2025 Melbourne Cup winner Jamie Melham speaks to Nine Today about cheering her husband in the Derby Day and preparing for Tuesday's big race.

Welcome to our weekly AFLW blog for round 12 – the final round before the finals. Follow along for updates from every game, as well as news and analysis across the round.

Death row inmate Christa Pike has spoken in a statement after the botched execution that left her in serious pain.

Flemington is set to be alight with a huge day of racing for the 2026 Derby Day, with previews saying Cormier and Stormy Marco the favourites.

A 17-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly stabbing another boy in the arm at a house party.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is facing a new police investigation this morning with Scottish detectives probing what happened on his visits to Balmoral with Jeffrey Epstein.

Herald senior reporter Alexandra Smith heads on a food odyssey along the newly opened Southwest metro line.

The first week of Robert Crawford’s trial included footage from the night Frances died, and details of more than a decade of his extramarital affairs.

Brisbane woman Nicole Wilson went public with her fraught experience in the health system. Then her concerns – and private, disputed, details – landed in parliament.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong made it known she would not participate in a photograph with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

The acclaimed performer has a lot in common with the legendary Australian singer he plays in Whispering Jack. And it’s not just that they’ve both been Jesus.

The president has added events in Kansas and Iowa a day after the Republican Party claimed the rallies were not necessary because the party was in a strong position there.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is no match for the English dictionary’s longest word.

They’re useful when choosing a hotel – but in the popular arts, star ratings are a bust.

The indie rock band’s new album takes fans back to the place they first fell in love with Death Cab.

Despite two massive setbacks, Riley McGree still believes his best football is ahead of him.

Stand Atlantic’s new album Godbreath delivers some beauties.

When it comes to spooky ghost stories, Australia has tales more terrifying than anything Americans can offer.

The pop star and her guitarist husband, who wed in 2025, have splashed on a residence in a blue-chip suburb.

Despite choosing our seats nine months in advance, upon receiving our boarding passes we found Qantas had moved us to a less comfortable spot.