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Crime
‘Suffering no more’: Details emerge of missing teen Isla Bell’s final days alive
The Brunswick teenager was murdered last month before her body was dumped at a Dandenong tip, police believe.
- by Erin Pearson, Cassandra Morgan and Lachlan Abbott
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Face behind the flyer: The gentle life and cruel death of Melbourne’s ‘missing’ teenager
For six weeks, Isla Bell became the teen everyone knew as “missing” – but to her loved ones, the 19-year-old was so much more.
- by Cassandra Morgan
Families fear the worst as bedside vigils for poisoned Australian teens continue
There are grave fears for two Melbourne women on life support in Thailand following a suspected mass methanol poisoning that has killed at least two Danish women.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Gemma Grant
Bianca and Holly were poisoned while partying in Laos. They lay alone for 24 hours
Two teenagers from Melbourne’s bayside suburbs, best friends Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, are on life support in hospitals in Thailand after suspected methanol poisoning.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Alex Crowe
Vicky’s home was open to anyone who needed her. Then she was killed on her doorstep
The death of Vicky Apostolopoulos, who was allegedly murdered by her neighbour, has sent her loved ones into shock.
- by Cassandra Morgan
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Extreme weather
Children rescued from Port Phillip Bay; winds fan Great Ocean Road fires as smoke wafts into Melbourne
Strong winds have caused havoc in Victoria, with children rescued in Port Phillip Bay and firefighters battling to contain a bushfire near the Great Ocean Road.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Roy Ward
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Courts
Murder accused fronts court after woman stabbed to death in front of children
A man has fronted court after three teenagers witnessed the fatal stabbing of a 51-year-old woman inside her Bayswater home.
- by Cassandra Morgan
As it happened: Woolworths, Coles to defend against class action; Australia votes for ‘permanent sovereignty’ for Palestinians at UN
Read the national news headlines for Friday, November 15.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Josefine Ganko
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘Morons’: Premier blasts protesters after Myer Christmas windows launch scrapped
Premier Jacinta Allan said there was no need to bolster Victoria police’s powers after an activist group threatened to disrupt the Myer Christmas windows launch.
- by Carla Jaeger, Gemma Grant and Cassandra Morgan
Burgertory owner reveals further ‘twisted act’ in open letter to police
Burgertory owner Hash Tayeh has hit out over revelations police knew his Melbourne restaurant was allegedly burned down for political reasons and put the force “on notice”.
- by Cassandra Morgan and Chris Vedelago
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Myer Christmas window tradition cancelled over protest threat
The annual Christmas window unveiling in the CBD has been scrapped after pro-Palestine protesters announced a plan to disrupt the event.
- by Cassandra Morgan
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