Hundreds walk for suicide prevention
Doves released above participants at the annual Geelong Suicide Prevention and Awareness Network Walk Against Suicide. Picture: Alison Wynd.AT JUST 15 Daniel Butcher already lives with the shadows of two suicides.One cousin chose the course in 2005 and another on Daniel’s birthday in 2007.Yesterday he walked with high purpose in a crowd more than 500 strong through central Geelong streets to amplify the messages that suicide is not an answer, and that help is always there.Ivanka Aleksoska walk..>> view originalMan stabbed in violent dispute at home
A MAN was cut, stabbed and bitten in an alleged domestic dispute in Geelong.Acting Senior Sergeant Pete Radford said a woman “attempted to stab the male victim numerous times” following an argument at a Geelong West home about 11.30pm Tuesday.“He’s received cuts to the back of his hand, left shoulder and several small puncture wounds to the upper back,” he said.“She’s also bitten our victim several times.”Sen-Sgt Radford said the woman was taken by ambulance to hospital and released into the car..>> view originalVictim of alleged bashing lost an eye, court told
A GEELONG man, charged over a vicious bashing and armed robbery that resulted in a Manifold Heights man losing an eye, has been committed to stand trial in the County Court.Dale Collins, 24, is charged with two counts of armed robbery, intentionally causing serious injury, recklessly causing serious injury, recklessly causing injury, car theft and gross violence.The victim, giving evidence by video link at a committal hearing in Geelong Magistrates’ Court yesterday, told how he pleaded with his..>> view originalBikie clubhouse targeted by arsonists
Fire damage to the Bandidos building in Breakwater. Picture: Mike Dugdale.THE Bandidos motorcycle gang’s Breakwater clubhouse has been hit by arsonists.The fire destroyed the Bandidos’ sign and charred the front entry fortification and corrugated sheeting.Club members and detectives yesterday sat outside awaiting news of the cause and remained tight-lipped.A Victoria Police spokeswoman said police were investigating and were treating the blaze as suspicious.She said police conducting routine pat..>> view originalJacob's a fair dinkum Aussie bub
Jacob Hauenstein is Geelong’s first Australia Day baby for 2016. Pictures: Alison WyndHE might have been seven days late, but little Jacob Michael Hauenstein was Geelong’s first Australia Day baby for 2016.Mount Duneed couple Laura and Glenn Hauenstein met their baby boy at 6.46am on Tuesday, weighing in at 4263 grams.“Well I suppose a week ago if he had’ve come on time we might have been having a barbecue with the family today,” Mr Hauenstein said.Laura and Glenn Hauenstein with baby Jacob.The ..>> view originalTrains are back after horror run
V/Line trains are making a return to the rails.V/LINE services are slowly getting back on track after a horror run for commuters.Four services that had been operating as coach replacements because of the wheel wear issue are back running as trains from Wednesday — the 2.10pm and the 5.06pm from Southern Cross and the 7.10am and 3.32pm Waurn Ponds to Southern Cross.Seventeen of the 108 daily services are still running as coaches.A V/Line spokeswoman said the company sincerely apologised to custom..>> view originalIraq vet in melee with fishermen
War veteran Kyle Tyrrell and wife Liana Tyrrell were abused by fishermen at a Torquay beach. Picture: Mitch BearA FORMER high-ranking army officer who commanded 110 troops during the Iraq war is under police investigation following a violent melee with up to nine fishermen on a Surf Coast beach.Kyle Tyrrell is being probed after a fight with the men who he alleges were crab-pot fishing along Cosy Corner beach at Torquay on Sunday.Mr Tyrrell, 47, sustained minor injuries in the brawl, in which he..>> view originalLions on path to success
East Belmont champions. Photo: Cormac HanrahanONE down, one to go.East Belmont underlined its status as the league’s benchmark limited-overs side with a 20-run victory over Leopold in yesterday’s Geelong Advertiser Twenty20 Cup final.But the job, they say, is only half done.“We set out at the start of the season to win two (premierships) and we’re half way along,” East Belmont captain Sean O’Neill said last night.“We’re on the way at the moment but there’s still a long way to go in the two-day f..>> view originalSuperCoach 2016: new club, new role, better output? Can traded ...
Sprint ace aims for cycling win
Cycling star Mark Cavendish warns he is the man to beat if he can survive the hills in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Rd race. The 30-year-old British sprint ace is the headline name in Sunday's 174km race that starts and finishes in Geelong. The 2011 world champion has won 26 stages in the Tour de France - third on the all-time list - and 15 stages in the Giro d'Italia. There is uncertainty about how Cavendish will go on Sunday, given the hilly course profile and this is his first road race of th..>> view original
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