Groomer jailed over fatal dog beating bailed on appeal
A pet groomer has been convicted over the fatal beating of a dog with a hairdryer at a Maribyrnong salon.
Paul Rogers faced the Sunshine...
Archer aims for the top
Pint-sized archer Amelie Cheung will be showing off her bow and arrow prowess on Channel Seven’s Little Big Shots this Sunday.
The nine-year-old Seaholme girl...
Going in to bat for kids
Altona North Cricket Club is crowdfunding to raise $30,000 so its programs and facilities can be enjoyed by a growing population.
The club, established in...
Ethiopian New Year festivities for Footscray
Enjoy a feast for all of the senses when Ethiopian New Year festivities light up Footscray this Saturday.
Local celebrations of the new year, known...
Breakthrough technology bosts fight against cancer
Care for seriously ill patients has stepped up a notch at Footscray Hospital via new technology, the first of its kind in Victoria.
The new...
Maidstone residents take fight to VCAT
Maidstone residents are taking their fight against a townhouse project to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, arguing the proposal is an overdevelopment of...
Tradie aims to be next Channing Tatum
An Altona North tradie is aiming to become Australia’s answer to Channing Tatum after winning a scholarship with the world’s biggest hip-hop company in...
Altona Primary a buyer magnet
People moving into the Altona Primary School zone are helping to drive house prices up by about $120,000, new Real Estate Institute of Victoria...
Pups on patrol for vets
Melton pound pups could get their second chance at life working as therapy dogs for veterans in the west thanks to the Young Diggers...
Tasty times in Eynesbury
Lovers of the finer things in life are being invited to feast on the west’s best produce at Eynesbury Homestead later this month.
The historic...
Fatal tragedy casts spotlight on policing pressures
A good samaritan who coaxed a suicidal woman off a West Footscray road an hour before she was fatally run over by a semi-trailer...
RSPCA inquiry into Williamstown cat hoarder
Some of the 75 cats removed from a cat hoarder in Williamstown remain in recovery, in what an animal rescuer describes as one of...
Directors under spotlight as Sims supermarkets liquidated
Poor management, plummeting sales and spiralling debts racked up by a failed venture into North Blackburn were behind the failure of the Sims IGA...
Learning leap looms for Wyndham
Talented weavers from the communities of Burma will showcase their skills as part of the Wyndham Learning Festival.
The festival, to be presented by the...
Inner-west councils resist Australia Day change
Inner-west councils are unlikely to follow the lead of their counterparts in Melbourne’s north in dumping references to January 26 as Australia Day.
Hobsons Bay...
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Paramedic practitioner bill introduced
Paramedic practitioners are one step closer to becoming a reality in Victoria with the state government introducing a bill into parliament to enshrine the...
