Ballarat breakfast report| Monday April 20, 2015 and other top stories

Ballarat breakfast report| Monday April 20, 2015

Temperatures dropped to 2.1 degrees at 4am on Monday morning in Ballarat. It follows a chilly night, with the mercury sitting at six degrees at 6.30pm, five at 8pm, four at 9.30pm and three at 2.30am. Ballarat is expected to reach a top of 13 on Monday. >> view original

Extreme rates at Ballarat

Richie Glennane, Dunnstown was all smiles when his market topping Angus heifers escaped the intense net of feeder buyers thrown over the Ballarat monthly store cattle market on Friday. The Glennane Te Mania-blood heifers made $1100 a head and were ... >> view original

Old Ballarat orphanage dig for children's remains fails to find anything

Archaeologists and police forensic crews had been digging up the grounds of the Victoria St site since Monday as they investigated alleged activities that may have occurred at the orphanage prior to it being closed and transformed into the Ballarat ... >> view original

Darley hands Sunbury a football lesson dishing out 80-point Ballarat Football ...

SUNBURY coach Rick Horwood has conceded his side was taught several tough lessons in an 80-point Ballarat Football League hiding against Darley on Saturday. The Lions were no match for a merciless Devils outfit, which slammed on 13 goals in the ... >> view original

VFL: Magpies fall to North Ballarat

Darcy Moore was named in the best in the VFL Magpies 35-point loss to North Ballarat. Photo: Shane Barrie. Collingwood's VFL season has begun with a disappointing 35-point loss to North Ballarat. While a trip to Ballarat already proved a daunting start ... >> view original

Police excavate old Ballarat orphanage site

The grounds of an old orphanage in regional Victoria are being dug up, as police investigate reports scores of children were informally buried there. The excavation work at the old Ballarat orphanage started on Monday and has yet to uncover any ... >> view original

Melton hit by spate of injuries in bruising opening-round Ballarat Football ...

MELTON has been left to count the cost of a last-gasp draw against local rival Melton South in a bruising opening to the Ballarat Football League season. The Bloods expect to be without boom recruit James Mulligan for at least one month after the ... >> view original

Hollywood star Mel Gibson spotted in Ballarat

Mel Gibson was out and about in the regional Victorian town of Ballarat on Tuesday. Excited locals spotted the Hollywood superstar dining with a group of people at a local hotel at about 1.30pm. He is understood to be scouting locations for Hacksaw ... >> view original

Motorcyclist dies after collision in Cardigan, Ballarat

A motorcyclist has died after a collision with a station wagon in the Ballarat suburb of Cardigan. Police believe the collision took place at the intersection of Cuthberts and Whites Road around 4.30pm on Monday. The motorbike rider died at the scene. >> view original

Claims Ballarat police used excessive force should be investigated, Ibac says

Claims Ballarat police used excessive force should be investigated, Ibac says. Lawyers for police are fighting attempt by Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission to publicly investigate allegations of serious misconduct. Generic image of ... >> view original