Nicolas Cage’s generous Telethon donation and shoutout came about after 7NEWS Perth anchor Rick Ardon attempted to get the Hollywood A-lister to make a surprise appearance at the fundraiser.
Dylan Caporn
New video has emerged of the moment a man was crushed between cars during a bizarre highway brawl in Perth’s western suburbs.
Amelia Broun
Disgraced footballer Barry Cable says he is ‘not interested’ in responding to a bombshell court decision that labelled him a sexual predator who used his fame and power to abuse young girls.
Lauren Price and Geof Parry
A Perth grandmother has been left devastated as her treatment for a potentially life-threatening brain tumour was delayed four times.
Jessica Page
A Perth teenager is in hospital facing the prospect of learning to walk and speak again after contracting the flu.
Letitia Wallace
When 7NEWS reporter Jordan Cutts reveals his first-hand account of his brush with death, which began with a ‘thunderclap headache’ while doing his daily laps at Beatty Park.
Katherine Fleming
When owners of a suburban Caversham home listed their property on Airbnb they never thought it would be used for a kidnapping and extortion plot.
Sarah Steger, Emily Baker & Hannah Cross
Cousins are lucky to be alive after a high-speed jet boat flipped multiple times in Baldivis, leaving the men inside the safety cage bloodied and bruised.
Rachel Tassicker
Shocking new details of a bloody machete and knife revenge attack on young party goers in West Leederville have been revealed in court as one of the accused teenagers failed in his bid for freedom.
Cassidy Mosconi
The summer heat was no barrier to Christmas cheer on Saturday as thousands of families flocked to St Georges Terrace for a very special Christmas Pageant.
Michael Traill
Chris Johnson, 34, was diving 7km off the coast at 3 Mile Reef when he came face-to-face with the predator who was eyeing off his catch at 11.20 this morning.
Tim Clarke & Rory Campbell
A man who reportedly had mobility issues has died after he couldn’t find his way to the front door of his burning house in Perth’s east this afternoon.
Kate Massey
Emergency crews have descended on a soup kitchen on Beaufort Street after a man was doused in petrol and set alight.
An overloaded power-board has been blamed for a fire at a Thai restaurant in North Perth with firefighters were called to the venue on Fitzgerald Street about 1am today.
For a split second, Brett Highlands thought he was going to die when a 3m shark latched onto his arm while he was spearfishing north of Broome. But then instinct kicked in — and he fought back.
Syan Dougherty
Despite having claimed to hold $172m in one online share trading account, besieged betting scheme promoter Chris Brown has been bankrupted over his chronic failure to repay his grandparents $82k.
Neale Prior
WA Police homicide detectives are investigating a mystery death in Perth’s south-eastern suburbs.
Rory Campbell
Two Mandurah men required a high-stakes rescue after their makeshift mattress boat was swept kilometres offshore — while they were equipped with nothing but an esky, beers and a dying phone.
Ben Downie
A Perth father-of-three who was jailed today for five years over a road rage attack in Leederville was out on bail when he kidnapped his victim and forced him to withdraw cash.
Shocking CCTV footage has emerged of three Belmont shopping centre security guards attacking a 31-year-old Uber driver.
Michael Traill & Emily Baker
Ben Cousins, AFL and reality blockbusters like SAS Australia and Big Brother have helped Channel 7 Perth continue its reign as Australia’s top rating television station for a 15th consecutive year.
Video of a security guard punching a teenager on the ground outside a Scarborough bar is tonight being investigated by police.
A family who were pepper sprayed at a train station in Perth’s southern suburbs is demanding the transit guards be investigated, claiming their actions were heavy-handed.
Cassidy Mosconi & Rourke Walsh
Plans to shut down a critical treatment unit at Perth Children’s Hospital have caused anxiety and anger among families, patients and some staff.
Geof Parry & Sarah Steger
