NOW THE PAIR ARE ALONGSIDE HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN AT A HAIRY MACLARY PERFORMANCE AT THE BRUCE MASON CENTRE IN TAKAPUNA. ONE NEWS REPORTER AMY KELLEY JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE THEATRE. AMY. PRINCE AND DUCHESS HERE TO WATCH HAIRY MCCLAIRY JOINED BY 150 CHILDREN FROM LOW-DECILE SCHOOLS CHILDREN THE FOCUS OF TODAY TOUR OF VEGETABLE GARDEN SOON CHILDREN COOKING THEIR OWN MEALS THANKS, AMY KELLEY LIVE FROM AUCKLAND. AND WHILE THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL IS IN NZ, TAXPAYERS ARE REPORTED TO BE PAYING TO KEEP HER HAIR CAMERA-READY. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS REVEALED THE GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR ASSOCIATED COSTS DURING THE THEIR SIX-DAY STAY. JUST HOW MUCH WE'LL BE FORKING OUT FOR THEIR TRAVEL PLANS AND ENTOURAGE, INCLUDING CAMILLA'S PERSONAL HAIRDRESSER, WON'T BE REVEALED UNTIL AFTER THE COUPLE HAVE LEFT. AS ALWAYS, SHE LOOKED IMMACULATE. SO SHE ALWAYS LOOKS LOVELY, AND VERY CHARISMATIC, BOTH OF THEM. IF IT'S WINDY LIKE THIS, YOUR HAIR CAN'T STAY BEAUTIFUL FOREVER, CAN IT? A GOOD INVESTMENT, DO YOU THINK? PICK UP THE TAB? > NAH. FANS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY SAY THE VISIT IS A FANTASTIC ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE COUNTRY AND WORTH THE MONEY SPENT. NZ'S LARGEST EDUCATION UNION IS CALLING FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO WHAT IT CALLS THE 'NOVOPAY DEBACLE'. SECURITY BREACHES ARE THE LATEST REVELATIONS IN A LONG LIST OF PROBLEMS SINCE THE $30M NOVOPAY SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED THREE MONTHS AGO. JAMES RANSLEY EXPLAINS. TOMORROW IS PAYDAY FOR THE COUNTRY'S TEACHERS, AND RELIEF TEACHER KAREN BARCLAY HAS SIX DAYS' WAGES OUTSTANDING. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. SHE'S ONE OF HUNDREDS OF TEACHERS WAITING FOR PAY MISTAKES TO BE CORRECTED UNDER THE NEW NOVOPAY SYSTEM. TO THOSE TEACHERS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVEN'T BEEN PAID AND ARE OWED BACK PAY, THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION'S INVESTIGATING CLAIMS OF PRIVACY BREACHES CAUSED BY THE PAY SYSTEM, WHERE THE PERSONAL DETAILS OF TEACHERS AT TWO NORTH ISLAND PRIMARY SCHOOLS WERE APPARENTLY COMPROMISED. THE NZ EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE'S CALLING FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE SYSTEM'S SHORTCOMINGS. WE THINK IT'S GONE BEYOND A JOKE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE SYSTEM'S PROVIDER, TALENT TWO, IS LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEMS. THEY ARE UNDER NO ILLUSIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND FROM THE MINISTER WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM. < SO IT'S A FINANCIAL PENALTY? WELL, THAT'S LIKELY TO BE THE CASE. TALENT TWO SAYS ITS CONTRACT WITH THE EDUCATION MINISTRY PREVENTS IT FROM MAKING ANY COMMENT ON THE ALLEGED SECURITY BREACHES. THE MINISTRY, THOUGH, SAYS IT'S TESTED THE SYSTEM'S SECURITY RIGOROUSLY AND IT'S VERY SAFE, BUT IT WILL ACT IF ANY PROBLEMS ARE FOUND. THESE THINGS SEEM TO COMPOUND ON EACH OTHER. AND THE MINISTRY'S BUSILY TRYING TO CLEAR UP MISTAKES FROM A MONTH OR SO AGO. EDUCATION MINISTER HEKIA PARATA HAS DELEGATED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PAYROLL SYSTEM TO HER ASSOCIATE MINISTER, CRAIG FOSS. LABOUR AND NZEI SAYS THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THE SECTOR THINKS IT'S ASTOUNDING THAT THE MINISTER CAN DISH OFF RESPONSIBILITY TO CRAIG FOSS. THE PRIME MINISTER QUICK TO DEFEND HIS EDUCATION MINISTER. WHEN YOU ARE THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION IN A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, IT'S NEVER EASY, AND HEKIA PARATA'S HAD TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF ISSUES. THESE ALLEGED SECURITY BREACHES JUST ANOTHER TO ADD TO THE LIST. JAMES RANSLEY, ONE NEWS. THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING THE TODDLER KNOWN AS BABY JJ HAS CHOSEN NOT TO DEFEND HIMSELF IN COURT. JOEL LOFFLEY DENIES CAUSING THE MASSIVE INTERNAL INJURIES SUFFERED BY JJ LAWRENCE (2.5) IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. IN THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND TODAY, LOFFLEY EXERCISED HIS RIGHT NOT TO GIVE EVIDENCE OR FACE CROSS-EXAMINATION. THE CROWN MAINTAINS LOFFLEY STRUCK THE 2-YEAR-OLD WITH SUCH FORCE THAT HIS LIVER AND PANCREAS SPLIT. BUT JOEL LOFFLEY SAYS HIS STEPSON SUFFERED THE INJURIES FALLING OFF A BED. STUDENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE NEARING THE END OF THE FIRST MAJOR NCEA EXAM IN LEVEL-ONE ENGLISH. AROUND 46,000 STUDENTS ARE SITTING THE PAPER. EXAMS FOR ECONOMICS, TE REO MAORI, SAMOAN AND GERMAN ARE ALSO BEING HELD TODAY. NEARLY 2000 MARKERS WILL ASSESS THE PAPERS. ENGLISH IS THE LARGEST EXAM. SCHOLARSHIP LATIN, WITH JUST 19 STUDENTS, IS THE SMALLEST. INTERNATIONAL NEWS ` THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BBC SAYS A RADICAL OVERHAUL OF THE BROADCASTER IS NEEDED IN THE WAKE OF A SCANDAL OVER FALSE CHILD-ABUSE CLAIMS. LORD PATTEN SAYS HE DIDN'T PUT PRESSURE ON GEORGE ENTWISTLE, WHO'S QUIT AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OVER THE AFFAIR. IT FOLLOWS A PROGRAMME WHICH MADE AN UNFOUNDED CLAIM THAT A CONSERVATIVE POLITICIAN WAS INVOLVED IN CHILD ABUSE. THE BBC'S NICK HIGHAM REPORTS. THERE ISN'T A BLOODBATH YET, BUT THIS MORNING'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES WERE TRULY DREADFUL FOR THE BBC AND FOR THE MAN WHO HELD THE TOP JOB FOR JUST 54 DAYS. RIDICULED AS OUT OF TOUCH AND OUT OF HIS DEPTH, HE LAST NIGHT RESIGNED, SAYING IT WAS THE HONOURABLE THING TO DO. THE WHOLLY EXCEPTIONAL EVENT OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE LED ME TO CONCLUDE THAT THE BBC SHOULD APPOINT A NEW LEADER. A NEW CRISIS FOR NEWSNIGHT. WHAT FINALLY PUT PAID TO GEORGE ENTWISTLE ` ADMITTING HE HADN'T KNOWN IN ADVANCE ABOUT THE INACCURATE NEWSNIGHT FILM AND ONLY LEARNED IT WAS WRONG HOURS AFTER THAT WAS REPORTED ELSEWHERE. THIS MORNING, FOR THE FOURTH BBC INQUIRY LOOKING AT WHAT'S BEEN GOING WRONG, THE CHAIR OF THE BBC TRUST WAS TRYING TO STOP THE DAMAGE SPREADING. I THINK THAT I NOW HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE` IN THE INTERESTS OF THE LICENCE WE BEAR, UM, AND THE AUDIENCE THAT THE BBC, UM, HAS A GRIP. AND I THINK MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEARN THE LESSONS FROM THOSE INQUIRIES. UM, THAT WE RESTORE CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN THE BBC. IF I DON'T DO THAT, THEN I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL LET ME KNOW. SOME COMMENTATORS, EVEN SOME OLD FRIENDS, SAY LORD PATTEN'S JOB MAY BE ON THE LINE NOW. IF I WAS HIM, I WOULD CONSIDER WHETHER I AM SO TAINTED BY THIS NONSENSE. MEANWHILE, THE MAN TEMPORARILY IN CHARGE IS TIM DAVIE, FORMERLY HEAD OF RADIO. IN THE BBC'S WORST CRISIS FOR YEARS, PROMPTED BY A FAILURE IN ITS JOURNALISM, A MAN FROM A MARKETING, NOT A JOURNALISTIC BACKGROUND. A LEADING DAMASCUS CLERIC WHO FLED SYRIA HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO HEAD A NEW COALITION TO OPPOSE PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD'S GOVERNMENT. CLERIC MOAZ AL-KHATIB IS SEEN AS A MODERATE. HE LEFT DAMASCUS FOR EGYPT IN JULY AFTER HE WAS DETAINED SEVERAL TIMES BY THE SYRIAN AUTHORITIES. OPPOSITION GROUPS MEETING IN QATAR HAVE AGREED TO BRING TOGETHER THEIR FACTIONS. THEY'VE BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER BACKERS IN THE REGION TO CLINCH A DEAL. THE GREEK PARLIAMENT IS HOLDING A CRUCIAL VOTE OVER DEEP SPENDING CUTS AND CHANGES TO LABOUR LAWS. IT'S MEETING NOW TO AGREE ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, AMID CONCERNS THE CUTS COULD TRIGGER FURTHER SOCIAL UNREST. MORE THAN 10,000 PROTESTORS ARE RALLYING OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT IN ATHENS. THE BUDGET CUTS NEED TO BE PASSED FOR GREECE TO QUALIFY FOR A BAILOUT TO STAVE OFF BANKRUPTCY. WITHOUT THE NEW MONEY, THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS GREECE WILL START RUNNING OUT OF MONEY ON FRIDAY. A PARADE TO MARK POLAND'S NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY HAS TURNED VIOLENT. RIOT POLICE IN THE CAPITAL, WARSAW, USED TRUNCHEONS TO BREAK UP A CROWD OF RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS WHO ATTACKED THEM WITH FIRECRACKERS AND LUMPS OF CONCRETE. THOUSANDS OF POLICE HAD SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY TRYING TO STOP NATIONALISTS AND LEFT-WING GROUPS FROM USING THE HOLIDAY AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT EACH OTHER. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS EUROPE OBSERVED TWO MINUTES OF SILENCE TODAY TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED IN WAR. THE QUEEN LED THE ROYAL FAMILY AT THE ANNUAL CEREMONY AT THE CENOTAPH IN LONDON TO MARK THE END OF FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR I. THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL REPORTS. DRAMATIC MUSIC IT IS A DAY WHICH TENDS TO RESTORE A SENSE OF PERSPECTIVE. ON THIS 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMISTICE WHICH ENDED THE FIRST WORLD WAR, WE REMEMBER THE 1.75 MILLION PEOPLE FROM BRITAIN AND THE COMMONWEALTH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS AND THE MANY HUNDREDS WHO'VE DIED IN CONFLICT SINCE. AT 11 O'CLOCK, THE QUEEN LED THE NATIONAL TWO-MINUTE SILENCE. CENOTAPH BELL TOLLS CENOTAPH BELL TOLLS AT THE CENOTAPH, AFTER THE SOUNDING OF THE LAST POST BY ROYAL MARINE BUGLERS, THE QUEEN PLACED HER WREATH IN REMEMBRANCE OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE WESTERN FRONT IN WORLD WAR I TO AFGHANISTAN TODAY WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH THE ONLY OFFICIAL WREATH-LAYER, WHO SAW FRONT LINE SERVICE HIMSELF IN WORLD WAR II IN THE ROYAL NAVY, PLACED HIS WREATH AT THE CENOTAPH AND STEPPED BACK TO SALUTE. BAND PLAY 'IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY' AFTER THE OFFICIAL WREATH-LAYING, IT WAS TIME FOR THE VETERANS TO MARCH PAST THE CENOTAPH, FORMER SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHO CAME HOME, REMEMBERING THOSE OF THEIR FRIENDS WHO DID NOT. REMEMBERING TOO THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN ALTERED FOREVER BY INJURY. A DAY FOR SOBER REFLECTION FOR THOSE ON PARADE AND FOR THOSE WATCHING AND FOR PAYING TRIBUTE FOR LOST LIVES FROM YESTERDAY'S GENERATIONS AND TODAY'S. A NEW BREED OF SHOPLIFTER IS EMERGING IN AUSTRALIAN SUPERMARKETS, BUT THEY'RE NOT STASHING GOODS IN THEIR POCKETS. SOME SHOPPERS ARE CHEATING THE AUTOMATIC CHECKOUT SCANNERS IN WHAT'S CALLED A CARROTS-AND-ONIONS SCAM. ELECTRONIC MUSIC THEY WERE INSTALLED TO SAVE SUPERMARKETS MONEY ` SELF-SERVE CHECKOUTS WHERE YOU SCAN YOUR GROCERIES. PLEASE PLACE THE ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA. BUT IT'S ESTIMATED WOOLWORTHS AND COLES ARE NOW LOSING AROUND $100M A YEAR BECAUSE OF SHOPPERS CHEATING THE SYSTEM. WITH THE COST OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES SKYROCKETING, IT SEEMS IT'S ALL TOO TEMPTING FOR SOME TO CUT COSTS WHEREVER THEY CAN, EVEN IF IT MEANS BREAKING THE LAW. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WERE TO SCAN SNAP PEAS AS GREEN BEANS TODAY, IT'D COST YOU A FIFTH OF THE PRICE. RECENT DATA CHECKS HAVE SHOWN BANANAS BEING PUT THROUGH AS CARROTS OR PEOPLE HITTING THE BUTTON FOR BROWN ONIONS WHEN THEY'RE REALLY BUYING A CAPSICUM. SOME BAD APPLES MAY DELIBERATELY CONFUSE THEIR ROYAL GALAS WITH THEIR PINK LADIES. I WOULD NEVER THINK TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S DISHONEST. I'VE NEVER HAD THAT IDEA BEFORE. IT'S A PRETTY GOOD IDEA. (CHUCKLES) NEITHER OF THE TWO SUPERMARKET GIANTS WOULD GO ON CAMERA TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE TREND, BUT WOOLWORTHS HAS CONFIRMED IT'S ALREADY INTRODUCED NEW SECURITY MEASURES TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM. AS SECURITY CONTROLS ARE INCREASED, AS THEY HAVE TO PUT MORE STAFF ON, SO THE COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS GO UP. AND SO WHO PAYS IN THE END? I GUESS IT'S THE HONEST CONSUMER. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THE ALL BLACKS BIG WIN IN SCOTLAND, AND JOHN TERRY'S DAY OF ECSTASY AND AGONY. 1 WITH ME NOW IS BADEN CARTER FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. MOA LISTING TOMORROW? MOA BEER IS DUE TO LIST TOMORROW AT 11AM INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT GOES RELATIVELY SMALL COMPANY BUT THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF INTEREST FONTERRA INSTRUMENTS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH? INTERESTING TO SEE THERE EUROPE AND GREECE? IMPORTANT VOTE IN PARLIAMENT EUROPEAN BANKING STOCK NOT DOING WELL MARKETS CONCERNED FISCAL CLIFF. AMERICANS WORRIED ABOUT THAT AT THE END OF YEAR SPENDING CUTS MARKETS JITTERY UNTIL THAT IS NEGOTIATED TO SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS HAVE RUN HOT AND COLD IN THEIR END-OF-YEAR RUGBY-TOUR OPENER AGAINST SCOTLAND IN EDINBURGH THIS MORNING. THEY BEAT THE SCOTS 51-22, BUT WEREN'T HAPPY AT CONCEDING THREE TRIES AND POSSIBLY LOSING TWO PLAYERS. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. CANNON BOOMS THE SCOTS MARCHED ON THE ALL BLACK HAKA AND THEN ROUNDED ON PLAYMAKER DAN CARTER, WHO OFFLOADED TO A SCOT, MATT SCOTT, WHO HAD A FLYING DUTCHMAN, TIM VISSER, IN SUPPORT. WOW! WOW! BUT WHEN CARTER HUNG ON TO THE BALL, THE ALL BLACKS THREATENED, AND HE EXPERTLY PUT ISRAEL DAGG AWAY. HOWEVER, A MID-AIR COLLISION THEN REMOVED THE FULLBACK WITH A BACK INJURY. IT DIDN'T STOP THE MOMENTUM, THOUGH, AS THE NEW MIDFIELD PAIRING LOOKED SLICK AND COMBINED AGAIN TO SEND JULIAN SAVEA SCORCHING FOR THE CORNER. JULIAN SAVEA, WHAT A GREAT TRY! WHISTLE BLOWS MINUTES LATER, QUICK HANDS HAD CORY JANE OVER ON THE OTHER WING. AND THEN PIRI WEEPU BLINDSIDED THE SCOTS AND ANDREW HORE MUSCLED OVER ` THREE TRIES IN EIGHT MINUTES. WITH THE SCOTS TURNING DOWN SHOTS AT GOAL, WEEPU HAD TO TURN TRY-SAVER, BUT COULDN'T STOP PROP GEOFF CROSS IN THE 45TH MINUTE OF A 51-POINT FIRST HALF. THIS UGLY FOOTWORK SAW ADAM THOMSON SIN-BINNED, AND HE'LL PROBABLY BE CITED OVERNIGHT. IT LOOKED LIKE HE GOT FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THE BALL ` SOMEONE WAS LYING OVER THE BALL ` AND HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE GUY'S HEAD. HE DIDN'T STOMP HIM, WHICH WAS ONE GOOD THING, BUT THE RULES SAY YOU CAN'T, SO I'M SURE THAT SOMEONE WILL BE LOOKING AT IT. BUT THE SCOTS COULDN'T CAPITALISE. NOT UNTIL TAMATI ELLISON TRIED TO RUN THE BALL OUT AND TURNED IT OVER, GIVING VISSER A DOUBLE, SCOTLAND THREE TRIES, MATCHING THEIR BEST-EVER HAUL AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS. BUT CARTER CAUGHT OUT THE RUSH DEFENCE AS THE ALL BLACKS CLICKED AGAIN AT LAST IN THE FINAL QUARTER. AND SAVEA SCOOTED AWAY FOR HIS SECOND TRY. WHAT A KICK, DAN CARTER! WHAT A TRY, JULIAN SAVEA! THEY KEPT RUSHING US FROM THE OUTSIDE AND PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON US. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY PLAYED WELL. THE NEW CAPS WERE FULL OF ENERGY, BUT IT WAS THE PIVOTS STILL DICTATING AS THE ALL BLACKS CRACKED 50, BEN SMITH REWARDED WITH THE SIXTH TRY AFTER HAVING A HAND IN TWO. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. TO THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE THIS MORNING. THERE WERE SOME CLASSY GOALS AS LIVERPOOL DREW WITH CHELSEA, AND MANCHESTER CITY LEFT IT LATE TO BEAT SPURS. THE BBC'S ALEX SOUTH REPORTS. UNDER PRESSURE DESPITE BEING MANCHESTER CITY'S MOST SUCCESSFUL MODERN-DAY MANAGER. IT ALL STEMS FROM POOR FORM AT THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND POOR DEFENDING FROM SET PIECES. STEVEN CAULKER AND TOTTENHAM THE LATEST TO PROFIT, AND IT'S APPEARED ALL TOO MUCH FOR ROBERTO MANCINI. FOR ALL THE TALK OF HIS SIDE NOT BEING AT THEIR BEST, CITY ARE STILL UNBEATEN IN THE LEAGUE. SERGIO AGUERO'S GOAL LOOKED TO KEEP THAT RUN GOING AND THEN A SUPER SUB FINISHED A SUPER MOVE WITH JUST MINUTES TO SPARE. EDIN DZEKO DOESN'T LIKE THE TERM, BUT IF HE KEEPS SCORING FROM THE BENCH, IT'S GOING TO STICK. PERHAPS THE MAN THAT PUT HIM ON WILL ALSO GET SOME CREDIT FOR THE WIN. AT STAMFORD BRIDGE, JOHN TERRY WAS BACK FROM SUSPENSION AND BACK IN THE HEADLINES, A BULLET HEADER FOR HIS 50TH GOAL FOR THE CLUB. BUT THAT'S AS GOOD AS IT GOT FOR HIM AS A HEAVY COLLISION WITH LUIS SUAREZ SAW HIS RETURN CUT SHORT. DESPITE LOSING THEIR CAPTAIN, CHELSEA WERE IN COMPLETE CONTROL, BUT FERNANDO TORRES COULDN'T ADD TO THEIR TALLY AGAINST HIS FORMER CLUB. THE MESSAGE FROM LIVERPOOL BOSS BRENDAN RODGERS WAS SIMPLE ` CREATE A CHANCE ` AND THEY DID. LUIS SUAREZ AGAIN THE HERO FOR THE REDS AS CHELSEA WERE LEFT REGRETTING THEIR MISSED OPPORTUNITIES. IN TENNIS, ROGER FEDERER'S THROUGH TO THE FINAL OF THE WORLD TOUR FINALS IN LONDON AFTER DEFEATING ANDY MURRAY AT O-2 ARENA THIS MORNING. THE SWISS WORLD NUMBER TWO, HERE IN PURPLE, BATTLING THROUGH A TIE BREAK TO TAKE THE FIRST SET BEFORE DOMINATING THE SECOND. HE BREAKS HIM AGAIN. THE LAST 10 POINTS. MURRAY'S RESISTANCE MAY BE OVER HERE IN LONDON. ROGER FEDERER REMAINS ON COURSE. THE 7-6, 6-2 WIN PUTS FEDERER ON TRACK FOR HIS SEVENTH YEAR-END TOUR TITLE. HE FACES OFF AGAINST WORLD NUMBER ONE NOVAK DJOKOVIC IN THE FINAL TOMORROW. AUSTRALIA GO IN TO DAY FOUR OF THE FIRST CRICKET TEST AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IN BRISBANE IN SURVIVAL MODE. AUSTRALIA'S TOP ORDER BATTING MADE A DREADFUL START WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT TO CHASE THE PROTEAS' DAUNTING 450. AND IT'S CAUGHT! ALMOST! YES! ALMOST SIX. THEY ARE FINDING IT AWKWARD ALREADY. PONTING EDGES. SECOND SLIP IS IN THE GAME AGAIN. BUT OPENER ED COWAN AND SKIPPER MICHAEL CLARKE HAVE PUT ON 71 RUNS SO FAR FOR THE FOURTH WICKET AS AUSTRALIA FOUGHT TO 111/3. THE SILVER FERNS WON THE INAUGURAL 'FAST FIVE' NETBALL GRAND FINAL IN AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT, BEATING ENGLAND 23-21. THE FERNS HAD ALREADY BEATEN ENGLAND IN ROUND-ROBIN PLAY AND CAME INTO THE FINAL EAGER TO ENTERTAIN, PERFORMING THE GANGNAM-STYLE DANCE AS THEY ENTERED THE COURT. BUT ENGLAND CAME OUT FIRING IN A TIGHT FIRST QUARTER. THE FERNS TRAILED WITH FIVE MINUTES OF THE GAME REMAINING, BUT TOOK A CRUCIAL LEAD IN THE DYING STAGES. ENGLAND HAS POSSESSION. THE CROWD ARE ON THEIR FEET. AND THEY CAN GET IT TO A SHOOTER. SHE'S GOT IT. SHE SHOOTS. OH GOD, I HAD A BIT OF A MOMENT TODAY, BUT I THINK, UM, YEAH, WE HAVE TO DO A BIT MORE RUNNING IN THIS FAST FIVE GAME, WHICH IS GOOD PRACTICE FOR INTERNATIONAL SERIES. SO 23-21 THE FINAL SCORE, AND THE SILVER FERNS CHAMPIONS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SOUTH-KOREAN RAPPER PSY CAN NOW TAKE CREDIT FOR WHAT ORGANISERS ARE CLAIMING IS A WORLD-RECORD FLASH MOB. AROUND 15,000 PEOPLE PACKED INTO ROME'S FAMOUS PIAZZA DEL POPOLO TO DANCE GANGNAM STYLE. PSY'S 'OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE' PLAYS ALL: # OP, OP, OP, OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE. # THE FLASH MOB WAS ORGANISED BY A GROUP OF EVENT PLANNERS WHO SAY IT'S THE BIGGEST FLASH MOB EVER. AND THE EVENT GOT THE THUMBS UP FROM THE BIG MAN HIMSELF, PSY TWEETING HIS APPROVAL. 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 JOHN LING AND FAITH HAMBLYN.