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Jade Swan at Club Rivers.

Jade Swan

Impeccable Cantonese cooking is on show at the Club Rivers restaurant.

  • Kevin Cheng

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Is this Sydney’s worst speed hump?

A suburban speed hump designed to improve pedestrian safety has confused residents who think it’s a crossing.

  • Kayla Olaya
A NSW police officer at 39-41 Susan Street in Auburn where a crime scene has been established after a woman and two men were arrested for allegedly assaulting a kidnapped man. Auburn, NSW.

Three arrested after man allegedly kidnapped from Sydney home

Police were told a group of people forced their way into a home in Riverwood and allegedly assaulted a 42-year-old man.

  • Mostafa Rachwani and Daniel Lo Surdo
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Slugging for the masses

And the myth of mock quinces.

Homes NSW is proposing to build 29 one- and two-bedroom apartments for seniors.

‘Keep our curtains drawn’: Residents block social housing for seniors

A Liberal state MP has promoted the cause of Sydney residents who say a three-storey block would disrupt the ambience of their “peaceful, family oriented” suburb.

  • Megan Gorrey
The bus stop where a woman tried to kidnap a nine-year-old girl from her grandmother.

‘She’s mine’: Baby killer tried to kidnap girl from Sydney bus stop

A nine-year-old girl clung to a seat as her grandmother grappled with the woman. Now, the would-be kidnapper’s shocking past can be revealed.

  • Sarah McPhee
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NSW Premier Chris Minns (left) and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke in south Sydney this morning.

How plans to build 3900 homes shrank to just 414 houses

The Minns government has revised its plans to redevelop the Riverwood public housing estate near Bankstown, blaming market forces.

  • Michael Koziol
The Australian cricket team that visited England in 1882. Fred Spofforth is in the back row, far right.

Your favourite stories behind Sydney’s street names

A mix of honouring Australians of the past, reflecting what used to be in the area and pure linguistic fun: here are some of our readers’ favourite street names.

  • Mary Ward
Two bodies were found in Riverwood on Sunday.

Man found dead in truck, woman later found dead in house as police investigate

Shortly before 2pm on Sunday, officers from St George Police Area Command were called to Union Street in Riverwood where they found the body of a man and a woman.

  • Olivia Ireland
Alexi Vitakos with his mother Jessica Francesca Marett. Alexi, 3, was killed in a stabbing murder by his father Nathan Vitakos (also pictured).

Family mourns toddler allegedly killed by father in Sydney unit

Three-year-old Alexi Vikatos has been remembered as a beautiful child by his family who have been “broken” by his death in Riverwood.

  • Perry Duffin