Rachael Ward

The Doll Hospital has been a refuge for Melbourne’s chewed-up dolls, torn teddies and worn-out toys, but they are preparing their final farewell.

Police in the city of Amritsar have accused Sunil Sharma’s brother of murdering the Melbourne teacher over a property dispute.

A Melbourne maths teacher and beloved father was drugged and murdered with a baseball bat before his body was dumped in a canal in India, police say.

Toorak traders are pleading for help after a council move to fence off a car park for three years – for construction of a luxury development – meant foot traffic plummeted.

Butchered, dishevelled, dead. That's how Phil Portellos describes the once-prized hedge outside his Prahran home after Stonnington Council ordered it be cut back over concerns it blocked the footpath.

The decades-old hedge at a Prahran apartment complex was slashed on Thursday because Stonnington Council said it encroached on the footpath.

Melbourne Cricket Club members draping scarves, jackets and bags across seats to claim spots for late-arriving mates or heading for a long stint at the bar are on notice - those spots are not reserved.