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VIRGINIA TRIOLI: Farewell Lorraine Elliott

Funerals are for the living, not for the dead. We know that while we are in life, so we are also in the presence...

MARCIA HINES: Lifting curtain off Amazing life | Video

SEE VIDEO BELOW From a surgeon’s operating theatre donning medical robes with actor Russel Crowe to heading centrestage to get a music venue rocking and...

BULLDOGS IN FOCUS: Peter Gordon | We yield to no one

The great John Kennedy always used to say: “Be humble in victory and gracious in defeat.” So it was no difficult decision for me to...

BULLDOGS IN FOCUS: Daniel Giansiracusa | A family affair

With the new breed of Bulldogs coming through, I’ve noticed the club is bringing the parents of both old and new into the inner...

FOOTY SPECIAL: Marks, biffs and blunders | Gallery

Move over Cazaly and take a back seat Modra, we've found the best grabs from Melbourne's local footy scene. Click or swipe through the carousel...

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Drive-by, pyjamas and rejection

Ease into your weekend by taking a look at our best stories across the network this week. Brimbank & North West Star Weekly reported that...

QUE SERA: The power of not giving up

So asparagus crowns seemed like the perfect spur-of-the-moment-just-’cos thing to buy for my dad. He loves the stuff and, given half a chance, would eat...

VIRGINIA TRIOLI: You can leave your hat on

On any given day, in any random week, I could find you a university-verified, peer-reviewed study to support pretty much any orthodox – or...

BULLDOGS IN FOCUS: Tom Liberatore | Keeper of the kennel

A quivering hand knocks on the roller door of the property room. We stand anxiously in the Footscray breeze, with a round of coffees,...

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Busts, condoms and heartbreak

Ease into your weekend by taking a look at our best stories across the network this week. Wyndham Star Weekly was on the spot as police...

SPECIAL: Miss Tourism Australia Sarah Czarnuch

Selling Australia is about way more than golden sands and lithe-limbed girls, Sarah Czarnuch firmly believes. And she should know. Growing up minutes from...

VIRGINIA TRIOLI: Updating my virus protection

I write this as I lie dying. Well, that’s how it feels. Don’t let anybody ever dismiss you as a whinger when you complain...

PICTURES OF THE MONTH: June 2014

Check out our best photos through June 2014 from all over our city, as featured in the Star Weekly and The Weekly Review newspapers.  Images are selected by Metro Media...

QUE SERA: The beauty of a dip in aqua vitae

Dipping into the local heated pool, I keep half-expecting actor Brian Dennehy to stride out through the steam. It looks for all the world like...

THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Storms, trucks and tragedy

Ease through your weekend by taking a look at our best stories across the network this week. Brimbank & North West Star Weekly reported on...

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Three arrests after extended follow

Three youths in an allegedly stolen care were arrested after police followed them across Melbourne’s northwest early on Thursday morning. Officers spotted a grey Audi...