Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Police News
Geelong Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two men following a string of burglaries in Geelong West.Investigators allege two men gained access to several businesses along Pakington, Weller and Hope Sts in the early hours of July 9-15.It is alleged the following items were stolen from the businesses across the week:• jewellery to the value…
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria was called at 2.59pm on July 12 to an incident on Huntingdale Rd, Mount Waverley after a caller to Triple Zero (000) reported a house fire.Firefighters arrived on scene to find a three-bedroom brick premises well alight.FRV crews used multiple hose lines to fight the blaze in an external attack as the…
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Local People
In 2014, I first had the pleasure of meeting Barry Dickins when he accompanied his brother Rob to a recording session of Rob’s delightful children’s radio play, Max the Polar Bear, which I directed for broadcast on 88.3 Southern FM.It was wonderful news in 2022 when Barry kindly agreed to be interviewed to share his…
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Police News
Two men have been charged after police seized several allegedly stolen firearms during search warrants in the Bendigo area.Detectives from the Western Region Crime Squad attended two properties in Eaglehawk as part of a firearm theft investigation on Wednesday (July 15).Upon searching the properties, officers seized three allegedly stolen firearms and a drone, which police…
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Emergency Services
Fire Rescue Victoria was called at 10.25pm Wednesday (July 15) to an incident on Nicholson St, Footscray, after a caller to Triple Zero (000) reported smoke was issuing from a shop.Firefighters arrived within five minutes to find multiple stores alight in a double-storey retail shopping strip.FRV crews donned breathing apparatus to attack the fire.Firefighters conducted…
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Emergency Services
Fire Recue Victoria responded at 3.54am Thursday (July 16) to an incident on Mickleham Rd, Westmeadows, after a caller to Triple Zero (000) reported a car into a building.Firefighters arrived on scene within five minutes to find flames issuing from two factories housing a billiard playing business and furniture company. The car that crashed into…
Read More about HUME: Suspicious fire at Westmeadows
Police News
Three members of a Melbourne-based criminal syndicate, with alleged links to Italian organised crime, were sentenced on Thursday (July 16) for conspiring to import over 500 kilograms of cocaine into Australia from Papua New Guinea.The men were arrested in July 2020, after an investigation into a black flight by the Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce…
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Police News
Three teenagers have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into a series of extortion incidents at various tobacco stores in the Yarra and Mentone areas.Detectives from Yarra and Moorabbin crime investigation units executed search warrants at three properties on Tuesday morning (July 14)where three teens were arrested.A 17-year-old boy from the Broad-meadows area,…
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Police News
Police are investigating after the rider of an electric scooter sustained life-threatening-injuries after being struck by two vehicles in Mentone on Thursday afternoon (July 16).Investigators have been told the rider was travelling south along Charman Rd when he collided into the side of a car travelling west along Balcombe Rd about 4.15pm.The rider fell from…
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Police News
A man died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a vehicle in Preston on Thursday evening (July 16).It is understood the rider was travelling south on High St when he collided with a vehicle turning from Gower St into High St about 6.40pm.The rider, a man in his 60s, was treated at the…
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