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News.com.au
21 hours ago
- General
- News.com.au
Chaos on Sydney M5 Motorway shut after crane crashes on its side
A major Sydney motorway was closed in both directions after a crane rolled over on Tuesday morning, sending the roads into chaos and leaving one man in hospital. Both lanes on the M5 Motorway East Tunnel have been closed after a crane rolled on its side about 11.30am on Tuesday. Motorists were told avoid the area as lanes were shut in both directions. The mortorway was closed citybound and westbound directions from General Holmes Dr, while citybound lanes remain closed from Bexley Rd. 'Citybound motorists are being diverted onto King Georges Rd off-ramp to use D5 detour,' a Live Traffic NSW post read. The Marsh St westbound on-ramp to the M5 has also been closed, as has the citybound on-ramp to the M5 from Kingsgrove Rd. 'Westbound lanes of the motorway are closed from General Holmes Drive, while citybound lanes remain closed from Bexley Road,' the LiveTraffic NSW update read. A Transport NSW spokesman told NewsWire emergency services and crews were on site. 'Motorists are advised to avoid the area and can consider using the D5 detour instead in both directions,' they said. 'Due to the nature of the incident, there is no forecast as to when all lanes will reopen.' An Ambulance NSW spokesperson told NewsWire a man in his 20s was treated at the scene and transported to St George Hospital in a stable condition.
The Guardian
2 days ago
- Climate
- The Guardian
Blanket of fog rolls across Sydney harbour, causing travel chaos
Sydney disappeared under a thick blanket of fog on Monday morning, causing disruptions to harbour ferries. Transport NSW advised travellers to leave plenty of extra time for their journey
News.com.au
20-05-2025
- News.com.au
Thousands affected as power outage trigger enormous train delays in Sydney
Commuters are in for a chaotic morning as several train lines remain delayed due to power supply issues at Strathfield station in the city's west. Trains were brought to a grinding halt on Tuesday afternoon about 2.30pm after part of a train's rooftop power connecter became tangled with the overhead powerlines, which were brought onto the track. The issue triggered massive delays across the train network, with five of six lines temporarily closing and leaving hundreds of commuters stranded for several hours, generating an enormous crowd through Central Station. Crews were on the scene overnight working to restore the power issue, and have removed a 'defective train' and repaired the overhead wiring. 'Teams are completing the final inspections before we reinstate the power later this morning to allow all six tracks from the west through Homebush to operate services,' a Transport NSW spokesman told NewsWire. 'Sydney Trains apologises again to passengers for the inconvenience of the continuing disruption.' The affected lines include the T1, T2, T3, T5, T6, T8, T9 and BMT lines, with commuters urged to seek alternative travel arrangements until the power supply issues are completed. Most trains will continue to be delayed on Wednesday morning, Transport NSW confirmed, with the Strathfield lines are expected to re-open early on Wednesday morning, though delays and gaps in services are still expected throughout the morning period. According to Sky News as of 6am, 15 per cent of all T1 lines are running on time, 25 per cent of T3 and 88 per cent of the T4 lines are operating as normal, whereas only five per cent of the Airport lines are on time and zero per cent are running on the T5 lines. 'Repair crews have worked throughout the night, and we expect all lines at Strathfield to be open again around 6:30am," a Transport NSW statement read. 'Trains will continue to operate on all lines but will not run to timetable and the frequency of service will be reduced. 'You may also need to change trains to continue your journey.' Limited replacement buses will replace trains between Lidcombe and Ashfield. As wild weather rips through Sydney and on The Central Coast, with flooding at Cockle Creek causing massive delays between the Newcastle Inerchange and Fassifern on The Central Coast and Newcastle line, with buses replacing trains. Trains at the Hunter Line are also not running due to flooding at Sandgate. While limited buses are replacing trains, they are unable to access some stations due to the flooding.
Perth Now
01-05-2025
- Automotive
- Perth Now
Chaos as truck spills metal onto highway
A truck has spilt metal debris onto the road, causing multiple cars to burst tyres. Google Maps Credit: Supplied Dozens of cars have been left with punctured tyres after a truck carrying metal spilt onto the M1, with drivers being urged to avoid the area. Emergency services and two trucks are on the scene at the Pacific Motorway between Pacific Highway and Morgans Rd near Gosford, after a truck holding a load of metal spilt onto the road about 5am on Friday. A truck has spilt metal debris onto the road, causing multiple cars to burst tyres. Google Maps Credit: Supplied A NSW Police spokesman told NewsWire approximately 50 cars had been impacted by the spill, leaving them with punctured tyres and pieces of metal scattered the road. The M1 motorway has been closed in a southbound direction, and Transport NSW urges all commuters to seek an alternative route. 'B-doubles should park up until the motorway reopens,' a statement read. More to come
Sydney Morning Herald
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘We'll be tested': Fran's 110km-a-day sprint across Australia
This month, former English soccer international Fran Hurndall (right), 32, is running from Perth to Sydney to raise money for domestic violence victims. Her partner in 'logistics' and love, police officer Natalie Gidas, 39, will be by her side. Fran: I met Nat online, in December 2022, on the Gold Coast; I'd just moved there from Sydney. Our first date was at a Chinese-Japanese restaurant in Mermaid Beach. She was 15 minutes late; she'd come from work. I knew she was a forensic police officer, which I found fascinating, so the whole conversation, virtually, was about her job. I asked about her worst case, and she said it was a woman who'd been set alight by her husband. I found it so honourable that Nat was putting herself on the line like that every day. I also thought she was beautiful. Even though her heritage is Greek, she has these lovely blue eyes you get lost in. We started seeing each other. I was renting at the time but, after four weeks, I was spending so much time with Nat that I moved in with her. It had its challenges. For instance, we both have dogs. Mine's a dachshund called Seven, which was my football-jersey number. She has a dalmatian called Pirate. At the beginning, Pirate would sleep on her bed and the couch. I'm a bit OCD and it made me feel so unclean. I said to Nat, 'I can't deal with the dog hair,' so she agreed to stop letting Pirate get on the couch and bed. There was also Nat's eating. She chews quite loudly and, at the beginning of the relationship, she'd chew with her mouth open. I was like, 'Do you know that it's rude to eat with your mouth open?' And she said, 'Oh, no one ever told me that.' 'I realised then that she chose love over being right, whereas, in the past, I'd chosen being right over love.' Fran Hurndall At the time, I thought, 'The chewing, the dog hair – how does someone get through life like that?' I was judging her. Then I realised that Nat wasn't judging me. She was like, 'How do we resolve this?' I realised then that she chose love over being right, whereas, in the past, I'd chosen being right over love. At the time, I was working remotely for Transport NSW. But then, a week before Christmas 2023, I was made redundant, which was very stressful. I'd be at the shops and I'd call her and say, 'I don't have enough money for groceries' and she'd calm me down. It went on for three months. Sometimes I struggled to get out of bed. She'd come home from work and see me crying and jump into bed and hug me and say, 'It's OK; I've got you, babe.' It was then that I got the idea to dribble a soccer ball from the Gold Coast to Sydney, which raised $20,000 for women's sport. After that, I thought, 'What'll I do next?' So I decided to run from Perth to Sydney in less than 40 days to raise money for domestic violence, which has affected my sister. As a police officer, Nat has seen lots of DV, so it means a lot to her, too. We've thrown caution to the wind and taken out a loan to pay for everything, but Nat has never wavered. She says: 'You're going to change the world, babe.' She sees more potential in me than I see in myself. We have a saying, 'As long as we're both in the boat and willing to row, then that's all we'll ever need.'
