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Crash InvestigationPremiumBaby injured in outback WA car rollover

A baby has suffered minor injuries in a car rollover in outback WA, which seriously injured the driver and saw two other children escape unscathed.

Jake Dietsch

Police investigating PremiumYoung woman dies after horror rollover in abandoned town

A young woman has died and three teenagers have been injured after a car rollover near Kalgoorlie.

Jake Dietsch

cause undeterminedCommentsPremiumFireys battle to contain house fire in Osborne Park

Perth firefighters battled to contain a house fire in Osborne Park on Saturday morning.

Jake Dietsch

‘I was so scared’PremiumLunch bar cashier reveals terror over knife-wielding robber

A young woman says she’s been left ‘scared’ to come to work and ‘nervous’ once she’s started her shift after a man armed with a 30cm knife threatened her and her boss on Thursday morning.

Sarah Steger

Staff terrifiedPremiumPolice hunt on for knife-wielding deli store robber

Staff ran for their lives after a thug brandishing a knife stormed a deli in the city’s south, in the latest terrifying robbery to grip the city in recent weeks.

Sarah Steger

Critical conditionPremiumLittle girl fights for her life after horror Dianella crash

A five-year-old girl continues to fight for her life after the car she was a passenger in slammed into a tree in Dianella.

Sarah Steger

Disaster and EmergencyDeadly winter start cues smoke alarm alert

NSW firefighters have attended more than 200 house fires since the start of June with many homes not having a working smoke alarm or any smoke alarm at all.

Finbar O'Mallon

Disaster and EmergencyEighteen die storming Spanish exclave

Violent clashes between youths and border guards at Spain's North African exclave of Melilla have left at least 18 migrants dead and scores of others injured.

Emma Pinedo and Ahmed Eljechtimi

Horror scenes PremiumYoung child fighting for life after car crashes into tree

A young child is fighting for life and a woman is in critical condition after a horror car crash in Perth’s northern suburbs on Friday morning.

Kellie Balaam

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumThree injured as US jetliner crash lands

Witnesses say passengers were screaming and panicking as a jetliner carrying 126 people caught fire during a hard landing at Miami International Airport.

Staff Writers

Tragic incidentNewlywed dies in freak golf buggy accident on honeymoon

A Sydney bride has died in a freak golf buggy accident while on her honeymoon in the Whitsundays—just 10 days after she married the love of her life.

Kellie Balaam

Risk eliminatedFireys contain hazardous blaze in Perth’s north

Firefighters have contained a hazardous blaze that sparked an emergency health warning across Perth’s northern suburbs urging residents to stay indoors.

Kellie Balaam

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumBusiness fined $50,000 after amputations

A cheese packaging business has been fined $50,000 after two workers suffered amputations in a Melbourne factory in 2019.

Mibenge Nsenduluka

Firearm risk Premium‘Lock your doors’: Locals told stay inside amid emergency

Residents in and around Nedlands were warned by police to lock themselves inside their homes for several hours on Monday night as officers responded to an emergency. 

Sarah Steger

Horror rolloverPremiumP-plate among debris at crash site where two teens died

Shoes, keys and a red P-plate were among the debris scattered along South Western Highway at the scene of a horrific crash that claimed two young lives on Saturday.

Daryna Zadvirna & Michael Traill

Late night blazeFire rips through supermarket in Perth’s south east

An investigation is underway after a supermarket in Perth’s south east went up in flames on Saturday night.

Peta Rasdien

Disaster and EmergencyBuilding collapse kills six in Egypt

A building collapse in the Egyptian capital of Cairo has reportedly killed six people.

Staff Writers

State of shockVideoPremium‘Soul mate’: Yongah Hill stabbing victim a ‘great bloke’

Friends have paid tribute to Turkish man Gokhan Can after he was fatally stabbed inside his room at a WA detention centre in the early hours of Thursday, labelling his death a ‘tragedy’ they won’t accept.

Brianna Dugan

Cops on scenePremiumTwo men in hospital after fight at shopping centre

A shopping centre in Perth’s north has been swamped with police officers after a violent altercation this morning.

Sarah Steger

Fatal crash PremiumPedestrian killed in State’s north after being hit by car

A woman has died after being hit by a car in the State’s north Thursday afternoon. 

Brianna Dugan

Yongah Hill riot VideoPremiumPICTURED: Man stabbed to death inside WA detention centre

Traumatised detainees inside Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre have described watching on as a 32-year-old man ‘gasped his last breath’ after being stabbed in the neck. WARNING: Graphic content

Brianna Dugan, Shannon Hampton and Phil Hickey

‘devastating day’PremiumCompany at centre of horror workplace death speak out

The employer of a worker who was killed in a conveyor belt incident at a salt packaging plant just south of Fremantle has released a statement about the tragic accident.

Briana Fiore

Ongoing investigation PremiumWorker killed in horror incident at Freo packing facility

A man has died in a horror workplace incident in South Fremantle.

Briana Fiore

Hazardous smokeVideoOut-of-control inferno razes rubbish yard overnight

Firefighters worked tirelessly through the night to contain an out-of-control blaze spewing hazardous smoke at a rubbish yard northwest of Perth.

Brianna Dugan