Police have arrested 14 people for allegedly stealing from stores in central Geelong this week as retail thefts in the city jumped by 38 per cent in the past 12 months.
The mum of a two-year-old girl who was days away from dying before she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is warning parents of the symptoms to look out for.
More graduates are ditching the Surf Coast and choosing warmer destinations to celebrate the end of their high schooling, but police will still be out in force.
A Torquay mother and daughter duo will trek 1400km up the New South Wales coast in memory of their late husband and father who died of a sudden heart attack.
A Geelong father of three has been remembered as an amazing mentor and for his love of the ocean after he died at a popular surf spot on the Bellarine Peninsula.