IT'S MIDDAY. MORE SNOW IN THE SOUTH AND HIGH WINDS IN THE NORTH. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST FROM UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY. A STAND-OFF AT AN ORANGA TAMARIKI FACILITY COMES TO A PEACEFUL END. WHAT INSTIGATED THE PROTEST. AND ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING RUN FOR ZOE HOBBS IN EUROPE, WITH THE OLYMPICS NOW WITHIN REACH. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND DREW WELSH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 MINISTER KIRI ALLAN IS BACK ON MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE FOLLOWING A RELATIONSHIP BREAK-UP. SHE ALSO HAD IT TOUGH LAST WEEK IN PARLIAMENT AFTER PUBLIC SERVICE BOSSES RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT WORKING RELATIONSHIPS IN HER OFFICE. THROUGHOUT, ALLAN MAINTAINED NO FORMAL ALLEGATIONS HAD BEEN PUT TO HER. THE EAST COAST MP HAD BEEN ON MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE TWO WEEKS AGO. THE WEATHER IN THE SOUTH ISLAND SEEMS TO BE EASING, FOLLOWING THE WEEKEND'S WINTER BLAST BLANKETING MUCH OF THE SOUTH. FOR MORE ON THE WEATHER, DIGBY WERTHMULLER JOINS US NOW FROM CHRISTCHURCH. A COLD START TO THE MONTH, DIGBY. THAT'S RIGHT. JULY HAS CERTAINLY BROUGHT THAT FIRST DUMP OF SNOW FOR MANY IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. WE SPOKE TO A WEST OTAGO LOCAL, WHO SAID THEY LOST POWER DURING THE WEEKEND, ALONG WITH DOZENS OF OTHER HOMES. THEY WENT ABLE TO ACCESS THE SUPERMARKET UNTIL MIDDAY YESTERDAY. THE POWER HAS SINCE BEEN RESTORED IN THAT REGION. THE LAST 24 HOURS, THE WEATHER HAS CHANGED. A LOT OF THE SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN HAS WASHED AWAY OR DRIED UP, BASICALLY. BUT THE ONLY ROAD THAT REMAINS CLOSED IN THE SOUTH ISLAND IS SH87, THE KHYBER ROAD, AND OTHER HEAVY SNOWFALL WATCHES HAVE BEEN LIFTED. SH1 INTO DUNEDIN AND THE LEWIS PASS, THEY HAVE REOPENED. WE CAUGHT UP WITH MET SERVICE ON BREAKFAST. WE'RE ALL GONNA FIND IT'S A REALLY COLD-LOOKING WEEK. THOSE WINDS HAVE SWUNG AROUND TOWARDS THE SOUTH-WEST, AND THEY'RE GONNA STREAM ACROSS US AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HERE IN WELLINGTON, 3.7 DEGREES AS I WALKED INTO THE STUDIO THIS MORNING, AND I THINK WE SAW TEMPERATURES DOWN TO ABOUT MINUS-5 DOWN TOWARDS THE LIKES OF, SAY, TEKAPO LAST NIGHT, SO A COLD START TO MANY OF US. WINDY HERE ON THE PORT HILLS. IT IS PICKING UP ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND AND MIDDLE NORTH ISLAND. NOT THE BEST FOR SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. WEATHER IS CAUSING DISRUPTION FOR COMMUTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ICY CONDITIONS HAVE FORCED THE DESERT ROAD TO CLOSE, WITH DIVERSIONS FOR STATE HIGHWAY 1 IN PLACE. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID THE AREA AND EXPECT DELAYS. INTERISLANDER AND BLUEBRIDGE FERRIES HAVE WARNED CUSTOMERS CANCELLATIONS COULD BE ON THE CARDS WITH SEA CONDITIONS 'DETERIORATING'. AT THIS STAGE ALL SAILINGS ARE GOING AHEAD. MEANWHILE FURTHER NORTH, THERE'S A WARNING HIGH WINDS COULD CAUSE MAJOR DISRUPTIONS ON AUCKLAND'S HARBOUR BRIDGE, TO ONLY OPERATE WITH 4 LANES. THIS IS A LIVE SHOT OF THE BRIDGE. A RED ALERT IS IN EFFECT WITH WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 90km/h AND 100km/h WHICH COULD FORCE THE FULL CLOSURE OF THE BRIDGE. MEANWHILE, A PROPOSAL FOR A CYCLING AND WALKING LANE ON AUCKLAND'S HARBOUR BRIDGE HAS RECEIVED THE TICK OF APPROVAL IN A NEW REPORT THAT SAYS TRAFFIC FLOW WOULD NOT BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. THE INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING REPORT FOUND THE BRIDGE COULD SUPPORT PEAK FLOWS WITH ONE OF THE EIGHT LANES REPURPOSED. BIKE AUCKLAND SAYS IT WOULD COST $30 MILLION AND COULD BE COMPLETED IN JUST EIGHT MONTHS. 'NOT ABOUT KFC' — THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM ORANGA TAMARIKI AS THEY PREPARE TO CONDUCT RAPID REVIEWS INTO TWO ROOF STANDOFF'S AT YOUTH JUSTICE FACILITIES THAT ENDED WITH FAST FOOD. THE REMAINING YOUTHS ON THE ROOF OF KORO-WAI MANAAKI IN SOUTH AUCKLAND CAME DOWN AT 10.30 LAST NIGHT, THE STANDOFF LASTING OVER 36 HOURS. ORANGA TAMARIKI SAYS THE INCIDENT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE YOUTH JUSTICE FACILITY, WITH THE TEENAGERS PUNCHING THEIR WAY THROUGH A ROOF TO ACCESS RESOURCES. WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOUR JUST ISN'T TOLERATED. WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOUR JUST ISN'T TOLERATED. WITHOUT A DOUBT, BOREDOM, GETTING ON THE ROOF BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN, THERE BECOMES AN INFAMY WITH IT WITH HOW MANY THEY CAN GET ON THE ROOF AND FOR HOW LONG. AND WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT ORANGA TAMARIKI IS 'WHAT ARE THE WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS A LOT HARDER AND PREVENT IT HAPPEN?' THERE'S NO SIMPLE ANSWER TO IT, IT IS VERY CHALLENGING, THEIR WHOLE LIVES ARE CHALLENGING. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE AT THEIR WORST, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE AT OUR BEST. ORANGA TAMARIKI SAYS A RESOLUTION WAS MET WITH DE-ESCALATION PRIORITISING THEIR SAFETY, ESPECIALLY THROUGH WINTER WEATHER. PART OF THIS INVOLVED THE TEENS HAVING FOOD WHEN THEY CAME DOWN, A TACTIC USED AT A STANDOFF AT A YOUTH JUSTICE FACILITY IN CHRISTCHURCH LAST WEEK, WHICH IS ALSO UNDER INVESTIGATION. WE WANTED IT TO BE DONE SAFELY, WE WANTED IT TO BE DEESCALATED. I WOULD HOPE THE COUNTRY DON'T TALK ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE FOOD. I HOPE THAT WE BECOME A VILLAGE AND ACTUALLY WE WORK OUT, IN THIS COMPLEXITY, HOW WE GET THROUGH IT. THIS IS NOT ABOUT KFC, THIS IS ABOUT THE ISSUES WE'RE FACING, AND WE'VE GOTTA MAKE CHANGE. ALL YOUTH INVOLVED IN THE STANDOFF ARE NOW IN POLICE CUSTODY OFF SITE. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HAS HELD AN EMERGENCY MEETING THIS MORNING AMID FEARS OF ANOTHER NIGHT OF UNREST. VIOLENT RIOTS HAVE SPRUNG UP ACROSS FRANCE SINCE THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A TEENAGER BY POLICE LAST WEEK. NOW THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE A STATE OF EMERGENCY. COURTNEY HAMMOND HAS MORE. SUBURBS IN FLAMES, AS THESE PROTESTS ENTER A SIXTH DAY, THE VIOLENCE AND ANGER GROWING. AND THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN DETAINED. IN THIS PARIS SUBURB, THE LOCAL MAYOR WAS TARGETED, HIS HOME RAMMED BY A BURNING CAR. I WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT SOMEONE WOULD THREATEN MY FAMILY WITH DEATH, AND THAT THERE WOULD BE AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. PRESIDENT MACRON SCRAMBLING TO RESTORE PEACE, HOLDING CRISIS TALKS WITH HIS TOP MINISTERS AND SECURITY OFFICIALS. 45,000 OFFICERS ARE NOW PATROLLING THE STREETS, WITH FEARS OF ANOTHER NIGHT OF VIOLENCE. 'WE CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS,' PLEADS THIS SHOPKEEPER. HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. FRENCH POLITICS, LEFT AND RIGHT, IS SPLIT OVER WHAT TO DO NEXT. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAD BEEN CALLED IN 2005, A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAD BEEN CALLED IN 2005, THE LAST TIME WE HAD NATIONAL RIOTS IN FRANCE AND IT HAD ZERO EFFECT ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE RIOTERS. YOU CAN DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO ENFORCE IT. NOW RELATIVES OF THE TEEN WHOSE DEATH SPARKED THE PROTESTS I BLAME 'THE POLICE OFFICER WHO KILLED MY GRANDSON. THAT'S ALL I'M ANGRY WITH. WE HAVE THE POLICE, AND LUCKY FOR US THAT WE HAVE THE POLICE. THEY SHOULD STOP. THERE'S HOPE THE VIOLENCE WILL EASE. USUALLY RIOTS LAST FOR FIVE DAYS AND FIVE NIGHTS. AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THESE FIVE NIGHTS, SO I AM EXPECTING THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. BUT FOR NOW, THE ANGER ON THE STREETS CONTINUES TO BURN. COURTNEY HAMMOND, 1 NEWS. WELLINGTON MAYOR TORY WHANAU HAS REFUSED AN INTERVIEW WITH 1 NEWS AFTER CLAIMS BY A RESTAURANT SHE WAS DRUNK AND THEN FORGOT TO PAY FOR HER MEAL LAST FRIDAY. WHANAU HAS ADMITTED SHE WAS 'TIPSY' BUT DENIED CLAIMS SHE AT ONE POINT ASKED A WAITER 'DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?' THE MANAGER SAYS STAFF HAD DECIDED NOT TO SERVE WHANAU OR HER FRIEND MORE ALCOHOL, AND WERE ALERTED BY ANOTHER CUSTOMER THE PAIR HAD LEFT WITHOUT PAYING THE $140 BILL. HE SAYS WHILE IT WASN'T THE MOST PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOUR, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL AND THE BILL HAS SINCE BEEN PAID. POLICE AND FIRE AND EMERGENCY ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER THE DEATH OF A PERSON IN A WEST AUCKLAND HOUSE FIRE. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE NOTIFIED OF A FIRE ON WEST COAST ROAD IN GLEN EDEN AFTER 9PM LAST NIGHT. ONE PERSON WAS LOCATED IN A CRITICAL CONDITION AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. THEY DIED THIS MORNING AS A RESULT OF THEIR INJURIES. ONE MEDICAL PROFESSOR IS WARNING NEW ZEALAND NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM WITH BIG HOLES IN THE HEALTH SECTOR. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED 830 EXTRA CLINICAL PLACEMENTS FOR NURSING STUDENTS TO HELP BOOST THE WORKFORCE. AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY'S DES GORMAN SAYS THAT WILL INCREASE THE STUDENT NURSING POPULATION BY 10 PERCENT. BUT IT'S NOT ADDRESSING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. BUT IT'S NOT ADDRESSING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS HOW WE KEEP NURSING STUDENTS IN NURSING SCHOOLS AND COMPLETING THEIR DEGREES, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY HOW WE RETAIN AND EXTEND OUR EXISTING NURSING POPULATION. HEALTH MINISTER AYESHA VERRALL SAYS SHE UNDERSTANDS FINANCIAL BARRIERS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN KEEPING STUDENTS IN THEIR PROGRAMMES. HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS THAT NURSES HAVE BEEN ESCALATING TO US THAT ARE IMPORTANT. THAT INCLUDES THEIR PAY, WHICH WE'RE TAKING ACTION ON. IT INCLUDES THESE ISSUES OF GROWING THE DOMESTICALLY TRAINED WORKFORCE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE WEEKEND. THESE ARE THE MEASURES THAT THE SECTOR HAVE SAID THAT THEY WANT US TO SEE FOLLOW THROUGH ON. 130 MORE PLACEMENT SPOTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR JULY AND AUGUST'S INTAKE THIS YEAR. A NUMBER OF BRITISH FIGHTER PLANES FROM WW2 HAVE BEEN UNEARTHED IN UKRAINE. THE AIRCRAFT WERE ORIGINALLY SENT TO HELP HOLD OFF THE NAZI INVASION. THE BBC's JAMES LANDALE HAS MORE THE BBC's JAMES LANDALE HAS MORE. IN A FOREST SOUTH OF KYIV, DOWN IN AN OLD RIVERBED, SOMETHING UNEXPECTED — THE REMAINS OF OLD AIRCRAFT HIDDEN DEEP IN THE GROUND. AND EACH ONE BRITISH TO THEIR RUSTY CORE. HERE YOU SEE THE TAILPLANE OF A HURRICANE Mk2. YES, YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT. THIS WAS ONCE PART OF A HURRICANE FIGHTER PLANE, ONE OF THOUSANDS BRITAIN GAVE THE SOVIET UNION DURING WW2. THIS IS A LITTLE SLICE OF HISTORY, EVIDENCE OF A MOMENT WHEN, 80 YEARS AGO, EVIDENCE OF A MOMENT WHEN, 80 YEARS AGO, WESTERN POWERS GAVE WARPLANES TO UKRAINE, JUST AS THEY ARE TODAY, TO DEFEND AGAINST AN INVADING ARMY. SO YOU THINK THERE MIGHT BE A SEVENTH HURRICANE DOWN HERE? SEVEN. AND HERE, UNDER THIS FRAME, THERE IS EIGHT. MANY OF THE HURRICANES WERE DESTROYED FIGHTING THE INVADING GERMAN ARMY. OTHERS WERE STRIPPED FOR PARTS. BUT SOME, LIKE THESE, WERE DELIBERATELY HIDDEN DOWN HERE. ARCHIVE: WEEK AFTER WEEK, THE FEW TOOK THEIR PLANES INTO THE AIR. THE HURRICANE MAY HAVE BEEN THE WORKHORSE OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, SHOOTING DOWN MORE ENEMY AIRCRAFT THAN THE SPITFIRE, BUT... MARK THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN BRITISH AND RUSSIAN FLIERS. ...MANY ALSO SAW ACTION IN THE FROZEN WASTES OF THE USSR. EVERY PLANE MADE IN BRITAIN, EVERY PLANE PAID FOR BY THE UNITED STATES. AND THAT'S WHY THESE HEAVY FRAMES WERE DUMPED HERE AFTER THE WAR, SO THE SOVIETS DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY THE U.S. BACK FOR ANY HURRICANES LEFT INTACT, AS HAD BEEN AGREED. THESE MAY LOOK LIKE UNREMARKABLE BITS OF METAL, BUT TO UKRAINE'S AVIATION MUSEUM, THEY'RE SYMBOLS OF BRITISH ASSISTANCE THAT ECHO DOWN THE YEARS. THE BRITAIN WAS THE FIRST WHO SUPPLIED FIGHTING AIRCRAFT FOR THE SOVIET UNION. NOW THE GREAT BRITAIN IS THE FIRST COUNTRY WHICH GIVES STORM SHADOW CRUISE MISSILES TO OUR ARMED FORCES. THE MUSEUM HOPES TO FIND ENOUGH PARTS TO RECONSTRUCT ONE ENTIRE HURRICANE — TO LOOK, IF NOT TO FLY, LIKE THIS, AS ONCE THEY DID IN THE SKIES OVER UKRAINE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY — TOM CRUISE HITS SYDNEY, AS FANS TAKE ON THE MISSION TO CATCH A GLIMPSE. PLUS — WHY THE MCC HAD TO APOLOGISE AFTER THE SECOND TEST AT LORD'S. VOICEOVER: There's a lot more on offer when you join Spark Broadband. Like more family time Like more family time or more happy tears with family. Get Netflix and more on eligible Spark Broadband plans. Get Netflix and more on eligible Spark Broadband plans. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO SELL YOUR HOME, NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO LIST. THE LATEST REPORT FROM REALESTATE.CO.NZ SHOWS HOUSING STOCK FOR JUNE WAS THE LOWEST ON RECORD WHILE DEMAND IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL. VANESSA WILLIAMS SAYS WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE AN INFLUX OF SUPPLY IN THE WARMER MONTHS. THERE ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS OVER THE HEALTH OF SOUTH AFRICA'S ZULU KING AMID FEARS HE HAD BEEN POISONED. FOLLOWING THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLOSE ADVISER, MISU-ZULU ZULU WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL IN NEIGHBOURING ESWATINI. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE KING HAS DENIED SUGGESTIONS HE WAS UNWELL, BUT HAD INSTEAD UNDERGONE PRECAUTIONARY TESTS AFTER SUSPICIONS THE ADVISER HAD BEEN POISONED. THE KING ASCENDED THE THRONE LAST YEAR DESPITE A BITTER FAMILY FEUD. SYDNEY HAS BEEN BUZZING, WITH TOM CRUISE IN TOWN PROMOTING THE LATEST INSTALMENT IN THE 'MISSION IMPOSSIBLE' FRANCHISE. CHANNEL 9's MIKE DALTON CHOSE TO ACCEPT THE MISSION TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE HOLLYWOOD STAR. OUR LIVES ARE THE SUM OF OUR CHOICES. GRUFF VOICE: AND MY CHOICE TODAY— (COUGHS) EXCUSE ME. ...WAS A TOM CRUISE PHOTO CALL FOR 'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — DEAD RECKONING PART ONE'. THE SECRET LOCATION ON THE HARBOUR REVEALED VIA SPECIAL EMAIL DROPBOX, THEN SELF-DESTRUCTING IN FIVE SECONDS, ALONG WITH MY COMPUTER AND MY LUNCH OF CURRIED CHICKEN, WHICH REALLY WAS TOTALLY UNNECESSARY. AFTER LEAVING THE OFFICE,... (BULLETS PING) AND AVOIDING THE OCCASIONAL ANTI-PERSONNEL MISSILE,... I ARRIVED AT THE SECRET LOCATION — NOT ALL THAT SECRETIVE, REALLY, CONSIDERING IT'S THE HARBOUR. I WAS REQUIRED TO COLLECT MY ACCREDITATION, WHICH I DID BEFORE THE HELICOPTER CRASHED. BUT TRUE TOM FANS SEEM TO HAVE CRACKED THE CODE ON THE STAR'S LOCATION. YOU'RE A DAY AHEAD. I KNOW, BUT IF HE'S GONNA MAKE AN APPEARANCE HERE, I'M GETTING IN EARLY. LISTEN TO YOU. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'VE BEEN HOT FOR HIM FOR A LONG TIME. OH, NOT IN THAT WAY. IT WAS AN OLD-FASHIONED KNEES-AND-ELBOWS MEDIA SCRUM. SO TO GET HOLLYWOOD ATTENTION, I YELLED OUT LIKE A COCKNEY PAPARAZZI. COCKNEY ACCENT: OVER 'ERE, TOM. THAT'S THE WAY. MY CAMMO ASSURED HIM. AND THEN IT WAS MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, THE PROMO SHOTS BY THE HARBOUR IN THE CAN THAT WILL SPLASH AROUND THE WORLD IN THE RUN-UP TO THE SEVENTH IN THE SERIES PREMIERE TOMORROW NIGHT. TO SPORT — ZOE HOBBS HAS MET THE OLYMPIC QUALIFYING STANDARD FOR THE WOMEN'S 100m AT A MEET IN SWITZERLAND, THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND FEMALE SPRINTER TO EVER DO SO. THE 25-YEAR-OLD HIT THE TARGET IN THE HEATS THEN WENT ON TO WIN THE FINAL. WHOA, WHAT CAN HOBBS DO HERE? SHE HAD A TERRIFIC RACE EARLIER ON IN THE DAY. 10.96 TO QUALIFY FOR THIS. BUT LOOK AT GINA BASS! SHE'S CONTESTING. BOTH OF THEM NECK-AND-NECK. IT'S GONNA BE ZOE HOBBS! SHE'S GOT A MASSIVE FINISH — 11.14. HOBBS' QUALIFYING TIME OF 10.96 ALSO LOWERING HER OWN NATIONAL RECORD. KIWI HIGH JUMPER HAMISH KERR HAS LEAPT TO GOLD AT THE LATEST DIAMOND LEAGUE STOP IN STOCKHOLM. KERR JUMPED 2.24m TO TAKE THE WIN IN VERY WET CONDITIONS. YOU'VE GOT TO ALLOW SOME LEVERAGE OR A CUSHION, REALLY, CONSIDERING THESE CONDITIONS, FOR THE HIGH JUMP IN PARTICULAR. SECOND TIME OF ASKING, AND HE ANSWERS, HE RESPONDS, WITH JUST THE RIGHT RESPONSE. 2.24, SECOND TIME, FIRST TO GO CLEAR. KERR SAYS HE CALLED OFF HIS ATTEMPTS AT A HIGHER JUMP DUE TO THE POOR CONDITIONS. DANIEL HILLIER HAS CLAIMED HIS FIRST TITLE ON GOLF'S 'DP WORLD TOUR' WINNING THE BRITISH MASTERS. HILLIER CHARGED TO THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD WITH A 6 UNDER FINAL ROUND, FINISHING 2 SHOTS CLEAR AT 10 UNDER. THE WIN SECURES HILLIER A SPOT AT THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AND MOVES HIM TO TWELFTH IN THE TOUR RANKINGS. I WASN'T REALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT, BUT YEAH THAT CERTAINLY CHANGES THE OUTLOOK FROM WHAT IT WAS MAYBE 4 WEEKS AGO. I DIDN'T GET OFF TO THE BEST STARTS THIS SEASON, AND IT WAS A BIT OF A GRIND EARLY ON, BUT I THINK I'M FINALLY STARTING TO FIND MY STRIDE AND IT'S PRETTY COOL TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN THE FINAL EVENT, AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAY, TO TRY AND GET THAT PGA TOUR CARD. THE WIN EARNING THE 24 YEAR OLD $975,000 IN PRIZE MONEY. SCOTT DIXON IS BACK ON THE PODIUM AFTER FINISHING SECOND IN THE LATEST STOP OF THE INDYCAR SERIES IN MID-OHIO. DIXON STARTED THE RACE IN SIXTH BUT WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH THE FIELD, THE RESULT MOVING HIM INTO SECOND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE 42-YEAR-OLD NOW FOCUSED ON TRYING TO CLOSE THE GAP TO TEAMMATE ALEX PALOU. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN. YOU'RE NEVER OUT OF IT TILL YOU'RE OUT OF IT. WE'LL KEEP TRYING AS HARD AS POSSIBLE. WE TIED DOWN A CHAMPIONSHIP IN 15 OVER MONTOYA. WE THOUGHT WE WERE POSSIBLY OUT OF IT. THAT'S WHAT'S FUN ABOUT THE INDYCAR SERIES AND COMPETITION, BUT YOU GOTTA GIVE THEM CREDIT. THEYRE DOING A HELL OF A JOB RIGHT NOW. FELLOW KIWIS SCOTT McLAUGHLIN FINISHED IN FIFTH, WITH MARCUS ARMSTRONG FOUR SPOTS BACK IN NINTH. AND SUPERCAR DRIVER SHANE VAN GISBERGEN REMAINS IN CONTENTION, IN HIS MAIDEN NASCAR RACE IN CHICAGO. VAN GISBERGEN, DRIVING THE 91 CAR, STARTED THE RACE IN THIRD POSITION, AND HAS SINCE SEEN MOVEMENT TO THE FRONT OF THE PACK. THE RACE WAS DELAYED DUE TO POOR WEATHER. THE KIWI DRIVER CURRENTLY SITS IN THIRD POSITION WITH 50 LAPS TO GO. AUSTRALIA HAVE TAKEN A 2-0 LEAD IN THE ASHES SERIES, AFTER BEATING ENGLAND BY 43 RUNS. AS THE BBC'S JOE WILSON REPORTS, DAY FIVE DISHED UP SOME CONTROVERSIAL DECISIONS. WHEN JONNY BAIRSTOW CAME OUT TO BAT, THIS WAS STILL ALMOST A NORMAL TEST MATCH. WHEN HE WAS OUT, IT DEFINITELY WASN'T. AUSTRALIA'S WICKETKEEPER, ALEX CAREY, QUICKLY THREW DOWN THE STUMPS. WHERE WAS BAIRSTOW? HE WASN'T TRYING TO MAKE A RUN. ASSUMED THE OVER WAS OVER, THE BALL WAS DEAD, GIVEN OUT — LAWS APPLIED. MANY ENGLAND SUPPORTERS CLEARLY THOUGHT THIS WASN'T SPORTING. LISTEN. (CROWD BOO) THE LONG ROOM — THE ESTABLISHMENT. LOOK BOTTOM RIGHT. A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN SOME MCC MEMBERS AND AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS. AUSTRALIA ASKED FOR AN INVESTIGATION. THE MCC APOLOGISED UNRESERVEDLY. PLAY RESUMED. BEN STOKES WAS CALM, STRONG. HE WAS CHASING 371 TO WIN. STUART BROAD, IN SUPPORT, KEPT AUSTRALIA OUT — AND, FRANKLY, WOUND THEM UP. 'IS THE BALL DEAD YET? IS THAT ALL RIGHT?' STOKES KEPT SWINGING. HE HIT NINE SIXES IN ALL. NOW ONLY 70 TO WIN. STOKES HAD BEEN DROPPED BEFORE, AND THIS TIME SUPERMAN FINALLY FELL TO EARTH. HE'D MADE 155. HE'D MADE ENGLAND BELIEVE. AND EVERYONE HAD TO RESPECT THAT. IT WAS 327 ALL OUT. AUSTRALIA WIN, BUT WAS ALL COMPLETELY FAIR, THINKING BACK TO BAIRSTOW? I THINK IF THE SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT, AGAIN, I WOULD ASK THE UMPIRES, YOU KNOW, PUT THEM UNDER A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE. AND THEN, WHEN I WOULD HAVE TO COME TO A DECISION, I WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE SPIRIT OF THE GAME, AND WHAT I ACTUALLY WANT TO WIN A TEST MATCH LIKE THAT? AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT, IT'S A NO. WELL, IN THE ASHES, INDISPUTABLY AUSTRALIA 2, ENGLAND NIL. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY — I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (GENTLE ATMOSPHERIC POP MUSIC) THAT'S ALL FOR MIDDAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US, AND HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND DREW WELSH.