Driver killed after crashing into parked truck near Ballarat and other top stories.

• Driver killed after crashing into parked truck near Ballarat

  A person has been killed after their car crashed into a parked truck early this morning near Ballarat in Victoria.Police have not yet revealed the gender of the driver, who police believe was travelling the wrong way down a service lane at Sutton Street in Delacombe, before colliding with a north-facing truck about 1am.The crash brings the number of lives lost in crashes around the state this year to 32.Anyone who witnessed the collision is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. © nin..

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• Dogs Ballarat-bound

  

  Dogs Ballarat-bound February 15, 2016 9:06 AM The Bulldogs will hold an open training session at Lake Wendouree oval on Wednesday 17 February. The Western Bulldogs will return to Ballarat for the Club’s annual AFL Australia Post Community Camp. Both the playing group and coaches will spend two days in the region on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 February, visiting schools, community groups and local football clubs. Bulldogs Ballarat Engagement Manager..

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• Victims want to be in Rome for Pell

  

  A group of clergy abuse victims wants to be in the room in Rome when Cardinal George Pell gives evidence to the child sex abuse royal commission in Australia.The Ballarat and District Child Abuse Survivors group says the nation's most senior Catholic should still be subjected to a courtroom-style setting even though he is not returning to Australia.Interested parties should be able to travel to Rome and be there in person when he gives evidence in a fortnight, a group statement said on Monday. ..

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• Bulldogs Read Program

  

  Bulldogs Read Program Bulldogs Read is a literacy program aimed at giving primary school pupils from grade three to six an opportunity to participate in reading and writing workshops, and activities and events in conjunction with the Western Bulldogs Football Club, City of Ballarat Libraries and primary schools in the Ballarat region.  Bulldogs Read will aim to increase students’ connection with literacy and sport, and encourage participants to read and exercise more.

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• Melbourne preview: Sandown

  

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• Riverina brekkie wrap | Monday, February 15, 2016

  

  Read more. ▻ BALLARAT, VIC: Following yet another fire, Dereel residents are demanding to know when a phone tower planned for the area will be built.

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• Corner ban rattles Good Friday collectors

  

  A Keilor community group that raised more than half a million dollars for the Good Friday Appeal is disappointed by a Brimbank council ban on tin-rattling at busy street corners because of road safety concerns. Lyn Pickering, secretary of the German Shepherd Dog Club of Victoria’s western branch, said the branch had been a major player in the club raising $545,624.65 over the past 32 years. She said the council had banned all collecting on busy street corners in November, 2014, then had grante..

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• Pascoe Vale out to build on last year's National Premier League ...

  

  Pascoe Vale captain Joseph Youssef is optimistic ahead of the 2016 season opener. Picture: Adam Elwood.PASCOE Vale is optimistic about building on its barnstorming run to last year’s National Premier League semi-finals over the coming season. The Rams pushed South Melbourne to extra time during the 2015 finals series, demonstrating they can take it up to the NPL’s powerhouse clubs.Pascoe Vale captain Joseph Youssef said the club would be out to prove its title bid was no fluke in 2016.“Looking a..

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