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Rebecca DiNuzzo is a reporter with the Leader covering all things crime, court and general news.

A western suburbs police station has closed at night due to staff shortages caused by border patrols — and it isn’t the only one.

Melbourne’s best schools in the north have been revealed based on 2020 VCE results. See how your school ranked.

Kealba’s burning tip has stopped accepting rubbish amid calls for an investigation into the fire that has raged for over a year.

Melbourne’s best schools in the west have been revealed based on 2020’s Year 12 VCE results. See how your school ranked.

A Malvern surgeon busted performing breast implant procedures without a licence has blamed his cheating wife for the lapse.

Two Point Cook friends won a share in a multi million-dollar Tattslotto draw after they went halves to buy a winning ticket.

Youth unemployment could skyrocket if urgent action isn’t taken to connect young people with jobs, Melbourne academics warn.

It was the coronavirus-dominated year many of us want to forget. But there was plenty of non-virus news in suburban Melbourne.

Four people have been forced to flee their home as it was gutted by a blaze, which is now under investigation in Melbourne’s west.

A demolition crew was left scratching their heads after they uncovered this strange find beneath a Coburg North unit.