ACROSS Sydney's mortgage belt yesterday many families were celebrating the Reserve Bank's large interest rate cut, but others, like Sophia Helene, could only feel a little relieved.

A TERMINALLY ill Sydney woman is suing for damages, arguing that performance bonuses for radiologists may have led to her breast cancer not being diagnosed.

A BABY girl, thought to be less that 12 hours old, was abandoned in the foyer of a block of units in Mortdale, in southern Sydney, yesterday afternoon.

WHILE years of drought mean many Australians wouldn't consider leaving the tap running while they brush their teeth, the coffee shop chain Starbucks leaves a tap running all day in each of its 23 Australian stores.