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We’re in for a mostly sunny day with frost and patchy fog about this morning - Bendigo 12, Echuca 14, Maryborough 11, Kyneton 9, Redesdale 12, Castlemaine 11.
There’s also a frost warning in place for the Wimmera, Northern Country, North Central and South West forecast districts.
The Bureau of Meteorology is advising frosts with temperatures down to 0 degrees are forecast for this morning in parts of the Wimmera, Northern Country, North Central and South West forecast districts.
Please be aware temperatures at ground level can be many degrees lower than those recorded by standard weather stations, especially in calm conditions with very clear skies, the bureau warning states.
Let’s take a look at what has been making news…
Missing teen found: Detectives are investigating after a Bendigo jogger was found after being missing for more than 24 hours. A Bendigo man aged in his 30s is currently assisting police with inquiries. More here.
Police respond to reports of shots fired: Bendigo police are still looking for a man who fired shots into a Golden Square house in the early hours of Thursday morning. More here.
Storm gathers behind Goodes: Storm players will pull on their indigenous round guernseys before this weekend's BFNL clash against Kyneton. More here.
Funds return to disadvantaged families: An extra 25,000 students from disadvantaged families in Victoria will have access to free school uniforms, books and other basics as part of a $15.6 million state government program. More here.
The Adam Goodes debate: Readers of news websites in five Victorian areas have their say on booing Adam Goodes. More here.
► WOLLONGONG, NEW SOUTH WALES: These Illawarra kids might be pint-sized but they are about to prove on national television they are spelling titans.
Holly, Rachel and Grace have been selected to appear on The Great Australian Spelling Bee, which will premiere on Network Ten on Monday.
► BENDIGO, VICTORIA: One assailant was armed with a baseball bat. The other was wielding an axe. The two desperate phone calls concerning family violence came through to a police sergeant at a busy Melbourne station at the same time.
► TASMANIA: Former Tasmanian Greens Leader Nick McKim will replace departing Senator Christine Milne, the party has confirmed.
Mr McKim won a ballot of Greens membership earlier this month, after Senator Milne announced her retirement from politics.
► MANDURAH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is offering a $5000 reward for information leading to the identification and conviction those responsible for the beheading of Houdini the cat.
► MOUNT ISA, QUEENSLAND: Politicians representing three tiers of government expressed sadness when learning of the 39-year-old man and two children to die in the gas explosion.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said her heart went out to victims of the explosion.
► SYDNEY: The fate of the Sydney Harbour Control Tower at Barangaroo was sealed on Thursday when the state government granted approval to knock it down.
A statement from the office of Planning Minister Rob Stokes said the Barangaroo Delivery Authority sought to remove the tower "in order to achieve a naturalistic form and character for the reserve that is consistent with the site's concept plan".
► CANBERRA: Speaker Bronwyn Bishop will almost certainly face a no-confidence motion when Parliament resumes despite belatedly apologising for chartering a taxpayer funded private helicopter ride.
► NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: When the votes came in from the 15-member United Nations Security Council on Thursday, 11 nations voted to establish an independent tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, and three countries abstained.
But the only country to oppose the proposal - Russia - used its veto to block hopes that those responsible would be brought to justice.
►REUNION, PACIFIC OCEAN: A number found on the aircraft part washed up on the shore of Reunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean, should be the vital clue that will allow authorities to confirm quickly whether it is part of the doomed Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
►UNITED STATES: Lawyers suing Warner Chappell Music over the right to use Happy Birthday To You in a documentary about the song found a key piece of evidence in documents owned by Warner itself which appears to show the existing 1935 copyright is invalid.
►UNITED STATES: Walter Palmer, the US dentist and big game hunter who killed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe, has written a letter to his patients apologising for the disruption to their treatment while the international furore continues.
Palmer's River Bluff Dental practice in Minnesota has remained closed since it was revealed this week that he was the tourist who shot dead Cecil, a well-known lion in the Hwange National Park.
Port Macquarie’s Rowena Gilbett is among a group of enterprising young women vying for top honours in a magazine competition.
The 26-year-old Kempsey High School teacher founded an after-school program called Strong Girl Fitness which combines fitness training with positive body image, teamwork and leadership building.
The initiative earned Ms Gilbett a semi-final position in Australian Women’s Weekly Women of the Future competition which helps young women achieve their dreams.
A judging panel will select one winner and six runners-up from the 15 semi-finalists with prize money, Qantas travel bursaries and Qantas Club membership up for grabs.