JOSHUA Atkinson definitely has his running shoes on and he pretty much only stops to pick up some of the numerous awards he’s bagged this past year.

BETTING agency Sportsbet has predicted Macarthur to be the only western Sydney seat expected to change hands after Saturday’s Federal Election.

Macquarie Fields police are seeking information from the public after a teenage girl, 13, was approached by a man while she walked to school.

CAMPBELLTOWN Mayor Paul Hawker says he envisages a decked carpark for Park Central to alleviate the inadequate parking madness residents have reported within the suburb.

The list of the polling places in the Federal seat of Hume. Voting opens at 8am on Saturday.

Wests Tigers players raised $22,000 to support flood-devastated Picton overnight, after walking more than 80km from the club’s Concord Oval base to the Wollondilly shire town.

Former Elizabeth Macarthur High School student Andrew Loadsman has progressed to the final eight as a contestant on The Voice, and will fight for a place in the top four on Sunday night.

A massive new firefighter training college will be built at Erskine Park on Mamre Road.

AN ASSOCIATE of the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang and his girlfriend have been charged with firearms offences.

“It’s about creating music as equals,” said David Cretney, of Autism Spectrum Australia — the organisation behind supported music studio program, ‘Club Weld and the Riff Society’.

Malcolm Turnbull’s government has today announced new funding of $600,000 towards a radical “ice bed” pilot program in Sydney’s west.

A GROUP of teens braved the dark and cold on Friday for a 24-hour challenge as part of Panthers on the Prowl’s pilot program, Building Young Men.

A MULTI — STOREY development planned for western Sydney has been approved despite years of resistance from council and residents.

LINDSAY Liberal MP Fiona Scott has yet to concede defeat in the Federal Election, but her office has been closed all week and she has closed her MP Facebook account.

Australia’s largest Islamic School has been saved for another term after Federal Government officials agreed to hand over more than $5 million in an 11th hour funding move.

ONE year since dubbing Kingsgrove the “new Alexandria”, one business has had to move out of the largely industrial suburb to make way for the new M5 tunnels.

SARAH HAY is the deputy principal of a public school but she’s more at home as a jouster. In fact, she’s the world’s No. 1 and is relocating to the Middle East where she can enjoy more of her sport.

WHEN Sydney youth hip-hop pioneer Vyvienne Abla takes the stage at parliament house in France it won’t be to bust a rhyme.

Graeme Webb was clinically dead for more than 40 minutes. A year on, the Hammondville man who has been dubbed the Miracle Man, relives his story and talks about how life has changed.

IS this the ultimate meatlover challenge? A giant 1kg porterhouse tomahawk steak served on the bone — it’s the kind of meal that would make a vegan weep.

NOT only is Millie Moss a keen Aussie rules player, but at eight years of age she’s got design flair beyond her years.

A new menu created by The Balmain group’s Brad Sloane is the icing on the cake for the slick new resurrection of the landmark Town Hall Hotel.

A DECISION to move Open High School to Petersham will alleviate capacity issues at an eastern suburbs primary school – but there will be no such relief for overcrowded inner west schools.

WESTS Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe says he doesn’t want to rock the boat with the $27m plans for Concord Oval, and that Shute Shield side West Harbour won’t lose their home.

This week our history writer explores a particularly unique visit by a former PM to Pennant Hills.

A COMPOSER who produced music for films Mao’s Last Dancer and Russell Crowe’s Master and Commander is taking on the Coalition at the Federal Election over cuts to arts funding.

BENNELONG’S nation-leading house price increase showed people were suffering with high rents and the inability to on their own home, according to some election candidates.

Robert Xie Lianbin, 51, returned to the NSW Supreme Court for the start of his fourth trial in the killing of five members of the Lin family almost seven years ago.

We posed some big questions to the Liberal and Labor contenders for Bennelong, John Alexander and Lyndal Howison, ahead of the Federal Election.

AT THE site of their last clean sheet more than 593 days and 36 A-League matches ago, the Mariners have kept Perth Glory scoreless to record a 2-0 win at Central Coast Stadium last night.

The Central Coast Mariners have come crashing back down to earth after a 10-man Western Sydney outfit registered a 4-1 win over the yellow and navy in Gosford on Saturday.

IT WAS a case of déjà vu for the Central Coast across the ditch on Saturday, as Wellington ran riot against a young Mariners side to register a 3-0 win in Waikato.

CENTRAL Coast has illustrated the need for an injection of experience once more, after falling to an agonising 2-1 loss against Brisbane.

CENTRAL Coast Mariners are turning their attention to the womens game, with the club aiming to establish a W-League side to compete as early as next season.

CENTRAL Coast Mariners are turning their attention to the womens game, with the club aiming to establish a W-League side to compete as early as next season.

COUNTY Rugby League have announced the Central Coast will be home to a women’s nines competition in 2017.

As Avoca Beach surfer Macy Callaghan bobbed up and down in the Kiama surf waiting for the first wave of the World Surfing League Junior Championship final, you’d forgive her for having more than a handful of butterflies in the stomach.

A HARDWARE supply company worker on the northern beaches has been charged with defrauding his employer out of $1.8 million over four years.

TEMPERATURES remain wintry this week — but not everybody’s shivering. From sunbathers to surfers — Manly Beach saw some hardy souls out.

PERHAPS the most pleasing thing about the differences between the older picture of Newport Beach and the one taken this week is how few there are.

POLICE seized nearly 1000 cannabis plants in two simultaneous raids at industrial premises at Brookvale and Cromer this morning with six men taken into custody over the $3m haul.

Meet the 22-year-old who has been named the top lifesaver on the northern beaches - and she is putting the call out for more women and young people to pursue leadership roles within the movement.

The two turtles were rescued by locals and are now being cared for before being released. Long neck turtle Cara Mi-shell and terrapin Squirt were both discovered on beaches.

FOR three years, Barry Costa has been the co-ordinator of Brothers Penrith Junior Rugby Leagues Club’s Try Time program.

JODIE Pearson agrees “petite” is a fair description of her 58kg, 170cm frame. So why would she risk a battering in the brutal sport of American football?

The Penrith Panthers celebrated their 50th season gala dinner with the induction of four revered Panthers into the Panthers Hall of Fame.

ISAIAH Lazaro is really two champions — one for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and one for the anti-bullying cause.

KING Davidson is a man on a mission — to act as a role model for kids doing it tough.

SOCCER and rugby league might dominate sport in the western suburbs but Quakers Hill’s Logan Owen’s skill is executed impressively in the gymnastics arena.

At just 16, Thomas has made cricketing history.