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CRASH ENDS ESCAPEA MAN driving an allegedly stolen car smashed into another motorist as he tried to flee police. The 27-year-old Chadstone man was arrested after colliding with a young female driver in Mount Waverley about midnight on Saturday. Police say he sped through bollards and drove across a reserve near White St.Drugs and ammunition were found in the car, police allege.

STABBING CHARGEA MAN has been charged over the stabbing of a woman in St Kilda. Police charged the 34-year-old with intentionally causing serious injury after arresting him on Saturday. It is alleged he used a blunt weapon to stab the woman on Carlisle St on May 2. She sustained serious injuries and remains in hospital.

ASHES STOLENAN accused burglar has been charged with stealing the ashes of a dead person. The theft took place at a home in Noble Park on Saturday. A 26-year-old from Noble Park has been charged. He is also accused of stealing a car and a mobile phone.

TEEN MISSINGPOLICE want help to find Jasmine Lumsden. The 16-year-old was last seen at her Wendouree home on Friday and is not carrying a mobile phone. She was wearing a grey jacket and denim-look leggings.

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Port rail link in jeopardy after developer pulls outA MAJOR transport plan forthe Andrews Government is indanger of falling apart after akey player pulled out.

After 13 years’ advocatingfor rail connections to the Portof Melbourne, Salta Propertieswill no longer apply for fund-ing from the Port Rail ShuttleProject.

The $58 million program is

looking to fund a series of raillines to connect the Port ofMelbourne to freight hubs andtake thousands of trucks offMelbourne’s heaving roads.

Salta’s decision has sur-prised many close to the pro-cess because the commercial

developer has spent yearspreparing two sites for railshuttles and has been an out-spoken advocate for inlandports connected by rail.

Stakeholders now fear thelong-awaited rail hubs in Mel-bourne’s west and southeastmay never go ahead.

Container Transport Al-liance Australia director Neil

Chambers said the news hadthrown the future of the stategovernment’s plans into ques-tion. “There’s only a limitednumber of organisations whocan be a bidder for this,”he said. “It is concerning withan organisation like that pull-ing out — where does it leavethe process?”

Sources associated with the

project told the Herald Sunthat Salta might have had nochoice but to pull out becauseit could not work with the gov-ernment’s plans.

Opposition spokesmanDavid Hodgett said it was ablow for Victoria.

“Thousands of jobs andbusiness rely on us getting thisproject right,” he said.

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Multivitamins a risk to bubs

PREGNANT women who eata balanced diet are typicallyforking out for unnecessarymultivitamins, with some evenrisking harm to their childfrom excessive intake, newresearch shows.

Reproductive health ex-perts say supplement use dur-ing pregnancy should insteadbe determined individually,and based on a woman’s healthand whether she could meetrecommended nutrient in-takes through diet alone.

In a review of large-scalestudies, the University of

Adelaide’s Robinson ResearchInstitute Professor Claire Rob-erts found while multivitaminuse was common during preg-nancy, there was a lack of datasupporting widespread use.

“In some cases, supplemen-tation with such vitamins mayprovide amounts of variousvitamins above what is actuallyneeded,” Prof Roberts wrote inthe Journal of Pharmacy Prac-tice and Research review. “Suchsupplementation may not becompletely without harm.”

Chair of the Society of Hos-pital Pharmacists of Australia’sWomen’s and Newborn Healthstream, Dr Luke Grzeskowiak,said while all multivitaminsmarketed for pregnancy con-tained recommended levels offolic acid and iodine, many in-cluded “unnecessary” vitaminsand minerals, or “pointlessly”low levels of nutrients, such asiron or calcium.

“Pregnant women are vul-nerable to messages about giv-ing their baby the best start tolife and this should not be ex-ploited,” Dr Grzeskowiak said.

“For women who have aparticularly unhealthy diet orwho struggle to eat well due tosevere morning sickness, theadditional nutrients may beuseful; however, for the major-ity of women, complex multivi-tamin preparations representan unnecessary expense.”

Australia’s national guide-lines recommend women whoare planning pregnancy, orwho are pregnant or breast-feeding, take 150 microgramsof iodine daily for foetal neuro-development. brigid.oconnell@news.com.au

BRIGID O’CONNELL

GYM A GOOD FIT FOR MUMS THEY joke at the HIIT Factory Caroline Springs is that there is something in the water.

With about a dozenwomen pregnant, and a couple of members recently giving birth, they boast the highest number of mums-to-be

training at the centre.Owner and trainer

Kelly Dennis, who has seven weeks to go before giving birth to her second child, said medical advice now showed exercise was useful for healthy pregnant women.

A high number of women who work out at HIITFactory Caroline Springs are pregnant, including

Janette Ibarra, Brooke Brickle, gym owner andinstructor Kelly Dennis and Natalie Wlasiuk.

Picture: JAKE NOWAKOWSKI

OBESITY LINKS TO EATING DISORDERS EXAMINEDTHE prevalence of Australians who are both obese and have an eating disorder is increasing, according to Melbourne researchers.

Deakin University has

teamed up with universities from nine other countries to survey 6000 young adults with the aim of uncovering triggers for both, to design better early interventions.

Dr Gemma Tatangelo,

from Deakin’s School of Psychology, said given that people suffering from bulimia or binge eating were more likely to be obese, it was important to uncover whether obesity was a

precursor to an eating disorder, or vice versa.

It is estimated that one insix Australian adults has an eating disorder, while at least a quarter of adults are overweight or obese.