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Homebush Theatre has been set alight overnight.

Suspicious fire at Homebush Theatre being investigated

A crime scene has been established after the overnight blaze. It comes days after the Herald revealed the full extent of damage to the abandoned building.

  • Ellie Busby

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The windows of the former Homebush theatre have been boarded up and its facade vandalised.

Inside the abandoned 100-year-old Homebush Theatre

Photos reveal the extent of dilapidation – but what is next for the cinema shuttered in 1996?

  • Ellie Busby
Crash Claim’s Loftus Crescent car park.

This block should be housing. Instead, it’s a car yard

This unassuming Homebush block of homes and units was demolished almost a decade ago to make way for more housing. So why has it fallen into “urban decay”?

  • Jessica McSweeney
59-61 Abbotsford Road, Homebush NSW 2140

Family with budding tennis star daughters pays $6.48m for home with tennis court

Most buyers thought the slightly dated house needed another million dollars spent on renovations, the agent said.

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Shahid Mohammad, left, Syed Deen Mohamed, centre, and Pathmendra Pulendren, right

How an alleged multimillion-dollar drug syndicate came undone at a suburban storage warehouse

When police swooped on Homebush Storage King, three men had just exchanged six grocery bags of pseudoephedrine, with one counting $1 million in cash.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Nicholas Karagiannis

‘I think I owe half a million dollars’: Bravery award recipient’s fraudulent car dealings

Nick Karagiannis has made headlines for his courage and generosity, but the former car dealer also defrauded his ex-employer out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
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The NSW government has announced three new fast-tracked housing precincts.

The next three Sydney zones in line for greater density revealed

The NSW government is pushing ahead with sweeping planning reforms, with thousands of new homes to be built around soon-to-open metro stations.

  • Alexandra Smith
AFP arrested American national Guang Shi at URBNSURF wave pool at Sydney Olympic Park on Monday.

Dramatic sting at Sydney’s new urban surf pool catches alleged drug importer

The Californian man allegedly thought he was importing millions of dollars worth of drugs into Sydney, before police pounced in front of afternoon wave riders.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Which Sydney stadium is the best in the NRL?

Rating Sydney’s NRL stadiums from worst to best

From lifeless and loveless, to lush and luxurious, the Herald ranks your club’s Sydney stadium and gives you a chance to have your say.

  • Billie Eder
Stockman Manor smashed the Homebush house price record.

Entrepreneurs snap up $7,425,000 manor, smashing Homebush’s house price record

Seven parties registered to bid for the historic residence with tennis court and swimming pool, and the vendors are upgrading to a $42 million home in Lavender Bay.

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