DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TERROR ON BOTH SIDES OF THE GAZA BORDER AS MILITANTS AND ISRAEL CONTINUE TO TRADE ROCKET FIRE. IS THE LONG-RUNNING OVER THE LABOUR LEADERSHIP ABOUT TO COME TO A HEAD? AND HOLLYWOOD'S ICONIC SIGN IS GETTING A FACELIFT. ISRAEL SAYS IT'S PREPARED FOR A SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF ITS OPERATION AGAINST MILITANTS IN GAZA. OVERNIGHT IT STEPPED UP ITS CAMPAIGN AGAINST HAMAS WITH MORE THAN 120 AIRSTRIKES. 25 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED, MAKING IT THE BLOODIEST DAY SO FAR IN THE LATEST CONFLICT. THE BBC'S WYRE DAVIES REPORTS FROM INSIDE GAZA. ISRAEL HAS CHOSEN ITS TARGETS IN GAZA TODAY SELECTIVELY, BUT WITH DEVASTATING EFFECT. EXPLOSION ECHOES PEOPLE CLAMOUR ACROSS GAZA, THE HOMES OF AT LEAST SEVEN HAMAS MILITARY OFFICIALS WERE HIT IN MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS, REGARDLESS OF WHO MAY HAVE BEEN INSIDE. ISRAEL REPEATEDLY DESCRIBED ITS ATTACKS ON GAZA AS SURGICAL STRIKES. THIS WAS A FAMILY HOME IN THE HEART OF GAZA CITY, WHICH WAS FLATTENED IN AN AIR STRIKE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED. OTHERS ARE MISSING. FRANTICALLY, THEY DUG FOR SURVIVORS, BUT NO ONE COULD HAVE COME OUT OF THIS ALIVE. A SENIOR HAMAS OFFICIAL, MOHAMMED DALLU, AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY OF 10 WERE KILLED HERE TODAY. SURE, IF IT'S RIGHT, KEEP DOING THIS WITH CIVILIANS. YOU WILL SEE MORE PEOPLE DIE. ISRAEL IS TARGETING HAMAS OFFICIALS IT ACCUSES OF HIDING AMONGST CIVILIANS, BUT THE NUMBER OF CIVILIANS, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN BEING KILLED OR INJURED IN THE AIR STRIKES, ENRAGES PALESTINIAN FEELINGS EVEN MORE. AT THIS HOUSE IN THE NORTH OF GAZA CITY, A BOY (1) AND HIS SISTER (3) WERE KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE ` JUST TWO OF 20 FATALITIES OF THE CONFLICT IN GAZA TODAY. AND MILITANTS IN GAZA CONTINUE TO FIRE ROCKETS AT ISRAEL. AS THEY DO, ISRAELI TROOPS ARE PREPARING FOR A GROUND ASSAULT, AND RESIDENTS ARE SPENDING MORE TIME IN AIR-RAID SHELTERS. THE BBC'S JEREMY BOWEN REPORTS FROM ISRAEL. IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL, MORE ALARMS, MORE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR COVER AND MORE CONCERN ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO END. BOMBED-OUT RESIDENTS IN THESE FLATS IN ASHKELON ` MANY OD THEM RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS ` HAD SOME ADVICE FOR THE GOVERNMENT. SHE SAID ISRAEL SHOULD LEVEL GAZA, AS RUSSIA LEVELLED CHECHNYA IN THEIR WAR. NOT ALL ISRAELIS FEEL THE SAME. THEY'VE SEEN FORCE USED IN GAZA BEFORE, AND IT HASN'T STOPPED ROCKET ATTACKS. AT A MEETING WITH HIS CABINET, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER, SAID THE OPERATION AGAINST HAMAS WILL CONTINUE AND WILL WIDEN. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THAT WILL MEAN INVADING GAZA AGAIN. GUNFIRE, YELLING ALLOWING ISRAELI TV TO FILM TROOPS TRAINING FOR STREET FIGHTING IS THE LATEST LOUD SIGNAL AIMED AT REINFORCING ISRAEL'S THREAT THAT IT MIGHT. BUT THE LAST INVASION, FOUR YEARS AGO, WAS BLOODY, AND THE MESSAGE FROM ISRAEL'S ALLIES, INCLUDING BRITAIN, IS 'THINK HARD BEFORE DOING IT AGAIN'. THAT CAME FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA TOO, WHO'S ON A TOUR OF ASIA. THOUGH HE ALSO GAVE ISRAEL THE SUPPORT IT EXPECTS AND NEEDS. WE ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM MISSILES LANDING ON PEOPLE'S HOMES AND WORKPLACES AND POTENTIALLY KILLING CIVILIANS. EHUD BARAK, ISRAEL'S DEFENCE MINISTER, INSPECTED THE IRON DOME ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM WITH THE US AMBASSADOR. THE AMERICANS DEVELOPED IT WITH THE ISRAELIS. IRON DOME HAS SHOT DOWN ALMOST 300 OF THE THOUSAND OR SO ROCKETS AND MISSILES LAUNCHED OUT OF GAZA, ACCORDING TO THE ISRAELI ARMY. BUT WITH ISRAELI ATTACKS KILLING MORE PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS INSIDE GAZA, ISRAEL'S INSISTING THAT THE FORCE IT'S USING IS PROPORTIONATE, IN LINE WITH THE LAWS OF WAR. THE NEXT BIG DECISION ISRAEL FACES IS WHETHER TO USE THE TROOPS AND ARMOUR IT'S DEPLOYING ON THE BORDER WITH GAZA. THE GOVERNMENT HERE SAYS IT WANTS QUIET IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL. MOST LIKELY, THAT MEANS ANOTHER CEASEFIRE WITH HAMAS. WHAT NOBODY KNOWS YET IS WITHER IT WILL TAKE A GROUND WAR OR DIPLOMACY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. LABOUR MP DAVID CUNLIFFE IS SET TO BE DEMOTED FOR EFFECTIVELY MOUNTING A LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE AGAINST DAVID SHEARER. THE LABOUR LEADER IS SET TO CALL AN EARLY VOTE AT SOME STAGE OVER THE NEXT WEEK TO SILENCE DAVID CUNLIFFE ONCE AND FOR ALL. THIS MORNING'S DAVID CUNLIFFE REFUSED TO GUARANTEE HE'LL BACK DAVID SHEARER PAST FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR. SEVERAL LABOUR MPS ARE CALLING FOR HIM TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP. DAVID CUNLIFFE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR SOME TIME NOW TO DESTABILISE THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP. HE WORKED TO DESTABILISE THE LAST LEADERSHIP, AND I THINK IT IS TIME TO CALL HIM OUT ON THAT. IT IS TIME TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. IF HE WANTS TO CHALLENGE FOR THE LEADERSHIP, HE SHOULD DO SO. AND IF HE'S NOT WILLING TO SUPPORT THE LEADER WHO IS ELECTED BY THE MAJORITY, THEN IT IS TIME FOR HIM TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO. DAVID CUNLIFFE NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF 13 OTHER MPS TO FORCE A VOTE. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT AT THIS STAGE. AND PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY FLEW OUT TO CAMBODIA TODAY FOR THE ANNUAL EAST-ASIA SUMMIT. MR KEY WILL JOIN LEADERS FROM 10 ASEAN COUNTRIES FOR TALKS COVERING REGIONAL POLITICAL, SECURITY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES. HE WILL MEET CAMBODIA'S PRESIDENT IN PHNOM PENH AND ALSO MEET BURMESE OPPOSITION LEADER AND WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, AUNG SAN SUU KYI. HE MAY ALSO HAVE AN INFORMAL MEETING WITH US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, WHO WILL BE THE FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT BURMA. THERE'S SOME NEW HOPE FOR FAMILIES OF THE PIKE RIVER MINE VICTIMS AND FOR GREYMOUTH, EXACTLY TWO YEARS AFTER THE MINE DISASTER THAT KILLED 29 MEN. UP TO 150 FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE GATHERED TODAY TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY, AS FRESH PLANS ARE WORKED ON TO RECOVER THE BODIES. KRISTIN HALL REPORTS. IT'S A DISASTER STILL FRESH IN THE MINDS OF EVERYONE IN THIS SMALL TOWN. IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY FOR MOST PEOPLE ON THE WEST COAST, SO WE'LL JUST... HAVE YOUR THOUGHTS TODAY. THE COAL MINERS FAMILIES, THEY'LL GO UP TO THE MINE AND BE TOGETHER. THERE'S UP TO 150 OF THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE COMING TOGETHER. AND NOW UP TO 150 FAMILY MEMBERS WILL TRAVEL TO THE SITE WHERE IT ALL HAPPENED. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A VERY MOVING DAY FOR US. TWO YEARS SINCE THE TRAGEDY ALSO REPRESENTS TWO YEARS OF STRUGGLE TO RETRIEVE THE BODIES ` AN OPERATION THE GOVERNMENT HAS SO FAR RULED TOO DANGEROUS. WE'RE GOING TO THE GATE ONLY 2.5KM AWAY, AND WE CAN'T GO AND GET THEM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE SAD THING. THAT EATS ME AWAY EVERY DAY. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'VE GIVEN UP THE FIGHT. FAMILIES' REPRESENTATIVE BERNIE MONK SAYS THEY'RE FINALISING RECOVERY PLANS WITH SOLID ENERGY, MINES RESCUE AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. THE GOVERNMENT SAID IN 14 DAYS ` WHICH FALLS TODAY ` THEY'RE GOING TO NAME SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO LIAISE WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE, AND ABOUT TIME. I'M CONFIDENT THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN; IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME, BUT ITS GONNA HAPPEN. THE AREA IS STILL STRUGGLING. JUST LAST MONTH, MORE THAN 200 WORKERS WERE OFFICIALLY MADE REDUNDANT AT THE NEIGHBOURING SPRING CREEK MINE. BUT GREY DISTRICT MAYOR TONY KOKSHOORN IS ASSURING THE TOWN PLANS FOR A NEW OPEN CAST MINE, LOCAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AND A CYCLEWAY WILL REJUVENATE THE POPULATION AND THE ECONOMY. YES, OUR DISTRICT HERE ESPECIALLY HAS BEEN HIT HARD, BUT WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS. COAL MINING WILL BE BACK. WE'VE GOT GOOD AGRICULTURE HERE, AND TOURISM'S REALLY GOING WELL TOO. THE FOCUS TODAY, THOUGH, HONOURING THE LIVES LOST. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. A MAJORITY OF NZERS ARE EXPECTING TO PAY MORE FOR A HOUSE OVER THE NEXT YEAR. THE LATEST HOUSING CONFIDENCE SURVEY SHOWS 56% OF PEOPLE THINK HOUSES WILL BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN NEARLY 10 YEARS. CONFIDENCE HAS TAKEN ITS BIGGEST HIT IN AUCKLAND, WITH ONLY 8% OF PEOPLE THERE THINKING NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO BUY. ONE OF THE MEN RESCUED AFTER HIS BOAT CAPSIZED IN AUCKLAND'S HAURAKI GULF REMAINS IN A STABLE CONDITION WITH HYPOTHERMIA. TWO OF HIS COMPANIONS DIED WHEN THEIR BOAT CAPSIZED IN HEAVY SWELLS. FOUR OTHERS WERE RESCUED BUT DID NOT NEED HOSPITAL TREATMENT. POLICE SAY NONE OF THE SEVEN MEN ON THE SMALL BOAT WAS WEARING A LIFE JACKET. AN ISSUE WHICH HAS DIVIDED THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND FOR DECADES IS SET TO COME TO A HEAD THIS WEEK. CHURCH LEADERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO ALLOW WOMEN TO BECOME BISHOPS. THE INCOMING ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY HAS ENDORSED THE MOVE, BUT THE VOTE IS BELIEVED TO BE ON A KNIFE EDGE. THE BBC'S MICHAEL BUCHANAN REPORTS. ITS BUILDINGS ARE ALMOST AS OLD AS ITS TRADITIONS. BUT THIS WEEK A LENGTHY DEBATE ON WOMEN BISHOPS WILL FINALLY BE CLARIFIED. FRANCES WARD, THE DEAN OF ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL, IS ONE OF THE MOST SENIOR WOMEN IN THE CHURCH. AMONG THE FIRST WOMEN TO BE ORDAINED A PRIEST IN 1994, SHE SAYS THE ISSUE IS ONE OF RELEVANCE. THE TIME NOW IS RIGHT, AND WE REALLY DO NEED TO TAKE THIS STEP. AND OUR CREDIBILITY WILL BE SHOT THROUGH IF WE DON'T PASS THIS. WE'RE FEARFUL, TOO, THAT THIS DECISION... IT'S TWO DECADES SINCE THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND VOTED TO ORDAIN FEMALE PRIESTS. THE RHETORIC THEN, AS NOW, WAS SINCERE, STRIDENT, OCCASIONALLY SCURRILOUS. THE CHURCH IS NOW OVERWHELMINGLY ACCEPTING OF THAT MOMENTOUS MOVE. ITS CONGREGATIONS, AT LEAST, WANT THE GENERAL SYNOD TO TAKE ANOTHER DEFINING DECISION. SOME PARISHES OPPOSED TO WOMEN BISHOPS ARE FIGHTING FOR GUARANTEES FROM THE CHURCH. THEY WANT THEIR THEOLOGICAL OBJECTIONS RECOGNISED; PROMISED THEY CAN BE LED BY A MALE BISHOP, EVEN IF THE SYNOD VOTES FOR WOMEN. I BELIEVE THAT GOD CREATED MEN AND WOMEN EQUAL. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE HE CREATED US DIFFERENT, AND THAT WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT ROLES TO PLAY; AND THAT THE ULTIMATE LEADERSHIP OF BOTH THE FAMILY AND THE CHURCH, WHICH IS THE FAMILY OF GOD, SHOULD BE TAKEN BY MEN. A COMPLICATED VOTING SYSTEM REQUIRING SUPPORTERS OF WOMEN BISHOPS TO GET TWO-THIRDS MAJORITIES IS CREATING HUGE UNCERTAINTY OVER THE OUTCOME. DIVINE INTERVENTION IS THEREFORE BEING SUPPLEMENTED BY PHONE CALLS, LEAFLETING AND ONLINE PETITIONS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INDIANS HAVE FILLED THE STREETS OF MUMBAI FOR THE FUNERAL OF A CONTROVERSIAL HINDU EXTREMIST LEADER, BAL THACKERAY. BAL THACKERAY, WHO WAS 86, WAS ONE OF THE MOST DIVISIVE FIGURES IN INDIAN POLITICS. HUGE CROWDS AND NEARLY 20,000 POLICEMEN WATCHED AS HIS BODY WAS DRIVEN TO HIS FUNERAL PYRE. THACKERAY FOUNDED THE RIGHT-WING SHIV SENA PARTY AND WAS BLAMED FOR WAVES OF MOB VIOLENCE AGAINST MUSLIMS AND MIGRANT WORKERS IN INDIA. HOLLYWOOD'S MOST FAMOUS LANDMARK IS GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE ITS 90TH BIRTHDAY NEXT YEAR, SO, LIKE MANY OF THE CITY'S FAMOUS RESIDENTS, THE ICONIC HOLLYWOOD SIGN HIGH IN THE HILLS IS GETTING SOME WORK DONE. CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD REPORTS. GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THE MOST FAMOUS SIGN IN THE WORLD, AND YOU CAN EASILY SEE SHE WAS MORE THAN READY FOR A SERIOUS MAKEOVER. A DOZEN MEN, A THREE-MONTH-LONG JOB THAT INVOLVES PAINTERS ABSEILING DOWN THE STEEP SLOPES TO START WORK EACH DAY. IS IT A HARD JOB? YOU HAVE TO BE A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER AS WELL AS A PAINTER, BY THE LOOK OF IT. WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO IT, BUT IT'S BEEN PRETTY GOOD. THIS IS WHY SHE NEEDED A SCRUB-UP ` JUST ABOUT EVERYONE WHO COMES TO HOLLYWOOD IS LOOKING AT HER. EACH LETTER IS GETTING ABOUT ONE-AND-A-HALF WEEKS OF PAMPERING, STRIPPING OFF FIRST, THEN SETTING A GORGEOUS NEW LOOK. SO NOW THEY'RE UP TO THE BIG 'W'. ONLY THE 'O', THE 'O' AND THE 'D' LEFT TO GO. AND I CAN TELL YOU, WELL, CLOSE UP IT IS A BIT WORN AND TORN. HOLLYWOOD REALLY NEEDED THE FACELIFT. THE MAN BEHIND THE PLAN, CITY COUNCILLOR TOM LABONGE, KNOWS THAT ALL THE WORK IS REALLY A VERY GOOD INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY. ANYTHING, IF YOU LOOK REAL CLOSE ` IF YOU LOOK AT ME REAL CLOSE YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING THAT DON'T LOOK PERFECT. WE ALL GET A LITTLE AGE. BUT IT'S THE GREATEST SIGN IN THE WORLD. THE JOB'S NEARLY FINISHED ` SO, FOR HER 90TH BIRTHDAY NEXT YEAR, LOOKING GOOD. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THEN IN SPORT, THE FIRST CRICKET TEST FINELY BALANCED AFTER TWO DAYS PLAY. 1 WITH ME NOW IS ROSS CUTHBERT FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. THEY FILED A PRE-TAX PROFIT OF $9.1 MILLION. PROPERTY PORTFOLIO BASED IN CHRISTCHURCH, RESULT DRIVEN BY INCREASE IN CHRISTCHURCH VALUES. THEY GAVE EXAMPLE OF EAST GATE SHOPPING CENTRE - UP $5.3M IN VALUE MORE LEASES BEING SIGNED. POSITIVE FOR NZ MARKET. HIGH DIVIDEND STOCKS IN NZ. ANYTHING WITH DIVIDEND YIELD OVER 5% LOOKS GOOD. FONTERRA NEW LISTINGS VERY POPULAR. IF GOVERNMENT DOES BRING SOE LISTING TO MARKET, WOULD GET SNAPPED UP. OVERSEAS, HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST NOW GO WITH TROUBLES IN EUROPE. HOW THIS GOING TO AFFECT MARKETS? IT WILL. WAR AND CONFLICT TERRIBLE FOR MARKETS. MIDDLE-EASTERN ISSUES DEALT WITH QUICKLY BY MARKETS. FISCAL CLIFF NEGOTIATIONS IN US - SEEMS TO BE WILL FROM REPUBLICANS TO NEGOTIATE ON ISSUE. HOPEFULLY WILL GET RESOLVED IN EXT FEW WEEKS. TONE OVERSEAS TURNED ENGATIVE. THANK YOU ROSS CUTHBERT FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. SPORT ` HONOURS ARE EVEN IN THE FIRST CRICKET TEST, WITH NZ TAKING A SLIM 9-RUN LEAD INTO DAY THREE OF THE TEST AGAINST SRI LANKA IN GALLE. TIM SOUTHEE MADE UP FOR THE BLACK CAPS' POOR BATTING PERFORMANCE BY RIPPING THROUGH THE HOME SIDE'S TOP ORDER. OH, STRIKES HIM AGAIN. THEY'RE ASKING THE QUESTION. IT'S GIVEN! SRI LANKA HAVE LOST THEIR FIFTH WICKET. BUT MAHELA JAYAWARDENE AND ANGELO MATHEWS REBUILT THE INNINGS WITH A 156-RUN PARTNERSHIP. SRI LANKA EVENTUALLY ALL OUT FOR 247. NZ'S SECOND INNINGS GOT OFF TO A BAD START. AND THIS IS HIGH. IT'S GONNA FALL SAFE, IS IT? KULASEKARA COMES AROUND. HE TAKES IT. SRI LANKA HAVE GOT THE WICKET THEY WANTED. SO MARTIN GUPTILL AND KANE WILLIAMSON WILL RESUME LATER TODAY. NZ ON 35/1 ` A LEAD OF NINE, WITH NINE WICKETS IN HAND. AN UNBEATEN CENTURY FROM CAPTAIN ALISTAIR COOK HAS GIVEN ENGLAND A SLIM CHANCE OF SALVAGING SOMETHING ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE FIRST TEST AGAINST INDIA. ONCE AGAIN COOK BATTLED THROUGHOUT THE DAY, TAKING THE TOURISTS TO 340 FOR FIVE ` A LEAD OF TEN RUNS. THE BBC'S JOE WILSON REPORTS. IN AHMEDABAD, THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF LOCAL EXPERTISE ` TIPS FOR ENGLAND ON HOW TO BAT THROUGH THE DAY. WELL, IT'S MUCH HARDER WHEN THERE'S A BALL. COMPTON FELL EARLY. JONATHAN TROTT WAS LURED BY LEFT-ARM SPIN, TOUCH THE WICKET KEEPER ` CLASSIC DISMISSAL. AND HOW TO EXPLAIN KEVIN PIETERSEN? IN HIS EFFORT TO PROVE HE CAN COMMAND THIS SORT OF BOWLING, HE TIED HIMSELF IN A HORRIBLE KNOT. ALISTAIR COOK STOOD TALL. HE COMPLETED HIS CENTURY IN THE MORNING ` THE 21ST OF HIS ENGLAND TEST CAREER AN EXAMPLE TO ALL. THE ENCOURAGING THING FOR ENGLAND IS THAT ALISTAIR COOK'S POWERS OF CONCENTRATION ONLY SEEM TO BE ENHANCED BY CAPTAINCY ` BUT HE CAN'T DO IT ALONE. WITH THE SCORE ON 199, UMESH YADAV TOOK TWO WICKETS IN TWO BALLS. PERHAPS IAN BELL WOULD HAVE LIKED A TV REPLAY ` SAMIT PATEL TOO. BAT ON TO PAD, BUT INDIA DON'T LIKE THE DECISION REVIEW SYSTEM, SO IT'S NOT USED HERE. BUT IN CAME MATT PRYOR TO GIVE COOK THE SUPPORT HE NEEDED. PRYOR RARELY MISSES A CHANCE TO BE POSITIVE. ENGLAND COULD DO WITH A FEW MORE OF HIM. AND COOK JUST KEPT ON BEING COOK, FAULTLESS DECISION-MAKING LEADING ENGLAND INTO A LEAD. 168 NOT OUT ` THE HIGHEST SCORE BY AN ENGLAND CAPTAIN IN INDIA EVER. WHILST COOK IS THERE, ANYTHING SEEMS POSSIBLE. ALL BLACKS COACH STEVE HANSEN EXPECTS AN INJURY-DEPLETED WALES SIDE TO COME OUT STRONGLY WHEN THE TWO TEAMS MEET THIS WEEKEND, DESPITE WALES' RECENT RUN OF POOR RESULTS. K WARREN GATLAND WILL RE-TAKE CONTROL AS COACH OF THE WELSH TEAM AS THEY LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK FROM THE 26-19 LOSS TO SAMOA. MAYBE THEY'RE SUFFERING FROM THE THREE LOSSES IN AUSTRALIA. WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE HEART-BREAKING FOR THEM, I SUPPOSE, AND THEY WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN THOSE GAMES. ALL BLACKS HOOKER KEVEN MEALAMU IS A DOUBT TO FEATURE IN THE GAME AFTER SUFFERING A CALF INJURY ON THE WEEKEND. MCLAREN'S LEWIS HAMILTON WON THE UNITED STATES FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX AT THE NEW CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS THIS MORNING. HAMILTON STARTED SECOND ON THE GRID BEFORE OVERTAKING LEADER SEBASTIAN VETTEL ON THE 42ND LAP. LEWIS HAMILTON ON THE ATTACK. VETTEL KNOWS IT. HE GOES DEFENSIVE TO THE INSIDE AND HAMILTON SWEEPS PAST HIM. NOW HE'S GOT TO DO IT ON THE BRAKES, INTO 12. CONTROLS IT BEAUTIFULLY. LEWIS HAMILTON HAS TAKEN THE LEAD AT THE US GRAND PRIX. HAMILTON HOLDING ONTO THE LEAD. RED BULL'S VETTELL CAME IN SECOND TO REMAIN AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS. FERRARI'S FERNANDO ALONSO WAS THIRD. DISAPPOINTMENT TODAY FOR K GOLFER MICHAEL CAMPBELL, AS HE FINISHED EIGHTH AT THE HONG KONG OPEN. CAMPBELL HAD GONE INTO THE FINAL ROUND SHARING THE LEAD WITH SPANIARD MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ ON 10-UNDER BEFORE FALLING AWAY. APPLAUSE WHAT A SHAME. THAT DOUBLE-BOGEY SIX OF THE LAST FOR MICHAEL CAMPBELL. ROUND OF 72, EIGHT-UNDER PAR FOR THE TOURNAMENT. JIMENEZ ENDED THE TOURNAMENT ON 15-UNDER PAR TO BECOME THE OLDEST PLAYER TO RECORD A EUROPEAN TOUR VICTORY AT JUST UNDER 49 YEARS OF AGE. CAMPBELL FINISHED SEVEN SHOTS BEHIND THE WINNER. AND ADAM SCOTT HAS WON THE AUSTRALIAN MASTERS TITLE AHEAD OF ENGLAND'S IAN POULTER. K GARETH PADDISON SHOT 68 TO FINISH JOINT THIRD WITH FELLOW NZER MARK BROWN, EIGHT SHOTS BEHIND SCOTT. THE AUSTRALIAN SHOT A FIVE-UNDER PAR 67 TO WIN BY FOUR SHOTS. TWO GOALS FROM JEREMY BROCKIE INSPIRED THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX TO A 3-NIL AWAY WIN AGAINST THE NEWCASTLE JETS. BROCKIE GOT OFF THE MARK JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME, AND HE MADE SURE OF THE WIN WITH 10 MINUTES REMAINING. HEADS IT TO THE BACK POST. HASN'T BEEN DEALT WITH PARTICULARLY WELL BY NEWCASTLE. JEREMY BROCKIE! CHEERING WONDERFUL HEADER FROM BROCKIE. HASN'T HE COME BACK TO HAUNT HIS FORMER CLUB? PAUL IFILL SCORED FROM THE PENALTY BOX LATE IN THE GAME FOR THE PHOENIX TO WIN 3-NIL. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ 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 JESSICA BOELL AND LAUREN STRAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012