TONIGHT ` HE DIED PLAYING THE GAME HE LOVED. THE CRICKET WORLD IS IN SHOCK AS PHIL HUGHES LOSES HIS BATTLE TO LIVE. A NORTH SHORE MOTHER IS DEAD AND TWO OTHERS ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER A MAN ALLEGEDLY STABS HIS FORMER PARTNER. THE BIG WINNERS, INCLUDING A BLOKE FROM TE AWAMUTU, IN THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC AWARDS. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. CRICKET WAS PHILLIP'S LIFE ` THAT'S HOW PHILLIP HUGHES' FAMILY HAS DESCRIBED THE 25-YEAR-OLD'S LOVE OF THE GAME. THIS EVENING THE AUSTRALIAN TEST PLAYER DIED. HE NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER BEING HIT ON THE HEAD BY A BOUNCER DURING A CRICKET MATCH ON TUESDAY. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN REPORTS. FOR PHILLIP HUGHES' PARENTS, THE BEDSIDE VIGIL WAS OVER. THE FACES OF HIS TEAMMATES DELIVERED THE TERRIBLE NEWS. IT WAS THEN LEFT TO THE CAPTAIN TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ON BEHALF OF PHILLIP HUGHES' FAMILY. WE'RE DEVASTATED BY THE LOSS OF OUR MUCH-LOVED SON AND BROTHER, PHILLIP. IT'S BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT FEW DAYS. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM FAMILY, FRIENDS, PLAYERS, CRICKET AUSTRALIA AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. CRICKET WAS PHILLIP'S LIFE, AND WE AS A FAMILY SHARED THAT LOVE OF THE GAME WITH HIM. THE CRICKET WORLD AND BEYOND HAD HOPED AND PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE, BUT AT 3.40PM, 49 HOURS AFTER PHILLIP HUGHES WAS FELLED BY A BOUNCER, CRICKET AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCED HE HAD LOST HIS FIGHT. AMONG THE FIRST TO HEAR THE NEWS WAS SEAN ABBOTT. HEAD DOWN IN THE BLACK CAP, HE WAS THE MAN WHO TRAGICALLY BOWLED THE FATAL BALL AND IS NOW THE FOCUS OF SO MUCH SUPPORT. AT THE SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND, THE SCENE OF PHILLIP HUGHES' LAST STAND, THEY LOWERED THE FLAG, AS PLAYERS, ALONG WITH WIVES AND GIRLFRIENDS, NEEDED TO BE TOGETHER, TO MOURN TOGETHER, FOR AUSTRALIAN CRICKET'S SADDEST DAY. PHILLIP WAS A QUALITY GUY AND A REMARKABLE TALENT. HE HAD MANY FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES, BOTH HERE, INTERSTATE AND OVERSEAS. HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY HIS CRICKETING FAMILY HERE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD. FROM THE MOMENT THE 25-YEAR-OLD COLLAPSED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCG ON TUESDAY, HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND IN A CRITICAL CONDITION, AND IT NEVER CHANGED, DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF DOCTORS. AS A CRICKETER, PHILLIP HUGHES WAS EXCITING, DASHING, HE WAS ALWAYS A FIGHTER, IN AND OUT OF THE TEST TEAM. HE NEVER GAVE UP ON THE BAGGY GREEN. IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, WHATEVER YOU DO, YOU CAN DO IT, EITHER BE IN SPORT OR JUST GENERAL LIFE. AND THE HUGHES FAMILY HAS THANKED STAFF AT ST VINCENT'S HOSPITAL FOR WORKING TIRELESSLY TO HELP THE CRICKETER. THAT'S AS THE TEAM DOCTOR REVEALED PHIL HUGHES' INJURIES WERE CATASTROPHIC. PHILLIP TOOK THE BLOW AT THE SIDE OF THE NECK, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT BLOW, HIS VERTEBRAL ARTERY, ONE OF THE MAIN ARTERIES LEADING TO THE BRAIN, WAS COMPRESSED BY THE BALL. THAT CAUSED THE ARTERY TO SPLIT AND FOR BLEEDING TO GO UP INTO THE BRAIN. AS YOU HEARD IN OUR TOP STORY, MANY OF HUGHES' TEAMMATES ARE GATHERING AT THE SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND. CHANNEL NINE'S NEIL BREEN IS ALSO THERE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL OF THE PLAYERS, INCLUDING THE AUSTRALIAN COACH, DARREN LEHMANN, THE CAPTAIN, MICHAEL CLARKE, WHEN THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS FINISHED, THEY ALL CAME BACK HERE TO THE SCG, AND THEY HAVE SPENT THE LATE PART OF THE AFTERNOON OUT ON THE CENTRE OF THE SCG, ON THE PITCH, AND MICHAEL CLARKE HIMSELF, WE KNOW, HAS BEEN DEEPLY AFFECTED BY PHILLIP HUGHES' DEATH, HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE PITCH WHERE PHILLIP HUGHES WAS FELLED ON HIS OWN AND PLAYERS WERE COMING OUT AND SEEING HIM. THEY WERE ALL OUT THERE TOGETHER EARLIER, AND THEN THEY ADJOURNED AND WENT AND SAT IN THE GRANDSTAND. AND WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW OUT ON THE MIDDLE OF THE SCG, WHERE PHILLIP HUGHES WAS FELLED THE OTHER DAY, WAS ONE BY ONE THE PLAYERS ARE GOING OUT TO THE CENTRE AND STANDING THERE AND PAYING A TRIBUTE TO THEIR FALLEN MATE. SO EXTREMELY MOVING SCENES HERE AT THE SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND THIS AFTERNOON. THE FLAGS ARE FLYING AT HALF MAST. IN ANOTHER SHOW OF RESPECT, THE BLACKCAPS AND PAKISTAN HAVE AGREED TO SUSPEND THE SECOND DAY OF THEIR TEST MATCH, WHICH WAS MEANT TO START THIS EVENING, UNTIL TOMORROW. BRENT SCOTT, THE MAN ACCUSED OF UNLEASHING A BRUTAL, DEADLY ATTACK IN AUCKLAND, HAS TONIGHT BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. THE 45-YEAR-OLD WILL APPEAR IN NORTH SHORE DISTRICT COURT TOMORROW MORNING FOR ALLEGEDLY CARRYING OUT A TRIPLE STABBING. DANIELLE STANBURY HAS THE DETAILS. HELICOPTER WHIRRS AS CORDONS WENT UP AND EMERGENCY WARNINGS WENT OUT, HEIDI WELMAN-SCOTT LAY IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE, STABBED TO DEATH. HER 22-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, TARYN, AND TARYN'S BOYFRIEND WERE ALSO SERIOUSLY HURT DURING THE ATTACK. TO SAY THAT THIS IS A TRAGEDY IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THE 22-YEAR-OLD BOYFRIEND WAS SO CRITICAL, HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL. I SAW SOME BODY ON A STRETCHER GETTING REMOVED FROM THE AMBULANCE AND GETTING PUT ON TO THE WESTPAC STRETCHER, AND THEN THE WESTPAC HELICOPTER TAKING OFF. POLICE SAY THIS MAN, BRENT SCOTT, IS BEHIND THE DAYLIGHT BRUTALITY. HE'S HEIDI'S EX-PARTNER, WHO SHE HAD A PROTECTION ORDER AGAINST. HE WAS DUE TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY FOR A PREVIOUS BREACH OF THAT PROTECTION ORDER. THAT BREACH WAS FOR CONTACTING THE COUPLE'S 14-YEAR-OLD SON, WHO WAS AT SCHOOL JUST MINUTES AWAY AS THE DRAMA UNFOLDED. LOVELY BOY, BUT, YES, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GONNA AFFECT EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS THE FAMILY. FEARFUL THE ALLEGED KILLER MIGHT COME AFTER HIM, THE TEENAGER WAS PULLED OUT OF CLASS. THE STUDENT WAS BEWILDERED AND IN A STATE OF SHOCK. POLICE SAY BRENT SCOTT FLED THE SCENE ON FOOT, PROMPTING A FULL-SCALE MANHUNT TO FIND HIM. THE FOUR SCHOOLS NEAR THE SCENE ON MAHONEY DRIVE ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE WERE THRUST INTO EMERGENCY MODE. AS SOON AS THE POLICE ALERTED US TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, WE IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO LOCKDOWN. EVERYBODY WAS PANICKING, BUT I JUST TOLD THEM TO` DON'T PANIC TOO MUCH, AND THEN AFTER THAT MANY HOURS AND MINUTES, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE WERE SAFE. SAFE BECAUSE POLICE HAD ISSUED AN AIRPORT ALERT. WE WERE CONTACTED BY CUSTOMS TO SAY THAT HE WAS AT THE AIRPORT ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE NZ. POLICE BELIEVE HE WAS HEADING TO HIS HOME COUNTRY, SOUTH AFRICA. HELICOPTER WHIRRS THEY'LL NOW INVESTIGATE WHY A PROTECTION ORDER WASN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP THE FAMILY SAFE. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. THE PRIME MINISTER'S COME UNDER MORE PRESSURE TODAY OVER HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH BLOGGER CAMERON SLATER. JOHN KEY INSISTS HE HASN'T LIED OR MISLED NZERS OVER HIS CONTACT WITH SLATER. BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP HIM GETTING A GRILLING FROM MEDIA AND THE OPPOSITION. < WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SPOKE TO CAMERON SLATER? OH, I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T RECALL. WELL, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO HIM ON THE PHONE FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS ON END. HE SENT ME A TEXT ONE TIME, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN THAT WAS. < HAS HE TEXTED YOU ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR`? NO. NO. I DIDN'T MISLEAD PEOPLE. I GENUINELY COULDN'T RECALL, AND I WASN'T GONNA TAKE A STAB. YOU COULD NOT RECALL YOU HAD BEEN TEXTING CAMERON SLATER THE NIGHT BEFORE? WELL, HE TEXTED ME. I RESPONDED TO THAT, BUT AS I SAID, I COULD'VE GIVEN A SPECIFIC TIME. I WASN'T GOING TO GIVE A SPECIFIC TIME, BECAUSE I MADE IT QUITE CLEAR A WHILE AGO, I'M NOT GOING TO BE SPECIFIC LIKE THAT. IT'S TIME TO SAY 'GAME OVER', JOHN. FRONT UP. ADMIT THE TRUTH. TELL NZERS. SAY SORRY. AND WE'LL ALL MOVE ON. AND THE GREEN PARTY'S ALSO JOINING IN THE CHORUS OF DISCONTENT. CO-LEADER METIRIA TUREI SAYS MR KEY'S DEMONSTRATED HE CAN'T BE TRUSTED AND IS CALLING FOR A ROYAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE EXTENT OF HIS INVOLVEMENT IN DIRTY POLITICS. THE BODY OF A MISSING BOATIE HAS BEEN FOUND IN LAKE ROTORUA. WILLIAM VAN DER VOORT (24) WAS ON THE BOAT WITH FOUR OTHERS WHEN IT SANK YESTERDAY. THE OTHER PASSENGERS WERE RESCUED BY A LOCAL RESIDENT. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT BUT HAVE CONFIRMED NO ONE ON BOARD WAS WEARING A LIFEJACKET. ONE NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT THE WOMAN WHO SNATCHED A BABY FROM MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL HAS A HISTORY OF PRETENDING TO BE PREGNANT. LONI MARSH (27) TODAY PLEADED GUILTY TO KIDNAPPING THE 5-DAY-OLD GIRL. PAUL HOBBS WAS IN COURT. ELSJE PRETORIOUS CHERISHES EVERY DAY WITH HER 9-WEEK-OLD DAUGHTER, NADINE. SHE WAS JUST 5 DAYS OLD WHEN SHE WAS BRAZENLY SNATCHED FROM MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL. LONI MARSH (27) TODAY ADMITTED TO KIDNAPPING HER. I'M RELIEVED THAT AT LAST IT'S COME TO A POINT WHERE SHE'S ADMITTED THAT` YOU KNOW, THAT WHAT SHE DID WAS REALLY WRONG. ONE NEWS HAS UNCOVERED THAT LONI MARSH HAS A HISTORY OF LYING ABOUT BEING PREGNANT. HER LATEST FANTASY STARTED IN JUNE LAST YEAR WHEN SHE MET THE SON OF THIS WOMAN. WE'VE CHOSEN NOT TO IDENTIFY THE MAN. A FEW WEEKS INTO THEIR RELATIONSHIP, THERE WAS A BOMBSHELL. 'MUM, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU.' AND I SAYS, 'OK. YEAH, WHAT IS IT?' 'WE'RE PREGNANT, AND I'M HAVING TWINS.' A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE COUPLE MARRIED. BUT BY CHRISTMAS, IT WAS OVER. MARSH TOOK OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING. HE CRIED, LITERALLY CRIED FOR DAYS. HE'D COME UP BURY HIS HEAD IN MY SHOULDER AND SAY, 'MUM, WHAT DID I DO SO WRONG?' THEN EARLIER THIS YEAR MARSH'S MOTHER-IN-LAW SAYS MARSH POSTED A MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK SAYING SHE'D GIVEN BIRTH TO TWINS. TOOK IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, BECAUSE BY THIS TIME, THE ALARM BELLS WERE WELL AND TRULY RINGING. IN A FURTHER TWIST, DEBORA DAVIES SAYS LAST MONTH SHE RECEIVED MAIL FOR MARSH DETAILING HOW SHE WAS BEING PAID A SINGLE-PARENT BENEFIT. BUT THERE WERE NO BABIES, AND MARSH HAD MOVED TO THIS BLOCK OF FLATS WITH A NEW PARTNER AND WAS TELLING NEIGHBOURS SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH TWINS. THE DAY SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO GIVE BIRTH, SHE WENT TO MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL AND STOLE BABY NADINE. FORTUNATELY, EIGHT HOURS LATER, NADINE WAS BACK WITH HER MOTHER. THINKING WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN, THAT I WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE TOUCHING HER RIGHT NOW. OH, IT'S` IT'S` EVERY MINUTE IS PRECIOUS. MARSH WILL BE SENTENCED IN JANUARY. FAATIGA JOE MANUTUI HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO KIDNAPPING AND WILL STAND TRIAL NEXT YEAR. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. INTERNET MOGUL KIM DOTCOM HAS BEEN BACK IN COURT TODAY FOR A HEARING THAT COULD SEE HIM END UP BEHIND BARS. HIS BAIL CONDITIONS WERE TIGHTENED ON MONDAY, INCLUDING A BAN ON USING A HELICOPTER. DOTCOM FACES AN EXTRADITION HEARING IN JUNE. THE LAW FIRM THAT HAD ACTED FOR HIM RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IT WILL NO LONGER BE REPRESENTING HIM. THE SON OF 'BLACK WIDOW' HELEN MILNER HAS BEEN DENIED BAIL ON FIREARM, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE CHARGES IN CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT TODAY. ADAM KEARNS (24) APPEARED VIA VIDEOLINK FROM CHRISTCHURCH MEN'S PRISON. DURING THE FIRST COURT HEARING ON THE 11 CHARGES, KEARNS CLAIMED HIS MOTHER HAD PAID FOR A 'HIT' TO BE PUT OUT ON HIM, SOMETHING POLICE HAVE SINCE DENIED. HE WILL RE-APPEAR NEXT THURSDAY. IT'S THE 'AMBULANCE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL' APPROACH TO TERRORISM, AND IT'S BEEN USED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BRITAIN. TWO BROTHERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED THERE FOR TRAINING TO BECOME TERRORISTS IN SYRIA. IT COMES AS OUR GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO RUSH THROUGH A LAW STOPPING KIWIS BEING RECRUITED AS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS. RYAN BOSWELL WITH THIS. THESE TWO BRITISH BROTHERS ARE THE FIRST TO BE JAILED FOR GOING TO SYRIA TO FIGHT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT THERE. ON THEIR RETURN TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, THEY WERE ARRESTED FOR TERRORISM TRAINING. NOW OUR GOVERNMENT IS PUSHING THROUGH LEGISLATION AIMED AT PROTECTING NZ FROM THE THREAT OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS RETURNING HOME, WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR TOP SPY BOSS. THE THREAT LEVEL IN NZ HAS RAISED. REBECCA KITTERIDGE APPEARED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AT PARLIAMENT'S SELECT COMMITTEE TODAY TO DISCUSS THE LEGISLATION, WHICH ALLOWS PASSPORTS TO BE CANCELLED FOR UP TO THREE YEARS AND THE SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE TO SPY FOR TWO DAYS WITHOUT A WARRANT. I THINK THAT THE CHANGES THAT IT SEEKS TO IMPLEMENT ARE BIG POWERS TO THE STATE OVER THE CITIZEN, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO RESPOND. THIS FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND HEAD OF THE LAW COMMISSION SUPPORTS THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE BUT SAYS THERE SHOULD BE MORE CHECKS AND BALANCES. TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES HERE. THE GOVERNMENT'S HOPING TO PASS THE LAW BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THE MINISTER IN CHARGE, CHRIS FINLAYSON, TOLD ONE RADIO STATION THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR A SIX-MONTH CHIT-CHAT. AS SOON AS I SAID IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS UNCHARACTERISTICALLY FLIPPANT. LAUGHTER WHERE LEGISLATION IS RUSHED, IT OFTEN GOES WRONG. BUT CHRIS FINLAYSON ARGUES THIS IS JUST INTERIM LEGISLATION, AND NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE A FULL AND COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW. AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT CHIT-CHAT, AND I` I` AS I SAY` SHOUTING: SAY SORRY! SAY SORRY! I APOLOGISE. THE MINISTER IS DETERMINED TO TAKE SIMILAR ACTION TO THE BRITISH AGAINST ANYONE WHO'S A POTENTIAL THREAT. RYAN BOSWELL, ONE NEWS. THE WEATHER HELPS CALM THE PROTESTS IN RIOT-RAVAGED FERGUSON. THAT'S JUST AHEAD. ALSO SOME ENCOURAGING EARLY SIGNS IN THE TRIAL FOR AN EBOLA VACCINE. JUST SEEING MY FRIENDS. AND THE GOLF WORLD IS AT HER FEET, BUT SHE IS KEEPING THEM FIRMLY ON THE GROUND. LYDIA KO COMES HOME. THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL BROWN, THE BLACK TEENAGER SHOT DEAD BY A POLICE OFFICER IN MISSOURI, SAY THEY ARE CRUSHED BY THE GRAND JURY'S DECISION NOT TO CHARGE HIS KILLER. PROTESTS HAVE SPREAD ACROSS THE US, BUT THE STREETS OF FERGUSON, HIS HOME TOWN, WERE QUIET. THIS FROM CHANNEL NINE'S CHRISTINE AHERN. THE CHILL OF EARLY WINTER SNOW HAS ALL BUT CLEARED FERGUSON'S STREETS OF THE THOUSANDS OF ANGRY DEMONSTRATORS. TONIGHT, HEAVILY ARMED NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS VASTLY OUTNUMBERED THE DWINDLING GROUP PROTESTING THE DECISION NOT TO LAY CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICER WHO KILLED MICHAEL BROWN (18). ALL CHANT: CAN'T STOP THE REVOLUTION. THERE HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATIONS IN MORE THAN 100 OTHER CITIES, AN EVER-GROWING PROTEST OVER RACIAL PROFILING ` POLICE TARGETING YOUNG BLACK MEN. IN LOS ANGELES, THEY HIT THIS MOTORISED CITY WHERE IT REALLY HURTS, MOVING ON TO THE FREEWAYS AND BRINGING TRAFFIC TO A STANDSTILL. THE VICTIM'S PARENTS FLEW FROM ST LOUIS TO NEW YORK, WHERE THEY DID THE ROUNDS OF TV NEWS SHOWS. EXPLAINING HOW THEIR BOY WOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO ATTACK A POLICE OFFICER TO TRY TO GET HIS GUN, AS IS BEING CLAIMED. HE WOULD NEVER PROVOKE ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING TO HIM, AND HE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO ANYBODY. MORE TODAY ON TV TOO FROM OFFICER WILSON, REVEALING NEWS VERY FEW KNEW ABOUT UNTIL NOW. YOU ACTUALLY GOT MARRIED? WE DID. AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY AS WELL? YES. I'M REALLY JUST A SIMPLE GUY. THAT'S ALL I AM. FOR MANY IN FERGUSON, THE DEMONSTRATIONS, THE FIRES, THE VANDALISM ARE A HUGE EMBARRASSMENT. WITH THAT IN MIND, WITH PAINT AND BRUSHES, THESE PEOPLE SET OUT IN SOME SMALL WAY TO TIDY UP THE TOWN'S TARNISHED IMAGE. POLICE ON THE BACK FOOT OVER ANOTHER KILLING HAVE RELEASED VIDEO OF THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY IN A CLEVELAND PARK. TAMIR RICE IS SEEN POINTING WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A HARMLESS PELLET GUN AROUND A PARK BEFORE POLICE ARRIVE. POLICE SAY RICE WAS TOLD THREE TIMES TO RAISE HIS HANDS BUT REACHED FOR HIS GUN AND WAS SHOT BY AN OFFICER. WE'VE GOT TWO OFFICERS THAT WERE OUT THERE PROTECTING THE PUBLIC THAT JUST HAD TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING THAT NOBODY WANTS TO DO. AN ORANGE TAB THAT WOULD HAVE INDICATED THE BOY'S PISTOL WAS A REPLICA HAD BEEN REMOVED. MEANWHILE, OKLAHOMA POLICE HAVE INTERVIEWED A BOY (3) WHO TOLD THEM HE'D SHOT HIS OWN MOTHER DEAD. THE BOY'S BELIEVED TO HAVE FOUND A SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUN UNDER A COUCH. HIS MOTHER (26) WAS HIT IN THE HEAD BY A SINGLE SHOT AS SHE CHANGED HER BABY DAUGHTER'S NAPPY. POLICE SAY IT WAS JUST A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. A BRITISH EMBASSY WORKER IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A SUICIDE ATTACK IN THE AFGHANISTAN CAPITAL OF KABUL. AT LEAST FOUR AFGHANS WERE KILLED AND ABOUT 30 PEOPLE HURT IN THE EXPLOSION. THE BOMBER IS SAID TO HAVE DELIBERATELY CRASHED INTO A UK EMBASSY VEHICLE WITH THEIR MOTORCYCLE. THE TALIBAN HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEADLY ATTACK. 'PROMISING' ` THAT'S HOW SCIENTISTS ARE DESCRIBING THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST HUMAN TRIAL OF AN EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE AGAINST EBOLA. 20 VOLUNTEERS WERE IMMUNISED IN THE US. NONE OF THEM SUFFERED MAJOR SIDE EFFECTS, AND THEY ALL PRODUCED ANTIBODIES. DUE TO THE PRESSING NEED FOR SOMETHING THAT PROTECTS AGAINST THE DEADLY VIRUS, THE WHOLE TRIAL PROCESS IS BEING ACCELERATED AT AN UNPRECEDENTED PACE. THE DRUG COMPANY BEHIND THE EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE SAYS IT CAN PRODUCE ONE MILLION DOSES BY THE END OF 2015. NOW IT SEEMS NOTHING WAS GOING TO STOP A PLANE LOAD OF SIBERIAN OIL WORKERS GOING HOME. IT WAS 53-BELOW ZERO AT THIS AIRPORT INSIDE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE, AND THE PLANE'S BRAKES HAD FROZEN UP. SO EVERYONE PILED OUT TO GIVE A SHOVE AND GET THE WHEELS TURNING AGAIN, ENOUGH FOR THE PLANE TO TAKE OFF, WITH THE SIBERIANS' HARDY REPUTATION MUCH ENHANCED. OUR GOLDEN GIRL OF GOLF IS BACK IN THE COUNTRY, BUT IT'S LOOKING INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY SHE'LL BE COMPETING HERE ANYTIME SOON. FRESH FROM HER BIG WIN IN THE LPGA CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT IN AMERICA, LYDIA KO'S HOME FOR A QUICK BREAK AND TO WORK OUT A PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. ANDREW SAVILLE REPORTS. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE FRIENDS AND FLOWERS AFTER A HECTIC FEW DAYS, EVEN FOR A NEW 17-YEAR-OLD MULTI-MILLIONAIRE. CHANTING, CHEERING I NEVER IMAGINED MYSELF TO BE IN THIS SITUATION, AND IT'S JUST BEEN A PHENOMENAL YEAR. SINCE WINNING $2M IN THE LPGA SEASON-ENDING TITLE ON MONDAY, KO'S BEEN SWAMPED BY US MEDIA COMMITMENTS. I'M ONLY HERE FOR ABOUT A WEEK. THAT TIME WILL BE SOAKED UP BY SPONSOR APPEARANCES, BUT ALSO A CHARITY GOLF EVENT AT THE TAKAPUNA COURSE ON SUNDAY ` AN EVENT SHE HELD LAST YEAR, RAISING MONEY FOR YOUNG GOLFERS. I WAS REALLY HOPING NOT TO PLAY ANY GOLF FOR A WHILE, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE FUN, AND I REALLY ENJOYED DOING THE CHARITY EVENT LAST YEAR. BUT WILL THESE GOLF BAGS AND KO RETURN IN LATE FEBRUARY FOR THE NZ OPEN AT CLEARWATER IN CHRISTCHURCH? AN EVENT WHERE SHE'S BEEN THE MAJOR DRAWCARD FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. IT'S ACTUALLY CLASHING WITH ONE OF THE LPGA EVENTS, SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE, AND WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THE SCHEDULING FOR RIGHT NOW. WE CAN TAKE THAT AS A PROBABLE NO. THE THAILAND LPGA EVENT, STAGED ON THE SAME WEEKEND, IS MANAGED BY KO'S HANDLERS, THE POWERFUL IMG GROUP. LYDIA KO'S ARRIVED HOME A NEW GLOBAL STAR. EVEN THE T-SHIRT SCREAMS 'SASSY 17-YEAR-OLD'. FROM A TINY DOT WITH SHORTENED CLUBS A DECADE AGO, SHE'S HAD TO GROW UP FAST IN THE INTENSE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL GOLF. JUST AHEAD ` HOPEFULLY YOU ENJOYED THE WEATHER TODAY. IT'S NOT HANGING ABOUT. AND ONE-D, KATY P AND A MAN IN A WIG ` WE WRAP UP AUSTRALIAN MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT. FOR A LONG TIME AUSTRALIANS TRIED TO CLAIM NEIL FINN AS ONE OF THEIR OWN, SO THERE WAS SOMETHING FITTINGLY POETIC ABOUT HIS WIN AT LAST NIGHT'S AUSTRALIAN MUSIC AWARDS. HE AND AUSTRALIAN PAUL KELLY WON BEST CONTEMPORARY ALBUM FOR 'GOIN' YOUR WAY'. BUT IT WAS THE BOY BAND DU JOUR WHICH CAUSED THE BIGGEST NOISE. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S LAURA TURNSTALL. FOUR BOYS FROM WESTERN SYDNEY KICKING OFF AUSTRALIAN MUSIC'S NIGHT OF NIGHTS. # YOU LOOK SO PERFECT STANDING THERE IN MY AMERICAN APPAREL UNDERWEAR. # FIVE SECONDS OF SUMMER TOOK OUT SONG OF THE YEAR. 'SHE LOOKS SO PERFECT'! CHEERING IT WAS A NIGHT WHERE BOY BANDS RULED, ONE DIRECTION WINNING BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST. THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MARKETS THAT WE CAME DOWN TO, ASIDE FROM THE UK, WHERE WE REALLY FELT THE SUPPORT. NOT THE ONLY INTERNATIONAL POP STAR WHO'S KEEN TO ADOPT OUR HOMELAND. I HAVE DECIDED NO LONGER WILL I USE STRAWS IN MY CHOCOLATE MILK. I WILL USE TIM TAMS. BUT, IRONICALLY, THE STAR OF THE NIGHT WAS A PERFORMER WHO SHIES AWAY FROM THE SPOTLIGHT,... AND THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S TELSTRA ALBUM OF THE YEAR IS... WHOO. SIA. ...TAKING HOME FOUR ARIAS, INCLUDING BEST POP RELEASE FOR HER HIT 'CHANDELIER'. # I'M... # GONNA SWING... # HER VOICE DUBBED OVER US COMEDIAN SCOTT THOMPSON WEARING HER TRADEMARK BLONDE WIG. SIA'S VOICE: OH MY GOSH, THANK YOU. IGGY AZALEA, ALSO ABSENT FROM THE AWARDS, TOOK OUT THE BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST CATEGORY; SHEPPARD WON BEST GROUP. AND A STANDING OVATION FOR MOLLY MELDRUM ` THIS YEAR'S INDUCTEE TO THE ARIA HALL OF FAME. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. 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