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Hospitality wars: who is recruiting children to firebomb Melbourne bars, nightclubs and restaurants?

More than 50 people have been arrested over alleged attacks on venues since April, but police still don’t know what’s behind the crime wave

The Guardian - AU

Bootlegger boom: big excise fuels black market booze

The government is being urged to cut the alcohol excise before the horse has bolted and another black market like illicit tobacco becomes entrenched.

AAP

Police probe kidnapping link and hospitality attacks

Three teens have been charged over a string of alleged violent crimes, as police investigate possible links to recent arson attacks on hospitality venues.

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Arson kingpins hunted as potential grog war fires up

Police have thrown extra resources at tracking down those "pulling the strings" of repeated attacks on inner-city hospitality venues.

AAP

Twelve arrests, 15 attacks and no clear motive: police launch taskforce after Melbourne bars and restaurants firebombed

Police say kidnappings and shootings are believed to be linked to the spate of incidents at venues that began on 14 April

The Guardian - AU

Olive branch extended to fugitive's suspected helpers

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of accused cop killer Dezi Freeman may be offered indemnity against prosecution if they help with his arrest.

AAP

Police condemn release of footage taken when Dezi Freeman allegedly shot two officers dead in Porepunkah

Circulation of stills from video ‘distressing and disappointing’, Victoria police says

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Court tosses last-ditch bid to block Mungo Man reburial

An Indigenous man has lost a court bid aimed at halting government-approved plan on how to rebury the Mungo Man and other skeletal remains.

AAP

Teen fighting for life and another injured after Melbourne street fight shooting

Detectives believe the boys, aged 15 and 17, were shot in a targeted attack during a Collingwood brawl involving up to 50 youths

The Guardian - AU

What is freezing rain and why is it dangerous?

Freezing rain could lead to treacherous conditions across the UK over the weekend, the Met Office has warned

The Independent UK

Tobacco wars: police warn landlords of insurance risk

Victoria Police want landlords to rethink leasing their shops to tobacco or vape stores, saying links to criminal activity might make insurance null and void.

AAP

Illegal firearms in the gun as Victoria cracks down

Victorians are being urged in a new campaign to say something before it's too late if they know of illegal firearms in their community.

AAP

Photos: BKFC Fight Night Prospects Edmonton weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs

Check out these photos from the BKFC Fight Night Prospects Edmonton weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs in Canada.

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Can the story of Mungo Man be the ‘healing glue’ of the nation 50 years on from the monumental discovery?

He went looking for the ice age story and instead found evidence of the oldest continuous culture on Earth. At 94, Jim Bowler revisits a place of global – and spiritual – importance

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Two million dollars in illegal tobacco products seized

Tobacco shops in regional Victoria have been searched and more than two million dollars in products seized as part of a probe into the illicit tobacco trade.

The Guardian - AU

‘Earn or burn’: the firebombings and underworld conflicts exposing Australia’s illicit tobacco trade

Victorian detectives play catch-up as they suspect a ‘large proportion of the tobacco industry has been infiltrated by serious and organised crime’

AAP

Two syndicates targeted in gang war over illegal smokes

There have been 27 arson attacks on businesses across Victoria, almost all of them tobacco stores, in an ongoing feud between crime gangs.

The Independent UK

Storm Betty weather warning for UK ahead of heavy rain and gale-force winds

Unseasonably wet and windy conditions are forecast for much of the UK with downpours and 70mph gusts to west and hail and thunderstorms to the east.

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Daily Mirror

US Army staff sergeant dies after going off course in 'very unforgiving terrain' during land navigation training

A US Army staff sergeant was found dead after failing to return from a land navigation course on a South Carolina military base

ABC News

Victoria's Indigenous voters choose champions for historic treaty talks

A special election is underway in Victoria to choose the next First Peoples' Assembly members, who will sit down opposite government to negotiate a statewide treaty.

Daily Mirror

UK weather: Bitter cold snap with frost and rain before soaring weekend hot spell

Met Office Chief Meteorologist Jason Kelly earlier said that a bout of low pressure has brought wintry weather conditions across the UK, which are only expected to last for the next few days

The Guardian - UK

UK weather: snow and ice warnings still in place but some respite from cold

Worst snowfall is over for England as warmer air extends across UK from south-west, bringing cloud and rain

Manchester Evening News

Will it snow again today? Greater Manchester weather forecast for Saturday

More cold weather is on the way

Daily Mirror

Weather expert says worst is yet to come with 'freezing rain and snow' forecast

A low pressure system named Storm Larisa by Météo-France has moved across a swathe of England this week, bringing significant snowfall to many parts

Wales Online

Welsh village covered by massive 11 inches of snow

More than anywhere in the UK

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