Security Guard Injured During Scuffle At Newcastle Fast Food Restaurant

 BY IAN  CROUCH

Police are investigating a scuffle at a popular fast food restaurant in Newcastle which has left a security guard nursing a head injury.

Paramedics and police were called to the King Street McDonalds at about 3 o'clock on Sunday morning to reports a fight had broken out in the restaurant car park.

The company says the security guard tried to stop two individuals who were carrying alcohol from entering the store and the injured man was advised to go to hospital for observation purposes only.

The guard in his 20's was taken to the John Hunter in a stable condition.

Marine Rescue Newcastle Takes Important Step To New Home

 BY IAN CROUCH

Plans to relocate the Newcastle Marine Rescue base to Stockton have taken another step forward.

At Tuesday night's meeting, Newcastle Council voted to enter into a 21-year lease with Marine Rescue NSW on vacant land in King Street, adjacent to the waterfront on the site of the former Girl Guides Hall.

It will allow for construction of a new permanent operations centre on the site.

Council will lease the land for a peppercorn amount of just $1 a year.

The former Marine Rescue base at Shepherd's Hill was damaged during the 2015 storms and volunteers have been working out of temporary accommodation at Warabrook.

The former Marine Rescue Base at Shepherd's Hill