Melbourne Express: Wednesday, February 1, 2017

• 7:38am

Rough sleepers outside Flinders Street Station will be removed from the area this morning so some refurbishment works can get underway. 

Pat Mitchell from 3AW reports the moves will not happen until after the peak-hour commute.

Activists have assembled at the area and said they will prevent the dozen or so rough sleepers from being moved on. 

• 7:34am

A bus delay:

• 7:32am

The 7:20am Eltham to Flinders Street train has been cancelled.

• 7:31am
• Brendan Wrigley

A woman aged in her 20s was flown to a Melbourne hospital after a crash her car hit a tree in Scarsdale last night.

Paramedics were called to the crash on the corner of the Glenelg Highway and Tannery Road at 6.50pm. 

The crash involved the woman was air lifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition with leg and arm injuries.

The Courier

• 7:30am

We've all been there. You wake up with a bit of a cough. So you run a quick Google search to do an amateur diagnosis. Google then tells you it's full blown tuberculosis and you've got 10 minutes left to live. 

I'm exaggerating, sure, but there are definitely risks of getting an inaccurate prognosis from Dr Google.

To fix this, the search giant has launched its health condition cards in Australia, designed to answer users' health-related questions, queries and curiosities.

Health editor Kate Aubusson has the story: Dr Google makes Australian house calls with launch of new Health Condition Cards

Side note: during my stint as a health reporter here, I was running searches for so many diseases and ailments that Google started serving me ads for funeral homes. 

• 7:18am
• Emily Woods, Craig Butt

There has been an earth tremor out towards Morwell this morning, which has shaken up locals (no pun intended). 

3AW caller Alan said the shaking woke him up.

"At 6.40 this morning the house shook and rumbled and woke both my wife and I up," he said. "We live just at Jeeralang Junction, which is next to the Morwell National Park."

Paul said he heard the wardrobe cupboard rattle: "yeah, it was a nice wake up call," he told 3AW.

And Anne said her sister-in-law was still recovering from the tremor: 

"My sister-in-law felt it really bad in Mirboo North. It was like a truck going past. She is till shaking," she said.

Were you affected by the earth tremor? Let me know.

• 7:12am

There has been a minor earthquake in the Morwell area, in the state's east. 

3AW has received a couple of calls from people who were woken by some tremors early this morning. 

The Geoscience Australia website confirms there has been a tremor in the area. 

Check out this map: 

It appears to have measured at about three on the Richter Scale Photo: Craig Butt

• 7:01am

Tributes are flowing for Bhavita Patel, the sixth victim of the Bourke Street car rampage. 

Ms Patel, 33, of Blackburn South, was a senior manager with Deloitte in Melbourne. She died in hospital just before 7.30pm on Monday night - 10 days after the fatal attack.

"Can't believe it just a few weeks back I was sending you message on your trip to HK," reads a tribute posted on Facebook. "I'll always remember that smile you had, and living life through all your fun adventures around the world."

Bourke Street attack: Sixth victim identified as Bhavita Patel

• 6:44am

A new high-security youth justice centre will be built by the state government in Werribee South, Cameron Houston, Chris Vedalago and Josh Gordon report.

The announcement follows a string of violent uprisings, escapes and several damning reviews of existing facilities at Malmsbury and Parkville.

The Andrews government is expected to announce the 250-bed youth detention centre within weeks in a desperate bid to staunch the crisis that has plagued Victoria's youth justice system and threatens the government's re-election prospects.

New youth justice centre for Victoria

• 6:37am
• Emily Woods

A man was held up at knifepoint in Fitzroy North last night, with the two alleged offenders making off with his car.

A police spokeswoman said the man received minor injuries, by what's believed to have been a switch blade, while being held up by a man and woman on Brookes Crescent in Fitzroy North.

The pair allegedly stole the victim's keys and fled in his Jeep, about 8.30pm last night.

Police patrolling the Collingwood area early this morning noticed the stolen Jeep and arrested the pair.

A 35-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, both from South Yarra, are currently being interviewed by police.

• 6:36am

The homeless people who have set up camp outside Flinders Street Station will be moved on today. 

Scaffolding is due to be put up on the footpath outside the station today, where about a dozen people have been sleeping.

But the Homeless Persons Union said it would resist moves to relocate the rough sleepers.

• 6:26am

Today's headlines

Here are the top stories in The Age today: 

• US President Donald Trump has fired the acting Attorney-General Sally Yates for challenging his immigration order. 
• A new high-security youth justice centre will be built in Werribee South. 
• Toyota has announced it will close its Altona plant in October, and 2500 workers will lose their jobs. 

• 6:15am

A woman who tried to fight off her attacker has had her bag snatched in an early morning robbery in the CBD last month.

The woman was walking east along Red Cape Lane on January 7, near the QV Building, when she was confronted by a man.

The man, of African appearance, grabbed her bag and a struggle ensued, but he was able to snatch her wallet and remove the cash. He then handed the empty wallet back to her and left the area.

The woman wasn't physically injured during the incident.

Investigators have released images of a man they wish to speak to in relation to the incident.

He is described as being of African appearance, about 165cm tall with a thin build, black curly hair with brown highlights and stubble on his top lip. At the time he was wearing a green, black and white checked shirt, black jeans and runners.

Police are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.

• 5:56am

It is 15 degrees outside at the moment, which is the coldest it has been since last Wednesday. 

Luckily, it will warm up today and we're headed towards a partly cloudy day with a top of 23 degrees. 

The rest of the week is also looking good - not too warm, not too fine. 

It is a bit too early to be thinking of the weekend's weather, so I've stopped the forecast at Friday for now. Photo: Craig Butt

• 5:46am

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And to kick off your day and get your brain warmed up, see if you can solve today's Mystery Melbourne? Can you guess where this picture was taken? Today's one was shot a bit further out from Melbourne today.