fossil fuels to renewables has been revealed in a new 30-year plan. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The Australian Energy Market Operator's plan points to the $12.7 billion worth of investment in transmission projects needed to help power the transition from coal.

New 30-year plan to guide 'irreversible' energy shift

New track: Alfie Arcuri has just dropped his latest single, Overtime, about his experiences with anxiety. Picture: Supplied

"Anxiety is something that I've had to deal with for most of my life."

The Voice star Alfie Arcuri shines light on anxiety

BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER: This year's flu season is on track to beating a five-year case record as vaccination numbers remain low. Picture: Shutterstock

This year's season is a stark difference to the 2021 winter sickness period, which saw very few cases recorded nationwide.

Flu season on track to hitting five year record as vaccination remains low

Natalia Cricri is set to release her short film An Eight Letter Word Starting with A. Main photo: Christopher Starnawski. Inset: Sally Flegg

Would the global conversation be different if men were the ones who got abortions?

What the abortion debate would look like if men got pregnant

Constable Zachary Rolfe has pleaded not guilty to the shooting murder of Kumanjayi Walker.

Video of Kumanjayi shooting shown to jury

Abortion rights protesters chant on the steps of the Alabama state capitol building during a rally and march on the capitol in Montgomery on Sunday, June 26. Photo: Mickey Welsh-USA TODAY NETWORK/Sipa USA /AAP Image

Australians have joined in the fight for women's rights with protests set for the major metropolitan cities.

People show solidarity and protest for women's rights

BACK IN THE DAY: Nurses attend to a patient in an iron lung in the United Kingdom, 1949. Picture: Getty Images

The virus has been nearly eradicated worldwide, but traces have been found in London's wastewater, prompting a "national incident" to be declared.

Polio has been detected in the UK: Here's everything you need to know

How can you safely perform a RAT on your child at home and help them to engage in the process?

Go low, go slow: how to rapid antigen test your kid for COVID as school returns

Builder Brendan Howe with Governor-General David Hurley and his wife Linda in their renovated Campbell home. Picture: Instagram 

The Governor-General and his wife appeared in a video spruiking the services of a Canberra-based builder in 2020.

'Spur of a happy moment': GG admits Canberra-builder plug was a mistake

Are you ready for back to school? Photo: FILE

As we approach the start of the first school term of the year in NSW, some parents are confused about the rules and expectations surrounding their child's return to school.

Masks, tests and more: Back to school in the Armidale region explained

The minister said the discovery was not cause for alarm.

Mite is on the move: second bee biosecurity zone set up in NSW

Grant Edwards attempted to pull a 10-tonne fire engine 50 metres to raise awareness for PTSD. Picture: Karleen Minney

How much can you lift? Because it's probably not as much as Grant Edwards.

Meet the man who pulled a fire truck for charity

Thousands protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Picture: AAP

For too long, abortion has been a battleground for the far-right, conservative, anti-choice brigade.

'Our body our choice' shouldn't be just a slogan for women

Stuart McKenzie catches an eastern brown snake found under a couch.

Snake-catching professional shares his top tip on how best to avoid eastern brown snakes.

Sofas, scales and playgrounds: The places brown snakes are caught

Varroa mite was detected in beehives around the Port of Newcastle on June 24

Natural beekeepers urge Australia to learn from the mistakes made overseas where bees have become dependent on pharmaceuticals while trying to control varroa mite.

Let them bee: Natural beekeeping teacher says miticides not the answer to varroa parasite

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A woman and two children are in hospital after being hit by a car in Melbourne.

Vic woman struck by car while pushing pram

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has stepped aside from his trade job in New York.

Barilaro steps away from NYC trade job

Rallen said it was concerned a gas explorer's heavy construction machinery could stress cattle.

Legal joust continues over NT station

Teachers have marched on the NSW parliament in Sydney to call for improved pay and conditions.

Striking teachers march to NSW parliament

COST OF FESTIVAL: Preparations for the Tamworth Country Music Festival made over a dozen people homeless, before the historic event was postponed on Friday, according to local homeless services. Photo: file

"It's not the moteliers fault. They've always done what they've done. Right at the moment we have a major issue in the housing sector, full stop."

TCMF 'made people homeless', as new date drives up April motel rates

MORE THAN THANKS: Uralla Central School principal Michael Rathborne. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Public and Catholic school teachers walked off the job together for 'historic' joint strike action over better pay and working conditions.

'The system is breaking': Public and Catholic teachers strike in joint action

CULTURE: The street march has previously been part of A Day in the Dale, which will still be held in September, while the march is held on July 7 during NAIDOC Week. Picture: Madeline Link, file.

The Armidale region will be buzzing with cultural activities next week for NAIDOC Week.

Armidale encouraged to 'show up' for street march next week

Boosting the blue: Four new police officers were welcomed to the region on their first day on duty last week. Photo: Supplied

New recruits hit the ground running

LET DOWN: Australian Dental Association NSW president Dr Michael Jonas. Photo: Peter Hardin

Oral health care is expected to decline in regional and rural areas with dentists frustrated the bush is being left behind.

Worry erupts over concerns rural oral health has been forgotten

ARRESTED: The car crashed through a golf club fence after a dramatic pursuit last May. Photo: NSW Police

The court heard the offence of discharging a firearm with the intent to resist arrest was "not terribly common" and the major issue was how long Booby would be ordered to remain behind bars.

'Significant' sentence expected after shots fired at police in chase

MOVING ON: The Page family, Bill and Evelyn (pictured) and son Robert, have been at the helm of the motel for many years. Photo: Peter Hardin

A family owned motel in the heart of Tamworth has been snapped up by a Sydney-based investor for a "record-breaking" price of more than $18 million.

Tamworth motel sold to Sydney investor in 'record' $18 million deal

Tresillian Family Care Centre CEO Rob Mills, left, Inverell Tresillian 2U provider Kirsty Wall, Tresillian Armidale Manager Trudie Laffan and Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall, right, inspecting the newly established facility on Armidales Rusden Street.

An innovative early parenting service will soon offer increased face-to-face services to families in the Armidale and Inverell districts.

New England service helping navigate life with a new baby

DOING GOOD: Kaso Elias, Jehan Darwesh and Melissa van Leeuwen were honoured for their work helping refugees access and understand healthcare. Photo: Supplied

Ezidi refugees resettled in Armidale are learning to navigate Australia's health care processes with a little help.

Ezidi refugees learn to navigate tricky health care process in Armidale

RESENTENCE: The Crown appeal was upheld. Photo: File

A body piercer who sexually assaulted a teenage girl and a young woman while running his business in Armidale will spend an extra two years behind bars after the prosecution slammed his sentence as "plainly unjust".

Body piercer's 'unjust' jail time upped by two years for sex assaults

Dam Designs: Member for the Northern Tablelands, Adam Marshall, inspects the dam wall, which will be raised over six metres. Photo: Supplied.

Malpas Dam has received $27 million to undergo an expansion to secure water in times of extreme drought, but Uralla Mayor Robert Bell has his eye on recycled water too.

$27m for Malpas but more needs to be done: Mayor

RECOGNITION: Primary Health Care Network (PHN) mental health and suicide prevention commissioning coordinator Fran Groves with HealthWISE care navigator Melissa van Leeuwen, PHN integrated health officer Ellen Meinel and HealthWISE interpreters Jehan Darwesh and Kaso Elias at Friday night's awards ceremony. Picture: Supplied

A program working to connect Armidale's Ezidi community with health care services has been recognised for its innovation and leadership.

Armidale health program wins award for work with Ezidi community

Big winter ahead: Dr David Durrheim has warned that influenza and COVID-19 are co-circulating, and is urging people to be vaccinated for both. Photo: Simone De Peak

It's the news we're all sick of hearing - COVID cases and hospitalisations are on the rise once again. But this time the flu and other respiratory illnesses are too. Here's what you can do.

Respiratory sicknesses blowing out as new COVID strain takes over

DIVORCE: Chair of the Tamworth branch of NSW Nationals, Ian Coxhead, voted for the motion to split up the Hunter New England Local Health District. Photo: Peter Hardin, file

A campaign to split up the Hunter New England Health district has gained more momentum, after members of the NSW Nationals Party voted to adopt the break-up as party policy, on Friday.

Nationals Party members vote for Hunter New England Health divorce

Police at the scene in Phillip after Glenn Walewicz, inset, was shot dead. Pictures: Sitthixay Ditthavong, Supplied

The 19-year-old, from Glen Innes, is accused of being an accessory after the fact to the murder of Glenn Walewicz.

Extradited teen charged with accessory to murder after sixth shooting arrest

TOTAL CONTROL: Armidale writer Bridget Van der Eyk with her first novel '10 dates'. Picture: supplied.

"The book will be available to purchase in paperback and ebook formats worldwide on the Amazon online platform."

Local author's first work is a labour of love

Hellebores well-established under deciduous trees. Many different colours are available; however, it is best to keep single types together as they cross breed quite readily which often results in dull, washed-out flower colours similar to the one pictured sideways, on the extreme right of this photo.

The days are longer and its time to prepare for spring

CHARGED UP: Woodleys Motors owner Mark Woodley said electric vehicles are becoming more popular in Tamworth. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Funding for more electric vehicle chargers could see an uptick of country drivers getting behind the wheel of the cleaner, quieter and sustainable cars.

Country drivers charged up to swap to electric vehicles

NEXT LEVEL: Tahlia Morgan, Clare Harpley, Charlotte Goldman, Lekah Mohena and Skye Gordon-Briggs have been included in the Corellas squad. Photos: Catherine Stephen

"But it is exciting because a lot of the girls in the team have a lot of potential."

Five New England women chosen for Corellas squad

Temporary: Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall met with the Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell on Thursday in State Parliament to secure assurances over the future of Rocky River Public School. Photo: Supplied

Relocation of Rocky River school is 'temporary' says MP, after students were evacuated this week.

Teachers not expected to double up following Rocky River evacuation

Professor Jennifer Williams is Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health University of New England and an Emergency Physician and was recently part of a panel event 'The Future of Rural Health' with Australia's Rural Health Commissioner, Professor Ruth Stewart in Tamworth.

A fix for rural health is a must now, not some time down the track

Act quickly: University of Newcastle and HMRI viral immunologist, Associate Professor Nathan Bartlett. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

Up to 15,000 Australians are expected to die of COVID-19 this year.