Overnight siege at Colyton

Police from St Marys have charged a man with multiple offences over a siege at Colyton overnight. Police were called to the home...

Dramatic end to Gallop era

If the rumours and speculation are true, Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) Chairman John Grant would have been sitting in his home office just...

Panthers sign Manu

Penrith has announced the signing of Melbourne Storm forward Sika Manu for the next three years. The Panthers just moments ago confirmed the...

League bombshell as Gallop quits

The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) today announced that the Board and David Gallop had come to a mutual agreement that will see Mr...

Derek calls it quits

Penrith State Emergency Service’s Local Controller, Derek Hudson, joined the volunteer rescue service in March of 1980 and after 11 years in the...

Search for local players

Calling all Penrith female athletes – the search in on for a local gridiron team to join the newly established Ladies Gridiron League....

$15k in jewellery returned

After 57 years in the jewellery business, Russell Dove has seen his fair share of snatch and grab robberies. But the storeowner...

O'Farrell slams carbon tax

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell says the carbon tax will cost jobs and has maintained his opposition to the plan. Speaking to...

LFL ticket giveaway

Unique is one word to describe a spectacular event that will happen in Sydney this weekend. The 2012 Lingerie Football League...

Grant picked for Blues

Tim Grant will play Origin football for the first time after he was picked for the Blues in a selection bombshell this afternoon....

Brand officially launched

Penrith is the new west – that’s what NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell declared at the launch of the ‘Penrith is Here’ brand earlier today....

Abbott's business talk

Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott will be the guest speaker at the next Business Matters Luncheon organised by the Penrith Valley Chamber of Commerce. Mr...

Incontinence

Nearly four million Australians suffer with incontinence and most cases are light to medium bladder leakage. Many who experience these levels of...

Buying a business

I often write about real life experiences to keep this column real. Just this week I had two clients who had...

Choose your own adventure

Everybody is pretty familiar with some version of the ‘garbage in, garbage out’ cliché. Imagine you were building your dream house....

Mixed bag

Monday marked four years since my partner Stacey agreed, in a moment of madness, to start seeing me. We marked the occasion with a...

Classic trucks on show

It was a big success in its inaugural year in 2011, and now the Sydney Classic and Antique Truck Show is coming back...

Chitty Chitty headed to Sydney

‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’, the most fantasmagorical stage musical in the history of everything, flies into Sydney’s Capitol Theatre from Friday, November 16....

Plum's big week

Weeks don’t get much better than this – returning to first grade following a serious shoulder injury, beating the 2011 premiers and adding...

Netballers descend on Penrith

In one week’s time, over 1000 netballers, coaches and officials will descend on Penrith for the annual Netball NSW State Championships. Penrith...