The childcare centre owners who vehemently opposed the opening of the ABC Learning Centre in Shell Cove three years ago said the company’s present financial strife vindicated their belief the centre should never have been built.

Police are urging parents to sit down with their children and discuss the potentially deadly results of rock-throwing in the wake of an incident on Sunday when a rock shattered a motorist’s windscreen at Berkeley.

As police hit saturation point on our roads in the lead up to Christmas party and drink-driving season, Lake Illawarra Local Area Command Highway Patrol Acting Sergeant Jason Bentley had a blunt warning for people contemplating getting behind the wheel after drinking.

Police have hailed the weekend’s Operation Southern Vikings into antisocial and alcohol-related crime a great success with more than 40 people being arrested.

Last year’s winner has urged the 18-24 year-old women of the Illawarra to enter this year’s Albion Park Showgirl Competition.

He may have come unstuck on a tricky word last week, but Charlie Gonzalez has returned from the Spelling Bee State Final with a renewed enthusiasm for the art of spelling.