Junior footy numbers are surging with girls helping kick participation levels in Victoria to ever higher ground.

Police are probing a violent brawl that erupted at a barbecue in the carpark of a Laverton warehouse on Saturday night.

Charlotte Viney, the wife of Melbourne footy star Jack Viney, has called out shocking abuse on social media amid another health scare for their baby daughter.

The heart of London will be closed off to traffic for several hours on Tuesday to allow the contingent from Australia’s Federation Guard to rehearse the King’s procession march as frantic preparations for the coronation ramp up.