PERTH COLLEGE this week demolished houses on Lawley Crescent that local heritage lovers had tried to save. Mount Lawley Society patron Barrie Baker is “very sad” the four houses were torn down and says the college’s new building will be out of kilter. “It’s modern, and big and rectangular,” Mr Baker says, noting the old…

“SO many people have seen my butt in the past year. At least 50.” Some might think it’d take courage to talk about problems related to your nether regions, but actor Annabel Maclean reckons sharing the nightmarish tale of her pilonidal cyst is “hysterical”. “It’s weird, it’s just an ingrown hair in your arse crack.…

ANOTHER boy has been charged over the clotheslining of a motorcyclist on Demeber 17, this one just 11 years old. At about 11.30pm that night, 19-year-old Lawson Mills was riding along Wellington Street near the Perth train station when he slammed into rope tied across the road. His alleged attackers then smacked him in the…

THE Perth city library and local history centre at 140 William Street closed its doors for the last time Saturday January 9, with the new seven-level library at 573 Hay Street set to open in March. Anyone with outstanding books can keep them till the new library opens, so you still have time to finish…

BRANKA RADANOVICH’S dream of a leafy Bayswater town centre may finally be realised after 35 years of campaigning to the local council. The council will next month consider planting street trees along King William Street and Whatley Crescent. Mrs Radanovich says it’s long past time. Frustrated with what she calls false promises by the council…

ANTIQUE painted advertisements likely dating back to the 1920s have been uncovered during demolition of an old bike shop next door. The demolished building is making way for the Lyric Lane Concept, a live music venue planned for Guildford Road in Maylands. Lyric Lane creator Michiel de Ruyter got in touch to tell us uncovering…

THE more visually pleasing a street tree is, the pricier it will be to axe, dictates a new Stirling council rule aimed at combating developers’ penchant for cutting them down. The council at its last meeting decided to start monetarily valuing trees’ “visual amenity”. The new policy also compels developers to lodge a bond for…

SHE was punched so hard, her right eye ruptured. It’s been two years since Sarah Kelly’s ex-husband, the father of her two children, beat her in public at Hillarys Boat Harbour. Now empowered after gruelling months of court and medical appointments, Ms Kelly helps others identify and escape the cycle of domestic violence. She’s part…