Street performers rally to save place in Melbourne and other top stories

Street performers rally to save place in Melbourne

MELBOURNE – David Bitner has performed in festive Friday Fest drum circles for nearly 15 years at Campbell Park in downtown Melbourne. And if City Hall officials make him get a street-performer permit to play, he says he'll quit because of that ... >> view original

Melbourne hospital kids cleared of Ebola

Ebola tests on two young girls have come back negative, after the pair were taken into islation at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne this morning. Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer, Professor Michael Ackland, says the siblings aged four ... >> view original

Train surfer fighting for life in Melbourne hospital

An alleged train surfer is fighting for his life after jumping from a train in Melbourne's south-east. Police said the 23-year-old man from Albert Park was travelling on the roof of a train as it headed towards McKinnon station about 10.45pm on Wednesday. >> view original

Melbourne Express Live: Thursday February 26, 2015

Kickstart your day with breaking news, commuter and weather updates, giveaways and the hottest events. Email tips, photos, video and comments to tom.cowie@fairfaxmedia.com.au or tweet to @tom_cowie or @theage. >> view original

White Night Melbourne: down Alice's rabbit hole and into the Yarra light

From dusk till dawn on Saturay night, Melbourne's CBD was transformed into an incandescent landscape of video projections, music, film and installation art – a creative playground open for anyone game enough to persevere through the crowds. >> view original

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Preview, Match 18, Melbourne

Sri Lanka has reason to be happy at the prospect of taking on Bangladesh in Melbourne on Thursday (February 25). Having struggled to put in a convincing performance in two games so far at the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, Sri Lanka needs a spark, the ... >> view original

Melbourne man arrested in Philippines over child's death

A MELBOURNE man recently arrested in the Philippines on child sex abuse charges is also now implicated in a child's death. The remains of a 12-year-old girl have been found at a home formerly rented by Peter Gerald Scully, an Australian who has ... >> view original

'Explosive device' brought to Melbourne police station by man cleaning out shed

The "explosive device" that led the Bomb Squad to establish an exclusion zone around a police station in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs has been declared safe. At around 1.30pm a man entered the St Kilda Police Station near the corner of Chapel and ... >> view original

Melbourne ice cream maker Dairy Bell saved by Bon Appetit deal

Forty-five-year-old Melbourne ice cream maker Dairy Bell has been saved from closure and will open a new store near its old East Malvern manufacturing plant. Gelato, ice cream and frozen desserts company Bon Appetit Australia has paid an undisclosed ... >> view original

Melbourne Rebels looking impressive heading into Super Rugby round three

Finally, could this be the year for the Melbourne Rebels to come good? It's far too early in the season to be talking them up – we've done that before only to be disappointed – but they have been quite impressive in the opening two rounds in beating ... >> view original