IT'S MIDDAY ` A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BOOST FOR RAIL SAFETY. SO WILL IT HELP PREVENT UNNECESSARY RAIL TRAGEDIES IN OUR BIGGEST CITY? HOPES FADE IN INDONESIA. WITH HUGE AREAS OF THE QUAKE ZONE STILL CUT OFF, RESCUERS SAY IT'S UNLIKELY THEY'LL FIND MORE SURVIVORS. AND GETTING INTO THE SWING OF THINGS BY GETTING DOWN TO WORK. THE ALL BLACKS AWARE OF THE WEIGHT OF EXPECTATION IN SOUTH AFRICA. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 AUCKLAND RAILWAY CROSSINGS ARE GETTING A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR UPGRADE IN A BID TO BRING DOWN THE NUMBER OF NEAR MISSES AT TRAIN STATIONS. INDIA LEISHMAN REPORTS. NOT A DAY GOES PAST THAT KARAMEA AND PRESLEY MATTHEWS DON'T THINK OF THEIR SON. HE WAS A VERY GOOFY, KIND, LOVING BOY. 16-YEAR-OLD KEENAN WAS KILLED BY A TRAIN IN APRIL 2017 WHILE OUT RUNNING IN WEST AUCKLAND. THE TEENAGER WAS WEARING HEADPHONES AT A LEVEL CROSSING AND DIDN'T HEAR IT COMING. HIS PARENTS ARE NOW SAFETY CAMPAIGNERS. THE DRIVE IS OUR SON. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BOY AND AT ONLY 16 YEARS OLD, GOING FOR A RUN DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. THE GOVERNMENT IS ACTING, ANNOUNCING A $7.6M UPGRADE FOR AUCKLAND TRAIN STATIONS. OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 100 NEAR MISSES. TRANSPORT MINISTER PHIL TWYFORD SAYS NEW, QUIET TRAINS HAVE BEEN CATCHING PEDESTRIANS OFF-GUARD BUT IS ADAMANT INSTALLING AUTOMATIC GATES WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THE NEXT 11 WILL COST JUST UNDER $8M. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WHAT MONEY DO YOU PUT ON HUMAN LIFE? HERE AT GLEN EDEN, THERE HAVE BEEN SINCE JANUARY, WHEN THIS SAFETY GATE WAS INSTALLED, NO NEAR MISSES. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS SPOTS. LAST YEAR, SEVEN GATES WERE INSTALLED AROUND AUCKLAND, AND FOLLOWING TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT, A FURTHER 11 WILL BE PUT IN AT STATIONS IN WEST AND SOUTH AUCKLAND. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AUCKLAND TRANSPORT PLANS TO MAKE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL 51 PEDESTRIAN RAIL CROSSINGS IN AUCKLAND, INCLUDING PUTTING IN GATES LIKE THESE. THERE'S ALSO A CHANCE THAT SOME CROSSINGS COULD BE CLOSED IF THEY'RE DEEMED TOO DANGEROUS ` ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP FOR THOSE CAMPAIGNING FOR BETTER SAFETY. INDIA LEISHMAN, 1 NEWS TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN CHRISTCHURCH IN THE LAST FORTNIGHT FROM SUSPECTED SYNTHETIC DRUG OVERDOSES. 19 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL ALONE IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. OFFICIALS SAY URGENT ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO ADDRESS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A HEALTH CRISIS. AS MANY AS 45 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE PAST YEAR FROM SYNTHETIC USE. SECONDARY TEACHERS FEEL THEY HAVE THEIR COMMUNITIES' BACKING TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR MORE PAY AND A LIGHTER WORKLOAD. JUST A DAY AFTER A STRIKE THREAT BY THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOL COLLEAGUES, PPTA MEMBERS WARNED OF INDUSTRIAL ACTION IF THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T STUMP UP WITH A BETTER OFFER BY NEXT MONTH. THE UNION SAYS PARENTS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION. THEY APPRECIATE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THEIR KIDS. THEY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISN'T ABOUT US; THIS IS ABOUT OUR KIDS AND THIS IS ABOUT OUR KIDS' FUTURES. DAYTIME FREIGHT TRAINS BETWEEN BLENHEIM AND CHRISTCHURCH WILL BE RUNNING AGAIN NEXT WEEK, ALMOST TWO YEARS ON FROM THE KAIKOURA EARTHQUAKE. THE TRAINS HAVE ONLY RUN AT NIGHT OVER THE PAST YEAR, ALLOWING WORK ON THE TRACKS TO CONTINUE DURING THE DAY. WITH THE SPIKE IN RAIL ACTIVITY, KIWIRAIL ARE URGING PEOPLE TO LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING RAILWAY TRACKS. THERE'S BEEN A SLIGHT DROP IN THE AVERAGE HOUSE PRICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DENT A YEAR OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, VALUES HAVE DROPPED BY 0.6%, BUT VALUES HAVE GONE UP BY 4.6% OVER THE PAST YEAR. THE AVERAGE HOUSE PRICE NATIONWIDE IS NOW AT $676,000, BUT IN AUCKLAND, IT'S MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS. THERE'S ALSO BEEN A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES FOR SALE. TO THE US, TWO ENVELOPES CONTAINING THE HIGHLY TOXIC SUBSTANCE RICIN WERE DELIVERED TO THE PENTAGON MAIL CENTRE THIS MORNING. THE LETTERS WERE ADDRESSED TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE JAMES MATTIS AND THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS ADMIRAL JOHN RICHARDSON. US OFFICIALS SAY PENTAGON MAIL IS DELIVERED TO A SEPARATE BUILDING ON THE GROUNDS OF THE US DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS AND THE CONTAMINATED ENVELOPES NEVER ENTERED THE PENTAGON BUILDING. THE FBI IS NOW INVESTIGATING. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS TOLD US REPORTERS 'IT'S A SCARY TIME FOR YOUNG MEN IN AMERICA' AS MORE WOMEN COME FORWARD WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS. HIS COMMENTS FOLLOW HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR US SUPREME COURT NOMINEE BRETT KAVANAUGH, WHO IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR THREE COUNTS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT DURING HIS TIME IN HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY. WELL, I SAY THAT IT'S A VERY SCARY TIME FOR YOUNG MEN IN AMERICA WHEN YOU CAN BE GUILTY OF SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY NOT BE GUILTY OF. THIS IS A VERY, VERY` THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY HAS PROMISED THAT BREXIT WILL FIX THE UK'S IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL MEANS LOW-SKILLED MIGRANTS WOULD FALL UNDER A NEW VISA SYSTEM WHICH LOOKS AT EXPERIENCE, RATHER THAN WHERE THEY'RE FROM. THE BBC'S MARK EASTON EXPLAINS. REGAINING CONTROL OF OUR BORDERS IS A FUNDAMENTAL AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT AFTER BREXIT. AMONG THOSE WHO'LL BE MADE LESS WELCOME, ARRIVING HERE IN DORSET FOR EXAMPLE, ARE LOW-SKILLED MIGRANT WORKERS, SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE MANY... ...THE VERY PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY KEEP THIS LOCAL AREA FUNCTIONING. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S CLEAR ` AFTER BREXIT, SHE WANTS THE UK TO BECOME A LOW MIGRATION ECONOMY, WITH GREATER EMPHASIS ON BRITISH WORKERS. WE WILL BE BRINGING AN END TO FREE MOVEMENT ONCE AND FOR ALL. SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO DECIDE THE BASIS ON WHICH PEOPLE COME TO THE UK. THAT HASN'T BEEN POSSIBLE FOR MANY YEARS. FOR PEOPLE COMING FROM THE EU, THAT WILL CHANGE. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE NEW IMMIGRATION STRATEGY WILL PRIORITISE HIGH-SKILLED WORKERS WITH NO PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR EU CITIZENS AND A MINIMUM SALARY REQUIREMENT TO KEEP OUT LOWER-SKILLED MIGRANTS. HALF THE STAFF AT THIS CARE HOME ARE IMMIGRANTS. THE MANAGER, HERSELF FROM SLOVAKIA, SAYS WITHOUT FOREIGN STAFF, THE SITUATION WOULD BE BLEAK. I THINK MOST OF THE CARE HOMES WILL BE SHUT DOWN, BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING EUROPEAN PEOPLE WORK FOR THEM HERE. TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY ADDS ALMOST A BILLION POUNDS TO BOURNEMOUTH'S ECONOMY AND EMPLOYS CLOSE TO 15,000 PEOPLE. WITHOUT STAFF LIKE LILIAN FROM SPAIN, IT'S WARNED MANY BUSINESSES WILL CLOSE. THE PRIME MINISTER WANTS CONTROL OF OUR BORDERS, AN END TO FREE MOVEMENT AND A BIG FALL IN NET MIGRATION, BUT SHE ALSO WANTS TO NEGOTIATE WHAT'S BEST FOR BRITAIN, AND THAT'S WHERE THE DEBATE WILL RAGE. THE DEATH TOLL FROM INDONESIA'S DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI HAS RISEN TO 1347. AS THE DAYS PASS SINCE FRIDAY'S DISASTER, RESCUERS ARE TRYING TO REMAIN OPTIMISTIC THEY'LL CONTINUE TO FIND MORE SURVIVORS. IT'S FEARED THE SCALE OF DESTRUCTION WILL BE MUCH WORSE AS RESCUE CREWS SEARCH MORE REMOTE AREAS. THE BBC'S RICHARD LISTER REPORTS. THIS DESERT OF MUD AND RUBBLE WAS ONCE A BUSTLING NETWORK OF STREETS AND HOUSES. THEY WERE OVERWHELMED IN A MATTER OF MINUTES BY AN EARTHQUAKE AND THEN A TIDAL WAVE. FOUR DAYS ON, PEOPLE HERE ARE STILL WONDERING HOW THEY WILL SURVIVE. ONE BY ONE, SURVIVORS ARE STILL BEING RESCUED. THIS MAN WAS BURIED IN THE RUINS OF AN OFFICE BUILDING. HE WAS PULLED OUT INJURED BUT ALIVE. BUT NO ONE KNOWS HOW MANY OTHERS ARE STILL TRAPPED IN THESE RUINS. TRANSLATOR: BUT AFTER THIS AMOUNT OF TIME AND AFTER SUCH AN EVENT AS THIS, THE BODY'S ABILITY TO ENDURE IS MINIMAL. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, BUT THE AID THEY NEED HAS BEEN SLOW TO ARRIVE. WHEN IT DOES, LOOK WHAT HAPPENS HERE. (YELLING, CLAMOURING) THESE PEOPLE ARE DESPERATE FOR FOOD AND DON'T KNOW WHEN THE NEXT DELIVERY WILL COME. A CHICKEN WILL FEED A FAMILY FOR A FEW DAYS. THE AID ISN'T GETTING THROUGH EVERYWHERE YET. TRANSLATOR: THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY AID. THERE'S NO FOOD AND NO WATER IN THIS AREA AT ALL. (INDISTINCT YELLING) OTHERS AREN'T WAITING FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. THEY TAKE WHATEVER THEY CAN WHEREVER THEY CAN, AND LITTLE IS BEING DONE TO STOP THEM. FUEL IS IN PARTICULARLY SHORT SUPPLY. IN A TOWN WITH NO ELECTRICITY, IT CAN POWER GENERATORS AND THE VEHICLES NEEDED TO LEAVE THE DISASTER ZONE. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET FLIGHTS OUT OF THE AREA. THE MAIN AIRPORT WAS DAMAGED BUT STILL FUNCTIONS. THE PRIORITY IS TO EVACUATE THOSE INJURED. BUT IN THE HILLS ABOVE PALU, THEY'RE BURYING PEOPLE AS FAST AS THEY CAN IN MASS GRAVES. AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES AFFECTED. RESCUERS ARE STILL TRYING TO GET TO OTHERS CUT OFF BY THE QUAKE. THE FULL SCALE OF THE DISASTER IS YET TO BE REVEALED. THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS HAS BEEN WON BY A WOMAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 55 YEARS. DONNA STRICKLAND FROM CANADA IS ONLY THE THIRD FEMALE WINNER OF THE AWARD. THE FIRST WAS MARIE CURIE IN 1903. MS STRICKLAND WAS NAMED ALONGSIDE SCIENTISTS FROM THE US AND FRANCE FOR THEIR WORK WITH LASERS, PAVING THE WAY FOR LASER THERAPY TARGETING CANCER AND LASER EYE SURGERIES. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THEY'RE MYSTERIOUS VISITORS FROM THE DEEPEST OCEAN. SO WHY HAVE SO MANY OF THEM TURNED UP ON A SCOTTISH BEACH? PLUS ` WORLD WAR TWO LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. HOW A FAMOUS AUDIO RECORDING'S BEEN BROUGHT TO LIFE WITH PICTURES. AND COULD A WAYWARD GOLF SHOT THAT'S LEFT A WOMAN BLIND PROVE COSTLY FOR THE ORGANISERS OF THE RYDER CUP? SINCE THE START OF AUGUST, 70 DEEP WATER WHALES HAVE WASHED UP ON SCOTTISH AND IRISH BEACHES. MANY OF THE ANIMALS WERE CUVIER'S BEAKED WHALES, WHICH ARE NORMALLY FOUND FAR OUT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. RESEARCHERS BELIEVE MILITARY ACTIVITY AND SONAR SIGNALS MAY HAVE PLAYED A PART. THE BBC'S LAURA GORDON REPORTS. THE ISLANDS ALONG SCOTLAND'S WEST COAST HAVE BECOME A GRAVEYARD FOR CUVIER'S BEAKED WHALES. IN ONE MONTH, MORE WASHED ASHORE HERE THAN IN THE PREVIOUS 10 YEARS COMBINED. AND SCIENTISTS ARE TRYING TO WORK OUT WHY THEY DIED. IT'S NOT A NATURAL OCCURRENCE. IS IT CONCERNING, WHAT'S HAPPENED? IT'S VERY CONCERNING, VERY VERY CONCERNING. IT IS... POSSIBLY THE HIGHEST EVER RECORDED MORTALITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR WHALE SPECIES EVER. CUVIER'S BEAKED WHALES ARE CREATURES OF THE DEEP. THEY CAN DIVE TO DEPTHS OF ALMOST 10,000FT. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THEY ARE SENSITIVE TO SOUND. AFTER A SPATE OF STRANDINGS IN THE CANARY ISLANDS, THE USE OF SONAR CLOSE TO LAND THERE WAS BANNED. SINCE THEN, THEY'VE SEEN NO BODIES. THOSE INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION HERE WILL BE SCANNING EAR BONES TAKEN FROM THE REMAINS TO LOOK FOR TRAUMA CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE UNDERWATER SOUND. THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SAMPLES TO RULE OUT INFECTIOUS DISEASES OR CONTAMINANTS. SO COULD UNDERWATER NOISE, OR SONAR, BE THE CAUSE? WHEN GROUPS OF BEAKED WHALES STRAND ACROSS TENS OF KILOMETRES OF COASTLINE WITHIN A FEW HOURS, THAT'S BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH NAVAL ALLIED SUBMARINE WARFARE EXERCISES. AND IT APPEARS THAT THE SONAR THAT THEY USE TO HUNT FOR SUBMARINES TRIGGERS A PANIC REACTION THAT MAY DISRUPT THEIR DIVING SO THEY GET DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS. THEY THEN DIE AT SEA, AND THEY WASH ASHORE. THE BRITISH MILITARY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO HELP IN TRACKING DOWN ANY SOURCE OF NOISE IN THE OCEAN AROUND THE TIME OF THE ANIMALS' DEATHS. THE ROYAL NAVY SAYS IT TAKES ITS RESPONSIBILITIES IN SAFEGUARDING THE ENVIRONMENT VERY SERIOUSLY, AND WHEN POSSIBLE, OPERATORS TAKE AVOIDANCE ACTION SHOULD ANIMALS BE DETECTED BEFORE OR DURING SONAR OPERATIONS. THERE'S INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE EFFECT PLASTIC HAS ON MARINE LIFE. IT'S POSSIBLE THERE MAY SOON BE PROOF THAT NOISE POLLUTION IN OUR WATERS CAN BE DEADLY TOO. BACK HERE OTAGO UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS SAY THE SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE POPULATION IS IN GOOD SHAPE. IT FOLLOWS THEIR LATEST EXPEDITION TO THE SUB-ANTARCTIC AUCKLAND ISLANDS, WHERE DRONE CAMERAS CAPTURED AMAZING FOOTAGE OF THE RARE MAMMALS. THE POPULATION ITSELF IS LOOKING VERY HEALTHY. THERE'S LOTS OF INDIVIDUALS, AND ALL ARROWS ARE POINTING TO AN INCREASING POPULATION, WITH MORE INDIVIDUALS EVERY YEAR. BIG HEALTHY, FAT ANIMALS THERE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE WANTING. IN 1943, A BBC CORRESPONDENT, WYNFORD VAUGHAN THOMAS, AND HIS ENGINEER MADE ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AUDIO RECORDINGS OF WORLD WAR II. JOINING THE CREW OF A LANCASTER BOMBING ON A RAID OVER BERLIN, THEY DETAILED THE DRAMA OF FLYING AT NIGHT OVER OCCUPIED EUROPE TO ATTACK THE NAZI CAPITAL. NOW, USING VIRTUAL REALITY, IT'S POSSIBLE TO EXPERIENCE THE MISSION VISUALLY AS WELL. THE BBC'S ROBERT HALL WITH THIS. THIS IS THE STORY OF LANCASTER F FREDDY, A FAMOUS WARTIME BROADCAST AND A BLEND OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY WHICH CAN TAKE ALL OF US INTO THE DANGEROUS SKIES ABOVE GERMANY. INTO THE DANGEROUS SKIES ABOVE GERMANY. AMONG THOSE PREPARING FOR TAKE-OFF ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER THE THIRD 1943 WERE TO CIVILIANS. ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER THE THIRD 1943 WERE TWO CIVILIANS. BBC CORRESPONDENT WYNFORD VAUGHAN THOMAS AND HIS ENGINEER, REG PIDSLEY, JOINED F FREDDY'S CREW TO RECORD THEIR BOMBING MISSION OVER BERLIN. THIS IS THE DISK RECORDING EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED, A BBC TYPE-C. THE CUTTER HEAD ACTUALLY CUT A GROOVE INTO THAT DISK, RECORDING THE SOUND. REG PIDSLEY, THE RECORDING ENGINEER, HAD TO KEEP THE BLANK DISKS INSIDE HIS FLYING JACKET TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE WARM ENOUGH TO CUT. I WAS JUST AWARE OF THIS FANTASTIC PIECE OF RECORDING THAT WYNFORD VAUGHAN THOMAS HAD DONE IN 1943, AND HAVING WORKED WITH VR, I COULD SEE THAT IT WAS POTENTIALLY A REALLY, REALLY GOOD FIT. THEY SEEM TO SPRAY OUT AND BURST LIKE THE TENTACLES OF AN OCTOPUS WORKING TO CATCH. BECAUSE THE AUDIO IS AN ACTUAL RECORDING OF WHAT HAPPENED, IT JUST MAKES THE CGI JUST UNDENIABLE, KINDA, REAL. BOMBARDIER, OK, READY WHEN YOU ARE. BOMBARDIER, OK, READY WHEN YOU ARE. F FREDDY'S BOMB AIMER WAS BILL BRAY. HE NEVER TOLD HIS GRANDDAUGHTER ABOUT HIS WARTIME SERVICE. OK, AND AIM. WOW. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I KNOW, IT WAS INCREDIBLE. IT WAS AMAZING. YEAH, IT'S JUST SURREAL LISTENING, COS WE'VE HEARD THE AUDIO BEFORE SO MANY TIMES, BUT TO ACTUALLY SIT, HEAR THE AUDIO ALONGSIDE EVERYTHING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT EVENING WAS EMOTIONAL AND INCREDIBLE. AND THE ALL BLACKS' REIGN AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD RANKINGS WILL BE THREATENED IF THEY LOSE TO SOUTH AFRICA AGAIN. THE ALL BLACKS WILL REMAIN NUMBER ONE REGARDLESS OF SUNDAY'S RESULT, BUT DEFEAT WOULD SEE THEIR LEAD OVER IRELAND SERIOUSLY REDUCED. DESPITE THEIR RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP CLINCHING WIN IN ARGENTINA LAST WEEK, STEVE HANSEN'S MEN SAY THEY'RE WARY OF THE SPRINGBOKS IN PRETORIA. THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE CONFIDENT, I THINK, AFTER THEIR PERFORMANCES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. OBVIOUSLY, THE LOSS IN WELLINGTON FOR US IS A DIFFICULT ONE TO TAKE, BUT THEY DESERVE THAT WIN AT THE END OF THE DAY. THEY PLAYED REALLY WELL. THEY DEFENDED WELL, AND THEY DID THAT AGAIN LAST WEEK AGAINST AUSTRALIA. MIDFIELDER RYAN CROTTY SAYS THE TEAM ARE DESPERATE TO AMEND LAST MONTH'S DEFEAT. WE'RE MOTIVATED FOR ANY TEST. YEAH, SOUTH AFRICA GOT ONE OVER US, AND WE'RE EXTREMELY MOTIVATED TO COME HERE AND PUT IT RIGHT. WE'RE AN IMMENSELY COMPETITIVE GROUP INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A TEAM, AND, YEAH, WE'RE ALWAYS MOTIVATED TO COME HERE, BUT MAYBE THAT PROVIDES A WEE BIT MORE. NRL WINNING ROOSTERS SKIPPER BOYD CORDNER HAS REPLACED GREG INGLIS AS KANGAROOS CAPTAIN FOR THIS MONTH'S TESTS AGAINST THE KIWIS AND TONGA. IT COMES AFTER THE RABBITOHS CENTRE ACCEPTED A TWO-MATCH SUSPENSION AFTER HE WAS CHARGED FOR DRINK DRIVING. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN REPORTS. LESS THAN 24 HOURS IN THE JOB, AND THE NEW CAPTAIN OF THE KANGAROOS WAS FIGHTING TO KEEP IT. THIS HAS GOT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ME MAKING ONE OF THOSE SILLY MISTAKES, STUPID MISTAKES THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE. GREG INGLIS WAS RIDING THE ROLLERCOASTER. FROM A CAREER HIGH TO A SHATTERING LOW. AS A PLAYER AND AS A PERSON AROUND THIS COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. HEY, GUYS, JUST HEADING OUT TO DUBBO. WALL STREET WARRIORS. INGLIS SPENT THE WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY, PLAYING IN AN INDIGENOUS RUGBY LEAGUE TOURNAMENT. ALL IT IS IS ABOUT GIVING THE KIDS A CHANCE AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. SO I'LL SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE. BUT ON THE DRIVE BACK TO SYDNEY, THE RABBITOHS STAR WAS STOPPED BY POLICE ON THE GREAT WESTERN HIGHWAY AT LITHGOW AND BOOKED FOR SPEEDING, DOING 99 IN AN 80 ZONE. HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH MID-RANGE DRINK DRIVING. I THOUGHT I WAS FEELING FINE. OBVIOUSLY, IT WASN'T, AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK YOU FEEL FINE, THEN IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY NOT TO JUMP BEHIND THE WHEEL. BY MID-AFTERNOON, THE KANGAROO'S COACH, WHO YESTERDAY GAVE HIM THE JOB,... WE CONGRATULATE GREG ON BEING CAPTAIN, APPOINTED CAPTAIN OF THE KANGAROOS. ...TODAY TOOK IT AWAY. IN A STATEMENT MAL MENINGA SAID INGLIS HAD... INGLIS WILL MISS THE TWO UPCOMING TEST MATCHES AGAINST NEW ZEALAND AND TONGA, AND NEXT MONTH, WILL HAVE HIS DAY IN LITHGOW COURT. MANCHESTER CITY HAVE MOVED TOP OF THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP AFTER A LATE COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN OVER HOFFENHEIM. FORCED ON TO THE BACK FOOT AFTER JUST 30 SECONDS, CITY RALLIED BACK TO DEFEAT THE GERMAN SIDE 2-1 WITH JUST MINUTES TO SPARE. AND HE'S THERE FOR CITY, AND HE SCORES. INSIDE THE LAST FOUR MINUTES, MANCHESTER CITY AHEAD. MANCHESTER UNITED WERE BOOED BY FANS AFTER THEIR GOALLESS DRAW WITH VALENCIA AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON COACH JOSE MOURINHO. THE SHOCK OF THE ROUND, THOUGH, GOES TO CSKA MOSCOW, WHO STUNNED TITLE HOLDERS REAL MADRID. THAT'S A POOR BALL. AND IT'S 1-0 TO HIM. FROM A TERRIBLE PASS FROM TONI KROOS. THE 1-0 DEFEAT EXTENDS MADRID'S THREE-MATCH WINLESS STREAK. TEAMS HAVE ARRIVED IN BATHURST AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S SUPERCARS SHOWPIECE. AMONG THEM WAS KIWI CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER SHANE VAN GISBERGEN, WHO IS YET TO TASTE VICTORY AT MOUNT PANORAMA. CHANNEL NINE'S LUKE DUFFICY HAS THE STORY. FAR REMOVED FROM MT PANORAMA, BUT STILL A SPECTACULAR SPOT TO START BATHURST WEEK. A TRANS-TASMAN TASTE TEST FOR THE DUAL NATIONAL TRIPLE 8 TEAM. IT'S A NICE VOVO. MUST BE AN AUSSIE THING. DEBATING OF THE GOOD FOODS WHETHER THEY'RE FROM NEW ZEALAND OR AUSTRALIA, AND I THINK WE FOUND OUT ALL THE GOOD ONES ARE KIWIS. AUSSIE-KIWI JOKES ASIDE, THERE'S A WARM COMRADERY AMONGST THE DRIVERS AUSSIE-KIWI JOKES ASIDE, THERE'S A WARM CAMAREDERIE AMONGST THE DRIVERS DESPITE THEIR ON-TRACK BATTLES. OUTSIDE OF THE RACE TRACK, WE'RE JUST GOOD MATES. JAMIE WHINCUP HAS WON SEVEN OF THE LAST 10 DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT HASN'T CONQUERED THE MOUNTAIN IN SIX YEARS. I'M A BIG BELIEVER OF YOU MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK, AND I HAVEN'T HAD THE BEST RUN UP THERE THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR ANYTHING THIS WEEKEND. SHANE VAN GISBERGEN HAS FINISHED ON THE PODIUM JUST ONCE IN 11 STARTS. THIS YEAR, HE'S PLANNING ON REINING IN HIS TRADEMARK AGGRESSION. JUST BE MORE PATIENT THIS YEAR AND TAKE IT AS IT COMES. AND, YEAH, DON'T TRY AND WIN IT EARLY. WHEN CRAIG LOWNDES DRIVES OUT OF THIS GARAGE ON SUNDAY, IT WILL BE THE END OF AN ERA. HIS 25TH BATHURST 1000 WILL ALSO BE HIS LAST AS A FULL-TIME SUPER CAR DRIVER. EVERYWHERE WE'VE GONE, WE'VE HAD HUGE CROWDS. AS I SAID, A LOT OF STORIES, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOLLOWED MY CAREER FROM DAY ONE TO NOW, AND IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT JOURNEY. LOWNDES NOT THE ONLY ONE RELIVING PAST GLORIES. KELLY'S NISSAN TEAM UNVEILING A NEW COLOUR SCHEME, THE SAME LARRY PERKINS DROVE TO VICTORY IN 1993. THIS IS A RACE I'VE WATCHED SINCE I COULD WALK, AND SO TO COME UP HERE AND NOT GET TENSE IS VERY DIFFICULT. A SPECTATOR BLINDED BY A WAYWARD TEE SHOT AT THE RYDER CUP IS CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION, ACCORDING TO FRENCH MEDIA. THE WOMAN (49) SAID THE LEGAL ACTION WAS NECESSARY TO HELP HER COVER MEDICAL BILLS AFTER SHE LOST SIGHT IN HER RIGHT EYE AFTER BEING HIT BY BROOKS KOEPKA'S BALL. SHE'S ALSO CRITICISED OFFICIALS FOR NOT MAKING CONTACT WITH HER AFTER THE INCIDENT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF TODAY'S WEATHER. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.