IT'S MIDDAY ` MORE INCIDENTS AND MORE STAFF STOOD DOWN IN THE WAKE OF A DISTURBING VIDEO OF FIGHTS INSIDE AN ORANGA TAMARIKI FACILITY, WHY THE CHILDREN'S MINISTER SAYS IT'S NOT A REASON TO CLOSE THEM DOWN. AN ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN... OR A DROP IN THE OCEAN... THE DIFFERING VIEWS ON JAPAN'S PLAN TO RELEASE NUCLEAR WASTEWATER INTO THE PACIFIC. AND THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF COMPETITIVE EATING CHOW DOWN IN NEW YORK. CAPTIONS BY DREW WELSH AND JAMES BROWN. A SHOCKING VIDEO HAS REVEALED TEENS FIGHTING AT AN ORANGA TAMARIKI YOUTH JUSTICE RESIDENCE. IT'S THE SAME LOCATION WHERE YOUTHS CLIMBED ON TO THE ROOF LAST WEEKEND. BUT THE CHILDREN'S MINISTER SAYS IT'S NO REASON TO CLOSE THESE FACILITIES DOWN. JESSICA SWAN HAS MORE. THIS IS THE DAMNING FOOTAGE ` TEENAGERS BEING EGGED ON IN AN MMA-STYLE FIGHT. CLEARLY THE FOOTAGE IS DISTURBING, AND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE STAFF MEMBERS THERE WHO ARE ENCOURAGING THE FIGHTING IS UNACCEPTABLE. TE PATI MAORI SAYS VIOLENCE LIKE THIS ISN'T UNCOMMON. WE'VE HAD WHANAU CONTACT US BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD THEIR RANGATAHI WITH BLACK EYES, WITH BROKEN ARMS, WITH BROKEN WRISTS, ALL ALLEGEDLY FROM STAFF. SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE SURPRISED AT THESE INCIDENTS. WHAT WE SHOULD BE HORRIFIED WITH IS THAT IF THESE RANGATAHI WEREN'T ON ROOF, AGAIN, WE WOULDN'T BE DISCUSSING HOW DEEPLY ENTRENCHED THESE ISSUE ARE. THE VIDEO WAS FILMED BY AN ORANGA TAMARIKI STAFF MEMBER IN MID-JUNE. FIVE DAYS LATER, IT REACHED NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, AND FOUR STAFF MEMBERS WERE IMMEDIATELY STOOD DOWN. THE VERY SAME DAY, ALLEGATIONS SURFACED OF INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AGAINST STAFF, TRIGGERING A RAPID REVIEW INTO ORANGA TAMARIKI RESIDENCES. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENTS THAT HAVE COME TO LIGHT SINCE THEN. ON THE BACK OF THAT, 11 STAFF HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM KOROWAI MANAAKI, TO HAVE NO INTERACTION WHATSOEVER WITH CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE THE SUBJECT OF CURRENT ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS. DURING THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME, ONE OTHER STAFF MEMBER FROM ANOTHER RESIDENCE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM DUTY. THE FIGHTING INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE SAME KOROWAI MANAAKI SITE, IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, WHERE JUST DAYS AGO A GROUP OF YOUTHS ESCAPED ON TO THE ROOF. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY A CORRELATION. WHAT ELSE DO DESPERATE KIDS HAVE TO DO BEFORE WE STAND UP AND PAY ATTENTION? BUT THE CHILDREN'S MINISTER SAYS THERE'S NO REASON TO SHUT THESE RESIDENCES DOWN. THE BEST THING FOR NOW IS WEAKNESSES IN THE YOUTH JUSTICE RESIDENCES, BOTH ENVIRONMENTALLY ` IE SOME OF THE DESIGN FLAWS, THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, AND ALSO THE MODEL OF CARE, THE PRACTICE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT, SO THESE TYPES OF INCIDENCES DO NOT CONTINUE. TO DO THAT, ORANGA TAMARIKI IS ASKING WHANAU AND STAFF TO COME FORWARD. IT'S REALLY HARD SOMETIMES TO TRUST A SYSTEM, A SYSTEM THAT THERE IS EVIDENCE HAS WITHOUT DOUBT LET PEOPLE DOWN. BUT A LOT OF TIME YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR WHANAU EXPECT TO BE LET DOWN. AND THAT'S NOT OK. SO WE NEED TO STEP UP AND WE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. AND ACTUALLY, THIS NEEDS TO BE THE MOMENT FOR CHANGE. THE RAPID REVIEW IS DUE TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF NEXT MONTH. JESSICA SWAN, 1 NEWS. THE NATIONAL PARTY SAYS IT'LL FIX WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND DELIVER MORE DOCTORS BY CREATING A NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL AT WAIKATO UNIVERSITY. LEADER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS NEW ZEALAND DOESN'T DO ENOUGH TRAINING TO PLUG GAPS IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. ALONGSIDE THE NEW SCHOOL, NATIONAL WOULD INCREASE MEDICAL SCHOOL PLACEMENTS AT AUCKLAND AND OTAGO UNIVERSITY AS WELL. THE SCHOOL WAS FIRST PLANNED BY THE PREVIOUS NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BUT WAS SCRAPPED IN 2018 BY LABOUR. THE NEW SCHOOL OF MEDICINE INJURY ONLY MODEL ADMITTING STUDENTS OF WATER COMPLETED THE DEGREE AND ALLOWING THEM TO COMPLETE FOUR YEARS OF MEDICAL STUDY COMPARED TO USUAL SIX REQUIRED TO GRADUATE LEVEL AND THAT SHORTER DURATION OF THE GRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL I THINK WILL LIKELY BE MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE TO OLDER APPLICANTS AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE CHUCKLING FAMILY COMMITMENTS AS WELL THE ESTABLISHMENT COST IS ESTIMATED TO BE $380 MILLION. HIGH DEMAND FORCED CHRISTCHURCH'S MAIN 24-HOUR SURGERY TO TURN AWAY PATIENTS FOR AROUND 3 HOURS LAST NIGHT. IN A STATEMENT 'PEGASUS HEALTH' SAID IT WAS AT CAPACITY AND FELT IT WAS CLINICALLY UNSAFE TO ACCEPT NEW PATIENTS PEOPLE WHO WERE TURNED AWAY WERE REDIRECTED TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL. THE RELEASE OF TREATED RADIOACTIVE WATER INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS PART OF JAPAN'S PLAN TO DECOMMISSION THE FUKUSHIMA POWER PLANT, DESTROYED IN THE 2011 TSUNAMI. IT HAS SPARKED CONCERNS FROM PACIFIC NATIONS, WITH FEARS THE WATER COULD DAMAGE THE ENVIRONMENT AND THREATEN HUMAN HEALTH. BUT AFTER A TWO-YEAR REVIEW, THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY HAS GIVEN TOKYO THE GO-AHEAD. COURTNEY HAMMOND REPORTS. NUCLEAR FEARS STIRRED UP IN THE PACIFIC. JAPAN'S CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO DUMP MORE THAN A MILLION TONS OF CONTAMINATED WASTEWATER RECEIVING THE SEAL OF APPROVAL BY THE WORLD'S NUCLEAR WATCHDOG. THE IAEA SAID THAT THE RELEASE OF ALPS-TREATED WATER INTO THE OCEAN IS CONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS, THAT THE RADIATION EFFECTS ON HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT ARE NEGLIGIBLE. THE HEAD OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY ASSURING THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. AND THE WATER DISPERSION IS ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY IN USE IN MANY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CHINA, IN KOREA, IN THE UNITED STATES, IN FRANCE, IN MANY COUNTRIES THAT HAVE RELEASES OF WATER THAT CONTAINS CERTAIN RADIONUCLIDES. BUT SOME EXPERTS STILL HAVE RESERVATIONS. AT THIS POINT, IT'S PREMATURE FOR THIS TO GO FORWARD. AND AFTER 18 MONTHS OF REVIEWING ALL THE DOCUMENTATION, I THINK IT'S ILL-ADVISED. THERE AR CONCERNS THE DUMPING OF THE WATER OVER 30 YEARS WILL DAMAGE THE ENVIRONMENT AND THREATEN PEOPLE'S HEALTH. THE RELEASE OF THIS CONTAMINATED WATER WILL NOT STAY WITHIN JAPAN'S WATERS, BUT IT WILL SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC. THE CONCERNS WE HAVE FOR THINGS LIKE ORGANICALLY BOUND TRITIUM ` TRITIUM CAN BE TAKEN UP BY ORGANISMS, IT CAN BE ACCUMULATED. AND THE IAEA's GREEN LIGHT ISN'T EASING HIS MIND. YOU'LL HEAR PEOPLE SAY IT WILL MEET INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. THAT'S QUITE DIFFERENT THAN SAYING IT WILL GUARANTEE THE SAFETY AND THE HEALTH OF THE OCEAN AND THE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON THE OCEAN. BUT MASSEY UNIVERSITY'S HEAD OF NATURAL SCIENCES IS FAR LESS CONCERNED. THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC AGENCY BEING INVOLVED IS WHERE MY CONCERNS BECOME FAR LESS WORRISOME. THEY WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT THOSE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ARE MET, LONG BEFORE THEY WOULD AGREE TO RELEASE THE WATER. HE SAYS IT'S A DROP IN THE OCEAN. WE'RE TALKING ONE PART IN HUNDREDS OF TRILLIONS OF ATOMS IN THE WATER. IT WILL BE SO DILUTED BEFORE IT GETS ANYWHERE OUT OF JAPAN INTO THE OCEAN. THE RADIOACTIVITY THAT PRESENT, VAST MAJORITY IS TRITIUM. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY PENETRATIVE POWER. IT JUST TRAVELS A REALLY SHORT DISTANCE AND WILL ONLY AFFECT WHAT'S IN ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY. FOR NOW, THE IAEA IS PROMISING TO MONITOR TOKYO'S NEXT MOVEMENTS CLOSELY. BUT JAPAN'S NEIGHBOURS WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY, AS THE REMNANTS OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S WORST NUCLEAR DISASTERS IS DRIP-FED INTO THEIR SHARED OCEAN. COURTNEY HAMMOND, 1 NEWS. IN ANOTHER CRACKDOWN ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, THE TALIBAN IS CLOSING ALL WOMEN'S HAIR AND BEAUTY SALONS IN AFGHANISTAN. IT'S THE ISLAMIST GROUP'S LATEST RESTRICTION ON THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF AFGHAN WOMEN AND GIRLS FOLLOWING ITS 2021 TAKEOVER. PREVIOUS RULES IMPOSED BY THE TALIBAN HAVE BARRED WOMEN AND GIRLS FROM EDUCATION, PUBLIC SPACES AND SOME EMPLOYMENT. SALONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN GIVEN A MONTH'S NOTICE TO WIND DOWN THEIR BUSINESSES. ISRAEL HAS BEGUN WITHDRAWING ITS FORCES FROM A REFUGEE CAMP IN JENIN, AFTER ONE OF ITS BIGGEST MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK IN YEARS. IT HAS DESCRIBED IT AS AN 'ANTI-TERRORISM' MEASURE, BUT THE ACTION HAS SEEN THOUSANDS FLEE THE CAMP AND LEFT AT LEAST 11 PALESTINIANS DEAD. THE BBC's JEREMY BOWEN HAS THE LATEST. THE ISRAELI MILITARY RELEASED THESE PICTURES. (GUNSHOTS) THEIR MESSAGE ` ISRAEL'S ENEMIES CAN EXPECT NO MERCY. THIS MORNING THE ISRAELIS SAID THEY WERE WORKING SYSTEMATICALLY TO LOCATE AND DESTROY WEAPONS. PALESTINIANS HAD TRIED TO MAKE THIS PART OF JENIN A NO-GO AREA FOR ISRAELIS. ON THE EDGES OF THE REFUGEE CAMP, THEIR FURY AND FRUSTRATION OVERFLOWED. MORE FAMILIES CAME OUT OF THE COMBAT ZONE. (SPEAKS ARABIC) HE SAID THEY'D BEEN HELD BY THE ARMY IN A ROOM. HE SAID DRONES WERE SHOOTING AT THEM. 'WE'VE JUST GOT OUT. WE'RE ALL EXHAUSTED. 'NOTHING TO DRINK OR EAT THIS MORNING. WHAT A MESS.' AS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, THE UN SAYS DESTRUCTION MAKES ACCESS HARD. TEAR GAS WAS USED REPEATEDLY NEXT TO THE HOSPITAL ON THE EDGE OF THE CAMP ` ANOTHER UN CONCERN. BUT IT SEEMED TO BE AIMED AT CROWDS OF ANGRY PALESTINIANS WHO GATHERED NEAR THERE. (EXPLOSION BOOMS) SOME HAD HOMEMADE BOMBS, POTENTIALLY DEADLY CLOSE UP. ISRAEL'S FIREPOWER IS VERY DIFFERENT. (BOOM!) AT THE SAME TIME, A PALESTINIAN RAMMED HIS CAR INTO CIVILIANS IN TEL AVIV, ON ISRAEL'S COAST. HE WAS SHOT DEAD BY A PASSER-BY. A HARD-LINE GOVERNMENT MINISTER SAID THEIR WAR WAS IN JENIN AND TEL AVIV, AND EVERY JEW WAS A TARGET, HE SAID, FOR BLOODTHIRSTY MURDERERS. (BOOM!) BACK IN JENIN, WITH DRONES STILL PATROLLING OVERHEAD, THE ISRAELIS WERE KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE, UNTIL THE FINAL ORDER TO WITHDRAW. YOUNG PALESTINIANS, SOME WITH GUNS, CONFRONTED ISRAELI ARMY UNITS PUSHING INTO THE TOWN. IT WENT ON ALL EVENING. (GUNFIRE ECHOES) JENIN, THE ISRAELIS INSIST, IS NO LONGER A TERRORISM FACTORY. WHEN THE CAMP OPENS UP AGAIN, THE PRICE PAID BY PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS WILL BE CLEARER. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` DON'T CALL IT A CORONATION. SCOTLAND PREPARES TO HONOUR KING CHARLES WITH THE CROWN JEWELS. PLUS, ZOE HOBBS REFLECTS ON HER GIANT STEP TOWARDS HER OLYMPIC GOAL. (CHATTER, LAUGHTER) - ALL: Hooray! - Hip hip! - Hooray! - Hip hip! - Hooray! - Happy birthday, mate. - It's your bowel screening test. I've done mine. - WOMEN: Me too! - And it's free! Uso, you've got this! - # There's a screening here tonight. # Pull the stick from the test. Put it in the poo. # Just follow the pictures. It's easy to do. - Koro! You can 'poo' it! - # Don't delay or procrastinate. # Put it in the post. Send it away. # Early detection can save the day. (ALL CHEER) # There's a screening # here tonight. # - ALL: Oh yeah! KING CHARLES WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE 'HONOURS OF SCOTLAND' ` THAT'S THE NATION'S CROWN JEWELS ` AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY IN EDINBURGH TOMORROW. IT WILL ALSO FEATURE A PROCESSION ALONG THE CITY'S ROYAL MILE. BUT AS EXPECTED, IT'S STIRRING DEBATE AROUND THE MONARCHY. THE BBC's LORNA GORDON HAS MORE. CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF THE NHS AT A HOSPITAL IN EDINBURGH, PART OF THE MONARCH'S ANNUAL WEEK OF SCOTTISH ENGAGEMENTS, WHICH THIS TIME WILL ALSO MARK THE KING'S CORONATION, IN THE NATION WHERE HIS REIGN BEGAN. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF CONFIRM HIS PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH SCOTLAND, TO SHOW THAT SCOTLAND REALLY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE UNION. IT'S ALSO, I THINK, QUITE A NICE WAY OF CLOSING THE LOOP, BECAUSE OF COURSE THE QUEEN DIED IN SCOTLAND. AND IT'S QUITE A NICE WAY TO COME BACK AND TO HAVE A HAPPIER OCCASION. ARCHIVE: THE PROCESSION THAT JOURNEYS ALONG PRINCES ST... HUGE CROWDS GREETED THE QUEEN AT A SCOTTISH CELEBRATION JUST WEEKS AFTER HER CORONATION. THE SCOTTISH CROWN IS OFFERED TO THE QUEEN. STARTING A NEW TRADITION WITH ANCIENT REGALIA AT ITS HEART, SHE WAS PRESENTED WITH THE HONOURS OF SCOTLAND. THE KING IS BUILDING CONNECTIONS BEYOND ROYAL DEESIDE. IN THIS FORMER MINING COMMUNITY, HE STEPPED IN TO SAVE THE LOCAL TOWN HALL AND POOL. PEOPLE ARE MOVING AWAY, BUT NOW WHAT YOU'RE FINDING IS PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY MOVING TO NEW CUMNOCK, AND A LOT OF THAT IS TO DO WITH WHAT THE KING HAS DONE. BASICALLY, IT'S PUT LIFE BACK INTO A SMALL VILLAGE. IT'S BEEN GREAT. BUT POLLING SUGGESTS LESS ENTHUSIASM FOR THE MONARCHY IN SCOTLAND THAN ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. I THINK THE MONARCHY IS LONG PAST ITS SELL-BY DATE. AND I THINK WE'RE HAVING A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION IN SCOTLAND ABOUT THE WORLD THAT WE RE-IMAGINE. WHETHER YOU SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE OR NOT, THERE IS SOMETHING EXCITING ABOUT GOING, 'WHAT IS THE WORLD THAT WE WANT TO BUILD?' THE SERVICE TO BE HELD HERE AT ST GILES' IS NOT A SECOND CORONATION. IT IS NOT CONSTITUTIONALLY SIGNIFICANT. AND IT WILL DIFFER IN TONE FROM THE EVENT IN LONDON IN MAY. IT WILL FEEL SMALLER, MORE LOW-KEY. REHEARSALS SHOWING, THOUGH, THAT PAGEANTRY WILL STILL HAVE A ROLE IN THIS DISTINCTLY SCOTTISH CELEBRATION OF THE KING'S REIGN. STAYING WITH ROYALTY ` AND THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF COMPETITIVE EATING HAVE BEEN CROWNED AT THE ANNUAL FOURTH OF JULY HOT DOG EATING CONTEST IN NEW YORK. IT DIDN'T ALL GO AS PLANNED, WEATHER DELAYING THE MEN'S EVENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. BUT AS TESSA PARKER EXPLAINS, THE CHAMP POWERED ON. ARE YOU READY TO MAKE LOVE TO THE DRAGON, BROOKLYN?! WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE THAN JAMMING AS MUCH PROCESSED MEAT AS POSSIBLE DOWN YOUR THROAT IN 10 MINUTES? CHESTNUT AT 45. THAT'S NINE PLATES FULL, SO FAR. BRING HIM ANOTHER. THE NATHAN'S HOT DOG EATING CONTEST HAS BEEN A NEW YORK INDEPENDENCE DAY TRADITION SINCE 1972. THIS YEAR THE WORLD'S TOP COMPETITIVE EATERS, THE CHAMPIONS OF CHEWING, LINED UP WITH ONE MAN IN THEIR SIGHTS ` DEFENDING CHAMPION JOEY 'JAWS' CHESTNUT. LOOK AT JOEY. LOOK AT WHERE.. I MEAN, THESE GUYS ARE COMPETITIVE EATING'S ELITE. THE FRANKFURTER PHENOMENON, RETAINING THE COVETED MUSTARD BELT WITH 62 HOT DOGS ` THE WIENER WINNER FOR THE 16th TIME. JOEY CHESTNUT! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WHAT A ROLLER COASTER, EMOTIONALLY. THEY TOLD US IT WAS CANCELLED. WE WEREN'T SURE WHETHER WE WERE GNNN EAT TODAY. AND I'M JUST HAPPY. IT'S 4th OF JULY, AND I GOT TO EAT SOME HOT DOGS AND GET A WIN. LIKE ANY FINELY TUNED ATHLETE, THE WEATHER DELAY THROWING CHESTNUT OFF HIS GAME, FALLING SHORT OF HIS 2021 PERSONAL BEST OF 76 HOT DOGS. EVERYBODY GOT MESSED UP, AND IT AFFECTED ME, BUT... I FEEL GREAT. I GOT LEFTOVER ROOM, SO I'LL BE HAVING SOME BEERS LATER. IT WAS JUST AS FEROCIOUS IN THE WOMEN'S EVENT. SUDO AT 37, 36. THAT'S THE UNOFFICIAL TOTAL RIGHT NOW. MIKI SUDO TAKING THE TITLE WITH 39� DOGS AND BUNS ` THE QUEEN OF CRAMMING CUISINE FOR THE NINTH STRAIGHT YEAR. TESSA PARKER, 1 NEWS. TO SPORT, AND IT'S STILL SINKING IN FOR SPRINTER ZOE HOBBS, WHO'S BECOME THE FIRST FEMALE NEW ZEALAND ATHLETE IN NEARLY 50 YEARS TO QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS. HOBBS IS CURRENTLY IN EUROPE, AIMING TO PROVE WHY SHE SHOULD BE HEADING TO PARIS. LACHIE McLEOD HAS MORE. A NOT-SO-SPECIAL WAY TO CELEBRATE A RECORD-BREAKING RUN. I HAD TO GO TO THE AIRPORT TODAY AND PICK THEM UP. UH, TO BE HONEST, I WAS JUST STOKED TO HAVE GOT MY BAG, BECAUSE LAST YEAR I LOST IT FOR SIX MONTHS. I MEAN, IT NAILED OUT HALF OF MY DAY, BUT JUST STOKED TO HAVE MY BAG BACK. NOTHING WORSE THAN LOSING YOUR BAGS IN EUROPE. SPRINTER ZOE HOBBS QUALIFYING FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS, RUNNING A 10.96 AFTER COMPETING JUST 48 HOURS PRIOR. I WAS FEELING PRETTY STIFF AFTER THAT ONE. THE DAY BEFORE WAS LIKE, I'M NOT SURE IF TOMORROW'S GONNA GO THAT WELL, BASED ON HOW I WAS FEELING. BUT I WAS UP AT 12.30 GETTING A MASSAGE STRAIGHT AFTER THAT COMP, AND THEN STRAIGHT ON TO THE NEXT ONE. YEAH, AS I SAID, RUNNING OFF ADRENALINE. THE 25-YEAR-OLD HITTING THE QUALIFYING STANDARD IN HER HEAT. I THINK IT HELPS BECAUSE THERE WAS ACTUALLY NO PRESSURE ON THIS PARTICULAR COMP. WE'VE GOT, ESSENTIALLY, 10 TO 12 MONTHS TO TRY AND QUALIFY. SO IF I DIDN'T DO IT THIS TIME, THERE WERE PLENTY OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. THE SELECTION DECISION NOW UP TO THE NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. BUT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A FORMAL PROCESS NOW, WHERE I GET NOMINATED BY ATHLETICS NEW ZEALAND TO NZOC, THEN IT'S LEFT WITH THEM TO EITHER SELECT ME OR NOT. I'M PRETTY HOPEFUL. I MEAN, SHE'S DONE THE AUTOMATIC, WHICH IS A HUGE PLUS. SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT WHOLE WHAT-IF FACTOR AROUND IT. SHE'S DONE WHAT THE NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE WANT HER TO DO AND WHAT THE WORLD ATHLETICS COMMITTEE WANTED TO DO AS WELL. BOTH HOBBS AND MORTIMER AIMING TO MAKE THE SUB-11 TIMES MORE CONSISTENT. ALWAYS TWEAKING, BECAUSE YOU'RE DOWN TO THE 1%ERS NOW WITH HER. CAN WE GET ONE MORE CENTIMETRE OUT OF EACH STRIDE, WHICH HELPS A LONG WAY? AND CAN WE JUST KEEP HER HEALTHY AND JUST KEEP TURNING OVER THE LITTLE ROCKS TO MAKE HER FASTER? WITH THE BIG JOB OUT OF THE WAY, THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT BRIGHTER FOR ZOE HOBBS. LACHIE McLEOD, 1 NEWS. THE NEW ZEALAND UNDER-20s SIDE HAVE SEEN OFF AN EARLY SCARE TO BEAT JAPAN 62-19 AT THE JUNIOR RUGBY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. JAPAN HELD THE LEAD IN THE OPENING 24 MINUTES BEFORE THE YOUNG KIWIS TOOK CONTROL OF THE MATCH. KEMARA DID WELL TO GET IT BACK IN TO VAI. THIS MAN'S QUICK, HE REALLY IS QUICK! CAN THEY STOP HIM? SOMEBODY'S LOOKING` WOW, THAT'S THE PASS OFF. THIS IS BRILLIANT PLAY FROM NEW ZEALAND. IT'S GONE VIRTUALLY THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD FOR COOPER FLANDERS TO SCORE THE TRY. THE WIN PUTS THEM SECOND IN THEIR POOL, BUT THEY'LL NEED TO RELY ON OTHER RESULTS IF THEY'RE TO PROGRESS TO THE SEMI-FINALS. SIR ANDY MURRAY WAS BACK TO HIS WINNING WAYS AT WIMBLEDON THIS MORNING. HE'S MOVED THROUGH TO ROUND TWO IN A STRAIGHT-SETS VICTORY OVER FELLOW BRIT RYAN PENISTON. THE BBC's ANDY SWISS REPORTS. ANYONE FOR TENNIS? WELCOME TO WIMBLEDON AT ITS WETTEST. BUT DESPITE THE UNGLAMOROUS CONDITIONS, HOW'S THIS FOR STAR QUALITY? (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) INSIDE CENTRE COURT, ANDY MURRAY WATCHED BY THE NOW RETIRED ROGER FEDERER AND THE PRINCESS OF WALES. NO PRESSURE (!) AND MURRAY DIDN'T SEEM TO FEEL MUCH, AS AFTER A SLUGGISH START, HE WAS SOON GIVING RYAN PENISTON THE RUN-AROUND. TEN YEARS ON FROM HIS FIRST WIMBLEDON TITLE, A STRAIGHT-SETS WIN AND A NERVE-FREE START, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT AUDIENCE. IT WAS AMAZING TO HAVE SOME ROYALTY HERE, BUT ALSO SOME TENNIS ROYALTY AS WELL. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) SO, YEAH, I'M HOPING I'M FIT AND READY FOR A GOOD RUN. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ALSO THROUGH IS THE BRITISH NUMBER ONE CAMERON NORRIE, A SEMI-FINALIST LAST YEAR. HE BATTLED PAST THOMAS MATCH. THANK GOODNESS WIMBLEDON HAS TWO COURTS WITH ROOFS OVER THEM, BECAUSE FOR MOST OF THE FANS AND THE PLAYERS HERE, IT'S BEEN A DAY OF FRUSTRATION. THERE WAS ONLY AN HOUR'S PLAY ON THE OUTSIDE COURTS, INCLUDING KATY BOULTER'S MATCH BEFORE THOSE DREADED WORDS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLAY SUSPENDED. ON WENT THE COVERS, AND THEY NEVER CAME OFF. BUT EVEN ON THIS DREARIEST OF DAYS, FOR A FEW FANS, IT WAS STILL WORTH IT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. THE EARTH HAS OFFICIALLY EXPERIENCED ITS HOTTEST DAY ON KNOWN RECORD. THE WORLD'S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE PEAKED AT 17 DEGREES CELSIUS ON MONDAY, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. U.S. RESEARCHERS BELIEVE IT'S THE HIGHEST ANY INSTRUMENT HAS RECORDED, DATING BACK TO THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY. LAST MONTH WAS ALSO A RECORD-BREAKING WARMEST JUNE ` YET. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. 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