While research from Flinders University shows that less than a third of Australians over 55 are engaged in sport at least once a week, sporting codes across the country are getting creative with their rules to help keep older people involved.

Police are investigating after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle on Sunday morning.

Olashinde "Chef Omo" Omotosho's journey has taken him 12,000km from Lagos to Gascoyne Junction, where he's head chef for the small cattle town's only pub.

North Melbourne's search of consecutive wins has been dealt a major hit just an hour ahead of the opening bounce against Collingwood. Follow live.

A series of opinion polls have projected that the far-right party National Rally could win the upcoming French elections and be in a position to form the next government.

More than 10,000 leaves from 60 plant species found between Far North Queensland and southern NSW are being propagated in a bid to increase the genetic diversity of rainforests.