WEATHER
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Happy Saturday, Melbourne. If you haven't been outside yet, there's blue sky and a fair bit of sun about - looks quite lovely from where I'm sitting.
But don't go making too many plans: the weather bureau reckons there's an 80 per cent chance of showers, developing through this morning, with one to two millimetres of rain expected.
Westerly winds from 20 to 30km/h are expected to turn southwesterly about midday.
We're heading for a cool top of 12 degrees.
It got down to seven degrees in the city overnight, but was actually colder as the sun was coming up, dropping to 6.6 degrees at 7.30am, with an apparent temperature of 2.9 degrees.
BREAKING NEWS
A teenage girl died and a man is fighting for his life after their car lost control and slammed into a road sign and a tree in Kew.
An allegedly drunk woman has had her licence suspended after police caught her on her way to buy more alcohol at a bottle shop in Melbourne's south east.
Up to 200 people are feared dead in the latest boat capsizing off the Libyan coast, while four people have been arrested over the discovery of 71 bodies in the back of a truck in Austria.
And Kevin Rudd has made his debut as a CNN host overnight. The former prime minister covered topics including climate change and cricket, and interviewed Chinese Vice-Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao.
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SPORTS WRAP
Collingwood smashed the Geelong 110 to 62 last night, ending the Cats' grand era.
A coronial inquest will be held into the death of Phillip Hughes, who was killed during a Sheffield Shield match in November.
Michelle Jenneke has misses hurdles final at World Championships.
EXCLUSIVE: The bosses of Australia's top sports have been told their organisations are still "boys clubs".
WHAT'S ON
- Suburban angst takes centre stage in Lisa D'Amour's Detroit. redstitch.net
- The Terminus in Abbotsford is hosting a Jungle Party full of market-stall feasting and specialty cocktails. theterminushotel.com.au
- The Bombay Royale take to the stage in grand former cinema Estonian House. shadowelectric.com.au
- Fairfield farmers market opens today for a special meet. vicfarmersmarkets.org.au
- Melbourne Spring Fashion Week returns for another year. thatsmelbourne.com.au/msfw
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