Melbourne Express, Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Did you see a the meteors?
Transport update
All lanes now open on Punt Road after that earlier one-car smash.
There are delays inbound now though after a four-car pile-up at the roundabout on Diamond Creek Road in Greensborough. Police are on the scene at Greenhill Road. Allow extra time.
Target word
Odd spot
Who do you think is richer, Queen the band, or Queen the, er, Queen? Well, according to figures published on Sunday, the band’s surviving members – Brian May, 71, Roger Taylor, 69, and 67-year-old John Deacon – have a combined fortune of £445 million ($A834 million), while our Queen Elizabeth II is worth a paltry £370 million.
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A 300-year-old tree will be felled to make way for the North East Link toll road. An irretrievable mistake or the price of progress? Share you thoughts over at our Facebook page.
And back to the baby
We forgot the most important stat. The baby weighed in at seven pounds and three ounces.
And who can forget this guy. Wonder if he's lined up for the christening:
Today's top headlines
Making news this morning, a 300-year-old red gum, the height of a seven-storey building and pre-dating white settlement of Victoria, will be cut down for the North East Link; a record number of Victorian students are completing year 12 without an ATAR; and voters explain the appeal of Pauline Hanson.
Today's front page
Here's how it looks in print:
Bookies settle on a name
Our official royal birth blogger says bookies reckon James and Alexander have the best odds for Baby Sussex's name (but they also predicted the baby would be a girl).
Prince Harry has told the world's media "this little thing is absolutely to die for, I'm over the moon".
Our man at Windsor Nick Miller reports the Duchess of Sussex went into labour in the early hours of Monday morning, local time. The labour wasn't made public until early afternoon, even though the birth had already happened.
The child is seventh in line to the throne, and the first mixed-race baby in the senior ranks of the royals.
But back to the baby
Here's Prince Harry announcing the birth this morning: