News in 5: Grieving widower speaks; Footy fan's topless pic probed; Serena Williams is back.

1. “I blame myself.” Heart-wrenching account from Kelly Clarke’s widower.

The husband of Kelly Clarke, 24, who died on their honeymoon in Fiji last week, has spoken to the Daily Telegraph about the ordeal.

"I blame myself," Chase Clarke, 28, told the publication. Kelly died in hospital in Fiji on Friday, three days after contracting severe bilateral pneumonia, reportedly caused by a fungal infection.

Originally, doctors presumed she had typhoid but it did not show in blood test results. The 24-year-old nurse was placed in an induced coma due to organ failure and septicaemia, but never came out of it.

"The guilt is heavy, [I blame] no one else. Had we not gone to Fiji on our honeymoon, she might still be alive today, I will always wonder," Chase told the Daily Telegraph.

READ: Kelly Clarke died of pneumonia on her honeymoon. How does this happen?

The grieving widower recalled the moment he had to identify his wife's body as she lay - one of four dead - in a hospital shipping container.

"That was not something I ever envisaged doing, the image is in my mind," he said.

"It was disgusting, hospitals there are not quite third-world but conditions are basic. I feel sorry for the Fijians. Nothing I can say will ever bring back Kelly."

There is a GoFundMe page set up to help support Kelly's family. To donate, click here.

2. Police investigate explicit photo of a female Richmond fan posted to social media.

Richmond Tigers star being investigated over image of topless woman wearing premiership medal https://t.co/zfR4Eap1vw #7News pic.twitter.com/GlCV8ZohKt

— 7News Yahoo7 (@Y7News) October 10, 2017

The circulation of explicit photos of a woman wearing a Richmond Tigers star's AFL premiership medal is under police investigation.

The woman did not agree to the photos being sent out, police say.

"Yarra Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating an image distributed on social media," police said in a statement, AAP reports.

"The image was posted without consent. As the investigation is ongoing it would be inappropriate to comment further."

Reports of the photos emerged late last week.

The images published by News Corp show a topless woman wearing the 2017 premiership medal and in another, she has her back to the camera and is holding a football in front of a wall with a Richmond logo on it.

Her face is not shown in either photo and the player whose medal she is wearing is also not identified.

Richmond beat the Adelaide Crows in the September 30 grand final.

3. A man's will written in an unsent text message has been deemed valid in court.

A Queensland court has ruled an unsent text message written by a man shortly before he took his own life was a valid will.

But experts have warned against people relying on phones and iPads to draft their wills, saying the risk and cost of proving their legitimacy in the courts is still too high.

The recent case in the Supreme Court in Brisbane hinged on a message saved on a phone by a 55-year-old man who took his own life, AAP reports.

It was addressed to his brother, telling him he and his nephew should "keep all that I have".

The message included banking information and specifics on where he wanted his ashes to be buried.

The man's wife, who left him for the third time just days before his death, contested the validity of the will, arguing the fact he hadn't sent it meant it was not his final instructions.

However, in a written judgment handed down this week, the court ruled it was valid and that the division of the man's property be executed in accordance with his wishes.

4. Claims independent Victorian schools taking advantage of disability funding "unfair".

It's time for a review into this MESS of a funding plan. #Gonski #Auspol https://t.co/4lJ1IWREsI

— AEU Victoria (@AEUVictoria) October 9, 2017

Allegations that independent schools are inflating the number of students with a disability in order to get more government funding has been dismissed as "unfair and false".

The Australian Education Union on Tuesday said federal government figures show more than half of the national funding increase for students with a disability will go to Victorian independent schools in 2018, AAP reports.

The huge jump is because Victoria's independent schools are claiming a quarter of their students have a disability, the union added, compared with 17 per cent for public schools, and 13 per cent for Catholic schools.

Disability loadings for Victorian independent schools will increase from $63.7 million in 2017 to $123.3 million in 2018, but it will drop $16 million for Catholic schools, figures obtained by the union show.

That means 55.8 per cent of the total national funding increase for disability education will go to independent schools in Victoria, while public schools in the state will increase by 11 per cent.

"They are concentrating a miserly funding increase among wealthy private schools that are suddenly reporting a big unexplained rise in their claimed numbers of children with a disability," Correna Haythorpe, AEU federal president said in a statement.

Independent Schools Victoria rejects the claim, which it says is unfounded, unfair and false.

The disability status of students used to be determined by a medical model, which has been changed to a school-based assessment, resulting in a national increase in cases from 212,000 to 470,000.

5. Hit-and-run victim remembered: "A kind and compassionate nurse."

The family of a cardiac nurse killed in a Melbourne crash have thanked those who came to the 53-year-old's aide as the driver of a stolen Lexus ran from the scene.

Lynda Hansen died on Monday night after the Lexus crashed with her Toyota at Oakleigh, AAP reports.

"Lynda was a very caring and family orientated person," her family said in a statement on Tuesday.

"She was a compassionate cardiac nurse at a large private hospital and was excited to be commencing a new position within the hospital in the next week."

She enjoyed yoga, singing in her gospel choir, travel and helping her elderly mother, her family said.

"Lynda leaves behind many shocked and devastated friends and family members," they said.

"We wish to thank the caring people who tried to help Lynda and Victoria Police Force for all of their support."

6. Serena Williams will be back to defend her Australian Open title in 2018.

Months after giving birth, Serena Williams is heading back to the tennis court https://t.co/mcGo993vo6 pic.twitter.com/EZtmLUpqV3

— The Independent (@Independent) October 10, 2017

New mum Serena Williams will be chasing a record $4 million in prizemoney when she returns to defend her Australian Open crown in January.

Tournament director Craig Tiley announced on Tuesday that Williams, who gave birth to a daughter in September, would be back in Melbourne for the January 15-28 tournament.

Williams was eight weeks pregnant when she won a record 23rd grand slam and announced after the birth that the initials of her daughter's name Alexis Olympia Ohanian were a nod to the Australian Open.

Tiley said Williams was back in training to defend her title.

"Serena will be back," Tiley said.

"She wants to come back in 2018 and defend her title and she's in training now.

"There's several months to go and obviously it will be up to her as to where she is with her fitness."

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