Melbourne Express: Friday, July 22, 2016 and other top stories.

• Melbourne Express: Friday, July 22, 2016

  

  That's all for the Melbourne Express blog today. Have a great weekend!  Deborah Gough will be back at the helm of the blog on Monday morning.  The RACV has noted a slight hike in Melbourne petrol prices in the past day or so.  While retail petrol prices had slowly been decreasing over the past four weeks, the average cost has suddenly jumped almost nine cents since Tuesday.  The average price today is 112.4 cents per litre, but one service station was charging 130 cents per litre.  Melbourne..

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• Melbourne weather: Wind and rain to keep battering Victoria

  

  Melburnians have shivered through a wet and windy Friday and the weekend will bring more of the same.A brief downpour from about 2.30pm dumped only 0.6 millimetres of rain on the city but coupled with strong, squally winds made for some extremely wintry conditions.  More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Melbourne weather sets new record Boy calls triple zero for surprise delivery Melbourne train brawl caught on video Firefighters battl..

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• Two women trade blows in Melbourne train brawl

  

  Two women have been filmed brawling on a Melbourne train in front of stunned onlookers.A bystander shot the confronting footage on a city-bound service between South Yarra and Richmond stations on Thursday morning. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Melbourne train brawl caught on video Boy calls triple zero for surprise delivery Melbourne weather sets new record Firefighters battle Campbellfield blaze Factory fire rages o..

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• Queensland man to be extradited to Melbourne over historical sex ...

  

  Queensland man to be extradited to Melbourne over historical sex offences Updated July 22, 2016 11:47:24 A Gold Coast man is to be extradited to Victoria to face charges relating to a series of sexual assaults dating back 50 years. The 62-year-old from the Gold Coast suburb of Carrara has appeared in Southport Magistrates Court in southern Queensland. A magistrate ordered his extradition to face Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday on 48 offences, including gross ind..

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• $1m Melbourne factory fire 'suspicious'

  

  A fire causing an estimated $3 million worth of damage to a Melbourne auto spare parts factory is now being investigated by police. It took more than 50 firefighters several hours to get the blaze under control, which broke out before 8.45pm on Thursday. Police say it is yet to be determined if the fire is suspicious. Fire crews have kept watch over the charred factory on Friday, looking out for flare-ups. "The factory contained a high fuel load, there were LPG tanks, petrol thinners, a lot of ..

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• 10-year-old Melbourne boy Chris Tamate calls triple zero as mum ...

  

  A 10-year-old boy who called triple zero as his mum went into labour says he wasn't scared, even as "the baby came out of her tummy" before an ambulance arrived.Two police officers were the first to arrive at the family's Craigieburn home in Melbourne's north about 2.45am on Friday after Chris Tamate phoned triple zero.  More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Boy calls triple zero for surprise delivery Melbourne train brawl caught on video Melbou..

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• Local developer pays $24m+ for West Melbourne site

  

  An enormous island site opposite the North Melbourne train station – which is actually in West Melbourne – is selling to a local residential developer for a speculated price of more than $24 million.The 4795 square metre trapezium-shaped block is bound by Abbotsford, Adderley, Dryburgh and Ireland streets and includes a collection of older-style warehouses. Most of these factories will make way for numerous apartment buildings atop lower-level retail space, possibly a shopping centre. Ade..

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• Solar-powered 'Tesla town' is coming to Melbourne, Australia

  

  Tesla introduces new solar batteries A new suburb being planned in Melbourne may take out the much coveted title of Australia's most environmentally friendly.Local property developer Glenvill has announced plans for the world's first "Tesla town" where every house will feature a Tesla Powerwall solar battery and solar panels on the roof.The new suburb, YarraBend, will be built on the old Alphington Paper mill site, which enjoys 300 metres of Yarra River frontage, hence the subu..

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