ARIA award-winning electronic duo Peking Duk are playing a free DJ set in Hamilton.

The 13-year-old girl accused of stabbing and killing a 14-year-old exchange student at their host family's Lake Macquarie home was "severely unwell", a court has heard.

Muswellbrook's Carley Patterson made the trek of more than 90 minutes to Wickham on Thursday morning to get in early for her Easter seafood shop! www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/894526...

A MACHETE has been seized and a man charged after a Coffs Harbour man's hand was severed during an alleged assault on Wednesday.

Tyson Gamble's back injury got so bad there were times he couldn't make the five-minute drive from his home to training.