DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THOSE FIGHTING TO SAVE THE CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL SAY MINING TECHNIQUES COULD BE THE ANSWER. STORMS MOVE IN AS AMERICANS SWELTER UNDER THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY. AND IRENE VAN DYK POPS THE WINNER FOR THE MAGIC IN A NETBALL THRILLER IN HAMILTON. DETAILED PLANS TO SAVE MOST OF THE CHRISTCHURCH ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL USING MINING TECHNIQUES WILL BE UNVEILED SHORTLY. FORMER MPS JIM ANDERTON AND PHILIP BURDON, WHO ARE CAMPAIGNING TO PRESERVE THE ICONIC EARTHQUAKE-DAMAGED BUILDING, ARE HOLDING A MEDIA CONFERENCE WITHIN THE HOUR. THEY'LL UNVEIL DETAILS OF AN INDEPENDENT REPORT WRITTEN BY TWO WELL-KNOWN ENGINEERS. THE ENGINEERS SAY THE 130-YEAR-OLD CATHEDRAL CAN NOT ONLY BE SAFELY RESTORED, BUT ALSO UPGRADED TO MEET NZ'S HIGHEST SAFETY RATINGS. STEFANO PAMPANIN AND ADAM THORNTON, WHO'VE BOTH GIVEN EVIDENCE AT THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO EARTHQUAKE BUILDING FAILURES, BELIEVE THAT BY INSERTING A PROTECTIVE SLEEVE WITHIN THE CATHEDRAL, WORKERS COULD REPAIR THE BUILDING SAFELY AND RETAIN MOST OF THE STRUCTURE. IT'S A TECHNIQUE ALREADY USED IN UNDERGROUND MINING. ANOTHER GRILLING TODAY FOR THE ENGINEERS BEHIND WHAT'S BECOME A HIGHLY CONTENTIOUS REPORT ON THE COLLAPSE OF THE CTV BUILDING IN LAST FEBRUARY'S EARTHQUAKE. THEY'RE BACK IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION TODAY FOR THEIR SECOND DAY AS WITNESSES. THEIR DAMNING REPORT CALLED INTO QUESTION THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING AND SAID IT FAILED TO MEET THE BUILDING STANDARDS OF THE DAY. ONE NEWS REPORTER ALI PUGH IS AT THE ROYAL COMMISSION AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. ALI. DR CLARK HYLAND AND ASHLEY SMITH ARE THE TWO STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS WHO WERE COMMISSIONED TO WRITE AN INDEPENDENT REPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND HOUSING ON WHY THE CTV BUILDING FAILED SO CATASTROPHICALLY LAST FEBRUARY. THEIR REPORT OUTLINES A NUMBER OF INADEQUIES IN THE CONTSTRUCTION.� THIS MORNING THEY'VE BEEN QUESTIONED BY MARCUS ELLIOT, LAWYER FOR THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES. EARLIER HE ASKED ABOUT WHETHER ENOUGH ATTENTION WAS GIVEN IN THE REPORT ABOUT THE DEMOLITION OF THE NEIGHBOURING BUILDING, AND IF IT MAY HAVE WEAKENED THE STRUCTURE OF THE CTV BUILDING. HERE'S HOW HE RESPONDED. THERE MAY BE A PERCEPTION THAT WE DIDN'T GIVE IT ADEQUATE COVERAGE IN OUR REPORT. AND PERHAPS THE EXPLANATION THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE EXPLANATION IS HEIGHTENED SENSITIVITY OF PEOPLE TO VIBRATIONS IN THAT SITUATION, WHICH WAS NOT INTENDED TO MEAN THAT THEY WERE NOT REAL EFFECTS. SO I CERTAINLY... I HAVE FELT VIBRATIONS FROM DEMOLITIONS AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THEY ARE REAL EFFECTS. SO THEY WEREN'T DISCOUNTED ` THOSE TENANTS' VIEWS. THEIR TESTIMONIES ARE EXPECTED TO WRAP UP TODAY. AND ON THURSDAY ALAN REAY WILL BE CALLED AS A WITNESS. HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF ALAN REAY CONSULTANTS LTD, WHO DESIGNED THE BUILDING. WHEN IT WAS BUILT IN 1986. THEIR LAWYER HAS BEEN SCATHING OF THE REPORT. KIWIRAIL IS LOOKING AT AXING UP TO 220 JOBS AS IT TRIES TO CUT COSTS. PAPERS PROVIDED BY NZ FIRST SHOW KIWIRAIL NEEDS TO SAVE $200M OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AS WELL AS THE LIKELY JOB CUTS, IT WILL SCALE BACK MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADING WORK ON TRACKS. KIWIRAIL IS MEETING WITH WORKERS THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL JOB CUTS. INTERNET MILLIONAIRE KIM DOTCOM IS GUARANTEED TO SPEND MORE TIME IN NZ. HIS EXTRADITION HEARING HAS BEEN PUT OFF UNTIL NEXT YEAR. IT WAS DUE TO START AT THE NORTH SHORE DISTRICT COURT AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. NOW IT ISN'T EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE UNTIL LATE IN MARCH NEXT YEAR. THE HEARING'S SET TO DETERMINE WHETHER DOTCOM WILL BE SENT TO THE US TO FACE TRIAL ON CHARGES INCLUDING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR HIS MEGAUPLOAD FILE-SHARING WEBSITE. DOTCOM'S LAWYER SAYS THE DELAY IS DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CASE, AND MATTERS THE COURTS STILL NEED TO DEAL WITH. KEEN HOME BUYERS AND A SHORTAGE OF PROPERTIES HAVE PUSHED NZ HOUSE PRICES TO A RECORD HIGH. THE NATIONAL MEDIAN PRICE HAS NOW REACHED $372,000, UP $3000 ON LAST YEAR. BUT THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE REMAINS CAUTIOUS ABOUT STRENGTHENING SALES. HOUSE PRICES ARE UP 3.3% IN A YEAR. REALLY, THAT'S JUST INFLATION. LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS ` ROUGHLY 6000 TRANSACTIONS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE ` AT THE ABSOLUTE PEAKS OF THE TRANSACTIONAL BOOMS BACK IN 2004, THE MARKET WOULD TURN OVER 11,000 HOUSES IN A MONTH. AT 6000 THIS MONTH, IT'S STILL A RECOVERY AS OPPOSED TO A SIGNIFICANT BOOM. HELEN O'SULLIVAN FROM THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE. A MAORI ISSUES EXPERT SAYS THE WATER RIGHTS DEBATE COULD HEAD IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE FORESHORE AND SEABED DISPUTE. WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HEARINGS INTO A MAORI WATER RIGHTS CLAIM THAT THREATEN THE GOVERNMENT'S PARTIAL ASSET SALES PLAN CONTINUE TODAY. A PROFESSOR OF INDIGENOUS STUDIES SAYS IF THE CROWN REJECTS A TRIBUNAL'S RECOMMENDATION, THE CASE COULD END UP IN THE HIGH COURT. HOWEVER, THE CROWN COULD ALSO PASS LEGISLATION OUTLINING RIGHTS OR LIMITING THEM, AS IT DID WITH THE FORESHORE AND SEABED ISSUE. AND A THIRD OPTION MIGHT BE THE CROWN TALKING TO TRIBAL LEADERS AND COMING UP WITH SOME FORM OF SETTLEMENT OR ACCOMMODATION THAT WOULD SUIT THEM BOTH. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS WAITANGI TRIBUNAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT BINDING UNDER NZ LAW. AMERICANS HAVE ENDURED THE HOTTEST SIX MONTHS IN HISTORY, WITH MORE THAN 24,000 HEAT RECORDS SET. NOW THE HEAT IS TAKING A BREAK, BUT IT'S BEING REPLACED WITH BRUTAL STORMS. THE ABC'S DAVID KERLEY REPORTS. IN THIS TEXAS BASEBALL STADIUM AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE HISTORIC HEAT WAVE WENT OUT WITH A BOOM. BOOM! A BOOM OF LIGHTNING. THE TWINS AND THE RANGERS BATTLING EACH OTHER AND THE WEATHER HERE, SENDING PLAYERS RUNNING NOT FOR THE BALL, BUT FOR COVER. WATCH IT AGAIN. BOOM! AN EXPLOSION OF STORMS. ONE OF THE STRONGEST IN FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA. MAN: YOU'RE TALKING HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. IN A BUILDING THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS, 14 COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADERS WERE PRACTISING. THAT BUILDING IS NOW... A PILE OF RUBBLE. < EVER BEEN THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, NEVER. IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE EVER. JUST THINK ` WHERE WE WERE DOING HANDSTANDS ON FRIDAY, THAT'S GONE. WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WAS THE CHEER FUSION TEAM, WHICH HAS SPENT HOURS IN THIS GYM, WAS STUNNED AND PANICKED AS THE WINDS LITERALLY RIPPED APART THE BUILDING. IT WAS REALLY SCARY, REALLY SCARY, REALLY LOUD. KIDS WERE SCREAMING EVERYWHERE, KIDS DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEIR PARENTS WERE. PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE KIDS WERE. THEY ALL RAN TO THE BACK ROOM, HUDDLING TOGETHER, TRAPPED INSIDE IN THE DARK, WITH ONE OF THE DADS, HEATH MULLINS, TRYING TO GET ALL THE KIDS IN. HE DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE ROOM AND WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND, PUMMELLED BY FALLING ROCKS AND STEEL BEAMS. HE WAS A HERO TO ALL OF US. EVEN THOUGH THIS BUILDING COLLAPSED WITH ITS ROOF FLYING NEARLY A FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY, SLAMMING INTO JOHN BETTIS' HOUSE, REMARKABLY, NO ONE HERE DIED. SOUNDS LIKE A WILD RIDE. IT WAS. THE FIRST WITNESS HAS TESTIFIED IN THE LONG-AWAITED TRIAL OF FORMER BOSNIAN SERB ARMY CHIEF RATKO MLADIC FOR WAR CRIMES. ELVEDIN PASIC (34), WHO WAS A TEENAGER DURING THE BOSNIAN WAR IN THE 1990'S, HELD BACK TEARS AS HE DESCRIBED FLEEING HIS VILLAGE UNDER FIRE, AND THEN RETURNING TO FIND ELDERLY NEIGHBOURS BURNED IN THEIR HOMES AND HIS FATHER MISSING. YOUR HONOURS, AFTER BEING THERE THAT NIGHT,... (VOICE BREAKS) THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND... THAT THEY WERE ALL KILLED. GENERAL MLADIC IS ON TRIAL IN THE HAGUE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ON 11 COUNTS OF WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, INCLUDING THE MASSACRE AT SREBRENICA IN 1985. AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE LINED SARAJEVO'S MAIN STREET AS TRUCKS CARRYING 520 NEWLY IDENTIFIED VICTIMS OF THE SREBRENICA MASSACRE PASSED THROUGH. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND A MASS BURIAL AND COMMEMORATION CEREMONY IN TWO DAYS' TIME. THE BODIES HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS AND HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY DNA. THE CEREMONY IS TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE 17TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MASSACRE OF 8000 MUSLIM MEN AND BOYS. 17 DAYS OUT FROM THE OLYMPICS, AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE TO ABANDON PLANS FOR SOME SECURITY MEASURES. LONDONERS ARE FIGHTING A DECISION TO PLACE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. RESIDENTS WHO HAVE WEAPONS DUE TO BE PLACED ON THEIR APARTMENT BUILDING ROOVES SAY IT'S JUST TOO CLOSE TO HOME. THEY'VE BEEN ASKED TO NOW LIVE, ESSENTIALLY, IN A MILITARY BASE WITH HIGH VELOCITY MISSILES ABOVE THEIR HEAD, WITH ARMED POLICE ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THEIR BUILDING, WITH SOLDIERS COMING IN AND OUT OF THEIR OWN BLOCK OF FLATS AND UP AND DOWN IN THEIR LIFTS. IT INTERFERES WITH THEIR RIGHTS TO ENJOY THEIR OWN HOME, THEIR FAMILY AND PRIVATE LIFE. THE JUDGE WILL MAKE A RULING ON THE CASE THIS WEEK. A WORLD-FIRST STUDY IS UNDERWAY INTO A CHEMICAL USED IN FOOD TINS AND BABY BOTTLES. SCIENTISTS ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER BPA IS CONTRIBUTING TO SKYROCKETING RATES OF DIABETES AND OBESITY. CHANNEL NINE'S GABRIELLA ROGERS REPORTS. THE CONTROVERSIAL CHEMICAL BPA FIRST HIT THE HEADLINES IN 2010 WHEN COMPANIES BEGAN PHASING IT OUT OF PLASTIC BABY BOTTLES. I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM COMPLETELY BANNED. STILL QUITE AMBIGUOUS IN A LOT OF PRODUCTS THAT WE BUY. FOOD GIANTS, SUCH AS HEINZ, ALSO BANNED THE CHEMICAL FROM ITS CANNED BABY FOODS. BUT MOST FOOD TINS AND DRINK CANS ARE STILL LINED WITH A WHITE-ISH BPA RESIN TO PROTECT THE CONTENTS FROM THE METAL. I THINK THERE IS SOME ELEMENT OF CONSUMER CONCERN GIVEN SOME OF THE STUDIES THAT HAVE COME OUT. THOSE STUDIES INCLUDE CLAIMS BPA DISRUPTS OUR BODY'S HORMONE SYSTEM, IS LINKED TO CANCER, HEART DISEASE AND HYPERACTIVITY. AUSTRALIA'S FOOD AUTHORITY SAYS THEY ARE FLAWED AND THE LEVELS HERE ARE SAFE. BUT THE CHEMICAL IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS HAVE ACCESS TO 8000 URINE SAMPLES TAKEN 12 YEARS AGO. THEY'RE BEING SENT TO THE UK TO TEST WHETHER HIGH LEVELS OF BPA ARE MAKING PEOPLE SICK. THERE'S LOTS OF ANIMAL DATA TO SUGGEST BPA CAUSES DIABETES AND OBESITY IN ANIMALS LIKE MICE AND RATS. EARLY RESULTS SHOULD BE KNOWN WITHIN A YEAR. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE HAS PLAYED HOST TO HIS FATHER AT A ROYAL AIR FORCE BASE ON THE WELSH ISLAND OF ANGLESEY. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WALES, AS HE'S KNOWN IN THE MILITARY, SHOWED THE PRINCE OF WALES ONE OF THE SEA KING HELICOPTERS HE CAPTAINS DURING SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS. THE BBC'S HYWEL GRIFFITH REPORTS. SO, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO GO TO UP TO THE LAKE DISTRICT? DEPENDS IF YOU'VE GOT A HOWLING SOUTHERLY WIND OR NOT. IT'S A MOMENT MANY PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH: EXPLAINING TO THE PARENTS WHAT EXACTLY IT IS THEY DO AT WORK. BUT AS FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WALES SHOWED HIS FATHER AROUND THE OPERATIONS ROOM, HE SEEMED HAPPY TO ACT AS TOUR GUIDE. DO YOU HAVE TO PUT THESE ON EACH TIME? YEAH. WITH THIS ONE, AS WELL. PRINCE WILLIAM HAS BEEN STATIONED AT RAF VALLEY FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, FLYING SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS, AND LAST MONTH GRADUATING TO THE POST OF CAPTAIN. WILLIAM IS A ROYAL AIR FORCE OFFICER, A QUALIFIED SEARCH AND RESCUE CAPTAIN. DOING A PROFESSIONAL JOB, JUST THE SAME AS THE REST OF US. SEARCH AND RESCUE FLIGHTS CAN BE PERILOUS. BUT THOSE WHO'VE WORKED ALONGSIDE THE PRINCE SAY HE HAS A REASSURING PRESENCE. THERE IS A FAMILIAR VOICE THAT COMES OVER THE RADIO, AND WE CAN HEAR HIM WHEN, UH, HE'S HOVERING ABOVE US AND WE'RE ABOUT TO LIFT A STRETCHER OR BE WINCHING PEOPLE, AND WE CAN HEAR A VERY DISTINCTIVE VOICE ON THE RADIO, SO WE DO KNOW IT'S HIM. INSPECTION OVER, PRINCE WILLIAM CAN CONTINUE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE DAY JOB AND TRY TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE RELATIVE CALM LIFE ON THIS ISLAND AFFORDS. AND WILLIAM AND HIS WIFE, KATE, HAVE SAID THEY'VE ENJOYED THE PEACE AND QUIET ON THE WELSH ISLAND OF ANGLESEY SO MUCH THEY'RE KEEN TO KEEP A HOME THERE, EVEN IF THE PRINCE'S WORK TAKES HIM ELSEWHERE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THEN IN SPORT ` BRITAIN'S TOUR DE FRANCE HOPE INCREASES HIS LEAD, WHILE ENGLAND'S FORMER FOOTBALL CAPTAIN IS IN COURT FOR RACIAL ABUSE. 1 WITH ME NOW IS JEREMY TWISS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. HOW WERE MARKETS OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING? A LITTLE BIT WEAKER IN US AND EUROPE. US CORPORATE EARNING SEASON KICKED OFF. ALUMINIUM HAD A GOOD RESULT THERE. POSITIVE READ IN RESOURCE SECTOR. HERE IT'S QUITE FLAT. START OF QUARTER AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. AND NZX-LISTED METLIFECARE WAS GIVEN THE ALL-CLEAR THIS MORNING FROM THE OVERSEAS INVESTMENT OFFICE FOR ITS PLANNED MERGER? COMING TOGETHER. METLIFECARE LOOKING TO MERGE TWO SMALLER BUSINESSES WILL PUSH THEM UP LEADERBOARD. AFTER THIS MERGER, THEY'LL HAVE 24 RETIREMENT VILLAGES. 60% IN AUCKLAND. THEY NOW WILL LEAPFROG SUMMERSET BUT SHORT OF RYMAN HEALTHCARE. THIS WAS LARGELY EXPECTED, WITH MARKET AND SHARE PRICES UNCHANGED. THANK YOU, JEREMY TWISS, FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. NETBALL. THE WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC ARE LOOKING TO AVENGE LAST YEAR'S LOSS TO THE NORTHERN MYSTICS IN NEXT WEEK'S SUDDEN DEATH SHOWDOWN. THEY'LL BATTLE IT OUT IN AUCKLAND FOR THE REMAINING SPOT IN THE TRANS-TASMAN COMPETITION FINAL. IT FOLLOWS THE MAGIC'S THRILLING 49-48 VICTORY OVER THE ADELAIDE THUNDERBIRDS LAST NIGHT, TAKING THEM TO 10 WINS IN A ROW. LAST YEAR THE MYSTICS EDGED THEM BY ONE GOAL TO PUSH THEM OUT OF THE FINAL, BUT THE MAGIC SAYS THEY'RE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE DECIDER THIS TIME.. YEAH, OBVIOUSLY HISTORY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH, IT'S GONNA BE PHYSICAL. IT'S GONNA BE FAST. AND I THINK WE'VE JUST GOTTA STICK TO OUR GAME PLAN. I THINK MAGIC TODAY IS A LOT MORE STABLE UNIT, AND WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE STEPPING UP FOR THESE BIG GAMES. YEAH, I'VE BEEN TOLD TO WATCH OUT ALREADY, FOR NEXT WEEK. BUT WE COULD SAY THE SAME THING BACK. YOU KNOW, THEIR HOME GROUND. IT'S NOT THAT FAR AWAY FOR US EITHER. THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE CHEERING FOR US, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT. THE WINNER OF NEXT WEEK'S MATCH WILL FACE THE MELBOURNE VIXENS IN THE FINAL. SONNY BILL WILLIAMS SAYS HE ISN'T RULING OUT A RETURN TO RUGBY FOR THE NEXT WORLD CUP IN JUST OVER THREE YEARS' TIME. WILLIAMS (26) IS GOING TO JAPAN NEXT MONTH TO TAKE UP HIS LUCRATIVE CONTRACT TO PLAY CLUB RUGBY ` A DEAL WORTH BETWEEN $800,000 AND $1.7M. WILLIAMS HAS PLAYED 17 TESTS FOR THE ALL BLACKS. AFTER HIS JAPAN STINT, HE SAYS HE'S HEADING BACK TO RUGBY LEAGUE, WHERE HE'S EXPECTED TO PLAY FOR THE SYDNEY ROOSTERS. AND IN THE NRL LAST NIGHT, THE ROOSTERS HELD THE THIRD-PLACED CRONULLA SHARKS TO A 14-14 DRAW. THE SHARKS LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE HANGING ON FOR A WIN UNTIL A TRY BY AIDEN GUERRA LEVELLED THE SCORE IN THE 77TH MINUTE. FEEDING IT BACK TO PEARCE, WHO PUTS THE KICK IN. PERHAPS THEIR BEST OPTION. KENNEDY AND GUERRA. GUERRA COMES DOWN WITH IT. THE GAME THEN WENT TO EXTRA TIME, BUT SEVERAL FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND THE MATCH ENDED IN A RARE NRL DRAW. IF THE TOUR DE FRANCE IS OFTEN WON BY THE STRONGEST RIDER IN THE INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL, THEN BRITAIN'S BRADLEY WIGGINS IS CLOSING IN ON HIS FIRST TOUR WIN. WIGGINS (32), WHO BEAT HAYDEN ROULSTON IN THE FINAL OF THE INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT AT THE BEIJING OLYMPICS, TOOK A 10-SECOND LEAD OVER DEFENDING CHAMPION CADEL EVANS INTO THE 41KM TIME TRIAL THIS MORNING. AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THAT LEAD INCREASED. DEFENDING CHAMPION NUMBER ONE ON THE RIGHT AGAINST THE NEW LEADER OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE, BRADLEY WIGGINS. AT THE MOMENT, THEY'RE SAYING THAT WIGGINS HAS GOT 40 SECONDS AHEAD OF CADEL EVANS. EVANS EVENTUALLY FINISHED SIXTH IN THE TIME TRIAL ` 1.43 SLOWER THAN WIGGINS. SO THE BRITISH STAR NOW LEADS AFTER NINE STAGES OUT OF 20 BY A WHOPPING 1.53 SECONDS OVER THE AUSTRALIAN. A SETBACK FOR LANCE ARMSTRONG IN THE BATTLE TO SAVE HIS REPUTATION FOLLOWING CHARGES OF DRUG USE. ARMSTRONG HAS BEEN ACCUSED BY THE UNITED STATES ANTI DOPING AGENCY WITH USING DRUGS FOR MUCH OF HIS LEGENDARY CAREER, WHICH INCLUDED SEVEN TOUR DE FRANCE WINS. BUT THE CYCLIST FILED A LAWSUIT AIMED AT PREVENTING THE CHARGES GOING AHEAD. NOW A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE IN TEXAS HAS THROWN OUT THAT LAWSUIT AND TOLD HIM TO RE-FILE. ARMSTRONG'S LAWYER SAYS THAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK. THE FORMER ENGLAND FOOTBALL CAPTAIN JOHN TERRY HAS BEEN IN COURT, ACCUSED OF RACIALLY ABUSING A RIVAL PLAYER DURING A GAME LAST OCTOBER. THE PROSECUTION SAYS JOHN TERRY SWORE AT THE OTHER PLAYER, CALLING HIM BLACK AND USING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT LANGUAGE. THE BBC'S DAN ROAN REPORTS. JOHN TERRY ARRIVING HERE THIS MORNING FOR ARGUABLY HIS MOST IMPORTANT AND HIGH PROFILE FIXTURE TO DATE. THE ENGLAND AND CHELSEA CENTRE BACK IS ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A DEFENCE OF AN ALL TOGETHER DIFFERENT KIND. IT WAS IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR DURING A PREMIER LEAGUE GAME BETWEEN QUEENS PARK RANGERS AND CHELSEA AT LOFTUS ROAD THAT THE INCIDENT IN QUESTION TOOK PLACE. DURING AN ALTERCATION WITH ANTON FERDINAND, TERRY IS ACCUSED OF RACIALLY ABUSING HIS OPPONENT IN RESPONSE TO GOADING ABOUT HIS ALLEGED AFFAIR WITH A FORMER TEAMMATE'S PARTNER. TERRY WAS SHOWN PREVIOUSLY UNBROADCAST FOOTAGE OF THE ALLEGED INCIDENT, REMAINING IMPASSIVE AS HE LISTENED TO THE EVIDENCE AND MADE NOTES THROUGHOUT. HE HEARD THE PROSECUTION TELL THE COURT THAT HE ADMITTED SHOUTING AT FERDINAND A SERIES OF OBSCENITIES ENDING WITH THE WORDS... COMING FACE TO FACE WITH TERRY, FERDINAND SAID THAT WHEN SHOWN THE FOOTAGE AFTER THE MATCH, HOWEVER, HE'D BECOME CONVINCE THAT RACIST TERMS HAD BEEN USED AND THAT HAD HE BEEN AWARE OF IT ON THE PITCH... FOR THE LAST 10 MONTHS, THIS CASE HAS OVERSHADOWED SOME FINE PERFORMANCES FROM BOTH CLUB AND COUNTRY AND SEEN TERRY STRIPPED OF THE ENGLAND CAPTAINCY. BUT OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS, IT'S MORE THAN JUST FOOTBALL THAT'S AT STAKE. TERRY FACES A FINE OF UP TO $5000 IF HE'S CONVICTED. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. A HIGH FROM THE TASMAN EXTENDS A STRONG RIDGE ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A LOW CREEPING ON TO THE SOUTH ISLAND LATER THIS EVENING. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY, A BRAVE CAT HAS USED UP ONE OF ITS NINE LIVES ESCAPING FROM A BURNING LAS VEGAS APARTMENT. AS THE FLAMES LICKED AT HIS HEELS, THE GREY-AND-WHITE TABBY TOOK THE ONLY WAY OUT AND LEAPT TO SAFETY, UNSCATHED. THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS AT 4.30PM, AND THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY THOROGOOD AND TRACEY DAWSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.