NEWS.com.au | Victoria

• Govt to bulldoze 25 homes for trains
  THE State Government will take over 25 houses in Footscray as part of its Regional Rail Link project.
  
  
• Opposition pledges $130m bypass
  THE state opposition has pledged to build a $130 million bypass to take trucks off roads if elected in November.
  
  
• Toddler killer pleads guilty
  A HOUSEMATE has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of an Indian toddler, whose body was found near Melbourne Airport in March.
  
  
• House fire sends man to hospital
  A MAN was taken to hospital with burns to his arms and hands after fire destroyed a house in Healesville.
  
  
• Man injured in house blaze
  A MAN in his late twenties has been taken to hospital after a house fire in Chum Creek.
  
  
• Police road blitz hits louts
  THE number of people caught for loutish behaviour on Victoria's roads has soared to record levels.
  
  
• Taking a stand against flab
  VICTORIAN primary school students are standing up in class for half an hour a day in a radical plan to beat childhood obesity.
  
  
• Teacher's sex shame
  A TEACHER received a Government award a day after allegedly having sex with a female student at his home.
  
  
• DNA is key to liberty for four
  UPDATE 8.20am: TWO people convicted of rape, one of drug trafficking, and one of armed robbery could be freed.
  
  
• Toyger's a jungle gem
  CATS bred to look like toy tigers are poised to become our next must-have pet.