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An aerial shot of the landslide in McCrae.

‘Bloody lucky’: Owner of house destroyed by landslide tells of family’s near miss

Seven homes have been evacuated in the area near Penny Lane in McCrae amid warnings other properties could be in danger.

  • Adam Carey, Sarah Danckert, Lachlan Abbott and Angus Delaney

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Emergency workers remove a branch that fell near the Shrine of Remembrance on Tuesday, injuring two people.

Two injured as large tree branch falls near Shrine of Remembrance

Police said two men and a woman were walking down steps towards St Kilda Road when they were struck just before 1.30pm on Tuesday.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Angus Delaney
Police arrest a man in Weir Views.

Man arrested after shots fired at police during siege in Melbourne’s west

A siege has ended after armed police arrested a man who allegedly shot at officers before barricading himself in a stranger’s home with a man and a toddler.

  • Alex Crowe
Eleanor Bryant.

Today presenter pays emotional tribute to ‘hero’ preschool worker killed in crash

Tearful Alex Cullen called Eleanor Bryant “generous, wonderful and caring” after she died saving preschool children from the path of a water tanker.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Emergency Services are currently in Riddells Creek following a collision.

Woman dead, three-year-old injured after truck crashes into preschool at Riddells Creek

A 43-year-old speech pathologist is dead and a three-year-old boy has been seriously injured after a water tanker ploughed into a preschool’s playground in a small town north of Melbourne.

  • Erin Pearson and Caroline Schelle
A 43-year-old teacher’s aide is believed to have bravely pushed children out of the way before a truck lost control and ploughed through a preschool just north of Melbourne on Monday afternoon.

As it happened: Teacher’s aide, 43, dies while trying to save children in preschool truck crash, police say; Three-year-old boy seriously injured

A child has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a truck crashed into a kindergarten in Melbourne’s outer north.

  • Alex Crowe and Caroline Schelle
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Worksafe officers inspect items at St Kevin’s school at Toorak on Friday

St Kevin’s student suffers fractures in freak school balcony fall

The teenage boy was on the year 7 and 8 deck during recess when the incident occurred at the Toorak boys’ school.

  • Bridie Smith, Alex Crowe and Marta Pascual Juanola
An area outside the school was surrounded by police tape.

As it happened: One child killed, four others injured after car crashes into school in Melbourne’s east

Early reports indicate a driver has had a medical episode and crashed their vehicle through Auburn South Primary School’s fence and into an outdoor table.

  • Alex Crowe and Cassandra Morgan
A child was struck by a car on Heatherton Road in Endeavour Hills.

Three-year-old child fighting for life after crash at ‘dangerous intersection’

Emergency crews were called to a major arterial in Endeavour Hills after reports a child had been hit by a car.

  • Gemma Grant
Victoria Police headquarters on Spencer Street

Police seek cap on CBD tower heights to protect helicopter flight paths

Victoria Police wants to restrict skyscraper heights to protect access to the emergency helipad atop its Docklands headquarters.

  • Kieran Rooney and Broede Carmody

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