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The King’s School headmaster Tony George.

The King’s School headmaster takes legal action after being dismissed

Tony George is alleged to have clipped the back of a student’s head during a lecture.

  • Christopher Harris

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Families enjoying the swan paddle boats on Lake Parramatta, which have been popular for a number of years.

The swan-shaped boats ruffling a Sydney council’s feathers

A boat-hire company has operated at this lake for almost a decade. The local council said it’s no longer safe to do so.

  • Ellie Busby
Rhian Jones, an archeologist at AMBS Ecology and Heritage, pointing to a filled-in sandstone block where the first time capsule was located.

Century-old time capsules were discovered in a Sydney wall. But how did they get there?

Workers were carrying out maintenance on a historic Parramatta site. The next thing they knew, 100-year-old newspaper clippings went flying.

  • Anthony Segaert
Auto alley to housing central.

Is this the end for Sydney’s famous auto alley? The plan for 60,000 homes revealed

It’s treeless and hot – and the gateway to our second CBD. So Church Street in Parramatta has been reimagined.

  • Ellie Busby
Sarah Grafton is one of many residents who have been woken, kept awake, and disturbed due to the mysterious humming noise.

The mysterious humming noise keeping Sydneysiders up at night

The noise – a mix between whooshing water and loud humming – is only heard at night between 6pm and 6am. Investigators have narrowed it down to three possible sources. Listen here.

  • Cindy Yin
Parramatta Gaol faces an uncertain future.

Celebrity murderers, disembodied voices and huge expense: A Sydney landmark’s uncertain future

It was once home to Australia’s hardest criminals. Now this former Sydney prison has become a ghost town as its owners struggle to cope with rising costs.

  • Ellie Busby
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King’s School headmaster Tony George

King’s headmaster announces leave over investigation into incident with student

King’s School headmaster Tony George has issued a statement saying he would take leave so the investigation can proceed without any perception of interference.

  • Lucy Carroll
An artist’s impression of the proposed Parramatta North rezoning, with Parramatta’s fast-growing CBD in the background.

There’s a plan for 2500 new homes in Parramatta. Heritage advocates say it can wait

Heritage advocates want to wait four more years to finalise plans. Tasked with fixing the housing crisis, the state government says that doesn’t make sense.

  • Megan Gorrey
Arnima Hayat was murdered by her husband Meraj Zafar.

Mother wails as daughter’s killer jailed over acid bath murder

Meraj Zafar could spend just 16 years behind bars for killing his pregnant wife Arnima Hayat, who dreamt of becoming a doctor and wanted to leave the marriage.

  • Sarah McPhee
Anubhav Ammangi from Baptist Redeemer, who has topped HSC chemistry and software design and development, after coming first in extension 1 maths last year.

How long is a piece of string? HSC star Anubhav has the answer

Anubhav Ammangi combined his love of multiple STEM subjects to make the calculation – and has added to his tally of HSC first-in-course awards with a subject he almost dropped.

  • Christopher Harris