Melbourne Express: Tuesday, February 14, 2017

• 7:40am

The rail romance has hit the rocks after the 6.29am Waurn Ponds train to Southern Cross was replaced by buses.

• 7:37am

Paramedics have been called to the three-car crash in Hall Road, Cranbourne.

It is believed no one has been seriously injured in the crash.

Ambulance Victoria received a call about the incident at 6.35am and are assessing a woman.

• 7:36am

 The 7.01am Alamein to Flinders Street will run direct from Richmond and not via the City Loop.

• 7:22am

More trouble on V/Line trains out west. The 7.54am Wyndham Vale to Southern Cross will not run today due to a train fault. You're taking a coach today.

• 7:19am

When Valentine's Day comes around, I'm always amused by how media flacks attempt to get attention, ours and yours, for their general warnings, using February 14 as a hook.

Our favourites so far are: Don't let the dog get into the chocolates. It's potentially deadly for them.

And after the ardours of the amours tonight - blow out the candles. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade says they can cause fires.

• 7:09am

Back to our Valentine's Day poll. It's early but with just 28 answers cast and nearly two thirds of Express readers spend "nadda" on their loved ones on February 14.

• 7:06am

A three-car crash in Hall Road, Cranbourne has closed the road in both directions between Westernport Highway and Cranbourne-Frankston Road.

VicRoads advises you take another route.

VicRoads has confirmed the burst water main at Camberwell Junction as well.

• 6:59am

Police have seized a cache of allegedly stolen chainsaws, a gun and drugs in the state's west, 3AW is reporting.

Portland and Casterton Police executed the raid yesterday at a Henty Street property in Casterton.

A 30-year-old man has since been charged following the raid and will face court at a later date.

• 6:55am

The stricken Norwegian Star  cruise ship is finally expected to depart Station Pier this afternoon, New Zealand bound.

• 6:52am

We hear Camberwell Junction has a burst water main at Burke Road, heading towards the Monash Freeway. The left hand land is blocked.

We also hear that there is a power failure at Mount Martha affecting traffic lights on the Nepean Highway at Balcombe Road.

Lastly, we also hear there is oil on Dorset Road, at Canterbury Road, in Bayswater North, due to a car crashing into a tree.

• 6:42am

Trump Watch: US President meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and tweets that the media don't mention adoring crowds.

• 6:31am

Two teenage girls used a razor blade to rob a 13-year-old girl of her shoes last night, reports Age reporter Daniella Miletic.

The 13-year-old girl was with friends, on Warrigal Road, Holmesglen, about 8.30pm, when she was approached by two older girls, aged in their late teens.

The older girls, one armed with a razor blade, allegedly demanded the victim's mobile phone, which she was holding. The victim handed the phone to one of her friends who ran away from the group. The offenders then demanded the victims shoes. As the victim was removing her shoes she received a small cut to back of her hand.

The offenders left with the victim's shoes, one of which was located shortly after the incident by the victim. The victim received treatment for a minor wound to her hand at the scene.

The two female offenders were described as Caucasian appearance and aged in their mid to late teens.

• 6:27am

A truck has broken down on Dudley Street, near Spencer Street, West Melbourne, affecting traffic east bound on Spencer Street.

• 6:20am

Nearly 200,000 people have been ordered to urgently evacuate after a spillway from the United States' tallest dam looked a risk of imminent collapse.

• 6:14am

A car has crashed into traffic signals on Dalton Road, near Cooper Street, Epping. The crash is just down the road from the Northern Hospital and emergency services are at the crash scene.

• 6:11am

Geelong and Ballarat trains on V/Line are in a spot of bother this morning due to faulty trains. The 6.29am Waurn Ponds to Southern Cross is being replaced by buses due to a train fault and the 5.10am Southern Cross to Wendouree is delayed by approximately 20 minutes due to a train fault at Sunshine.

• 6:05am

It is 15.6 degrees right now, but feels like 13.8 degrees. We had a sprinkle of rain in the city just before 1.30am, only .4 millimetres though, which the Bureau of Meteorology predicts is all we will get.

The bureau says expect a top of 21 degrees with southerly winds of 15 to 25km/h becoming light in the evening.

• 5:53am

The headlines: Up to 20 juveniles in the adult maximum security prison at Barwon were involved in a brawl last night; an Islamic State propaganda video has called for followers to kill Australian religious scholars because they discourage violence; and cowboy developers ordered to rebuild the illegally demolished Corkman Irish Pub in Carlton are fighting the Andrews government's reconstruction order.

• 5:38am

Happy Valentine's Day Melbourne Express peeps. Today we welcome back the poll to the blog.

At the weekend The Age ran a story saying the average spend for a romantic on Valentine's Day is $100 based on a Finder.com.au survey, but some big spenders are cranking it up to $315. I'm not sure I buy the survey results. Let's see how much, if anything, Express readers spend. Results at the end of the blog.

Back with the headlines soon, but in the meantime…

Just how much do you spend on Valentine's Day? Joe Leuzzi Flowers at Queen Victoria Market. Photo: Justin McManus.