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It's well and truly winter in Melbourne.

City gripped tight by 'coldest week of the year'

Daniella Miletic Think the cold might loosen its white-knuckle grip on poor shivering Melbourne? Think again. The big chill's only just begun.

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Magnetic brain stimulation can help treat drug-resistant depression, study finds

Bridie Smith 12:49 AM The once-controversial method of beaming magnetic fields into the frontal areas of the brain to treat depression has been shown to help those with drug-resistant depression.

Four teenagers charged over stolen BMW that crashed on West Gate

Beau Donelly 10:51 PM Four teenagers have been charged after a stolen BMW carrying nine people crashed on the West Gate in the early hours of Friday morning.

Meet the head of Apex

Tammy Mills 12:15 AM Meet Mathew O'Donnell, the national president of Apex.

Motorists could pay more in peak times under ambitious transport plan

Farrah Tomazin 8:48 PM Motorists could be forced to pay more to use the roads during peak times in a bid to reduce traffic congestion, under a contentious proposal being examined by the state government's chief infrastructure adviser.

Gippsland man charged with murdering 11-month-old baby

Marika Dobbin 8:39 PM A 26-year-old Victorian man has been charged with the murder of a 11-month-old baby.

Melbourne Zoo's baby elephant critical, not eating enough

Beau Donelly 7:54 PM Melbourne Zoo's stricken baby elephant remains in a critical condition and is been kept alive intravenously because she is not eating enough.

Two boys missing from police station found

Beau Donelly 7:40 PM Two young boys who went missing after leaving a Melbourne police station have been found safe and well.

Breakthrough offers fragile hope over inherited condition

Rania Spooner 6:32 PM Baby Jimmy missed all of his milestones but nobody could tell his parents why, or warn them that his condition could be passed to future siblings.

Fraudster pretended to be a big shot to win over his kids

Liam Mannix 6:22 PM Graeme Effrett wanted to win the acceptance and love of his children. And so the pizza-deliverer pretended to a be a "big shot" and submitted a huge bid for a South Yarra mansion – using a forged cheque.

Police still searching for missing baby Beau Lachmund

Beau Donelly 6:22 PM Police are still searching for a missing baby believed to be sleeping rough in a car with his parents.

Patients urged to visit GPs

Julia Medew 5:56 PM Doctors are urging people to find a regular GP who they can trust and call on after hours to help stem a rise in unnecessary and costly hospital visits.

The case against greyhound racing

Stathi Paxinos 5:42 PM Those who make money from racing dogs have seemingly all received, and are singly loudly, from the same script. Descriptions such as "draconian" and "callous" have been thrown around by more than one industry supporter at the decision by the NSW government to ban greyhound racing from mid-next year. Others themes have been to argue that all but a small number of trainers actually their love dogs, and to ask the public to trust that changes are being made. You know, give us a go it will all be different now.

Harnessing Chinese social media to win Chisholm

Benjamin Preiss and Josh Gordon 5:38 PM The Liberal Party's successful campaign to win Chisholm was partly underpinned by a sophisticated social media campaign targeting voters with Chinese backgrounds.

Malka Leifer: alleged child abuser now living free in Israel

Kate Shuttleworth 5:03 PM Malka Leifer's new neighbours are outraged the accused paedophile is living among them in a conservative, religious settlement in Israel.

Surge in Victorian farm deaths worries safety authorities

Darren Gray 4:45 PM An increase in deaths on Victorian farms this year has prompted safety authorities to plead for greater caution and safety awareness on the land.

Samuel Davide Hains, most Melbourne guy ever, a prank

4:38 PM So, "the most Melbourne Man ever" Samuel Davide Hains was a prank after all.

Bogus Federal Court email 'subpoenas' thousands

Tammy Mills 4:27 PM If you've received an email saying you've been subpoenaed to the Federal Court, breathe a sigh of relief.

Tracking device removed from former Anzac Day terror plot accused

Tammy Mills 4:17 PM A tracking device placed on a Melbourne teenager once accused of plotting an Anzac Day terrorist attack will be removed after variations to a highly restrictive control order.

Man makes miraculous escape as car flips in CBD crash

Marika Dobbin 3:43 PM A man has walked away with minor injuries from a spectacular crash in the city that saw his car flip onto its roof.

Police nab drink-driver at 142km/h

$A Melbourne drink-driver has been caught speeding 142km\h.$

Neelima Choahan 12:57 PM A Melbourne has been caught allegedly driving at 142km/h while being more than twice over the legal drink-driving limit.

'Nine teens in stolen BMW' crash on the West Gate Bridge

Neelima Choahan, Craig Butt 12:11 PM Six teenagers arrested, another taken to hospital with serious head injuries after horror crash on the West Gate Bridge.

The Greens march across Melbourne

Beau Donelly 11:58 AM The Greens, it appears, are taking over Melbourne.

Boys missing after walking out of Flemington police station

Neelima Choahan 11:51 AM Two young friends are missing after walking out of Flemington police station, where they used a phone to call their parents, on Thursday night.

Taxi driver who left passenger in pool of his own blood gets community corrections order

Liam Mannix 11:09 AM A taxi driver who left a passenger in a pool of his own blood after he tried to do a runner has been sentenced to a two-year community corrections order, plus two hundred hours of community work.