Melbourne Express, Tuesday, April 10, 2018

7:06am

Making news

In the headlines:

An Australian Tax Office debt collector has had his home raided after speaking out against the agency's "heavy-handed" tactics. Read the third part of our investigation.
A new tram line is being planned for Melbourne's south-east, linking Chadstone shopping centre and Monash University's Clayton campus to the network for the first time.
Actor Geoffrey Rush has been "virtually housebound" since news stories were published detailing "inappropriate behaviour" by him, according to his lawyer.

6:58am

It's windy ... and hot

It's 25 degrees in the city now, eight degrees hotter than an hour ago.

It's the warm northerly gusting through the city, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

The warmth hung around the northern suburbs last night and has now blown its way into the city, bringing those winter outfit plans slightly undone.

Find the current forecast for your suburb here.

6:39am

FBI raids office of Trump's lawyer

In breaking news, the FBI has raided the office of US President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress.

6:32am

Thirsty thief

Police want to speak to this man over a series of high-end liquor store thefts.

Police are looking for a thief with a thirst for expensive booze. Tens of thousands of dollars worth of liquor has been stolen from bottle shops across Melbourne.

Daniella Miletic reports: In all incidents, the thief targets high-end alcohol, removing the security tags and exiting the store without making any attempt to pay.

In the most recent theft at Flemington, he assaulted a staff member while stealing a bottle of wine worth thousands of dollars.

The man is believed to be of Pacific Islander or Maori appearance, about 25 to 30 years old, with a solid build and short black hair.

6:23am

Today's front page

Here's how it looks in print:

6:16am

Commonwealth Games

Bronte Campbell celebrates her gold win as sister Cate looks on.

Overnight in the Commonwealth Games, Bronte Campbell has finally upstaged her elder sister Cate to win the 100m freestyle.

It was another magic night in the pool. Australia won all three medals in the first two finals of the night. Matthew Levy also won the men's S7 50m freestyle.

Australia now has 106 medals, 39 of them gold. Read our full recap of the action here.

6:02am

Hotel evacuated in city fire

More than 300 people were evacuated in the city just after midnight after a fire on Elizabeth Street.

The fire started on Rothsay Lane, at the rear of the Coles supermarket. Nearby buildings were evacuated as a precaution.

The supermarket's air-conditioning ducts, windows and access doors were burnt. Two other buildings were also damaged.

Police are treating the fire as suspicious.

5:55am

Good morning

Hello and welcome to Tuesday. You made it through the start of the week. It all gets easier from here.

Just over 17 degrees in the city right now, ahead of a cloudy top of 29.

More than 300 people were evacuated in the city last night. We'll be back with more about that in a minute. Were you there? Send us your images via email or Twitter.