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An ice rink is for life, not just for Christmas. And while London's festive ice skating spots are all well and good, what if you fancy going ice skating at another time of year?

Temperance is not something associated with Brixton’s Coldharbour Lane in recent years, yet it is home to a important landmark for the temperance movement and features in a book on the subject published today (9 January).

BUSHFIRES at Colignan and south of Boinka on the Mallee Highway triggered watch and act and stay informed warnings from authorities on Friday.

Fire crews across Victoria are battling multiple blazes burning at an emergency level as extreme winds and high temperatures create "catastrophic" conditions.

Two major fires at Longwood and Walwa continue to burn out of control with multiple properties confirmed destroyed.

A major bushfire that has des troyed homes and left three people missing in central Victoria has created scenes that a local firefighter has likened to an "atomic bomb".

At 5pm, authorities issued evacuation warnings for Kinglake and Marysville, heavily forested towns to Alexandra’s south – not far from Melbourne’s urban fringe.

Both were decimated in the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009.

UPDATED 2.50pm, January 9

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Where to find the latest warnings from emergency services

In an emergency, the ABC will broadcast regular warnings on ABC Radio.

The radio frequences to tune into across Victoria include:

Goulburn Valley: 97.7 FM

Corryong: 99.7 FM