POLICE have resumed the search for an autistic three-year-old boy who has gone missing near the Yarra River in Melbourne.

A 53-year-old woman has been charged with murder after a man died from stab wounds yesterday.

HOLIDAY home owners are asking - and getting - up to $20,000 a week rent in a Christmas break bonanza.

THE wife of a bashed police officer has called for mandatory sentences for people who assault police.

HOLLYWOOD acting legend Dennis Hopper has cancelled a trip to Melbourne, saying he is focused on battling prostate cancer.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy has gone missing from his home in Heidelberg in Melbourne's north.

A 15-YEAR-OLD schoolboy has been bashed after a group of up to 15 males invaded the grounds of his Melbourne high school, police said.

A MAN is in hospital after falling through the roof of a Melbourne warehouse onto a concrete floor eight metres below.