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Rock and roll frontman Azaria Byrne and his hairdresser partner, Brooke Mitchell, have been charged with commercial drug supply offences.

Luck runs out for glamour rock couple arrested over Sydney drug syndicate

Frontman Azaria Byrne and Brooke Mitchell were living out the rock and roll dream. They’re now in custody after police raids on a music studio and homes across the city.

  • Riley Walter

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Lunetta Gelateria serves small-batch scoops made in Leichhardt.

Lunetta Gelateria

A small-batch, traditional gelato shop in Leichhardt’s Little Italy.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Prominent Sydney barrister, Mark Dennis SC, was found dead at his Leichhardt home.

Top Sydney barrister dead after being caught with child abuse material

A high-profile Sydney lawyer has died weeks after being caught with child abuse images at Sydney Airport.

  • Perry Duffin
Nick Chapman.

‘It’s been 25 years in the making’: The inner west’s $57 million path is finally opening

A determined band of community campaigners championed the project to turn a disused rail corridor into a bike and pedestrian path. It’s nearly ready to ride.

  • Megan Gorrey
Young rowers on Iron Cove at dawn.

This Sydney council wants to build a new swimming spot. Rowers are up in arms

Rowers are fighting a rearguard battle to stop construction of a tidal pool close to the last Olympic-length rowing course near the harbour.

  • Megan Gorrey
Harry Moxham (left) and Aidan Masters (right) are on a missionto dine at every eatery along Parramatta Road in Sydney.

Strip clubs and $3.50 coffees: The couple eating their way along Parramatta Rd

An inner west couple is on a mission to visit every food place on what has become one of Sydney’s most maligned traffic corridors.

  • Kayla Olaya
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Protesters and supporters attended a tense public forum on the plans earlier this month.

‘A pivotal moment’: Sydney council backs plans for up to 30,000 new homes

Councillors have been cheered and booed as they narrowly backed a controversial proposal to rezone a swath of inner-city suburbs.

  • Megan Gorrey
The state government and Inner West Council want to deliver up to 8000 new homes along the Parramatta Road corridor.

Parramatta Road is a sewer for cars: Here’s how to change it

This long-neglected thoroughfare is a “stroad”. It doesn’t know whether it is a street or a road. The fixes are simple but require political will.

  • Tim Williams
Fox Sports’ former chief league reporter James Hooper.

Fox Sports’ James Hooper learns fate after drunken car crash in Sydney

The sacked NRL reporter crashed into three parked cars while driving his ute drunk in Leichhardt last month.

  • Perry Duffin
Parramatta Road rezoning

‘Time to stop talking and start building’: The plan for 8000 new homes along Parramatta Road

Thousands of new homes could be delivered along one of the city’s most important corridors, after the state government announced a new partnership with a Sydney council.

  • Ellie Busby