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Craigieburn man dies after stabbing

Andy Park A man in his 50s died after being stabbed in a house in Melbourne's north tonight.

Cable thieves create rail, traffic havoc

Adrian Lowe Long-suffering commuters in Melbourne's north face another morning of lengthy delays after vandals struck.

Vandals cause more pain for Melbourne commuters

Train

Thomas O'Byrne and Stephen Cauchi For the second day in a row, vandals caused lengthy delays for commuters following the theft of signalling cables on the Sunbury line.

Peak-hour delays plague morning commute

Metro.

Deborah Gough Widespread train delays that hit the Melbourne morning commuter peak on Monday are now cleared and services are running as normal, Metro Trains has said.

Teen sexually assaulted in brazen Flinders St attack

Flinders Street sex attack

Adrian Lowe A young woman was sexually assaulted at the city's busiest train station at the weekend, police say, in a daylight attack on a platform.

Doctors fear more service cuts

Generic doctor.

Julia Medew State government works on secret plans to merge Northern Health with Austin Health.

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Police identify race rant woman

Victoria Police

Stephen Cauchi Police have identified the woman involved in the latest racist train rant in Melbourne that was filmed on a smartphone and broadcast on television.

Nightmare ride for Metro commuters

Flagstaff station.

Thomas O'Byrne Serious delays have plagued half of Melbourne’s 16 metropolitan rail lines, after a man was killed by a train in the City Loop and a power failure disrupted services.

Five lines hit by cancellations

Adrian Lowe Services on five railway lines have been altered after works on the Regional Rail Link ran overtime.

Rail works cause peak-hour chaos

Metro train.

Adam Carey and Caroline Zielinski Peak-hour commuters hit by combination of long delays, over-crowded trains and substitute bus services as Metro attempts to complete its already delayed rail works.

Train disruptions roll on as rail works run off track

Commuters in North Melbourne.

Adrian Lowe Train commuters face yet another day of delays and cancellations as rail works continue to play havoc across the network.

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It's my f---ing country: racist rant caught on camera

A woman unleashes a racist tirade aboard a Melbourne train.

Caroline Zielinski A woman who exploded into a racist rant on a Wednesday-night train, screaming obscenities such as "it's my f---ing country" and referring to fellow passengers as "black c---s" walked free after being...

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How grandma stood up to 'Skitzo' over a shih-tzu

Hells Angels bikies.

John Silvester and Dan Oakes A minor dispute over a runaway dog has resulted in the arrest of the Hells Angels serjeant at arms, the alleged assault of a grandmother and a major drug bust.

Women sought over vicious railway attack

Two young women wanted for questioning over the Flinders Street station attack.

Adrian Lowe Two young women are wanted after they subjected a young man and woman to a violent assault at Melbourne's busiest railway station earlier this month.

Six nabbed as police crack down on outlaw gangs

Police lights, car

Jared Lynch and Dan Oakes Six people have been arrested in connection with Victoria Police's crackdown on outlaw motorcycle gangs.

New schools on hold due to funding uncertainty

Private School. Boys from St Aloysius' College in Sydney at Milson's Point Train Station after school. 6 September 2010. AFR Photo by Andrew Quilty. Generic: school, schools, private school, st aloysius' college, boy, boys, train, train station.

Jewel Topsfield Twelve Catholic schools planned for Melbourne's booming outer suburbs on hold.

Blaze-shift fears as wind change blows through

The fire is waterbombed

Adrian Lowe Fire crews battling a large blaze on Melbourne's northern outskirts fear a wind change may once again start burning towards homes.

Thrown concrete shatters truck windscreen

The damage to the truck

Adrian Lowe Several motorists were lucky not to be killed or seriously injured, police say, when huge lumps of concrete were hurled off an overpass above a key Melbourne arterial road.

More storms loom after commuter woes

The Bolte Bridge.

Adrian Lowe More storms are expected to hit Melbourne in the next 24 hours, after a heavy downpour caused traffic chaos on Tuesday morning.

Finding positives in a long lunch

Lawrence Money Kirsti Broadfoot has a sentence tattooed across her upper chest like a necklace. It declares: 'This isn't me, I'm not mechanical.'