IT'S MIDDAY ` FRIDAY THE 7TH OF OCTOBER. THE US BRACES ITSELF FOR MATTHEW'S ARRIVAL AFTER THE HURRICANE'S DEVASTATING BLOW ON HAITI. POLICE MAKE A NEW APPEAL FOR INFORMATION IN THE HUNT FOR A WANTED OTOROHANGA MAN. AND NEW EVIDENCE THAT SALMON MAY NOT BE AS HEALTHY AS WE'RE TOLD. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. WE BEGIN THIS MIDDAY BULLETIN WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF FRANCE. A NEWSPAPER THERE'S REPORTING THAT TWO KIWI RUGBY PLAYERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR A BANNED SUBSTANCE. NOW, THIS STORY IS VERY MUCH IN ITS EARLY STAGES, AND OUR SPORTS REPORTER KIMBERLEE DOWNS IS ACROSS DEVELOPMENTS, AND SHE JOINS US FROM OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. KIM, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? The French newspaper is alleging that three players, including Dan Carter and Joe Rockoko have tested positive. Emma Keeling will be across the story, our Europe correspondent. YOU'VE SEEN THE DAMAGE IT'S CAUSED IN HAITI, SO BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST. THAT'S THE MESSAGE AUTHORITIES IN THE US ARE GIVING TO RESIDENTS AS HURRICANE MATTHEW APPROACHES THE COUNTRY'S SOUTHERN COAST. THE CATEGORY-FOUR STORM IS GAINING STRENGTH AND IS CURRENTLY CROSSING THE BAHAMAS AND WILL MAKE LANDFALL IN THE STATES TONIGHT. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN HAITI ALONE, WITH SEVERAL AREAS UNABLE TO BE REACHED. THE BBC'S NICK BRYANT REPORTS. A FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES HIT HARDEST BY HURRICANE MATTHEW ` MAROONED FROM THE REST OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE PAST 48 HOURS. THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT OF JEREMIE ` THE HOME TO 31,000 PEOPLE ` A PLACE KNOWN AS 'HAITI'S CITY OF POETS'. BUT NOW IT'S BECOME GROUND ZERO IN THIS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, AND MUCH OF IT LOOKS LIKE A SCRAP HEAP. THE DESTRUCTION IS ALMOST COMPLETE. ABOUT 80% OF THE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. ANTOINE-LOUIS IS A FARMER NOW UNABLE EVEN TO FEED HIS FAMILY. 'I'VE LOST ALL THE FOOD IN MY HOUSE,' HE SAYS. 'WE'VE NOTHING TO COOK, AND WE'RE STARVING.' THE RELIEF EFFORT IS STILL BEING HAMPERED BY THE FLOODWATERS THAT HAVE CUT OFF THE SOUTHWEST OF THE COUNTRY. BUT AS MORE ROADS BECOME PASSABLE, THE MORE COASTAL COMMUNITIES ARE REACHED. THE NUMBER OF DEAD KEEPS ON RISING. THE BAHAMAS MAY BE A WORLD AWAY IN TERMS OF WEALTH AND PRIVILEGE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN BATTERED BY THE SAME HIGH WINDS. THEY'VE DOWNED TREES AND ALSO POWER LINES. AND NEXT IN THE HURRICANE'S PATH, FLORIDA, WHERE FOR SOME THE CHURNING SEAS HAVE BECOME THE STATE'S LATEST TOURIST ATTRACTION. IF YOU'RE IN AN EVACUATION ZONE AND WATCHING THIS, EVACUATE. EVACUATE, EVACUATE, EVACUATE. THIS ONE-WAY TRAFFIC SHOWS THAT WARNINGS ARE BEING HEEDED. A MASS EVACUATION IS UNDERWAY, AND NO WONDER ` THIS HURRICANE COULD BE THE WORST TO MAKE LANDFALL IN AMERICA IN MORE THAN A DECADE. TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A TRUCK AND A CAR COLLIDED IN WAIKATO THIS MORNING. THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 8.30 ON STATE HIGHWAY 1 AT KINLEITH, JUST SOUTH OF THE TOKOROA GOLF CLUB. A THIRD PERSON SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES AND HAS BEEN TAKEN TO TOKOROA HOSPITAL. DIVERSIONS ARE IN PLACE. VOTERS STILL WANTING TO HAVE THEIR SAY IN LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS HAVE JUST 24 HOURS LEFT TO CAST THEIR BALLOT. EARLY RESULTS WILL BE KNOWN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. OFFICIALS SAY VOTER TURNOUT HAS BEEN DISAPPOINTING. POIRIRUA, WELLINGTON AND HUTT CITIES ARE ALL HOVERING AROUND THE 20% MARK, WHILE VOTER TURNOUT IN HAWKE'S BAY HAS ALREADY TOPPED 40%. SAFETY CONCERNS AROUND A NOTORIOUS RAIL CROSSING IN AUCKLAND ARE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AGAIN AFTER A CRASH JUST BEFORE YESTERDAY'S AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR. A WOMAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN HER CAR COLLIDED WITH THE COMMUTER TRAIN IN MORNINGSIDE, SUSPENDING TRAIN SERVICES ON THE LINE FOR THREE HOURS. POLICE SAY THE BARRIER ARM AND FLASHING LIGHTS WERE WORKING AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. A WOMAN IN A WHEELCHAIR WAS SERIOUSLY HURT BY A TRAIN TWO YEARS AGO AFTER HER CHAIR GOT STUCK IN THE TRACKS, AND A PEDESTRIAN WAS KILLED THERE IN JANUARY LAST YEAR. TURKISH POLICE ARE SCOURING THE BLAST SITE OF A BOMB ATTACK THAT'S WOUNDED 10 PEOPLE IN ISTANBUL. THE BLAST WAS CAUSED BY A BOMB MOUNTED ON A MOTORCYCLE OUTSIDE A POLICE STATION IN THE TURKISH CITY. NO GROUP'S YET CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK. SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN AN ATTACK BY SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS IN NORTHERN KENYA. THE AL-SHABAB EXTREMIST GROUP CLAIMED THE ATTACK, SAYING IT HAD TARGETED CHRISTIANS. KENYA HAS EXPERIENCED A RECENT WAVE OF ATTACKS FROM THE GROUP, WHICH IS ALLIED WITH AL-QAEDA. THE SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO FACES TOTAL DESTRUCTION BY THE YEAR'S END, ACCORDING TO A TOP UN OFFICIAL. HE'S PLEADED WITH RUSSIA AND THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT TO END THEIR BOMBARDMENT, SAYING THE PRESENCE OF LESS THAN A THOUSAND JIHADISTS CAN'T JUSTIFY THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A CITY. HERE'S THE BBC'S LYSE DOUCET. ON ALEPPO FRONT LINES, THE BATTLE INTENSIFIES. THE SYRIAN ARMY MAKING ITS GREATEST GAINS IN THE SHATTERED CITY SINCE THE BATTLE BEGAN HERE FOUR YEARS AGO. AND FROM THE AIR, BLISTERING BOMBARDMENT FROM REGIME AND RUSSIAN WAR PLANES. THE UN SAYS MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS ALONE. AND TODAY A WARNING. IF THIS AGONY GOES ON, EAST ALEPPO ITSELF WILL BE GONE. THE CITY OF EASTERN ALEPPO, AT THIS RATE, MAY BE TOTALLY DESTROYED. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHOLE CITY, IN PARTICULAR. AND THOUSANDS OF SYRIAN CIVILIANS, NOT TERRORISTS, WILL BE KILLED. THE UN SAYS 275,000 PEOPLE STILL LIVE IN THE EAST OF ALEPPO, INCLUDING ABOUT 8000 FIGHTERS FROM A WIDE ARRAY OF GROUPS. AND ABOUT 1000 BELONG TO AN ISLAMIST FACTION ONCE KNOWN AS THE NUSRA FRONT. ALL SHOUT: ALLAHU AKBAR! THIS IS ONE OF THEIR TRAINING CAMPS. THEY'RE REGARDED AS ONE OF THE STRONGEST REBEL FORCES IN ALEPPO. THE SYRIAN MILITARY AND ITS ALLIES INSIST THAT'S WHO THEY'RE TARGETING. SO TODAY A NEW UN PLAN TO SAVE THE CITY. IT'S CALLED ON THESE FIGHTERS TO LEAVE AND WILL EVEN ESCORT THEM OUT, AN OFFER THEY'RE UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT. AND PRESIDENT ASSAD KNOWS THAT. WE WON'T ACCEPT THE TERRORISTS WILL TAKE CONTROL OF ANY PART OF SYRIA, NOT ONLY ALEPPO. THE GREAT ALEPPO OF OLD STILL LIVES, BUT ONLY IN THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW TOURISM VIDEO. A GRACEFUL CITY NOW LIES LARGELY IN RUINS. THE SUFFERING IN ALEPPO HAS ALREADY SHOCKED AND SHAMED THE WORLD. BUT THE CITY BRACES ITSELF FOR WHAT STILL COULD BE THE WORST OF THE FIGHTING IN THIS MOST FEROCIOUS OF WARS. ANTONIO GUTERRES HAS BEEN FORMALLY NOMINATED AS THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS EXPECTED TO APPROVE HIS FIVE-YEAR APPOINTMENT NEXT WEEK. THE 67-YEAR-OLD, WHO LED THE UN REFUGEE AGENCY FOR 10 YEARS, SAYS HE PLANS TO SERVE THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE. THE VICTIMS OF CONFLICT, OF TERRORISM, THE VICTIMS OF THE VIOLATION OF RIGHTS, THE VICTIMS OF POVERTY AND THE INJUSTICES OF THIS WORLD. THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF PORTUGAL WILL TAKE OVER FROM BAN KI-MOON EARLY NEXT YEAR. AN ANTI-EU POLITICIAN IS IN HOSPITAL AFTER GETTING INTO A FIGHT IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN STRASBOURG, FRANCE. STEVEN WOOLFE HAS UNDERGONE A PRECAUTIONARY BRAIN SCAN AND SAYS HE'S FINE. PUNCHES WERE REPORTEDLY EXCHANGED DURING THE ALTERCATION AT A PARTY MEETING, AND MR WOOLFE BANGED HIS HEAD. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER COLLAPSING. HE'S A MEMBER OF THE UKIP PARTY, WHICH WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR BRITAIN TO EXIT THE EU. NINE AUSTRALIANS ARRESTED FOR STRIPPING OFF AT THE FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX IN MALAYSIA ARE FREE AFTER APPEARING IN COURT. THE GROUP, DUBBED THE 'BUDGIE NINE', WERE CHARGED WITH PUBLIC NUISANCE, WHICH CARRIES A FINE BUT NO JAIL TIME. THE MEN WERE DETAINED IN THE CONSERVATIVE MUSLIM NATION AFTER POSING IN SWIMWEAR DECORATED WITH THE MALAYSIAN FLAG TO CELEBRATE AUSTRALIAN DANIEL RICCIARDO'S WIN. IN A LETTER READ OUT IN COURT, THEY APOLOGISED AND EXPRESSED THEIR 'DEEPEST REGRET'. PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT HAS CLOSED A LOOPHOLE ALLOWING THOSE BEHIND SO-CALLED HONOUR KILLINGS TO GO FREE. NEW LEGISLATION MEANS KILLERS WILL GET A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE. PREVIOUSLY, KILLERS COULD BE PARDONED BY A VICTIM'S FAMILY TO AVOID A JAIL TERM. NOW FORGIVENESS WILL ONLY SPARE THEM THE DEATH PENALTY. THIS LATE-EDITED ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. A team of 20 officers remain committed to finding Ross. None of the officers have been able to identify the person involved. They have not recovered the knife used in the attack and they are looking for sightings of the Holden Vectra. POLAND'S PARLIAMENT HAS VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO REJECT A BAN ON ABORTION. AROUND 100,000 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY PROTESTED AGAINST THE PROPOSAL, WHICH HELPED POLITICIANS TO AXE THE LAW. POLAND ALREADY HAS AMONG THE TIGHTEST ABORTION LAWS IN EUROPE, AND THE PROPOSAL SOUGHT TO BAN ALL ABORTIONS UNLESS THE MOTHER'S LIFE WAS AT RISK. IT WAS REJECTED 352 VOTES TO 58. DONALD TRUMP HAS URGED THE TERMINALLY ILL TO VOTE FOR HIM AT HIS LATEST RALLY. SPEAKING IN NEVADA, THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TOLD THE CROWD A VOTE FOR HIM WAS A VOTE AGAINST OBAMACARE, OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. I DON'T CARE HOW SICK YOU ARE,... LAUGHTER ...I DON'T CARE IF YOU JUST CAME BACK FROM THE DOCTOR AND HE GAVE YOU THE WORST POSSIBLE PROGNOSIS, MEANING IT'S OVER, YOU WON'T BE AROUND IN TWO WEEKS. DOESN'T MATTER. HANG OUT TILL NOVEMBER 8TH. GET OUT AND VOTE. HE WENT ON TO SAY THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO STOP THE OTHER SIDE WINNING. THERE'LL BE NO WEDDING BELLS FOR AUSTRALIA'S QUEEN OF POP KYLIE MINOGUE UNTIL THE COUNTRY BRINGS IN SAME SEX MARRIAGE. THE AUSTRALIAN SINGER (48) AND FIANCE ENGLISH ACTOR JOSHUA SASSE ANNOUNCED THEIR ENGAGEMENT EARLIER THIS YEAR. BUT SASSE (28) HAS SAID NO DATE WILL BE SET UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT CHANGES THE LAW IN AUSTRALIA. THE PAIR ARE VOCAL SUPPORTERS OF THE 'SAY I DO DOWN UNDER' MARRIAGE EQUALITY CAMPAIGN. THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS PROPOSED HOLDING A PUBLIC VOTE ON THE ISSUE IN FEBRUARY 2017. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` IT'S OFTEN RECOMMENDED AS PART OF A HEALTHY DIET. A WARNING OVER FISH OIL CLAIMS. WHY YOU NEED TO BE PICKY ABOUT WHERE YOUR DAILY DOSE OF OMEGA-3 COMES FROM. 1 TENSE MUSIC (SIGHS) BEEPING, INDISTINCT SPEECH LOUD CLANGING CLATTERING CAR ALARM CHIRPS TENSE MUSIC FISH OILS HAVE LONG BEEN PROMOTED FOR A HEALTHY DIET. BUT THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF FARMED SALMON HAVE DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH EXPLAINS WHY. IT'S FEEDING TIME FOR THE SALMON, THOUSANDS OF THEM, AT A FISH FARM IN LOCH LEVEN. SALMON IS GOOD FOR YOU BECAUSE OF ITS BENEFICIAL OMEGA-3 FISH OILS. THESE ARE THOUGHT TO STAVE OFF A RANGE OF ILLNESSES, INCLUDING HEART DISEASE, ARTHRITIS AND DIABETES. FIVE YEARS AGO, THE AMOUNT OF BENEFICIAL OMEGA-3 IN A PORTION OF ABOUT 130G, LIKE WE HAVE HERE, WOULD BE AROUND THIS AMOUNT ` 3.5G OF BENEFICIAL OMEGA-3, WHICH, IN ACTUAL FACT, IS OUR RECOMMENDED WEEKLY INTAKE. HOWEVER, NOW THAT LEVEL HAS BEEN ABOUT HALVED, AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO EAT ONE PORTION OF FARMED SALMON, WE NOW HAVE TO EAT TWO PORTIONS TO GET OUR RECOMMENDED WEEKLY INTAKE OF OMEGA-3. THE SALMON GET THEIR OMEGA-3 OIL FROM SMALLER OILY FISH, SUCH AS ANCHOVIES, THAT HAVE BEEN GROUND UP AND ADDED TO THE PELLETS THAT ARE BEING SPRAYED INTO THE PENS. BUT THERE'S A LIMITED SUPPLY OF ANCHOVIES AND A GROWING DEMAND FOR SALMON. SO THAT MEANS THAT ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, THERE'S LESS OILY FISH TO GO AROUND TO MAKE FOOD FOR SALMON. SCIENTISTS HERE ARE WORKING ON A SOLUTION, BUT IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL ONE. THESE PLANTS HAVE BEEN GENETICALLY MODIFIED TO PRODUCE OMEGA-3 FISH OILS THAT CAN BE FED TO THE SALMON. THE REDUCTION OF FISH OILS IS NO LONGER LIMITED BY WHAT'S AVAILABLE FROM WILD CAPTURE OUT OF THE OCEANS. FARMED SALMON IS STILL ONE OF THE RICHEST SOURCES OF OMEGA-3 FISH OILS. BUT UNLESS A SOLUTION CAN BE FOUND, THE PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO GET WORSE. AND THERE'S NOW A WAY TO TELL WHEN IT'S TIME TO REAPPLY SUNSCREEN. AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS ARE TRIALLING STICK-ON PATCHES THAT GET RID OF THE GUESSWORK AND AVOID GETTING BURNT. THE UV-SENSITIVE STICK-ON TABS CAN BE PLACED ANYWHERE ON THE BODY, WITH THE STICKER CHANGING COLOUR AS THE SUNSCREEN WEARS OFF. THERE'S NO WORD YET ON WHETHER THEY'LL BE ROLLED OUT IN NZ. THREE YEARS AFTER MAKING HIS TEST DEBUT, CANTERBURY FLANKER MATT TODD IS COUNTING DOWN THE HOURS TO FINALLY RUN OUT STARTING FOR THE ALL BLACKS. THE 28-YEAR-OLD'S PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE WAS REWARDED AS ARDIE SAVEA GETS A REST AGAINST THE SPRINGBOKS. STEPHEN STUART HAS THE LATEST FROM BOTH CAMPS. OUR FIRST LOOK AT LAST AT THE ALL BLACKS ON THE TRAINING FIELD IN DURBAN THIS WEEK. AND FOUR-TEST MATT TODD KNOWS HE CAN'T LET EXCITEMENT GET THE BEST OF HIM AND RISK INFRINGING. YEAH, BIG TIME. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE SHOWN THAT THEY'LL TAKE ANY POINTS THAT ARE ON OFFER, AND YOU GIVE AWAY SOME SILLY PENALTIES, AND THEY START TO TICK UP THE POINTS ON THE SCOREBOARD. HAVING FOUR OF HIS CRUSADERS IN THE PACK SHOULD ASSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION. YEAH, I'VE KNOWN TODDY FOR A WHILE NOW. I THINK UNDER-19 TRIALS A FEW YEARS AGO NOW, AND TODD'S WORKED REALLY HARD THE WHOLE TIME, PLAYED A LOT OF RUGBY TOGETHER. TODD'S THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE ALL BLACKS PACK, WHICH WAS TOO STRONG FOR THE BOKS LAST MONTH IN CHRISTCHURCH. SO THE BIG BOKKER BOPPERS KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. SET PIECE IS VITAL WHEN YOU PLAY THE ALL BLACKS. THEY'RE VERY CLINICAL WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THINGS DONE. AS FOR THE BACKS, PLAYMAKER BEAUDEN BARRETT KNOWS PLENTY ABOUT HIS LATEST COUNTERPART. DID YOU WATCH MORNE STEYN WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP? YEAH, I DID. YEAH, THE MAN, AT TIMES, I THINK I'VE SEEN HIM YEAH, I DID. YEAH, THE MAN, AT TIMES, I THINK I'VE SEEN HIM KICK A DROP GOAL AT LOFTUS, BRINGS BACK MEMORIES, AND HE OBVIOUSLY PLAYED PRETTY WELL ON THE WEEKEND. WITH THIS SIDE PREPARING TO EQUAL ITS OWN 17-TEST MATCH WINNING STREAK THIS WEEKEND, IT'S PREPARING FOR ANY CONTINGENCY. TRY ONE-TEST BACK DAMIEN MCKENZIE NOW THE ULTIMATE UTILITY ` THE THIRD HALFBACK NOW AARON SMITH HAS LEFT THE CAMP. SO IF TJ PERENARA OR TAWERA KERR-BARLOW WERE TO FALL OVER BEFORE SUNDAY, THE ROOKIE WOULD GET BACK ON TO THE BENCH. LOOK, I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM PLAY 10 BEFORE HE STARTS PLAYING NINE. AND WE GET THAT PART OF THE JOB RIGHT, THEN WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT PLAYING HIM AT NINE. YEAH. BUT HE'D PLAY ANYWHERE, I THINK, THAT KID. PUT HIM IN THE HOOKER, HE'D BE SILLY ENOUGH TO PLAY THERE. THE SORT OF FORWARD PLANNING THAT KEEPS THE WORLD CHAMPIONS AHEAD OF THE PACK. STEPHEN STUART, 1 NEWS, DURBAN. AND AN EMOTIONAL AARON SMITH'S FRONTED UP OVER ALLEGATIONS OF A SEXUAL INCIDENT AT CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT LAST MONTH. THE TEARFUL ALL BLACKS HALFBACK BRIEFLY FRONTED MEDIA BEFORE LEAVING THE TEAM'S CAMP IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA. UH, I'VE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE. A HUGE ERROR IN JUDGEMENT. I'D FIRSTLY LIKE TO SAY A HUGE SORRY TO MY PARTNER, TEAGAN, I'D FIRSTLY LIKE TO SAY A HUGE SORRY TO MY PARTNER, TEAGAN, HER FAMILY, UM, MY FAMILY, UM,... UM, ALSO SORRY TO MY TEAMMATES, THE NZRU AND THE NZ FANS. UM, MY BEHAVIOUR IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND IF YOU COULD RESPECT ME AND MY PARTNER IN THIS SITUATION. (SIGHS) I'M JUST TRYING TO GET HOME TO DEAL WITH THIS. THANK YOU. HE'LL FACE A MISCONDUCT HEARING WHEN HE GETS HOME. ONE OF TEAM SKY'S FORMER CYCLISTS PREVIOUS CAPTION INCORRECT. THE BBC'S SPORTS EDITOR DAN ROAN HAS MORE. JONATHAN TIERNAN-LOCKE IS RIDING OUT OF HIS SKIN HERE. FOUR YEARS AGO, HE WAS THE NEXT BIG THING IN BRITISH CYCLING. BUT THEN JONATHAN TIERNAN-LOCKE'S WORLD FELL APART ` BANNED FOR AN ANTI-DOPING VIOLATION, STRIPPED OF HIS TITLES AND SACKED BY TEAM SKY. HIS FORMER EMPLOYERS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INVOLVED IN ANOTHER CONTROVERSY, HAVING TO DEFEND SIR BRADLEY WIGGINS' USE ON MEDICAL GROUNDS OF A BANNED STEROID BEFORE MAJOR RACES. AND AT HOME IN CORNWALL, TIERNAN-LOCKE, WHO HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE, TOLD ME HE'D BEEN SURPRISED BY THE REVELATIONS. I DON'T WANT TO INSINUATE ANYTHING, BUT THE TIMING, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T LOOK GREAT. YOU KNOW, YOU'D ASSUME THAT IF YOU HAD A NEED FOR SUCH A THING, IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER. IT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU USE YEAR IN, YEAR OUT. UM, SO FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW, IT LOOKS SUSPICIOUS. BUT THEN FROM THE OTHER PERSPECTIVE, A TEAM LIKE SKY ARE SO THOROUGH, THEY DON'T WANNA LEAVE ANYTHING TO CHANCE. SO WHY RISK THESE ALLERGIES DERAILING THEIR BEST LAID PLANS? THERAPEUTIC USE EXEMPTIONS, OR TUEs, HAVE COME UNDER SCRUTINY AFTER RUSSIAN COMPUTER HACKERS LEAKED ATHLETES' PRIVATE MEDICAL RECORDS. BOTH WIGGINS AND TEAM SKY INSIST HE TOOK THE DRUG TRIAMCINOLONE FOR ASTHMA-RELATED ALLERGIES AND NOT TO GAIN AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE. HE WAS APPROVED BY THE AUTHORITIES, AND THERE'S NO SUGGESTION EITHER BROKE ANY RULES. I THINK FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT DEFINITELY LOOKS... IT LOOKS ODD. I DO THINK IT'S NOT QUITE SINGING FROM THE SAME TRANSPARENT HYMN SHEET AS WE'RE LED TO BELIEVE PREVIOUSLY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND IS IT TOO EARLY TO START THINKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS? WE HAVE THE TOP 10 TOYS ONE FAMOUS TOY STORE HOPES SANTA'S ELVES WILL SEND FLYING OFF THE SHELVES. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. THE DEATH TOLL IN HAITI HAS REPORTEDLY SOARED TO 264 PEOPLE FROM HURRICNE MATTHEW. FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW. THE US STATE OF FLORIDA IS NOW BRACING FOR THE STORM. A FRENCH NEWSPAPER IS REPORTING FORMER ALL BLACKS DAN CARTER AND JOE ROKOCOKO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR STEROIDS. AND A TEAM OF 20 POLICE OFFICERS IS STILL HUNTING THE SON OF THE COUPLE STABBED IN THEIR OTOROHANGA HOME ON TUESDAY NIGHT. NOW TO THE WEATHER, STARTING WITH THE SOUTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ WITH JUST 78 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS, HERE'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU'RE SHOPPING FOR YOUNG ONES THIS FESTIVE SEASON. BRITAIN'S HAMLEYS TOY STORE'S UNVEILED ITS PICKS WITH THIS INFLATABLE REMOTE-CONTROLLED DARTH VADER, OR PERHAPS THIS STAR WARS DRONE PRICED AT NZ$350. IF YOU HAVE A SPARE $900, THIS BOPPIN' ROBOT CONTROLLED BY YOUR SMARTPHONE MAY BE JUST THE STOCKING FILLER. THE TOP 20 THIS YEAR IS REALLY LED BY SOCIAL INTERACTION. THE TOP 10 THIS YEAR IS REALLY LED BY SOCIAL INTERACTION. WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOVING IS THAT IT IS ABOUT SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS RATHER THAN POTENTIALLY HAVING YOUR HEAD IN THE SCREEN, BEING OVERRUN BY MODERN TECHNOLOGY. CHECK OUT THIS NERF GUN ` BIGGER AND BETTER. SO TOO THE PRICE ` JUST UNDER $160. ALSO MAKING THE BEST-SELLER LIST AND SHOWING THEIR STAYING POWER, THE OL' TRADITIONAL GAMES. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY VIRGINIA PHILP AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016