Thunderstorms and giant hail on the cards for south-east

The Liberals pledge to create anti-stalking laws in the name of murdered Melbourne woman Celeste Manno and Labor talks up its plan to tackle the elective surgery wait list, days from early voting in Victoria's election. Follow live.

After grumblings through the early hours of Monday morning, the Bureau is warning residents to brace for another round of severe thunderstorms from about midday.

Now that the case of Bilal Hamze's accused killer has concluded, the disturbing act his alleged murderers did after his death and the dinner date who denied setting him up can be revealed.

Police allege a 14-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a car involved in a two-vehicle crash that left a teenage girl in a critical condition.