King George’s head on a barbecue

George V statue’s lopped head shown alight on barbecue

Victoria Police and the City of Melbourne are searching for the head after footage was posted on Australia Day.

  • Cara Waters

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A new chief commissioner will face daunting problems from both inside and outside Victoria Police

New police chief to face deepening financial crisis as officer unrest grows

The no-confidence vote in Chief Commissioner Shane Patton has left Victoria Police mired in its worst leadership crisis in more than a decade.

  • Chris Vedelago,John Silvester,Cara Waters andAshleigh McMillan
Eamon Donnelly’s book captures many of Melbourne’s old milk bars.

‘A dying breed’:The last of the corner milk bars

The once ubiquitous corner stores selling milk,newspapers and mixed lollies are struggling to survive,leaving behind volumes of nostalgia and rich memories.

  • Cara Waters
Vapes are an increasing source of litter.

‘New problem child of waste’:The hazard increasingly littering Melbourne’s streets

Discarded vapes make up a growing part of the mess as e-waste moves into the top 10 types of litter found in Victoria for the first time.

  • Cara Waters
Alec Kahn,match secretary for the Mercantile Cricket Association in Royal Park.

Seventy hectares lost:Melbourne’s sports grounds are dwindling

Sports clubs across the City of Melbourne are cramming onto a diminishing number of sports grounds in the battle for green space for a booming population.

  • Cara Waters
Josh Giddey of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and NFL player Tyler Higbee of the Los Angeles Rams. Both sports leagues are coming to Melbourne.

Costs kept secret as Melbourne gets set to host NBA and NFL

The NSW government rejected an offer to bring the NFL to Australia worth an estimated $15 million a game. But Victoria is splashing out on American sport,with NFL and NBA teams on their way Down Under.

  • Jon Pierik andCara Waters
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Pam the Bird at various locations.

Watch the birdie:Is that creature named Pam art or an affront?

In a city that prides and markets itself on its street art – commissioned and rogue – how will Pam the Bird go down in cultural history?

  • Rachael Dexter andCara Waters
Fiona Bell,president of the Protectors of Public Lands Victoria,is worried about plans to add more sporting grounds to Royal Park.

Melbourne’s largest park is dark and wild,but a new plan will add sports grounds,paving and lighting

The new masterplan for Royal Park has angered residents and community and environmental groups,who fear a loss of open space and harm to flora and fauna.

  • Cara Waters
Paule Ignatio,consul-general of France,in Melbourne.

‘Proof of love’:After 24 years,a French diplomat is back in Melbourne

France is flying the flag for closer bilateral relations with newly appointed French consul-general Paule Ignatio.

  • Cara Waters
Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece pledged to bring in a city safety team.

Nick Reece spruiked a crack squad to clean up the CBD. So far,it’s two security guards

The City of Melbourne wanted their 30-strong team of local law officers to tackle begging and alcohol use in the CBD with the help of police,but the force rejected a request to trial two full-time officers.

  • Cara Waters