Luxury furniture and homeware brand James Lane Design opens its first Western Australian store in Osborne Park on Thursday, 22 October. The Sydney-founded brand has expanded to more than two dozen showrooms. Two further WA stores are planned, in Joondalup in November and Midland in the summer. To mark the opening, the brand is offering 30 per cent off storewide and complimentary treats during the opening weekend. The Osborne Park store will open from 9am to 5pm on Thursday.
A Perth retiree has won $200,000 after winning Lotto for the second time. She first won a $10 million division one Oz Lotto jackpot in 2018. Her son picked up a $10 Scratch'N'Win ticket from a Midland newsagency, and she bought one too. When she scratched it, she was stunned by the prize. She said she plans to use the money for investments to support her family. Lotterywest said both wins came from the same Midland newsagency.
A sleep-deprived Western Australian police officer has been sentenced after shaking his crying five-week-old daughter. Nickolas Wayne Peake, 30, pleaded guilty to aggravated common assault at the family home in Perth. He was sentenced in the Midland Magistrate's Court to a 10-month community-based order with rehabilitation programs. The court heard he was stressed and getting little sleep. The magistrate described the offending as serious and said things could have been far worse. Peake's application for a spent conviction was rejected.
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A Perth grandmother, Elsie Gribben, waited almost 48 hours in a corridor at St John of God Midland Hospital in March, her daughter says. The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine says only 54 per cent of older patients were given an inpatient bed within eight hours in 2023–24, down from 75 per cent in 2018–19. Its report links the pressure to an ageing population and says most hospitals are not equipped to meet rising demand. Federal and state ministers have each blamed the other's government for the problem, which they say relates to aged care placements and hospital capacity.
Firefighters and RSPCA WA inspectors rescued a three-week-old kitten trapped inside a house wall in Queens Park on Monday. Firefighters spent several hours removing bricks to reach the calico kitten, which was stuck in a long wall cavity. Her sister had already been rescued by a neighbour. Both kittens have been named after rescuers and are now in foster care. Days later, four days-old kittens were freed from a narrow crevice in Midland, using specialised equipment.
Varsity, a Perth-based sports bar chain, will open its tenth Western Australian venue in Midland on October 30. The new location, housed in a heritage-listed building, will feature a large sports bar with 52 taps and 20 screens, including a wall of five mega screens. Additionally, it will house a 300sqm arcade precinct with 45 games and a prize shop. The chain, known for its experience-led hospitality, aims to create a venue where guests can spend an entire day or night. This expansion follows the 2025 launch of Varsity Whitfords, with existing locations in various Perth suburbs.
