Perth man hit by car, killed on cycling tour in United States and other top stories.

• Perth man hit by car, killed on cycling tour in United States

  

  Perth man hit by car, killed on cycling tour in United States Posted October 07, 2016 20:14:36 A 60-year-old Perth man has been hit by a car and killed while on a cycling tour in the United States.Michael Balfe, from Claremont, was about 12 kilometres east of the city of Eureka in Kansas on Monday night, when he was struck from behind by a driver in a Chevy Impala before falling into a ditch on the 54 highway.Charges have not been laid against the 32-year-old driver w..

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• Last Ford built in Australia as more than 900 workers are laid off

  

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• Kevin James Corbett sentenced to life in prison for 'brutal' fatal attack on former partner

  

  Kevin James Corbett sentenced to life in prison for 'brutal' fatal attack on former partner Updated October 07, 2016 19:35:15 A man described as "jealous, possessive and controlling" has been sentenced to life in jail with a 21-year non-parole period for savagely beating to death his ex-partner in her home in the Wheatbelt town of Narrogin.Kevin James Corbett, 51, was found guilty of murdering 36-year-old mother-of-three Charmaine Winmar whose body was found in her home..

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• Knife held to pregnant Vic woman's throat

  

  A pregnant woman has had a knife held to her neck during a burglary in Melbourne. Police say five men, one armed with a knife and firearm, stormed the Berwick home just before midnight on Thursday. They demanded property before assaulting two men and threatening the pregnant woman with the knife. They then fled in a station wagon stolen from a home in Chelsea earlier in the afternoon. They are still at large.

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• Car crashes into Cape York funeral, killing one, seriously injuring 12

  

  Car crashes into Cape York funeral, killing one, seriously injuring 12 Updated October 07, 2016 18:54:49 A woman has been killed and 12 people have been seriously injured after a car ploughed into a house where mourners were gathering for a funeral in far north Queensland. Key points: Man, 55, accused of driving a car into a funeral in Cape York after a disputeWoman, 48, dead, 12 seriously injured, dozens with minor injuriesRegional disaster management plan activated,..

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• Kayakers cling to tree branches while trapped in storm water in Warrandyte

  

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