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Aneeka SimonisCourt reporter

Aneeka Simonis is an award-winning journalist covering courts, crime and justice for the Herald Sun.

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A little girl visits the doctor and has private health insurance cover. Picture: iStock.

New cancer treatment trial for kids

A NEW cancer trial which aims to improve diagnosis and treatment for child sufferers is being rolled out across Australia.

VIC News

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 15: A Sherrin football is pictured on Adelaide Oval from the southern end prior to the round 17 AFL match between the Port Adelaide Power and the North Melbourne Kangaroos at Adelaide Oval on July 15, 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images)

Junior footy club hit with behaviour bond

A SUBURBAN footy league has placed a junior club on a $1500 bond as it tries to stamp out ugly parent syndrome and poor crowd behaviour.

Law & Order

Police investigate after two bodies were discovered in a house at 81 Princess Street, Kew. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Kew grandmother mourned

UPDATE: THE family of a grandmother found dead in her Kew home say her life ended “in the company of a person who she considered a friend.”

VIC News

Reporters Aneeka Simonis and Tamsin Rose test drive a Taxi and an Uber trip from Tullamarine. The duo leaving the terminal.Picture: Jay Town

Uber vs taxi: Which is the best airport ride?

HOW does UberX compare to taxis from Melbourne airport? We trialled both in various trips to compare price, service and convenience. And the results are in.

VIC News

Ned Trumble, a Melbourne Demons footy supporter from Fitzroy has gone viral after his elaborate cheese platter was snapped at the AFL over the weekend. Ned pictured in Southbank. Picture: Jason Edwards

MCG foodie promises to up his feast game

THE Melbourne fan whose MCG cheeseboard banquet send the internet into meltdown on the weekend has grand plans for his next feast at the ground.

World

NEWS COPY - WITH VIDEO AND PICTURESA ten-year-old boy was killed in a freak double tragedy after running to help his father who had just been electrocuted while fixing their swimming pool.Andrew Fenwick, 66, had been using a metal wrench to fix the pump next to the pool at their home in Rayong, Thailand. But Andrew, who was Australian but born in Devizes, Wiltshire and previously worked in the U.K., was electrocuted by a suspected water leak among the cables. Jason was killed when he ran to help his father - stepping in a puddle which the current surged through and killed him.AndrewÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s second son Justin, aged four, witnessed the accident and ran crying into the street for help on Monday at 4.30pm.Thai wife Somrudi Krailob Fenwick, 41, was alerted by neighbours and she returned home and broke down in tears at the poolside.PLEASE SEE WIRE FOR FULL COPY

Wife mourns deaths in Thai pool tragedy

THE WIFE of an Australian man killed in a freak accident with his son in Thailand has mourned the pair in an emotional online tribute.

News

Labrador Retrievers are the most popular dog in both Victoria and Australia wide according to dog registration figures, Sarah Pettiford with Peanut the 5 month old Labrador. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Australia’s most popular dog breeds revealed

LABRADORS are Australia’s most popular dog breed for the fifth year in a row and breeders say it is no surprise. See what breeds make the top 10.

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Generic photo ofa teenager getting a vaccination. Picture: iStock

US anti-vaxxers banned from Australia

INTERNATIONAL anti-vaccination ringleaders have been banned from returning to Australia for a “substantial” period after a controversial film tour.

VIC News

A man is seen waiting at the intersection of Elizabeth and Flinders street during an afternoon shower on Tuesday, July 17, 2017. Rain has been forecasted for the remainder of the week in Melbourne. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

How we missed the wild winter storm

MELBURNIANS braced for wild wintry conditions over the weekend. But when sunny skies graced our Saturday, we were confused. Here’s how we avoided ‘stormageddon’ and why it will hail and rain today.

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Mum Catherine Hughes with baby Riley. He died on 13 Feb, 2015 at 32 years of age due to whopping cough. He was too young to be vaccinated, and Catherine was not made aware of pregnancy vaccinations.

Inside the anti-vax cult

WITHIN 24 hours of their baby boy’s death, Catherine and Greg Hughes were bombarded with vicious attacks claiming they were “baby-killers” and their son Riley had died because of them.

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