And that's a wrap from us today.
It already feels like Friday afternoon: the sun is shining over the city and the buskers outside have been doing their thing for nearly two hours now...!
We'll have all the latest news throughout the day and over the weekend at theage.com.au
Have a great weekend!
Some clever people solved the Target word before I'd even put it up this morning. Looking at you, Susan Munday 😉
There was some quick work also from Carolyn O'Brien and Miles Evans.
Yesterday's answer was CLAMPDOWN.
And here's the latest from Zach Hope on our top story:
The hunt is ramping up for people responsible for a spate of ball bearing attacks on Melbourne buses that left one driver in hospital.
Five buses and a truck were hit with ball bearings, believed to have been fired from a slingshot, within half a kilometre of each other in Mount Waverley on Tuesday afternoon.
The attacks happened between 2.30pm and 3.30pm near Solomon Street and Huntingdale Road.
The driver of one of the buses, a man in his 60s, was taken to hospital after a ball bearing pierced the window and hit him in the head about 3.20pm on Tuesday. He has since been discharged.
Police will now conduct an information caravan at the intersection from 11am on Friday in the hope someone with information will come forward.
Planning your weekend? Here's how the weather boffins see it panning out.
And the latest from Wimbledon...
Nick Kyrgios has made the candid assessment that he is incapable of winning a grand slam because he lacks professionalism but two of the game's greats have declared he can still achieve the ultimate success.
Kyrgios' Wimbledon run was abruptly cut short in the second round by world No.2 Rafael Nadal in a fiery, tense and ill-mannered battle on centre court on Friday when the Spaniard won 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3). So heated did the Australian become in the ninth game of the third set that Kyrgios wanted to hurt Nadal and aimed a bullet-like forehand at his chest – a plan he later admitted to.
Kyrgios, 24, was given a code violation for unsportsmanlike behaviour in badgering chair umpire Damien Dumusois to take action against Nadal for the time he took between points and even for a toilet break. At one stage, he called the umpire a "disgrace" and later claimed Dumusois had been "horrendous" and on a "bit of a power trip".
Here's a great exclusive from our Europe correspondent Nick Miller.
When Alek Sigley landed in Beijing early on Thursday morning, more than a week after reportedly being detained in North Korea, a smiling, portly, white-haired Swedish diplomat in a blue suit and tie strode beside him through the airport.
Three days earlier, Kent Rolf Magnus Harstedt had landed in Pyongyang, instructed to do what he could to find and assist Sigley – and was immediately confronted with authorities who would not even admit the 29-year-old Australian was detained.
And now here he was at Beijing airport, diplomatic mission accomplished.
We can't all dart off to Europe for the holidays. But at least we can pretend.
The European Night Market returns to Madame Brussels Lane every Friday night this month.
There's Italian pastries, Greek sweets, raclette, paella and bretzels.
The Oddfellows Hotel will reopen for one month only to serve hot toddies and mulled wine to the passing crowd.
And this year, there’s music as well, with looping performances from Tanya George and retro beats by Fleiss.
This is an all-ages event and runs from 5pm to 10pm every Friday in July.
You’ve no doubt heard of Dry July. But that’s easy, really. Just don’t drink alcohol.
To really challenge yourself, why not try Plastic-free July. Or No Buy July. The premise of both are fairly self-explanatory.
No Buy July, which appears to be more localised in grassroots groups, goes a step further. The challenge is to keep your cash in your pocket, and consumerism to a minimum. Buy nothing for a whole month. Apparently, it’s strangely addictive.
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A Greensborough pool has reopened after a chlorine leak this morning.
Watermarc, on Flintoff St in Greensborough, was cordoned off early this morning after staff discovered a strong smell of chlorine and called the fire brigade.
Firefighters report the leak has now been controlled and "the odour contained to the underground plant room".
The cause of the leak is still unknown.
A second storey has collapsed during a suspicious fire that has gutted a home in Melbourne's north-west.
Firefighters arrived to find flames licking the roof of a Packard Street home in Keilor Downs just after 6.30am.
Squatters have reportedly been living in the building and windows were boarded up, making it tough for firefighters to find the source of the fire.
The second-storey floor collapsed while fireys were on scene.
No injuries have been reported.
Police are investigating.