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Thomastown attack: Teens robbed, tied up in car by armed gang

UPDATE: Eight masked people armed with flick knives and knuckle-dusters violently assaulted two teenagers in Thomastown in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The two teens,...

Upfield train attack: Fawkner woman remanded in custody

UPDATE: A Fawkner woman charged following an allegedly unprovoked attack on a Muslim woman on an Upfield train has been remanded in custody until later...

Terror raids: Meadow Heights, Broadmeadows houses targeted

SEE VIDEO BELOW UPDATE: Broadmeadows and Meadow Heights houses were among seven residences raided on Tuesday morning by a Victoria Police and Australian Federal Police counter-terrorism...

Roxburgh Park brawl: Police seek witnesses

UPDATE: Detectives from the Hume criminal investigation unit are appealing for help from witnesses to a violent brawl in Roxburgh Park last week. The detectives...

Doreen: McKenzie Way cannabis home owners vanish

The owners of a cannabis crop raided in Doreen last week appear to have gone up in smoke. Detectives from the Whittlesea criminal investigation unit...

FAMILIES ON THE EDGE: Salvation Army helps those at crossroads

Years of physical and emotional abuse from her husband took its toll on Lisa and her two sons. Rick (Lisa and Rick are not their...

Roxburgh Park brawl: 12 arrested, police patrol on Mackellar Drive

UPDATE: Police have arrested 12 people following a violent family brawl in Roxburgh Park in the early hours of Thursday morning. Police and Ambulance Victoria...

Whittlesea Football Club, fire brigade targeted in tagging spree

Vandals have defaced the Whittlesea Football Club and the Whittlesea Fire Brigade buildings in a tagging spree earlier this week.  Police are looking for those...

Craigieburn man detained over weapons, drugs in car

A 29-year-old Craigeburn man has been detained after police uncovered weapons and drugs in a Mercedese Benz during a random inspection in Melbourne’s CBD...

Sunbury drink driver crashes car through fence

A 61-year-old Sunbury man registered a blood alcohol content of 0.223 per cent after driving his red Holden Cruz through a fence in the...

FAMILIES ON THE EDGE: Whittlesea unit fights rising violence

New Victoria Police data shows an alarming rise in family violence in the City of Whittlesea. The figures show an average of 45 incidents of...

South Morang: Scope seeks donations for respite house

A respite service provider is seeking donations to help furnish Whittlesea’s first respite centre, now under construction in South Morang. While funds to build disability...

Mernda police station push: Premier cops flak over ‘no’ stance

Mernda police station campaigner Tom Joseph left the Liberal Party to take up a community cause that contradicted ‘the party line’. So it came as...

Whittlesea, Hume councils resort to art to tackle graffiti

Tagging has given graffiti a bad name. What should be an urban artform is now more commonly called vandalism. And it’s forcing councils around Victoria...

School parking: Whittlesea council report hits out at lazy parents

A parking assessment at Mernda and St Joseph’s primary schools suggests parents are being lazy by wanting parking “right outside the school gates”. The assessment...

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T20s kick off

Altona North’s Asela Aluthge was the star of the show as the Victorian Turf Cricket Association T20 competition got underway. The competition launched with a...

Prince goes big