Gorgi Coghlan brings springtime glamour to hometown of Ballarat and other top stories.

• Gorgi Coghlan brings springtime glamour to hometown of Ballarat

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• Driver dies after car and truck collide near Ballarat

  

  A driver has died after his car collided with a truck south of Ballarat on Sunday afternoon. Police say the accident occurred on Rokewood-Skipton Road around 3.30pm. The driver of the car died at the scene and is yet to be formally identified. The truck driver is being treated for minor injuries. Police are investigating the cause of the crash. Sunday's fatal collision brings the state's death toll to 196, up from 169 in 2015.

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• Wells returns as a second-time Grand National winner

  

  Ballarat turned on a bitterly cold Sunday for the Grand National steeple, won, for a second time, by one of the nation's finest fencers .Wells, who spent more than a year away from the cut and thrust of jumps races, achieved  an emotional victory and gave those around him tangible compensation for bringing the horse back successfully to racing. Over and out: A mud-splattered Wells, ridden by Richard Cully, wins the Grand National. Photo: Getty Images In 2014, Wells stamped himself as a w..

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• Katie Walsh: A tough day in Ballarat

  

  Katie Walsh (Image: Racing Photos) Irish eyes weren’t smiling at Ballarat on Sunday as Katie Walsh endured a frustrating day and Australia’s jumps riders easily beat their Irish rivals in a three-race jumps series. Walsh’s appearance at the Grand National Steeplechase meeting had been heavily hyped for weeks and leading into Sunday's meeting she had ridden in eight Australian races and never missed a top-three finish. However Walsh’s fortunes changed dramatically as the captain of the Iri..

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• Wells lands a second Grand National chase

  Craig Brennan Ballarat Sunday 21 August 2016, 6:11pm Former champion jumps jockey Craig Durden has gained deep satisfaction from the victory of Wells in the Grand National Steeplechase at Ballarat.Durden won two Grand National Steeplechases as a jockey and prepared Wells with wife Kathryn to win the race in 2014.Wells missed the 2015 season following surgery for a joint infection which Durden said allowed the nine-year-old to mature and cope with the rigours of racing.With Wells gaining his..

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