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Parkland promised to locals at the St Peters Interchange has been closed for several years, with no opening date in sight.

The fix for this contaminated Sydney park was called cheap and shoddy. It went ahead anyway

The plan to solve gas build-up at a highly contaminated site went ahead despite it failing to win the support of the state’s senior environmental adviser.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo

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Aerial footage shows a ute doing a three-point turn to get around the diamond, while two other cars cut directly across the roundabout.

Revealed: The cost of Sydney’s most bizarre roundabout

The diamond-shaped roundabout, which confused Sydneysiders and vanished just days after opening, was also meant to be a different shape entirely.

  • Cindy Yin
Saam Tanghavi at Parramatta station.

What a proposed e-bike ban will do to your food delivery

Of the 180 lithium-ion battery fires in NSW this year, more than one-third involved e-bikes, e-scooters and e-skateboards.

  • Anthony Segaert
Darling Harbour.

From tacky tourist trap to treasure: What’s next for Darling Harbour?

For years, the divisive harbourfront west of the city centre has been derided as drab and outdated. There are plans to make Sydneysiders fall in love with it again.

  • Megan Gorrey and The Visual Stories Team
Giuseppina, 91, and Carmelo, 93, Salanitro are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary.

Charlie and Pina’s secret to 70 years of marriage

It’s an exclusive club: The Queen and Prince Philip, George HW and Barbara Bush. And now Earlwood’s Carmelo and Giuseppina Salanitro.

  • Christine Lee
Wulugul Walk.

13 of the best Sydney walks: From city strolls to coastal hikes

Lace up those joggers and get along to rediscover an old favourite or take on something new.

  • Nicole Elphick
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Holroyd Rangers players Mahalia and Rhyder Hall at the soaked Guildford field on Friday.

Wet weather reignites Sydney’s turf wars

The wettest August in 27 years has not only cancelled countless sporting matches, it has kicked a saga back onto the city’s playing fields.

  • Cindy Yin

No, you’re not imagining it. That round shiny thing in the sky is the sun

After weeks – and weeks – of rain, it’s blue skies ahead for the harbour city. For now, at least.

  • Robyn Willis
Tony Yeldham in his Double Bay shop in 1998.

Elton, Jagger, Sinatra: raconteur’s luxury shop was the destination for the stars

One of the first to stock designer European labels, Tony Yeldham’s Double Bay menswear store became the sartorial and social hot spot for the “it” crowd.

  • Andrew Hornery
Outgoing commissioner Karen Web at Goulburn Police Academy on Friday.

There’s a serious problem with this image of NSW’s top police officer

As NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb takes another step in her drawn out farewell, there is only one certainty about her replacement.

  • Jordan Baker