Collingwood

Truck runs over cyclist in Collingwood

Deborah Gough Police are looking for a truck that they believe cut off a cyclist and then ran him over at Alexandra Parade, Collingwood, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Cultured Collingwood designs a creative future

Kate Nancarrow Collingwood is shaking off its rough-and-ready image as an influx of graphic designers, photographers, architects and other creative types turns the suburb into a cultural hub.

Wheely nice, say Greens: New bike lanes for Collingwood street

Adam Carey Collingwood will have separated Copenhagen-style bike lanes along Wellington Street after Yarra City Council voted in favour of building them at a meeting on Tuesday night.

Carjack terror for Collingwood motorist

Reid Sexton A Melbourne man who was carjacked in Collingwood says he feared for his life and has urged others to lock their doors when driving at night.

Gridlock fears for Flemington as East-West Link off-ramp plans revealed

Jason Dowling The planned multi-billion dollar tollway connecting the Eastern Freeway to CityLink will emerge in Parkville sporting fields, but the footprint of a city off-ramp remains unclear.

Class of 1938 heads back to playground

Lara O'Toole ''Age is only a number,'' declared Nancye McWhinney as she twisted and twirled in the quadrangle of her old primary school.

Residents fear the worst for their homes' future

Clay Lucas Before she built her house overlooking Alexandra Parade in 2000, Mary Fenelon rang VicRoads to ask if she could rent the block of land next door for a garden.

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Walk like a Roman: feeling toey about walking the length of Hadrian's Wall

Deborah Gough A childhood passion for 1960s 'swords and sandals' movies is set to come full laurel for Craig Harwood when he walks in replica Roman armour along Britain's ancient Hadrian's Wall.

Telstra mobile services down

Stephen Cauchi Telstra's mobile network is down in central Melbourne and the inner suburbs.

Sperm donors back efforts to change law on anonymity

Farrah Tomazin Peter Liston has six children, half of whom he has never met, but not for lack of wanting.

Work hard, play hard

Neil McMahon Are we having fun yet? Throw that question out in your workplace and you know the response you'll get: a roll of the eyes and a cynical laugh at the absurdity of the question.

Parents' plea over killer punch

Stephen Cauchi The parents of Eltham man Shannon McCormack – killed six years ago by a single punch to the head outside a nightclub – are 'astounded' that no one has recognised the recently released image of the...

Justice system failed our son after king-hit at Halloween party, grieving family says

Mark Russell Sitting in the lounge room of the family's Fairfield home below a montage of photos of his son, Justin, on the wall and a favourite picture of him beside the computer, Michael Galligan says he...

Camera clue to killer punch

Dan Oakes Police believe CCTV footage might hold the key to catching the killer of a man felled by a single punch outside a city nightclub more than five years ago.

Gnome means no for anti-McDonald's activists

Caroline Zielinski The protest against the Tecoma McDonald's took a turn for the silly today as protesters unleashed 'Gnome-aggedon' at the fast food giant's Victorian state headquarters in Collingwood - planting...