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Melbourne Express: Monday, January 18, 2016

Kick start your day with Melbourne Express - a live blog with compelling content from The Age and beyond.

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That's it from Melbourne Express today. It has been a big day already for news, especially in sport. Keep checking back for live news updates, including more on the Australian Open, the Collingwood nude photo scandal and more on the James Hird interview via theage.com.au. Keep up to date with the markets via our rolling blog. It is also a day of total fire ban for the Central and South West districts, so theage.com.au will be keeping an eye on any fires that start. You can also get a Melbourne Express take on the news via our Facebook page. Winners for our competition to see Hairspray will be notified through Facebook.  We will be back on deck tomorrow. See you then.

 

Top Spin: Can Djokovic win the Australian Open a sixth time?

Dan Cherny and Linda Pearce preview the 2016 Australian Tennis Open in Top Spin.

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Three Altona-bound lanes are now closed on the Western Ring Road, as fire fighters and emergency services try to remove the truck that was on fire earlier today. 

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The headlines: ABC journalist Tracey Holmes has been slammed for her 'softball' approach in a highly anticipated interview with former Essendon coach James Hird; Australian shares are set for a fall of close to 2 per cent on Monday following another rout on global markets on Friday night; and two Collingwood players are embroiled in a sexting scandal. 

What Woman's Day is alleging of Collingwood footballers in semi naked poses.

What Woman's Day is alleging of Collingwood footballers. 

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The temperature is already 27 degrees outside with a top of 36 to come. There are total fire bans in place for South West and Central including Melbourne and Geelong.

Temperatures are forecast to go up - and stay up.
Temperatures are forecast to go up - and stay up. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
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Our competition for tickets to see Hairspray on Friday at the Gasworks Open Air Cinema is closing at 9.15am. Last chance to add a comment and win on our Facebook page.

 

Win tickets to see the John Waters’ cult classic Hairspray at the Gasworks Open Air Cinema on Friday, January 22....

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That truck fire on the Western Ring Road at Ballarat Road is still causing havoc. VicRoads says the traffic is banked back to Airport Drive.

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Succinctly put by Public Transport Users Association spokesman Daniel Bowen this morning.

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Foodie goddess Nigella Lawson is in the building... that would be Media House. 

Ms Lawson is appearing at the Melbourne Town Hall tonight at 7pm in conversation with Jill Dupleix.

Bookings: Online here.

You can read more about Nigella's tour on the Good Food website here. You can also follow developments on the Good Food Facebook page here.

Nigella Lawson is at the Melbourne Town Hall tonight.

Nigella Lawson is at the Melbourne Town Hall tonight. Photo: Simon Schluter

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Collingwood big name players Dane Swan and Travis Cloke are probably getting the rounds of the kitchen today from their partners after Woman's Day claims they have been caught sexting - sending explicit photographs - to other women. Oh dear.

Collingwood players Travis Cloke and Dane Swan in the Woman's Day today.

Collingwood players Travis Cloke and Dane Swan in the Woman's Day today. Photo: Woman's Day

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VicRoads says boom gates are stuck down at Clyde Road level crossing in Berwick. Technicians are on site and repairs are expected to take 30 minutes.

 

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Those Frankston line delays have been cut in half, down to 20 minutes due to signalling issues in the Bonbeach area. Let us know how that's going with an email or Tweet @DebGough.

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There are free activities and live entertainment on the banks of the Yarra River for kids today with a free, family-friendly Australian Open Festival at Birrarung Marr. It runs each day until January 31.

Included is a dedicated Kids World with a Nickelodeon inflatable playground and Slime Lab, Kids Zone, Creative Studio and mini-courts.

Food comes from some of Melbourne's most interesting eateries including Mamasita, GAZI, Uncle St Kilda, Gelato Messina, Combi, Organic Avenue Australia, Cobb Lane and Huxtaburger.
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Birrarung Marr will host a tennis festival as part of the 2016 Australian Open.
Birrarung Marr will host a tennis festival as part of the 2016 Australian Open.  Photo: Vince Caligiuri
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With all those delays on the Frankston and Upfield lines, buses instead of high-speed trains for the Gippsland line and tram delays in two key corridors, you've probably got time to take a good look at these great photographs from around the world, curated by Age picture editor Leigh Henningham.

 

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More on the hammer hold up in Eltham: It appears to be a 7-Eleven in Sherbourne Road.

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Major delays on a couple of lines: Boom gates at Bonbeach railway station have caused some major pain for Frankston line passengers with delays of up to 40 minutes. The 8.15am Flinders Street to Frankston has been cancelled with the next train departing at 8.21am.

The 8.20am Upfield to Flinders Street has been cancelled, next one is at 8.38am.

 

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On the markets: Australian shares are set for a fall of close to 2 per cent today after another rout on global markets on Friday night, writes business reporter Stephen Cauchi.



 

US stocks take another beating

Equities face relentless selling pressure amid ongoing worries about falling oil prices and weakness in China.

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Trams are also delayed along the busy St Kilda Road/Swanston Street corridor. A tram fault held things up this morning and now there are delays while Yarra Trams catches up to the timetable.

Yarra Trams is also behind schedule with the new accessible platform stop and upgrading tram tracks near Clarendon Street and Normanby Road in Southbank. Yarra Trams has details of how passengers from the 109, 12 and 96, can get around the work zone, including this map.

Getting around the platform work zone for 109, 12 and 96 tram route passengers.

Getting around the platform work zone for 109, 12 and 96 tram route passengers. Photo: Yarra Trams

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There is a long wait for the Sandringham train this morning with the 8.01am to Flinders Street cancelled, with the next train at 8.09am.

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Looking for ways to beat the heat today? Melbourne City Council has a nifty list of cool places to be, which our artist Jamie Brown has turned into a very cool interactive graphic. 

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More on the vehicle breakdown on the Western Ring Road: It was actually a truck ... on fire. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade are on scene.

 

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