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WHITEHORSE: Woman charged after Blackburn South death

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Homicide Squad detectives have charged a woman following the death of a woman in Blackburn South. Police were initially called to a property on Holroyd Court for a welfare check shortly after 11am on Tuesday, March 4. A 78-year-old Blackburn South woman was located deceased inside the address with a number of stab wounds. A…

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Emergency Services

STATEWIDE: SES volunteers were there on Day 1, 50 years ago

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Alexandra SES Controller Peter Weekes (pictured) was there 50 years ago when the State Emergency Service began..This week sees the 50-year anniversary of VICSES, and Mr Weekes will be at the celebrations at Southbank on Wednesday morning (Mar. 5).Some 16 current volunteers have served their communities throughout the entire 50 years and continue to do…

Emergency Services

MERRI-BEK: House fire at Coburg

Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded at 11.21pm Monday (Mar. 3) to Nicholson St, Coburg after several calls of a house fire. Crews arrived on scene within four minutes to find smoke and flames issuing from the side of the house with fire quickly spreading to the roof of the weatherboard house and the response was…

Police News

PORT PHILLIP: Witness appeal after St Kilda water incident

Water Police detectives are investigating after a male swimmer was hit by a jet ski at the St Kilda pier last week. It is understood the male jet ski rider, along with his female passenger, collided with the swimmer underneath the pier on Wednesday, February 26, about 4.30pm. The rider assisted the man out of…

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GREATER BENDIGO: Two arrests after assault

Bendigo Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested two people following an alleged assault in Bendigo on Monday (Mar. 3). It is alleged a man was approached by around nine unknown youths at a shopping centre on Mitchell St about 4pm. He was allegedly punched, kicked and dragged to the ground before members of the public…

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NORTH: 6 charged in firearms, weapons blitz

Police conducted 30 Firearm Prohibition Order searches in Melbourne’s north last week, with six people being arrested. Local police, including the Whittlesea, Darebin, Banyule-Nillumbik crime investigation units and the Divisional Response Unit were supported by the VIPER Taskforce throughout the week of action. Searches were conducted across multiple northern suburbs including Epping, Diamond Creek, Greensborough,…

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Emergency Services

MOONEE VALLEY: Office blaze at Essendon

Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) responded to a structure fire at 6.48am Sunday (Mar. 2) on Mt Alexander Road, Essendon after callers to Triple Zero (000) reported an office fire. Firefighters arrived on scene within five minutes to find fire involving a number of office spaces on the top floor of a three-storey building, and the…

Emergency Services

KNOX: House fire at Boronia

Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to a house on fire at Gertonia Avenue, Boronia on Monday afternoon (Mar. 3) following multiple calls to Triple Zero (000). Crews arrived on scene within three minutes to find a single weatherboard house well alight, so additional resources were called. FRV crews donned breathing apparatus and used multiple hoselines…