Detectives from Brimbank Embona are appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery at a service station in Kealba last Friday.

A group of Melbourne women have come up with an initiative to send a message of hope to women experiencing family violence.

It would be dangerous to keep hundreds of mature trees on a vacant Cairnlea site earmarked for housing and commercial development.

The state government is being urged to investigate the possible extension of tramlines to Brimbank.