Friday, June 4, 2021: Top stories from the Newcastle Herald, your trusted voice in the Hunter

Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp and Wallsend MP Sonia Hornery are the only two Hunter Labor representatives to show their hand in the party's looming NSW leadership contest, publicly backing Kogarah MP Chris Minns. Port of Newcastle has ruled out using the Carrington pump house to display the Newcastle Maritime Museum collection. Health experts agree that mass vaccination against COVID-19 is our ticket out of a life of snap lockdowns, outbreaks and cancelled plans. Craig Deans will step down as coach of the Newcastle Jets after their final two games of the A-League season. The residential sale record was smashed for Islington in April.