Friday, January 29, 2016

Priest jumps from burning Melbourne church into arms of police and other top stories.

  • Priest jumps from burning Melbourne church into arms of police

    Priest jumps from burning Melbourne church into arms of police
    Priest jumps from burning Melbourne church into arms of police Updated January 30, 2016 09:17:51 A priest has been saved from a burning church by jumping into the arms of police officers in Melbourne's north.Patrolling officers noticed smoke coming from the Macedonian Orthodox church near Tyler Street in Preston about 12:30am and tried to enter, but were hampered by a locked gate and iron fence.They managed to climb over the fence but were unable to get into the church ..
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  • Western Sydney Wanderers extend A-League lead with thrilling win ...

    Western Sydney Wanderers extend A-League lead with thrilling win ...
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Wanderers prevail against Melbourne City Western Sydney has taken a giant step towards the A-League Premiers Plate after holding on for a 4-3 win against Melbourne City. PT1M29S 620 349 The Western Sydney Wanderers survived a spirited comeback from Melbourne City to extend their lead at the top of the A-League ladder with an exhilarating 4-3 victory over the second-placed side.In one of the most entertaining games of the season, the Wanderers car..
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  • Holt stars as Melbourne beat Perth in thriller

    Holt stars as Melbourne beat Perth in thriller
    Matty Knight of the Wildcats under pressure from Melbourne’s Daniel Kickert.A SCORCHING shooting night from Stephen Holt helped Melbourne take a big step towards snaring the minor premiership with a thrilling 91-85 overtime win in Perth on Friday night.Holt splashed seven triples on his way to a career-high 33 points and made two big plays early in the added period as United snapped Perth’s nine-game home winning streak.The win helped Melbourne (17-8) return to the top of the table and secure a ..
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  • Tiny New York-style pod hotel rooms coming to Melbourne

    Tiny New York-style pod hotel rooms coming to Melbourne
    Just a pod for a nod: Tiny hotel rooms are coming to Melbourne. Supplied New York-style miniature hotel rooms are coming to Melbourne with plans lodged for Australia's first pod apartment hotel on the city fringe.Designed by Sydney firm Crone Architects, the 31-level tower proposed for a small site on City Road in Southbank, features 270 hotel rooms of which 240 measure just 17 square metres each – about half the size of a standard hotel room a..
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  • Australian Open: Andy Murray overcomes frustration to clinch place ...

    Australian Open: Andy Murray overcomes frustration to clinch place ...
    Australian Open: Andy Murray overcomes frustration to clinch place in final with win over Milos Raonic Posted January 30, 2016 07:57:59 Andy Murray went through paroxysms of frustration but seized another opportunity to break his Australian Open jinx with a four-hour, five-set semi-final victory over Milos Raonic on Friday night.Four times the British world number two has advanced to the final at Melbourne Park and four times he has been vanquished, three times at the..
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  • Melbourne schools evacuated after threatening phone calls

    Melbourne schools evacuated after threatening phone calls
    Berwick Chase Primary School. Photo: Paul Jeffers A series of hoax bomb threats led to the evacuation of several schools and learning centres across Victoria and interstate on Friday.Victoria Police said the phone calls were not linked to terrorism and there was no imminent threats to schools.   Berwick Chase Primary, Berwick Lodge Primary School, Aitken Creek Primary School in Craigieburn and Reservoir High School were among the schools. Victoria Police spok..
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  • New suburbs join Melbourne's property million-dollar club

    New suburbs join Melbourne's property million-dollar club
    When Ken Northwood’s father helped build their family house in Carnegie, it was across the road from a paddock with a farmhouse and running creek.  Twelve kilometres south-east of the CBD, Carnegie was considered an outer suburb in 1956, when the bricks pressed with Olympic rings to commemorate the games were laid.  Tucked under the porch are the remains of a talisman – paper bags full of cinders from the athletic track at the MCG – that his father urged his three sons to collect after the clos..
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  • Anti-terror police raid Melbourne homes

    Anti-terror police raid Melbourne homes
    Anti-terror police raid Melbourne homes
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  • shops planning Aussie invasion

    shops planning Aussie invasion
    Shoppers go mad at H&M Sydney in the cold and wet1:08Shoppers in Sydney line up in the cold and wet to get a slice of H&M's collaboration with Balmain. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is one of Marks & Spencer’s famous ambassadors. Picture: John Stillwell/PA WireIT’S been a big few years for international retailers in Australia, with global heavyweights from Sephora to Muji to Aldi spreading across the country.The great Aussie invasion is far from over, however, with overseas brands increasingly attr..
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  • Rohit, Kohli power India to series win in Melbourne

    Rohit, Kohli power India to series win in Melbourne
    Man-of-the-series in India's 4-1 defeat in the one-day internationals, Rohit hit a 47-ball 60 at the top of the order to give the touring side a fast start along with partner Shikhar Dhawan (42). India, who were put in to bat, rode an opening stand of 97 to reach 184-3 in their 20 overs with Kohli providing a late assault in a strong top-order performance with a swashbuckling unbeaten knock of 59. Kohli, who smashed an unbeaten 90 in India's 37-run win in Adelaide on Tuesday, hit seven boundari..
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Melbourne weather: Severe weather warning issued for parts of ... .Friends warned Melbourne teens 'not to speed' before fatal Ring ... .
Police believe driver was drag racing before plunging off Melbourne ... .Tributes flow for 'beautiful' Melbourne musician Karl von Bamberger .

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