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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Buzz for Thursday, April 27. We’re heading for a possible top of 19 degrees across most of the city with winds of around 25 to 35km/h. The good news is, there’s no rain forecast, but it will be cloudy.
Schoolgirl dies after being hit by truck at Rocky Point, near Wyong
A young girl has died after she was hit by a truck on the Central Coast on Wednesday afternoon.
The five-year-old girl had just stepped off her school bus on Hastings Street in Rocky Point, near Wyong, at 3.40pm when she was hit by the truck, leaving her with critical injuries. Read more
Police chase Audi sports car through Sydney after it was stolen at gunpoint
A sports car worth almost a quarter of a million dollars was stolen at gunpoint in Sydney's north-east on Wednesday night, sparking a lengthy and erratic high-speed police chase across the city.
The white Audi R8, a V10 with automatic transmission, was advertised for sale on several car websites a week and a half ago for $230,000. Read more
Boy rescued from inside a vending machine at Rouse Hill
Emergency crews received a surprise after being called to rescue a child stuck inside a toy vending machine in Sydney's west.
A Riverstone Fire and Rescue spokesperson said firefighters were called to a child stuck in a vending machine at a Rouse Hill business about 2pm on Tuesday. Read more
Waratahs-Southern Kings match attracted lowest home crowd in club's history
Waratahs and NSW Rugby Union chief executive Andrew Hore accepts it will take some time to restore faith among fans after the Waratahs recorded their lowest home crowd of all time last Friday.
The 10,555 fans at the Waratahs match against the Southern Kings was the lowest home figure in the club's 21-year history in what is turning out to be a horror year for NSW on and off the field. Read more
Cricket's revenue problem is all in its timing
It's the news no one at Cricket Australia ever expected to hear.
After raking in riches from commercial television for the past four decades – ever since Kerry Packer bet the family fortune on cricket to fill hours of summer airtime – global investment bank UBS estimates Nine loses $40 million a year televising the sport. Read more