'Despicable act': attacker kills dog by wrapping its head in duct tape
A rescue dog belonging to an elderly lady has died after a random attacker wrapped its entire head with duct tape in a shocking case of animal cruelty.
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Can Prahran's Greville Street get its groove back?
Just after lunch time on a Monday afternoon is exactly when you'd expect a small shopping strip to be deserted, but instead, Prahran's Greville Street is bucking the trend.
Computer gamers have an edge in the classroom: study
Online gaming can boost students' school performance and should be incorporated into classroom activities.
Caravan rollover causes lengthy peak-hour traffic delays on Western Ring Road
Traffic has eased on the Western Ring Road, after a caravan caused hour-long delays on Monday afternoon.
Cooper Ratten family describes the heartache at losing son in car crash
AFL great Brett Ratten's family has described in court the heartache at losing their son in a fatal car crash last year.
Camera footage shows up to 20 teenagers fighting on Lygon Street
Two teenage boys suffered upper body injuries in a violent brawl outside a Brunswick East restaurant on Friday night.
Schools fail to meet language time targets
Primary schools are failing to teach the recommended 150 hours of language programs every week.
Paedophile Christian Brothers house near popular wedding venue
The Catholic Church has housed a string of paedophile Christian Brothers on the same inner-city property it rents out as a family-friendly function centre.
CFA Crisis: Hand-picked board fails to endorse workplace deal
The Andrews government's hand-picked CFA board has failed to endorse the controversial workplace agreement with the firefighters' union at its latest board meeting.
Tree-change commuters' fury at plan to dump them at city fringe
Tree-changers whose V/Line commute is already an hour long are up in arms at a proposal that could see them dumped at Pakenham and having to board a second train on their daily commute.
Mother had five gunshot head wounds, dumped in mine shaft
Murdered mother Simone Quinlan was shot at least five times in the head and her body dumped in a mine shaft in regional Victoria, a Melbourne court has heard.
Police follow foul smell to 'horse graveyard' on former Olympian's property
When police followed a "foul smell" on a property in Bulla, what they allege they found was horrifying: "piles of dead horses".
More charges could be laid against man arrested in terror raids, police say
Police could lay further charges after a man linked with right-wing group Reclaim Australia was arrested in counter terrorism raids on the weekend.
Light and colour frame Glenn Murcutt's Newport mosque project
Glenn Murcutt's Newport Mosque project was 10-year in the making, and fundamentally changed the award-winning architect.
Alfio Granata has jail term increased by six years
A man who repeatedly raped, bashed and degraded a young woman over six weeks in a hotel room has had six years added to his prison term by Victoria's highest court.
Friends of Joshua Beath seek funds to bring his body home
The friends of a Melbourne man found dead at the bottom of a Bangkok high-rise while on holiday have set up a fundraising page to bring his body home.
Police catch Melbourne panty-thief accused
Police are calling on women who may be missing undergarments to come forward after a man was found with an abundance of bras in Melbourne's north on Monday morning.
P-plater crashes into bee colony in St Helena
An 18-year-old who has only had his licence for two weeks crashed into a brick fence full of bees on Friday night.
Melbourne Express: Monday, August 8, 2016
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Charity that feeds homeless robbed and ransacked
An Abbotsford charity that feeds 5000 people a day has had its office robbed and ransacked for the second time in nine months.