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HUNTER BEACHES CLOSED AFTER SHARK SIGHTING

Swimmers were forced from the water at a number of Newcastle beaches this afternoon, due to a suspected shark sighting.

Merewether, Dixon Park and Bar Beach were closed for an hour as a precaution.

Beachgoers were allowed back in the surf after lifesavers performed a number of patrols, giving the all-clear at around three o’clock.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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