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A PARAMEDIC from the North-East will be taking the gruelling climb to the top of the highest point in Africa in a bid to raise over £4,500 for the national charity dedicated to supporting the UK’s ambulance community. Jane Sinclair, of the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS), will begin her ten-day climb up Mount Kilimanjaro in September to help The Ambulance Staff Charity (TASC). Jane will face a steep 6km climb to the summit through tropical rainforest and snow-capped peaks. She sa...

Advertisement Sydney neighbourhoods are being split over rates payments as the state governments controversial council mergers drive up costs by 40 per cent in some areas as other homeowners save several hundred dollars a year. The Inner West Council – which combines the former Marrickville, Leichhardt and Ashfield local government areas – is among the Sydney councils consulting ratepayers on plans to merge multiple systems for rates into one. Longtime Marrickville residents Mary Cloran, Ja...