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Nilsson writes for The Herald Sun covering Melbourne’s west. He started as a cadet with The Courier-Mail before reporting from Central Queensland.

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West

Melton Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating an altercation in Thornhill Park on Monday, 8th April. Picture: Supplied.

Alleged stabber fled scene after fight in Melton home

A man was stabbed after a fight that started in a house escalated onto a suburban street before the alleged offender fled the scene.

South East

Alleged car thief linked to string of burglaries in Melbourne’s southeast

An alleged car thief could be linked to a string of burglary offences across Melbourne’s southeast which included purchasing booze with stolen bank cards.

West

‘Shaking’: Grim discovery of man’s body in Melton

A body has been found by the a popular road in Melton, leaving witnesses “shaking”.

West

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos - 6 APRIL 2024: Fencing and warning tape seen in an area where asbestos has been found at Paisley Park in Altona. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Diego Fedele

Major probe ordered after asbestos discovered in Melbourne parks

The EPA says it’s taking “seriously’ the discovery of asbestos in parks in Melbourne’s west and north but it says the risk of contamination is “very very low”.

UpdatedLeader

Multiple car crash on Princess Hwy near Hoppers Lane in Werribee on Monday, April 8, 2024. Picture: Wyndham TV.

Driver arrested after dramatic Princes Hwy smash

A driver has been arrested after a dramatic collision left a person in hospital after a car was flipped onto its roof in Werribee.

North

Police are investigating a suspicious fire at Crust Pizza Essendon after a blaze on Napier St. on Monday April 8 2024 about 4am. Picture: Himangi Singh

Essendon pizza shop charred by suspicious fire

Pizzas have been left a little too crispy after an Essendon pizzeria was burnt in a suspicious fire.

East

‘She felt she was going to be taken’: Police probe attempted abduction

A child sought refuge in bushes after an unknown man “forcefully” told her to get in his car on her walk home from school in Melbourne’s east.

North

Maree Vermont, a 60-year-old woman from Goldie in Central Victoria, died in a suspicious house fire in August 2023 as a man, Timothy Loosemore was charged with her alleged murder. Picture: Supplied

Murder-accused in Goldie house fire set for trial

A British man charged with murder after a house fire in central Victoria last year is set to face trial after entering a plea of not guilty.

West

Hobsonâs Bay Crime detectives are appealing for witnesses following an attempted burglary at a soccer club in Altona after an alleged offender attended a soccer club on Mills Street, twice on 14 March. Picture: Supplied

Man targeted soccer club before breaking into vending machine

A man attempted to break into a soccer club in Melbourne’s western suburbs before returning in the dead of night target a vending machine.

West

23/02/2024 Two people have died in a factory fire in Sunshine North. Credit: 7NEWS

Multiple patients after house, factory fire in Melbourne’s west

Fire crews in Melbourne’s western suburbs responded to a building fire at Williamstown less than two hours after a destructive house fire in Truganina with multiple patients overnight.

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