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'Spider boys' members charged after fire bomb attack

Three members of the so-called "Spider boys" gang have been charged in connection with a fire bomb attack in Perth's northern suburbs.

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More Commonwealth funding for GP skills base

The Federal Government has increased funding for a scheme that enhances the skills of doctors in regional areas.

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Girl injured by rock thrown at bus

A 14 year-old Perth girl suffered minor injuries after being hit by a rock while sitting on a bus yesterday afternoon.

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WA Govt to crack down on rock throwers

The West Australian Government is planning to crack down on people who throw rocks at buses, amending the Criminal Code to make the offence a serious assault.

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Serial sex offender caught on camera

Police are seeking public help to identify a serial sex offender in Perth's northern suburbs.

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Indecent assault charges

A Koondoola man has been charged with indecently assaulting a number of women at two Perth shopping centres earlier this year.

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Teenagers terrorised in home invasion

Police are investigating a violent home invasion in which two teenagers were confronted by four men wearing balaclavas and armed with machetes in Alexander Heights.

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Pensioner tackles intruders with baseball bat

Police were called in after 70 year-old John armed himself with a baseball bat to fight off intruders at his Perth home in the suburb of Alexander Heights.

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Police break-up bikie gathering

A policeman has been assaulted while trying to disperse a crowd of bikies in the southern Perth suburb of Success.

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Man surrenders after four hour siege

A man will face court today after a four-hour siege involving his three young children unfolded in Perth's northern suburbs last night.

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Thieves smash into supermarket and wreak havoc

Thieves have caused extensive damage to a supermarket in the Perth suburb of Alexander Heights.

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Liquor store, service station robbed

Perth police are investigating two separate armed robberies in the city's north overnight.

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Boy injured as car hits house

A 23-year-old man will face a Perth court after losing control of his car and ploughing into a house, injuring a six-year-old boy. Police say the man hit the wall of a house in Alexander Heights just...

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Perth police treat missing man case as a suspected homicide

Police are treating the disappearance of Perth man Wade Cameron Dunn as a suspected homicide.

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Passengers escape unhurt as bus destroyed by fire in Perth

Fire has gutted a diesel Transperth bus in Perth's northern suburbs, with a faulty air-conditioning unit suspected to have caused the blaze.

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Two plead not guilty to murder of missing Perth man

Two men plead not guilty to murdering Perth man Wade Cameron Dunn, who has been missing since May last year.

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Border protection key issue in marginal WA seat

Border protection shapes up as a key issue in the Liberals' most marginal seat in Western Australia, which will be contested by an ex-soldier and an expert on Islamic terrorism.

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Life sentence for man who killed friend, cut body up with chainsaw

A Perth man who murdered his friend and dismembered him with a chainsaw is sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 22 years.

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Neighbours heard woman's screams as man stabbed to death in home

A man is stabbed multiple times before dying in hospital as doctors tried to save his life, after a fight in the northern Perth suburb of Alexander Heights.

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Elderly husband accused of murdering wife of 60 years in their suburban home

An 85-year-old man who was arrested yesterday after the discovery of his 83-year-old wife's body at their Alexander Heights home faces a murder charge from his hospital bed.

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Elderly man who allegedly strangled wife in mercy killing released on bail

A "gravely ill" Perth man accused of killing his wife to "put her out of her misery" is granted bail in part because he has a very limited life expectancy.

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Accused 'mercy killing' husband dies in hospital

Harold Barclay was on trial for murdering his wife of 63 years — who had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease — to 'put her out of her misery'.

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Jealous killer stabbed childhood friend to death with hunting knife as he lay...

A Perth man is sentenced to life in prison for the "cowardly" and "violent" stabbing murder of his friend in Alexander Heights after he discovered his victim was in a relationship with his former partner.

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Pensioner uses bat to defend home

A 70-year-old man has chased off intruders at his Alexander Heights home using a baseball bat.

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Police conduct drug raids in Perth

Police have seized marijuana and methylamphetamines in raids on homes in northern Perth.

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