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• Melbourne mother dies after head-on collision with stolen car

  

  Melbourne mother dies after head-on collision with stolen car.Photo: Gabriele CharotteA Melbourne woman involved in a head-on crash with a stolen car driven by a teenager earlier this week has died in hospital.The 47-year-old Carrum Downs mother-of-two was rushed to hospital on Monday morning after a stolen BMW collided with her car on Governor Road, Mordialloc, in Melbourne's southeast.She died at The Alfred on Thursday. She has two daughters, aged 13 and 15.Fairfax Media has not named the woma..

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• Night Noodle Markets Are Back: What to Try

  

  Bao-nuts and deep-fried mealworms. Melbourne’s Night Noodle Markets are back – and here’s what to try.Stand on the banks of the Yarra and slurp up the last of spring, one bowl of ramen at a time.The Night Noodle Marketslaunched in Melbourne last night with dancing Chinese dragons, bobbing lanterns and plumes of barbeque smoke.Over 18 nights, 56 stalls and three bars will occupy Birrarung Marr to deliver an eclectic selection of dishes that are sweet, savoury and downright bizarre.There’ll be noo..

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• Fox family at home in a Melbourne back yard

  

  Two parents and two baby foxes have moved into a suburban backyard.Photo: Supplied.One foxy family has taken up residence in a lush back yard in Melbourne's west.Four foxes - a mother, father and two cubs - have been spotted happily gambolling about the manicured Altona lawn and soaking up the sun.The owners of the home are not quite sure how to deal with the new occupants, who seem to be quite comfortable in their new suburban oasis.Foxes playing in the Altona backyard.Photo: SuppliedMelinda O'..

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• Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory - The Lowdown

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Sport: The week's best playsThe most exciting, silly and downright crazy plays in the sporting world this week.PT2M23S620349Sydney FC v Melbourne VictoryAllianz Stadium, SydneyKick-Off:7.30 PMOne to watch: Jacques Faty, of Sydney FC, is keen to atone for last season's grand final where he succumbed to injury.Photo: Getty ImagesReferee:Chris BeathAdvertisementTV:Fox Sports 505Twitter:#BigBlueOdds:Sydney FC $2.70, Draw $3.40, Melbourne Victory $2.50 (Ladbrokes)LIKELY TE..

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• BOOM - Watch a forklift at Melbourne market explode in huge fireball

  

  BOOM - Watch a forklift at Melbourne market explode in huge fireballVideo will begin in5seconds.Forklift explodes at Epping MarketA huge fireball is created when a forklift explodes at Epping Market, but no one is harmed says Melbourne Market Authority CEO Mark Maskiell on 3AW breakfast.PT1M9S620349Early morning staff at Epping Market ducked for cover on Thursday morning as a forklift exploded with a spectacular, gas-fuelled bang.Vision of the detonation, apparently captured on a mobile phone an..

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• UFC 193: Ronda Rousey praises Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne ahead of title fight - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  UFC 193: Ronda Rousey praises Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne ahead of title fightUpdatedNovember 12, 2015 21:26:17 Ronda Rousey is one of the biggest names in the world of sport right now, but she says she was honoured to meet one of Australia's brightest new stars.In Melbourne for her UFC bantamweight title fight with Holly Holm at Docklands Stadium on Sunday, Rousey hailed Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne and said she was disappointed to have missedPayne's historic ..

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• Things to make you go Mmm: Melbourne Minimalist Meetup brings together more people with less - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Things to make you go Mmm: Melbourne Minimalist Meetup brings together more people with lessPostedNovember 13, 2015 12:10:29 At a major department store in Melbourne's CBD, a pop-up Christmas gift shop is selling monogrammed passport wallets and personalised Nutella jars for that person who has everything.But as millions of Australians busily buy more stuff for their friends and family in the lead up to the festive season, there are some who are ridding themselves of possessions in an attemp..

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• Factory and derelict home destroyed by fires in Melbourne’s west - 9news

  

  Arson investigators will today visit the site of two suspicious nearby blazes in Melbourne’s west.Residents were forced to flee after a neighbouring derelict home in Braybrook’s Hancock Crescent was gutted by fire at around 9.15pm last night.The fire spread to a nearby caravan on Shepherd Street and ignited gas cylinders. It took 27 firefighters around 40 minutes to contain the fire, but both the unoccupied home and the caravan were destroyed.Neighbours say the home had been abandoned f..

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• Melbourne mother dies

  

  Melbourne mother diesPublished: 13 November 2015The Melbourne mum who was hit by a stolen BMW has lost her lifeA Melbourne mother-of-two has died in hospital following a head-on collision with a stolen BMW, allegedly driven by a 15-year-old boy.The stolen car smashed into the women after it apparently veered onto the wrong side of Governor Road in Mordialloc.She was rushed to hospital on Monday morning but died in the Alfred Hospital on Thursday.The 47-year old Carrum Downs woman has two daughte..

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• Melbourne launches new logo - melbournefc

  

  Melbourne launches new logoMatt BurganNovember 12, 2015 5:00 PMMelbourne's new emblemCheck out Melbourne's new look as it unveilsMELBOURNE chose an unorthodox approach to unveil its new logo, when it took over the city of Melbourne on Thursday.The club went to the heart of Melbournians, handing out free coffee, branded with its new emblem, as people were commuting to work.Bottles of water, featuring the new logo, were also given to walkers and joggers on The Tan and as people went through the Bo..

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