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People must feel safe and secure when they go to worship, the NSW premier and faith leaders say. (Jonathan Ng/AAP PHOTOS)

After meetings with religious leaders, NSW Premier Chris Minns is calling for calm and cohesion following a week of "deep loss and pain".

Tensions high in Sydney's west, faith leaders urge calm

Counsellors are on site to help shoppers after Westfield Bondi Junction re-opened to the public. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

A security guard who survived the deadly Sydney stabbing attack has spoken about the ordeal as weekend shoppers return to Westfield Bondi Junction.

Victim speaks of Bondi attack, weekend shoppers return

Luke Davies will be farewelled by family and friends in Queensland. (HANDOUT/NSW POLICE)

Brisbane's New Farm Park will host a memorial service for Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies two months after he and his partner were killed in Sydney.

Family, friends to honour the life of Luke Davies

He Jie ( red shirt, centre) runs with four Africans in last weekend's Beijing Half Marathon. (AP PHOTO)

Three African runners slowed deliberately to allow He Jie finish first, according to Chinese officials who have thrown all four out of half marathon.

Chinese runner stripped of win in 'fixed' Beijing race

Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann has signed a two-year extension to his contract. (AP PHOTO)

One of Europe's most in-demand coaches has resisted a return to club management and will instead plot Germany's 2026 World Cup campaign.

'Decision of the heart': Nagelsmann stays with Germany

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Australia is extremely concerned about the potential for miscalculation in the Middle East conflict. (AP PHOTO)

Australia is "extremely concerned" after Israel hit back at Iran on Friday stoking fears the security situation in the Middle East could escalate.

Australia sounds alarm over war in the Middle East

Jana Fayyad says after "195 days of terror on Palestine and Lebanon" she is often lost for words. (Nyk Carnsew/AAP PHOTOS)

As Israel's war in Gaza threatens to spill over into a wider conflict with Iran, Sydney's Middle Eastern diaspora is mourning the family members they've lost.

Community holds joint vigil for Gaza and Lebanon

Two Indigenous public housing tenants have launched legal challenges over their evictions. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Two Supreme Court legal challenges in Western Australia could end no-grounds evictions for public housing tenants.

Public housing tenants fight to end no-grounds eviction

The AFP has charged a Sudanese man for letting his electronic monitoring device go flat. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

A Sudanese-born man who failed to charge his monitoring device faces more than five years in jail after failing to charge his monitoring device.

Immigrant charged after ankle bracelet goes flat

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Music City has met the Country Music Capital with four interns from Nashville making their home in Tamworth for three weeks. 

The Kurrajong Re-enactment committee erected more than 100 small crosses at Kurrajong Park on Wednesday. The committee are preparing for the re-enactment march on Sunday. 

Goondiwindi brother and sister, Sam and Bonnie Jessen, are tackling the senior course of the CMAA Academy of Country Music. 

The Peter Brock of Goondiwindi, Paul ‘Zoomer’ Zacka was laid to rest on Friday. 

Job Placement Consultant Sarah White, Men’s Shed Treasurer John Urqhart, Lewis Haynes, Aaron Langer, Employer Relationship Manager Katie Spry and Andrew Funnell. The Glen Innes men’s shed has commended the dole participants for their recent work. 

Tamworth kids are leaving their electronic toys at home and throwing themselves into a holiday program where it’s all about being active. 

Guyra Rugby League Club starts 2016 in a stronger position following a successful annual general meeting. 

A state government scholarship program that assists in developing emerging artistic talent has helped Glen Innes artist Ashley Hansell kick-start her new business. 

A Tenterfield High student has become the lucky beneficiary of a donation after the local branch of the CWA gifted the Year 7 student with an educational grant. 

Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has visited Moree to hand over a $17,000 cheque to the local PCYC for repair work. 

The Glen Innes Severn council unanimously voted to become a refugee welcome zone at their most recent council meeting. 

A wall of blood red poppies has greeted Inverell library goers for the past week as part of two reverent displays remembering the sacrifices of local World War I volunteers. 

Moree’s Amaroo Tavern has gifted one lucky local with a brand new vehicle. Colin Hinds with winner Anne King (centre) and Moree Plains Shire Council mayor Katrina Humphries. 

Bushrangers still roamed the countryside when Wallabadah’s iconic pub was first established, but the Marshall McMahon Hotel now has a new lease on life. 

Inverell’s Mark and Peter Lane at home at the Nullamanna feedlot. The Lanes received the Woolworths 2015 Beef Supplier of the Year Pat Dempsey Memorial Trophy for their Nullamanna Feedlot. 

A generous donation has come the way of the Tenterfield cancer support group after the Tigers Rugby League Club donated funds from a one-off day. 

Gunnedah representatives will be at a “critical meeting” to help rid the region of the drug ice in the community on Wednesday, January 13. 

A Sydney family visiting local relatives were the first to give birth at the Glen Innes and District hospital in 2016. 

Tamworth’s Piper St veterinarian Dr Rhys Duncan looks over Spud the dog and said prevention was best as snake activity across the region rises with warmer weather. 

Most people spent Christmas morning unwrapping presents from loved ones. Clinton Horridge and his mum, Faye, spent it searching for anything that had been left unscathed by a fire which gutted the 40 year-old's home in Goondiwindi. 

Moree’s own Melanie Schubert was honoured with the state’s Winter Volunteer Sporting Spirit Award. 

Gunnedah’s annual National Tomato Day has gone into the compost this year, with organisers deciding not to hold the event. 

Jockey Jake Pracey-Holmes rides Blu Boy Jag (centre) home to win the 2016 Somerton Cup at Gunnedah's Riverside Racecourse.  

Member for New England Barnaby Joyce could be the new Deputy PM within weeks if he gets his wish. Mr Joyce says he’ll ‘throw his hat in the ring’ if current Deputy PM Warren Truss stands down. 

The boys of Tilbuster Station will be hitting the pavement on two wheels thanks to one man’s donation. The new equipment was donated by Uralla resident Paul Simmons who gifted the 12 bikes to the disadvantaged youth farm. 

The Australian Quarter Horse Association has secured the opportunity to run the American Quarter Horse Association International Youth World Cup in June at Tamworth’s AELEC.  

Tenterfield artist Rod McIntosh has churned out another symbolic work which has been donated to St Joseph’s school. 

It’s a new year, and it’s time to start the year off in the right way by taking a stand against violence. The people pictured here are some of the first in a Gunnedah campaign to say no to violence in 2016. 

He is one of the city’s most familiar faces, but now Armidale elder Steve Widders will be recognised all over the state in the new Guide Dogs calendar.   

The creative juices have been flowing at Tamworth’s Loft Art Studio this week thanks to a series of workshops involving some of the area’s youngest art aficionados. 

Warra-Li business manager Craig Cox and e-waste project manager Niel Barry. Aboriginal job seekers throughout the New England North West are set to benefit from an E-waste facility to be built in Inverell this year.  

Glen Innes Examiner journo Georgina Bayly has bid farewell to Glen and is heading to Jimboomba.  

People living with a disability will gain more independence with two new group homes now open in Armidale. Adam Marshall, Steve Widders, Minister for Ageing and Disability Services John Ajaka, support worker Kerry Power and resident’s mother Ellen Widders were on hand to open the new homes.  

It took 40-years of waiting but a cherished watch has found its way home to Tenterfield man John Flint unexpectedly.  

It’s a long way from Weipa to Tamworth, but it’s the journey Emma Dykes has taken to get to the CMAA Academy of Country Music. Emma received some helping hints from guest speaker Kasey Chambers. 

Armidale Dumaresq Council ranger Daryl Kliendienst with two puppies searching for a new home. The Armidale shelter has seen an influx of new dogs come in since Christmas. 

Tom Kowalski, Tommy Kowalski (Jnr), Adam Ha, Brett Wright, (front) Kenny Wright and Mathew Urquart made up Moree’s Shamrocks who took out the local futsal competition. 

In winter its ‘Hats Off’ in Tamworth, but in January its hats on for residents to show their local pride in the lead up to the Country Music Festival. 

The week in photos, January 8, 2016  |  photos

The week in New England & North Wes...

We're into a new year and there's been no let up in events attracting interest around our region.

The week in photos, January 8, 2016 | photos

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