Siren sounds on solicitor's football 'fraud'

LOUISE HALL For sports fanatics, membership of the exclusive Melbourne Cricket Club and its prestige benefits is to die for.

Man struck by motorcyclist in apparent hit-and-run

Aisha Dow 8:57pm A pedestrian in his late 60s is in a serious condition after he was struck by a motorcyclist in an apparent hit-and-run.

Dimmeys employees to lose jobs by Monday

Aisha Dow An unknown number of Dimmeys employees have returned home from work to a letter telling them they will not have a job come Monday.

Pioneers of incorruptibility

JOHN SILVESTER 8:13pm Game on: Gaming Branch officers in 1957.

Man groped women in 'bizarre' series of incidents in CBD

Aisha Dow 6:26pm Closed circuit television has captured footage of a man 'grabbing' at female pedestrians in the CBD, in a series of incidents described as 'bizarre' by police.

Man charged over crash that killed eight-year-old and her mother in Rosedale

6:07pm A Victorian man has been charged over a crash that killed a girl and her mother.

Police looking for Malvern police station graffiti vandal

Nick Toscano 4:45pm A daring vandal armed with a spray-can has scaled scrawled profanities across a police station on Glenferrie Road in Melbourne's inner south-east.

Man jailed for raping wife wins retrial

Mark Russell 3:57pm A man jailed for raping his wife has won a retrial because the jury heard inadmissable evidence about his previous attacks on her.

Chinese men who laundered $2.5 million to face deportation

Steve Butcher 3:38pm Four unemployed men who laundered about $2.5 million from Melbourne to China in just four months have been jailed and will ultimately face deportation.

Melbourne underworld figure Billy 'The Texan' Longley dies

JOHN SILVESTER 3:11pm One of the biggest names in Melbourne's underworld, Billy Longley, died peacefully in the Royal Melbourne Hospital on Friday morning.

Telstra building evacuated after suspicious package found

Nick Toscano 5:09pm Afternoon drivers are facing heavy delays through the parts of the CBD on Friday, after a suspicious package containing white powder prompted a building evacuation and a major road closure.

Inner city residents set to lose appeal rights under planning amendment

Aisha Dow and Richard Willingham 4:25pm Thousands of inner city residents are set to lose their rights to appeal against unpopular developments when about 20 city blocks are swallowed by Melbourne's CBD.

Woman's new lover had no idea his best mate was buried in her backyard

Mark Russell 2:19pm Angela Williams' new lover moved into her home with his teenage children unaware she had killed his best mate and buried him in the backyard, a court has heard.

Toxic gas leak in Hampton Park

CAROLINE ZIELINSKI 1:24pm People are being warned to stay away from a burst gas line in Melbourne's south-east while emergency services attempt to deal with a toxic gas leak.

Mother who killed baby daughter walks free

Mark Russell 1:11pm A mother who killed her baby daughter and seriously injured the two-month-old's twin sister while in the grip of postnatal depression has walked free from court.

Melbourne Airport SkyBus might be better than a rail link, says transport expert

ADAM CAREY 1:27pm Melburnians who believe the city desperately needs a rail link to the airport should be careful what they wish for. They might just kill a bus service that is already better than a train could ever be.

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Enterprise bargaining agreement 'unlawful,' says MFB

CLAY LUCAS 12:12pm The MFB's bitter year-long dispute with the firefighters' union has escalated, with the fire brigade asking the Fair Work Commission to end an enterprise bargaining it signed three-and-a-half years ago.

Woman, 18, charged with child homicide over death of baby

Steve Lillebuen 9:48am An 18-year-old woman has been charged over the death of a newborn baby found hidden in bushes in Melbourne's west.

Emporium Melbourne shopping centre due to open within weeks

ANNABEL ROSS 9:30am For those who hate winter, but love shopping, the soon-to-be opened Emporium Melbourne shopping centre is sure to appeal.

Three cars hit as tram jumps tracks

Steve Lillebuen 9:04am A major crash in Melbourne's CBD in which a tram collided with a car, causing the tram to jump off the tracks and ram two other vehicles, may have been triggered by a driver running a red light, police say.

Cyclist killed in crash with truck

Steve Lillebuen 8:57am A cyclist has been killed in Victoria after a crash involving a truck.

Cyclist knocks pedestrian unconscious

Steve Lillebuen 8:33am A 59-year-old man has been knocked unconscious by a cyclist in Melbourne and taken to hospital with a head injury.

Manhunt continues for would-be Coburg abductor with rotten teeth

Steve Lillebuen 6:56am A man with rotten teeth remains on the run after trying to abduct a schoolgirl from a street in Melbourne's north.

Melbourne Express: March 28, 2014

ANGUS HOLLAND 5:54am Melbourne Express is a live daily blog bringing you what you need to hit the day running - news, weather and transport updates, and compelling content from The Age and beyond.

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East West Link buys time, but won't solve traffic woes, says authority

ADAM CAREY The authority for the East West Link says traffic on Alexandra Parade will have returned to today's heavily congested levels by 2031, but that traffic on the road would be more than 10 per cent busier than it is today if the road tunnel is not built.

Inquiry to focus on health issues around Morwell coalmine fire

Darren Gray Public health issues such as the impact of the Hazelwood open-cut coalmine fire on people's health, and the effectiveness and timeliness of health warnings issued in response to the fire, will be a prime focus of the independent inquiry into the long-running blaze.

Record heatwave cost businesses $37m, says Melbourne City Council

TOM ARUP The record-breaking four-day heatwave this summer cost businesses in Melbourne's city centre about $37 million in lost revenue, new research has found.

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Smartphone apps to follow public transport tracking technology

ADAM CAREY Most of Melbourne's buses will be fitted with bus tracking technology within three months, paving the way for public transport users to follow bus movements around the city in real time using smartphones and online.

Stopwork to mark wall tragedy as tortured wait continues

CLAY LUCAS Work will stop on Friday on Grocon's Swanston Street building site where three young people were killed a year ago when a wall collapsed amid high winds.