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Diabetes on the rise in the north
The state electorates of Thomastown and Broadmeadows have some of the highest rates of diabetes in Victoria. New maps produced by Diabetes Victoria show that…
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School shoes were meant for walking
Shoes were made for walking, and that’s just what the Robertson family intends to do. October is VicHealth’s Walk to School month, and primary school…
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Whooping cough fears prompt extra vaccinations
A campaign to spread coverage of free vaccines among Hume school students will be undertaken after a 275 per cent spike in the number of…
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Blind marathon runner looks back on a great life
Terry Carlson grew up in a raucous house full of children, one of nine siblings all of whom enjoyed a bit of rough and tumble…
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Thousands pack Lalor church to celebrate saint
About 1000 people packed St Luke’s Catholic Church at Lalor to commemorate the life and death of Italian saint Padre Pio at the weekend. The…
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Truck curfew causes havoc for Epping market
A night-time ban on trucks using roads in Melbourne’s north-east is causing major delays and cost blowouts for fruit growers and freight companies heading to…
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A night in for cancer research
Lydia Petrie was just 21 when she was diagnosed with a rare cancer on one of her ovaries. The Epping woman was told she had…
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Lalor’s history told through a mural
Bern Emmerichs has spent a lot of time in Lalor this year. The Collingwood-based artist was commissioned by Whittlesea council to chronicle Lalor’s history in…
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Big homes smash price records for outer north
Large homes on big blocks are smashing auction records in Melbourne’s outer north. Each of the three most expensive houses sold in both Hume and…
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How a love of birds led to a career in teaching
As a child, Ryan Shaw would sit on the veranda of his parents’ family home in the Yarra Valley and, using a field guide to…
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Broadmeadows well represented in prison population
A new report from the Victorian Ombudsman has slammed the state’s system of correctional justice for not doing enough to rehabilitate repeat offenders and cut…
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Whittlesea golfers celebrate holes in one
Two golfers have scored the ever-elusive hole-in-one this year at Whittlesea Golf Club in Humevale. Baden Bolingas, 21, and John Simmonds, 59, both won trophies…
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