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Police have charged a Spearwood man with a range of offences after he allegedly knocked a man in his fifties unconscious before robbing him in Northbridge last night.

Courts & JusticePremiumMan charged over Northbridge assault and robbery

Police are still working to identify the victim after he was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Katherine Kraayvanger

Graphic mobile phone footage captures the moment a man is glassed over the head during a brawl in the streets of Northbridge.

See the footageVideoPremiumMan glassed in the head during savage Northbridge brawl

Graphic mobile phone footage captures the moment a man is glassed over the head during a brawl in the streets of Northbridge. WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT

Caleb Runciman

Stories general manager Sam Hoare inside one of the first restaurants expected to open at the Yagan Square precinct.

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New Yagan Square venue’s boss wants it to ‘wow’ Perth

Later this month, the first of 11 venues at the redeveloped Market Hall in Yagan Square will open. Now known as Stories, its manager says his biggest goal will be to change perceptions of the area.

Adrian Lowe

Speaking during Question Time on Thursday, Mr Carey, the Member for Perth, hit out at Nedlands Liberal preselection nominee Brent Fleeton, accusing the City of Perth councillor of failing to show compassion or sympathy for people experiencing homelessness.

‘This is venomous’PremiumCarey hits out at ‘cruel’ posts as homeless stoush continues

Housing Minister John Carey has launched into a parliamentary tirade against a Liberal candidate for preselection, describing his social media posts about homelessness as ‘cruel and venomous’. 

Dylan Caporn

Best Western Northbridge Apartments has closed its doors blaming anti-social behaviour.

Northbridge stoushPremiumHotel owner blames homeless service for business closure

The owner of a Northbridge hotel claims that he has been forced to close his business because of the presence of a neighbouring homelessness service. 

Dylan Caporn

A man has been punched by a police officer multiple times when he was arrested in Perth’s entertainment precinct minutes after WA welcomed the New Year.

Watch the videoVideoCop filmed punching man repeatedly during Northbridge arrest

A man has been punched by a police officer multiple times while being pinned to the ground in Perth’s entertainment precinct just minutes after WA welcomed in the New Year. 

Caleb Runciman

Detectives have released CCTV images of three more men wanted over a brutal Northbridge stabbing early on Saturday.

Northbridge stabbing VideoPremiumPolice release photos of men wanted over horror knife attack

Detectives have released CCTV images of three more men wanted over a brutal Northbridge stabbing early on Saturday. 

Peta Rasdien

Brothers Ian and Rai Marchesi.

End of an eraPremiumIconic Northbridge menswear store to close after 84 years

Ian Marchesi will close the door on two generations of family history when he and his brother’s eponymous Northbridge menswear store shuts up shop later this month.

Jordan Murray

Manar Pan-Mading (inset) and his family outside court in 2021.

‘disaster waiting to happen’VideoPremiumJudge blasts ‘tough guy’ culture, jails Northbridge stabber

A Belmont teenager who fatally stabbed a man in Northbridge with a 19cm-long blade has been jailed for six years for manslaughter — with a judge blasting the knife culture of wannabe tough guy young men.

Sarah Steger

A man has been charged with raping a woman who was sunbathing in the grounds of Perth’s Council House.

Frightening attack PremiumMan charged over rape of sunbather in Council House gardens

Police say the woman was lying on her stomach when a man approached her from behind and sexually assaulted her.

Peta Rasdien

Post Malone outside of Double Tree by Hilton

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Post Malone rejected from Perth bar over dress code

Ahead of his Sunday night show at Optus Stadium, American rapper Post Malone has revealed he was rejected from a high-end Perth venue with his entourage in Northbridge.

Caleb Runciman

A woman was sexually assaulted in broad daylight while sunbathing at a Northbridge park last week, with police calling for anyone who might have information to come forward — including the victim. 

Public appeal Attacker - and victim - sought over Northbridge sex assault

A woman was sexually assaulted in broad daylight while sunbathing at a Northbridge park last week, with police calling for anyone who might have information to come forward — including the victim. 

Josh Zimmerman

The Shoe Bar in Yagan Square had to close its doors due to rioting in the early morning after Australia Day celebrations.

Violent brawlPremiumYagan Square bar pleads for action after Aus Day violence

A popular Yagan Square bar — where a violent brawl sparked on Australia Day — is calling for more to be done to stamp out the antisocial behaviour that plagues the area, saying it’s ‘been like this for years’.

Brianna Dugan

Police officers patrol Northbridge.

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Identity of first person banned under new PEP laws revealed

The identity of the person hit with WA’s first exclusion order after allegedly trying to enter a Northbridge venue with a knife has been revealed.

Sarah Steger

Police are expected to ramp up their summer “Heat Shield” Operation over the next month.

Police crackdown PremiumPerth party-goers warned as harsh law in full effect

Party-goers in Perth nightlife spots have been placed on notice as new ‘mandatory exclusion’ laws came into effect, allowing police to ban violent offenders for five years.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Premier Mark McGowan with Enza Raco who is the wife of one punch victim Giuseppe Raco at Yagan Square in Perth Justin Benson-Cooper

Peps LawPremiumEnza Raco praises new laws to protect entertainment areas

The widow of Giuseppe ‘Peppe’ Raco has praised the new protected entertainment laws passed in Parliament that give police powers to ban convicted criminals from five different hotspots around Perth.

Brianna Dugan

Police responded to a violent brawl in Northbridge on Saturday night.

Violent brawl PremiumMore than a dozen men brawl in Northbridge melee

Police had to deploy pepper spray to subdue a violent brawl in Northbridge on Sunday morning.

The WA Premier, right, says the Government will try to use special high-risk offender legislation to keep the man who killed Giuseppe Raco, pictured inset, behind bars longer after attempts to have his sentence increased was dismissed.

‘Hard to stomach’PremiumState set to intervene after ‘disappointing’ Dimer appeal

WA’s Premier says the Government will try to use special high-risk offender legislation to keep the man who killed Giuseppe Raco behind bars longer after attempts to have his sentence increased were dismissed.

Emily Moulton

Dylan Pownall (inset) was allegedly attacked about 11.45pm on Friday.

Police breakthroughPremiumMan charged over violent Northbridge scissor slashing

A 39-year-old man has been charged over a violent attack in Northbridge where he allegedly slashed another man across the neck with a pair of scissors.

Shannon Hampton

Dylan Pownall was slashed across the neck with a pair of scissors in Northbridge on Friday night.

Terrifying incident Police hunt Perth scissor slasher as victim out of hospital

A 29-year-old man who was slashed across the neck with a pair of scissors in Northbridge has been discharged from hospital, as police hunt his attacker.

Daryna Zadvirna & Emily Baker

Police at the scene of a stabbing in Northbridge Friday night. 7NEWS

Terrifying incidentPremiumPolice hunt Northbridge attacker who slashed man’s neck

A man is recovering in hospital after being slashed across the neck during a shocking attack in the notorious nightspot on Friday night.

Daryna Zadvirna

The Great Southern Hotel in Perth.

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Perth hotel loved by FIFO workers set for $6 million glow-up

A Northbridge hotel flooded by fly-in, fly-out workers using it as their metropolitan base will undergo a major facelift, if State planners back the owner’s plans.

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The scene of a stabbing on Francis St in Northbridge.

Party precinctPremiumMan charged over bloody Northbridge knifing at karaoke bar

Police have charged a 28-year-old man with grievous bodily harm after a man was stabbed in the face and neck in Northbridge in an early morning attack.

Kellie Balaam and Brianna Dugan

Police found a wad of cash under a bin.

Vital evidence PremiumWad of cash found near scene of bloody Northbridge stabbing

Police have seized a bundle of cash found near where a man was stabbed in the face and neck in Northbridge overnight. 

Brianna Dugan