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Two Staffy pups stolen from Craigieburn home

Police are urging the public to keep an eye out for two English Staffordshire puppies that were stolen from a Craigieburn house. Detective Senior Constable...

Students urged to walk to school

Lace up your sneakers, grab your friends and get out there – that’s the message to Hume and Macedon Ranges children ahead of Walk...

High rate of fuel theft in outer north

Petrol stations in Hume and Whittlesea suffer from some of the highest rates of fuel theft in metropolitan Melbourne. Research conducted by the Victorian Automobile...

Calabro family grocery stall thrown a lifeline

A family of roadside fruit and vegetable traders who were kicked off their Sunbury Road site have been thrown a lifeline. The Calabro family’s fruit...

Home building dream in planning limbo

A drawn out dispute between a developer and Hume City Council has left in limbo a young couple building their dream home. Jake Piggott and...

‘Shocking’ win for Dallas woman

A Dallas woman says she almost fell to the floor in shock when she discovered she had won more than $235,440. The woman, who did...

Craigieburn Road at breaking point

The number of cars using Craigieburn Road has almost trebled in the past 10 years. Data commissioned by Hume council reveals that the number of...

Pancakes are on Lalor North’s VCAL students

Every Monday between 9am and 2pm, youth workers Emma Shelton and Tanya Nacarov try to enthuse a small group of Lalor North College students...

Dallas set for its own Men’s Shed

Dallas is to get its very own Men’s Shed. The suburb is one of 15 across Victoria chosen to share $750,000 for new sheds for...

La Trobe archeologist shatters evolutionary thinking

A Bundoora-based archaeologist has led an assumption-shattering discovery about the evolution of an indigenous population of Europe. After studying the DNA of eight Europeans, who...

Port privitisation puts bid to cut trucks in peril

A project that could take thousands of trucks off inner-west streets has been left languishing while the state government pursues its privatisation of Melbourne’s...

ATM stolen in brazen ram raid

Two men ram-raided a petrol station in Whittlesea this morning and escaped with its ATM. Detectives from the Whittlesea Crime Investigation Unit are hastily searching for...

Construction begins on Mickleham business park

Construction is underway on a $1.2 billion business park in Mickleham that will create almost 2700 direct jobs while under construction. The business park is part...

Five arrested after policeman bashed in Campbellfield

A police officer has been bashed by five men while trying to perform a late-night breath test in Campbellfield. It is believed the men were...

Poor heart health in Whittlesea

Whittlesea has the second- highest rate of heart failure in the state. New Heart Foundation data maps heart attack and cardiac arrest rates in each...

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Room joy finally for Tulla

After years of pain and out in the conditions, Tullamarine cricketers and footballers now have a new place to call home at Leo Dineen...