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A doctor inundated with patients suffering from mental health conditions during Melbourne's crippling Stage Four lockdown has hit out at Premier Daniel Andrews for only partially easing social distancing restrictions in the city. Dr Stacey Harris wrote in a letter to the Victorian leader she had not seen 'such devastation with patient's mental health' in her 15 years of general practice. The GP noted she was dealing with between 15 and 20 cases each day related to  mental health compared to only five a day during the same period last year.  Dr Harris said suicidal children were presenting to her clinic in Camberwell in Melbourne's east, some as young as 12. A young woman is pictured exercising in Princes Park on Sunday. A Melbourne GP has called on Premier Daniel Andrews to fully ease the city's strict COVID-19 restrictions to ease the mental health strain on the city's residents Mr Andrews ended Melbourne's curfew on Monday but has still banned the city

A firefighter has been charged with assaulting a patient in the back of a medical vehicle while they were being transported to a Virginia hospital. Footage of Fairfax County Firefighter Andrew Cruikshank appearing to strike the man was captured on a body camera worn by a Fairfax County Police Department officer who was present at the time. The victim – who says in the video that he does not have a residence or a family - was in the custody of the police department when the medical emergency occurred. The disagreement occurred after the victim claimed the firefighter was probing too much for personal information and subsequently threatens to shoot the firefighter in the face. Fairfax County Firefighter Andrew Cruikshank has been charged with one count of misdemeanor assault At the time the patient is handcuffed and earlier in the video appeared to be in mental distress as he arrived with puncture wounds and declared that he wanted to die. One of the men is later heard teasing the pat

A father-of-two has been found guilty of sexually assaulting four women he met on dating apps over a five-month period. David Gabrieli was found guilty of 19 assault and sexual misconduct charges after incidents with four women in his apartment in Maroubra in Sydney's east between August 2017 and January 2018. The 39-year-old posed as a doctor on Bumble and RSVP to lure the women to him as part of his 'modus operandi' to engage in sexual activity. NSW District Court heard Gabrieli held each woman by the wrist and made them touch his penis, with one victim saying she was detained for 10 minutes. David Gabrieli was found guilty of sexually assaulting four women from dating apps When Gabrieli said the victim could not leave until she calmed down, she replied 'you’re going to have to let me go at some stage, you can’t keep me here forever,' the court heard, news.com.au reported. Gabrili's charges included indecent assault, sexual intercourse without consent and agg

Two skateboarders in California decided to tempt fate by edging dangerously close to a railroad track as an Amtrak train sped by, no doubt alarming the driver. Video posted to social media shows the two men who appear to be in their 20s skateboarding up a ramp that leads to railway tracks. As the Pacific Surfliner approaches, one skateboarder climbs up the ramp and skates back down as the board comes inches away from the speeding train. A skateboarder is seen speeding up toward train tracks as an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner rolls by in California The expression on the skateboarder's face says it all as he narrowly avoids the oncoming train When another train approached from the opposite direction, the skateboarder's friend decided to tempt fate The skateboarder appears to climb onto the track just a few inches from the oncoming train Luckily, he managed not to get hit and avoid injury or even death In the video’s next segment, the two skateboarders are seen going further up the

A woman lying on a Southern California beach was crushed to death by a tractor that was being used in a harbor dredging project, police said. The woman may have been asleep when the Caterpillar tractor ran over her at about 10am Monday near a jetty at Oceanside Harbor, north of San Diego, police said. The incident happened along North Pacific Drive, just south of the jetty, the Los Angeles Times reports. Scroll down for video  A woman may have been asleep when she was crushed by a Caterpillar tractor at around 10am Monday near Oceanside Harbor The incident happened along North Pacific Drive, just south of the jetty The woman, who may have been homeless, was fully clothed rather than being in a swimsuit and didn't have any identification, police spokesman Tom Bussey said. The tractor was being used to move pipes, police said. The tractor driver felt a bump and at first thought he had hit a dip but then turned around and saw the woman in the sand, Bussey said. The tractor driver fe

Two women have filed sexual assault complaints against Nikola founder Trevor Milton claiming he groped them when they were 15 and then 'boasted about it to a friend'. Milton's cousin Aubrey Ferrin Smith, now 36, and an unidentified woman, who is now a 32-year-old lawyer, both formally accused the 38-year-old entrepreneur of sexually assaulting them when they were teenagers in complaints filed with Utah authorities last week. Ferrin Smith accused Milton of groping her breasts at her grandfather's funeral when she was 15 and he was 17. The other alleged victim, who has spoken out for the first time, claimed he penetrated her vagina with his fingers when she was his 15-year-old office assistant and he was her 22-year-old boss in the movie room at his company office building. The latest allegations against the billionaire come days after he resigned from the electric car firm amid a swirl of fraud accusations and an SEC probe.      Two women have filed sexual assault compla

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved legislation that will make it illegal for first responders to take unauthorized photos of deceased people at the scene of an accident or crime. Newsom announced the news on Monday, with the new law prompted by the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight other people earlier this year.   In the wake of that tragic January 26 accident, reports surfaced that graphic photos of the victims were being shared among law enforcement officers.  Eight deputies were accused of taking or sharing graphic photos of the scene, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said at the time.  California Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved legislation that will make it illegal for first responders to take unauthorized photos of deceased people at the scene of an accident or crime. The new law is prompted by the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, back in January. The pair are pictured in November 2019 Eight deputies were accused

A 29-year-old British man has survived after plunging 300ft down a mountainside in the snowy German Alps after going for a hike in a pair of shorts and trainers. He and three other Englishmen set out for Kehlstein's 6,171ft peak on Monday, a subpeak of the colossal Göll massif in the Berchtesgaden Alps. They were having difficulty navigating due to poor visibility and it being slippery underfoot when the 29-year-old fell down the rocky gully.  He suffered serious injuries to his legs, head and feet, but it would be more than hour until the rescue helicopter was able to find them in the dense fog. Mountain rescuers on Monday flying down to the rocky slope down which the 29-year-old Englishman fell The helicopter flew the man off the mountain despite heavy fog  Rescue teams had to triangulate the group's position using their call data before scouring the mountainside with binoculars. After they were spotted, about 45 minutes after their call, mountain rescuers were able to reach

More than one million houses will sell by the end of the year as eager house buyers rush to cash-in on Rishi Sunak's stamp duty cuts.  Real estate agent Savills said it expects around 1.06 million house sales across Britain in 2020 - with the market favouring established home owners and cash buyers. Further proving the country is seeing a buyers' market, the number of mortgage approvals jumped to its highest levels since 2007 in August, the Bank of England said. Some 84,700 approvals for house purchase were recorded, marking the highest number since October 2007, according to the Bank's money and credit report. The 1.06 million predicted house sales figure is around a quarter of a million more than it had previously predicted - prior to the Chancellor's temporary stamp duty holiday announced in July.  More than one million houses will sell by the end of the year as eager house buyers rush to cash-in on Rishi Sunak's stamp duty cuts. Pictured: A graph showing current