IT'S MIDDAY. A DAMNING REPORT INTO LAW FIRM RUSSELL MCVEAGH'S CULTURE HAS FOUND EXCESSIVE DRINKING AND CRUDE, DRUNKEN AND SEXUALLY INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR AT TIMES. BRITISH POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE LEFT IN A CRITICAL CONDITION IN AMESBURY MAY HAVE BEEN POISONED BY THE SAME DEADLY NERVE AGENT USED AGAINST AN EX RUSSIAN SPY AND HIS DAUGHTER. AND IT'S A RACE AGAINST TIME FOR RESCUERS TRYING TO FREE 12 BOYS AND THEIR COACH TRAPPED IN A THAILAND CAVE, WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018. RUSSELL MCVEAGH HAD A CULTURE OF EXCESSIVE DRINKING AND CRUDE, DRUNKEN AND SEXUALLY INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR, WHEN A MALE PARTNER AND A SOLICITOR SEXUALLY HARASSED THE FIRM'S SUMMER CLERKS TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY FINDINGS DAME MARGARET BAZLEY HAS DESCRIBED AS SURPRISING IN HER REVIEW OF THE FIRM, ITS CULTURE AND POLICIES. SHE ALSO SAYS THE FIRM HANDLED THOSE COMPLAINTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT POORLY, WHICH HAD SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE INTERNS AND THOSE WHO SUPPORTED THEM. MICHAEL CROPP HAS MORE. MICHAEL. What was described in this review was a litany of errors and poor handling of the situations. Dame Margaret emphasised the team involved was one amongst 35. She described that team as out of control. She says four women were harassed, kissed and grabbed by a partner and encouraged to drink. The second was complaints of sexual behaviour at a partner's house. The third was ranks which resulted in an appropriate conduct via mail solicitor. The report said these young women said they have not had the opportunity to explain to anyone from the firm what had happened. It was only during the process of her review that the firm learned what had happened. Here is how Dame Margaret described the culture at the time. THE FIRM HAS HAD A 'WORK HARD, PLAY HARD' CULTURE THAT INVOLVED EXCESSIVE DRINKING AND, IN SOME INSTANCES, CRUDE, DRUNKEN AND SEXUALLY INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR. YOUNG STAFF WERE ENCOURAGED TO DRINK TO EXCESS. Dame Margaret also looked at the culture and other policies in place. What she found was there was a culture of fear, particularly when people witnessed bullying. She said sometimes people laughed and said of speaking out. Even though they thought they had a speak up culture, it did not. She describes this as atrocious behaviour of yelling and swearing at junior staff. She also found that these partners who left the firm left with a glowing internal email. The board chair is also apologising. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR HANDLING OF THE INCIDENTS WERE POOR AND TO APOLOGISE FOR BOTH OUR ACTIONS AND INACTIONS. WE COULD HAVE DONE MUCH BETTER, AND WE SHOULD HAVE DONE MUCH BETTER. they say they accept the findings. The change won't happen overnight but it needs to happen in the star's TWO PEOPLE ARE IN A CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER THEY WERE FOUND UNCONSCIOUS, POISONED BY RUSSIAN NERVE AGENT NOVICHOK. THE COUPLE WERE DISCOVERED IN THEIR AMESBURY HOME, ABOUT 14KM AWAY FROM SALISBURY, WHERE A FORMER RUSSIAN SPY AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE POISONED IN MARCH. THE BBC'S DUNCAN KENNEDY HAS THE LATEST. FOUR MONTHS TO THE DAY AFTER THE SALISBURY ATTACK, AND DAWN STURGESS AND CHARLIE ROWLEY HAVE BECOME THE NEW VICTIMS OF NERVE AGENT POISONING IN BRITAIN. THE COUPLE WERE TAKEN ILL AT THE HOME IN AMESBURY ON SATURDAY AND ARE NOW CRITICALLY ILL IN HOSPITAL. THIS MAN SAYS HE'S A FRIEND OF THE COUPLE AND SAW WHAT HAPPENED. HE WAS SWEATING LOADS, DRIBBLING, AND YOU COULDN'T SPEAK TO HIM. HE WAS MAKING LOADS OF FUNNY NOISES, AND HE WAS ROCKING BACK AND FORWARDS, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE OR ANYTHING, EVEN THOUGH I WAS THERE. IT WAS LIKE HE WAS IN ANOTHER WORLD, HALLUCINATING. THE NERVE AGENT WAS IDENTIFIED AT PORTON DOWN, NEAR AMESBURY, THE SAME PLACE USED TO ESTABLISH THE NOVICHOK LIQUID IN THE SALISBURY ATTACK IN MARCH. TONIGHT, THE METROPOLITAN POLICE COUNTERTERRORISM UNIT CONFIRMED THE LATEST FINDINGS. WE CAN CONFIRM THAT THE MAN AND WOMAN HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE NERVE AGENT NOVICHOK, WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE SAME NERVE AGENT THAT CONTAMINATED BOTH YULIA AND SERGEI SKRIPAL. FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS, SALISBURY HAS BEEN A SCENE OF MASSIVE DECONTAMINATION AFTER THE POISONING OF SERGEI AND YULIA SKRIPAL, AND THE POLICE SERGEANT. A NUMBER OF SITES WERE HANDED BACK TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THE CLEAN-UP IS STILL GOING ON IN THE PLACES WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS. EVERYONE HAD ASSUMED THAT CLEAN-UP WOULD BE THE END OF THE CONTAMINATION STORY. SO THE REVELATION TONIGHT THERE'S A FRESH NERVE AGENT INCIDENT WILL COME AS A SHOCK TO MANY PEOPLE. WILTSHIRE POLICE SAY FIVE SITES ARE BEING INVESTIGATED IN THIS LATEST NOVICHOK INCIDENT, INCLUDING THIS CHURCH IN AMESBURY AND THIS PARK IN SALISBURY, BOTH OF WHICH IT'S THOUGHT THE COUPLE CAUGHT UP IN THIS LATEST POISONING HAD VISITED. THEY'RE BEING TREATED AT THE SAME HOSPITAL AS THE SKRIPALS WERE. DAWN STURGESS AND CHARLIE ROWLEY NOW RECEIVING WORLD CLASS CARE TO FIGHT THIS DEADLIEST OF SUBSTANCES. AMID AN EXTRAORDINARY TWIST IN THIS MOST POTENT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. OFFICIALS IN NORTHERN THAILAND ARE WATCHING THE SKIES ANXIOUSLY, AS WET WEATHER THREATENS TO HAMPER EFFORTS TO RESCUE THE 12 TRAPPED BOYS AND THEIR FOOTBALL COACH. BUT DESPITE THE UNCERTAINTY AROUND WHEN THEY'LL REACH THE SURFACE, SPIRITS ARE STILL HIGH. THE BBC'S JONATHAN HEAD REPORTS FROM THE SCENE IN THE CHIANG RAI PROVINCE. UP ON THE SURFACE, THEY'VE BEEN REHEARSING FOR THE SCENARIO EVERYONE HERE IS HOPING FOR ` GETTING THE BOYS OUT AND OFF TO HOSPITAL. BUT IT WON'T HAPPEN SOON. TRANSLATOR: WE NEED TO BE 100% CONFIDENT IN ORDER TO GET THE BOYS OUT. AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME OUT AT THE SAME TIME. WE ARE ASSESSING THE SITUATION. AND IF THERE IS A RISK, WE WILL NOT MOVE THEM OUT. THE OPTIONS CONFRONTING THIS RESCUE OPERATION ARE JUST AS TOUGH AS WHEN THEY FOUND THE BOYS. THEY ARE HEALTHY ENOUGH, BUT THEY SAY GIVING THEM SOME BASIC DIVING TRAINING AND PULLING THEM THROUGH THE FLOODED TUNNELS ONE BY ONE IS FEASIBLE, AND YET WE SPOKE TO THE SOURCES INSIDE THE THAI DIVING TEAM WHO SAY THAT'S STILL TOO RISKY, THAT THEY MAY STILL HAVE TO LEAVE THOSE BOYS DOWN THERE FOR THE FULL FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS OF THE RAINY SEASON. WE VISITED THE CLASS OF DOM, THE FOOTBALL TEAM CAPTAIN, AND MICK, BOTH TRAPPED IN THE CAVES. DID THEY HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THEIR CLASSMATES? 'I WANT THEM TO GET HEALTHY, TO BE PATIENT,' SAID KENIKA, 'AND TO COME BACK SAFELY SO THEY CAN BE WITH US AGAIN.' 'THERE'S LOTS OF HOMEWORK WAITING FOR YOU.' (ALL SING IN THAI LANGUAGE) OTHER SCHOOL FRIENDS HAVE BEEN DOWN TO THE CAVE ENTRANCE TO SEE THE RESCUE EFFORT AND TO SING THEM GOOD WISHES. SPIRITS ARE HIGH HERE. (ALL SING IN THAI LANGUAGE) BUT THE TASK OF THE DIVERS, EITHER IN EXTRACTING THE BOYS OR SUSTAINING THEM UNDERGROUND, IS FORMIDABLE. THEY WILL NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET. AND ONE OF THE EXPERT DIVERS TASKED WITH GETTING THE 12 BOYS OUT SAFELY TOLD 1 NEWS IT'LL BE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS RESCUE MISSIONS HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN. IT'S A LABYRINTH OF SMALL PASSAGES. SOME OF THE PASSAGES ARE ABOUT 80CM IN DIAMETER, WHERE YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH IT IN CONVENTIONAL SCUBA GEAR. YOU HAVE TO TAKE OFF YOUR GEAR, PUSH THROUGH, DIG A LITTLE BIT, AND IN ZERO VISIBILITY, FEELING YOUR WAY UNTIL YOU'RE PAST THE PASSAGE. AND IT IS 2.5KM IN, SO EVERY DIVE IS ROUGHLY FOUR HOURS THAT YOU'RE AWAY FROM THE NEAREST BREATHING GAP. THE 20-YEAR-OLD MAN FACING SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AT A LABOUR PARTY YOUTH CAMP IN FEBRUARY HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THE MAN, WHO HAS INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION, APPEARED IN THE AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING CHARGED WITH SIX COUNTS OF INDECENT ASSAULT ON FOUR TEENAGERS. THE MAN HAS ELECTED A TRIAL BY JURY AND WILL RE-APPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH. NORTHLAND RESIDENTS ARE CALLING ON HOUSING NEW ZEALAND TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST TENANTS INVOLVED IN ALLEGED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. NORTHLAND MP MATT KING SAYS HIS OFFICE HAS RECEIVED AT LEAST 20 COMPLAINTS IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS FROM ACROSS THE REGION. HE CLAIMS DRUG DEALING, VANDALISM AND ABUSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PROBLEMS RESIDENTS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. KING IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO LOOSEN THEIR STRICT ANTI-EVICTION POLICIES, MAKING IT EASIER TO REMOVE PROBLEM TENANTS. 2 MILLION KIWIS WILL BE CONSIDERED CLINICALLY OBESE WITHIN 20 YEARS IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE ` THAT'S ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH BY OTAGO UNIVERSITY RELEASED TODAY. A SUGAR TAX HAS BEEN FLOATED, BUT THE RESEARCH'S AUTHOR SAYS A BROADER PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED TO KEEP NEW ZEALANDERS FIT AND HEALTHY. THESE PROJECTIONS WE HAVE DONE ARE BASED ON THE CONTINUATION OF CURRENT TRENDS. SO WE HOPE IT'S GOING TO ACT AS SOMETHING OF A WAKE-UP CALL. WE REALLY NEED TO PUSH THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT IT SERIOUSLY. IT'S POPULAR FOR TOURISTS TO CLIMB THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IN NEW YORK, BUT NOT ON THE OUTSIDE. AFTER MORE THAN TWO HOURS, A WOMAN'S BEEN ARRESTED FOR SCALING THE FAMOUS MONUMENT, CLINGING TO THE SIDE OF IT WHILE POLICE FOLLOWED AFTER HER. OFFICIALS EVACUATED LIBERTY ISLAND WHILE THEY CAUGHT THE CLIMBER, WHO WAS HOLDING A T-SHIRT SAYING, 'RISE AND RESIST' AND 'TRUMP CARE MAKES US SICK.' IT'S THE SECOND PROTEST ON THE ISLAND IN AS MANY DAYS. A BRITISH NURSE IS BEING HELD BY POLICE ON SUSPICION OF THE MURDER OF EIGHT BABIES AND THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF ANOTHER SIX. THE 28-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED BY POLICE LOOKING INTO THE INFANT DEATHS AT THE COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL, AND THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO A SECOND HOSPITAL. THE BBC'S JUDITH MORITZ REPORTS. LUCY LETBY ONCE SAID SHE ENJOYED NURSING BABIES AS SHE COULD SEE THEM PROGRESS AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. NOW SHE'S SUSPECTED OF MURDERING EIGHT INFANTS AND TRYING TO KILL ANOTHER SIX. TODAY, POLICE SEARCHES HAVE CONTINUED AT THE NURSE'S HOME. FORENSIC OFFICERS SEARCHING THE HOUSE AND TAKING ITEMS AWAY FOR EXAMINATION. DETECTIVES ARE STILL QUESTIONING THE 28-YEAR-OLD ABOUT THE ALLEGED MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS. POLICE SAY THAT THEIR INVESTIGATION IS FOCUSING ON WHAT HAPPENED TO 32 BABIES AT THE COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL BETWEEN MARCH 2015 AND JULY 2016. THE BABIES WERE ALL ON THE NEONATAL UNIT, WHICH CARES FOR POORLY AND PREMATURE INFANTS. MANAGERS HERE CALLED IN THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T EXPLAIN THE UNUSUAL NUMBER OF FATALITIES AND BABIES WHO CAME CLOSE TO DEATH ON THE UNIT. NOW THE MURDER INVESTIGATION HAS WIDENED BEYOND THIS HOSPITAL. DURING HER TRAINING, LUCY LETBY WENT ON PLACEMENT TO LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL. TODAY THE HOSPITAL CONFIRMED THAT IT IS HELPING THE POLICE. THEY'RE REVIEWING WHAT HAPPENED TO BABIES ON ITS NEONATAL UNIT DURING THE NURSE'S TIME THERE AND SAY THERE'S CURRENTLY NO SUGGESTION THAT ANY CAME TO HARM. SINCE LUCY LETBY WAS ARRESTED, THE POLICE HAVE ALSO BEEN AT THE HOME OF HER PARENTS IN HEREFORD. TONIGHT, THE CHILDREN'S NURSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, BEING ASKED TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BABIES IN HER CARE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE MISTAKE THAT COST AN AUSTRALIAN MAN $27,000 AND WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CHECK BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS. RAIN HAMPERS DAY FOUR AT THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, BUT IT CAN'T STOP ROGER FEDERER'S PROGRESS AT WIMBLEDON. AND HOW MANY HOTDOGS COULD YOU EAT IN 10 MINUTES? WE'LL TELL YOU HOW MANY THE BEST STOMACHS IN THE BUSINESS CAN PACK IN. INTERNET MOGUL KIM DOTCOM IS ELIGIBLE TO BE EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER THE COURT OF APPEAL REVEALED ITS DECISION TODAY TO UPHOLD THE HIGH COURT'S RULING. DOTCOM AND HIS THREE CO-ACCUSED, BRAM VAN DER KOLK, MATTHIAS ORTMANN AND FINN BATATO, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SURRENDER ON CHARGES OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND COPYRIGHT BREACHES RELATED TO NOW DEFUNCT FILE SHARING WEBSITE MEGAUPLOAD. HIS LEGAL TEAM SAYS IT'S DISAPPOINTED AND WILL NOW SEEK A REVIEW WITH THE SUPREME COURT. AN AUSTRALIAN MAN'S BEEN LEFT SCRABBLING TO FIND MORE THAN $27,000 AFTER A BANK TRANSACTION WENT HORRIFICALLY WRONG. THE MAN WAS PAYING A BILL WHEN HE MADE A MISTAKE WITH A CONTRACTOR'S ACCOUNT NUMBER, MEANING THE MONEY WENT ELSEWHERE. THE BANK HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT THE MYSTERY BENEFICIARY, LEAVING THE OUT-OF-POCKET MAN BEGGING FOR HELP. HE'S BLAMED THE ACCIDENT ON HIS FAT FINGERS. STAYING IN AUSTRALIA, WHERE SUPERMARKETS ARE WAGING WAR ON SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAGS, AND VEGETABLES COULD BE NEXT IN THE FIRING LINE. CHANNEL NINE'S JULIE SNOOK TAKES A LOOK AT THE COST OF CONVENIENCE. TO PACKAGE OR NOT TO PACKAGE ` THAT IS THE QUESTION. A COST TO CONVENIENCE, AND THE MORE PACKAGING THERE IS AROUND FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, THE MORE YOU'RE LIKELY TO PAY FOR IT. IN AN AGE WHERE TIME IS THE ESSENCE, EVEN OUR GROCERY BILLS ARE PAYING THE PRICE. MAJOR SUPERMARKETS NOW COSTING UP TO 60% WITH PACKAGING THAT WE DON'T EVEN WANT. BY BUYING LOOSE, THE CONSUMER DOESN'T SPEND MONEY UNNECESSARILY, AND THERE'S NO WASTE. AND, REALLY, IT'S WASTE THAT'S A BIG DRAMA WITH CONSUMERS. THEY DON'T LIKE THROWING THINGS AWAY. WHAT WE ARE THROWING AWAY IS 15C PER PLASTIC BAG AS SUPERMARKET GIANTS WOOLWORTHS AND COLES CASH IN ON THE NEW BAN, MAKING AROUND $71M IN PROFIT. IT ADDS AN EXTRA TO THE ALREADY PRICEY PROCESS OF SEARCHING FOR THE BEST QUALITY FRUIT AND VEG. IF YOU THINK YOU'RE PAYING MORE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PACKAGING, YOU'RE RIGHT. TAKE GREEN BEANS ` BUYING LOOSE, YOU'RE PAYING $3 A KILO. BUY THEM PACKAGED, YOU'RE PAYING $12.50. MUSHROOMS AREN'T MUCH BETTER. WHITE CUP ARE $11 A KILO LOOSE AND ABOUT $20/KG PACKAGED. WE EVEN FOUND TRUSSED TOMATOES TO BE $3.30 MORE PER KILOGRAM PACKAGED THAN LOOSE. IT DOESN'T TAKE MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS TO COMPARE THE FRESH AS OPPOSED TO THE PACKAGED ITEMS. THE SAVINGS CAN OFTEN BE THERE, AND MORE TO THE POINT, YOU GET TO TOUCH IT AND SMELL IT AND MAKE SHOPPING A LOT LESS BORING. NOW THAT SOUNDS GOOD. TO SPORT, AND RAIN HAS SUSPENDED MICHAEL VENUS' OPENING DOUBLES MATCH AT WIMBLEDON JUST AS THE KIWI AND PARTNER RAVEN KLAASEN WERE LEADING IN THE FOURTH SET. MEANWHILE THERE WAS AN UPSET IN THE WOMEN'S DRAW, WITH SECOND SEED CAROLINE WOZNIACKI KNOCKED OUT BY UNSEEDED RUSSIAN EKATERINA MAKAROVA. ELSEWHERE ROGER FEDERER CONTINUED HIS CHARGE TOWARDS THE DEFENCE OF HIS GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES TITLE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE WIN OVER HIS SLOVAKIAN RIVAL. DESPITE ARGENTINE LEGEND DIEGO MARADONA'S ALLEGATIONS OF A 'MONUMENTAL THEFT', NOTHING HAS DAMPENED ENGLAND'S MOOD AFTER THEIR FOOTBALL WORLD CUP WIN OVER COLOMBIA. THE TEAM RETURNED TO TRAINING TODAY AS THE BBC'S DAN ROAN LOOKS INTO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THAT HISTORIC PENALTY SHOOTOUT VICTORY. IT WAS THE SIGHT ENGLAND FANS FEARED THEY MAY NEVER SEE. THEIR TEAM FINALLY ABLE TO CELEBRATE WINNING A PENALTY SHOOTOUT AT A WORLD CUP. THEIR MANAGER EXPLAINING THE MINDSET IN MOSCOW THAT ALLOWED HIS PLAYERS TO END ONE OF SPORT'S MOST NOTORIOUS HOODOOS. WE'RE TRYING TO WRITE OUR OWN HISTORY, AND I'VE TALKED TO THE PLAYERS ABOUT THAT. THEY WRITE THEIR OWN STORIES. WE DON'T HAVE TO BE BOWED BY THE PRESSURE OF THE PAST. AND THEY'VE DONE THAT ` THE WAY THEY'VE PLAYED, THE STYLE IN WHICH THEY'VE PLAYED. SO IF YOU COULD CHOOSE TO WIN THAT WAY, YOU CHOOSE TO WIN EVERY TIME. TWO MEN EMERGED AS ENGLAND HEROES ` FIRST, KEEPER JORDAN PICKFORD FOR HIS BRILLIANT SAVE, AND THEN SUB ERIC DIER, WHO HELD HIS NERVE TO SEAL VICTORY OVER COLOMBIA AND SEND HIS TEAM THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS. HERE ON WEIRSIDE, NO ONE WAS CELEBRATING HARDER THAN AT PICKFORD'S OLD SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON. DURING TODAY'S LUNCH BREAK, STAFF RELIVING THAT WORLD CLASS SAVE. HE WAS A MENTALLY TOUGH KID. IN YEAR 7, HE WANTED TO WIN AT EVERY SPORT HE TOOK PART IN. AND I THINK IT CAME OUT IN THAT PENALTY SHOOTOUT. I THINK HE SHOWED THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE SAW HERE AT ST ROBERTS IN YEAR 7. ENGLAND, WHO WERE BACK IN TRAINING TODAY, HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY, PRACTISING PENALTIES AND UNDERGOING PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING TO HELP THEM PICK THOSE PLAYERS BEST EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE PRESSURE. ONCE SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST WHO'S WORKED WITH SOUTHGATE BELIEVES TRUST BETWEEN THE MANAGER AND HIS PLAYERS IS KEY. HE'S TAUGHT THEM TO TALK, AND THAT'S NOW OK. THAT WASN'T THE CASE IN THE PAST. WE USED TO LIVE IN A NO-COMMENT ENVIRONMENT. NOW THEY TELL US THEIR STORY, THEY TELL US HOW THEY FEEL, THEY TELL US HOW THEY WANT TO REACT AFTER A GAME. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WITH MILLIONS UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY TRANSFIXED BY ENGLAND'S FIRST KNOCK-OUT WIN FOR 12 YEARS, THE SCRAMBLE IS NOW ON FOR ANY TICKETS THAT MAY BECOME AVAILABLE FOR THE QUARTER-FINAL. THE NORTHERN STARS HAVE CLAIMED THEIR SECOND WIN OF THE DOMESTIC NETBALL PREMIERSHIP. AFTER LOSING THEIR FIRST SEVEN GAMES OF THE SEASON, THE STARS MANAGED A HARD-FOUGHT 56-51 WIN. NOT EVEN THE MOST BIZARRE CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM VICTORY. NICE FEED. HAD A GOOD INJECTION TO HALPENNY. THE GOAL WILL COUNT... EVENTUALLY. SKIPPER GRACE KARA SAYS THE SIDE ARE DETERMINED TO END THE SEASON ON A HIGH. I THINK ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T WON GAMES, WE'VE PLAYED SOME BLOODY GOOD NETBALL, AND I THINK IT'S JUST BUILDING ON THAT. AND I THINK DEFENSIVELY, WE'VE GOT SOME AMAZING BALL, AND JUST ALL CREDIT TO THEM. AND WE HAD EVERYONE GETTING SHOTS, SO IT WAS AWESOME. THEY'RE NOW ONE POINT OFF THE NORTHERN MYSTICS ON THE TABLE. SURFING LEGEND KELLY SLATER WILL BID FAREWELL TO HIS GLITTERING CAREER AT THE END OF THE 2019 WORLD TOUR. THE 11-TIME WORLD CHAMPION MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE WORLD SURF LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP AT JEFFREY'S BAY IN SOUTH AFRICA. SLATER'S RETURN TO COMPETITION AFTER BREAKING HIS FOOT LAST YEAR WAS INTERRUPTED BY THE APPEARANCE OF THIS GREAT WHITE SHARK. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SHARK'S PRESENCE FORCED THE CANCELLATION OF THE DAY'S ACTION. AND FINALLY ` WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU COULD BE SEEN AS A LITTLE GROSS, SO IF YOU'RE SQUEAMISH, SHUT YOUR EYES, AND IF YOU'RE HUNGRY, CHECK THIS OUT. JOEY CHESTNUT HAS WON THE ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY HOT-DOG EATING CONTEST IN NEW YORK FOR THE 11TH TIME. A LEGEND ALREADY, THE LEGEND CONTINUES, NUMBER 11 FOR JOEY CHESTNUT! HE BROKE HIS OWN RECORD, DEVOURING 74 DOGS IN 10 MINUTES, TO RETAIN THE MUSTARD BELT. THAT'S A RATE OF A HOT DOG EVERY EIGHT SECONDS. A MUCH MORE LADYLIKE 37 HOTDOGS WERE EATEN BY THE WOMEN'S WINNER. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. A DAMNING REPORT'S FOUND LAW FIRM RUSSELL MCVEAGH HAD A CULTURE INVOLVING EXCESSIVE DRINKING AND AT TIMES CRUDE, DRUNKEN AND SEXUALLY INNAPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR. UK POLICE SAY THE TWO PEOPLE LEFT IN A CRITICAL CONDITION IN AMESBURY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN POISONED WITH THE SAME DEADLY CHEMICAL USED AGAINST A RUSSIAN SPY AND HIS DAUGHTER EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND IN SPORT, THE NORTHERN STARS HAVE CLAIMED THEIR SECOND WIN OF THE DOMESTIC NETBALL PREMIERSHIP, DEFEATING THE WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC 56-51. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF TODAY' WEATHER. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JUNE YEOW.