IT'S MIDDAY. DETERMINED TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR PATIENTS ` TE WHATU ORA'S PLEDGE AS IT RESUMES REPORTING CRITICAL HEALTH DATA. IT DIDN'T GO AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED, BUT CHRIS HIPKINS GETS HIS MEETING WITH VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY AT THE NATO SUMMIT. SO WHY ARE THE LEADERS IN A HALLWAY? PLUS, HE ANNOUNCED THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN FOR THE BBC. NOW HE'S MAKING THE HEADLINES. THE PRESENTER BEHIND SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS IS REVEALED. CAPTIONS BY KITTY WASASALA AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 KIA ORA, GOOD AFTERNOON. A WITNESS IN THE WORKSAFE WHAKAARI TRIAL HAS THIS MORNING DESCRIBED HER AGONY AND SHOCK DURING THE JOURNEY BACK TO THE MAINLAND AFTER SHE AND HER MOTHER WERE CRITICALLY BURNED BY THE WHITE ISLAND ERUPTION. ANNIE LU, WHO ASKED NOT TO BE FILMED GIVING EVIDENCE, IS AN AUSTRALIAN TOURIST WHO WAS INJURED WHEN THE VOLCANO ERUPTED. SHE DESCRIBED HER TERROR AT THE REALISATION THAT THEY COULDN'T OUT-RUN THE WAVE OF HOT ASH, STEAM AND ROCKS THAT ENVELOPED THEM. WE JUST RAN, BUT THEN I REMEMBER THINKING TO MYSELF THERE IS NO WAY WE'RE GONNA OUTRUN THIS SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING. SOMETHING TO HIDE BEHIND OR SOMETHING TO LIKE LESSEN THE BLOW OF WHATEVER'S GONNA LIKE, FALL ON US. THE TRIAL, WHICH STARTED ON TUESDAY, IS HEARING FROM SEVERAL OF THE BADLY INJURED VICTIMS OF THE ERUPTION AS WORKSAFE LOOKS TO PROSECUTE 6 PARTIES FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY BREACHES. THIS YEAR'S NATO SUMMIT HAS COME TO AN END WITH PM CHRIS HIPKINS FAILING TO GET HIS SCHEDULED SIT-DOWN WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, INSTEAD HAVING A QUICK CHAT IN A HALLWAY. THE PM'S ORIGINAL MEETING WAS CANNED AFTER U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S BILATERAL WITH THE UKRAINIAN LEADER RAN OVERTIME. THE PAIR THEN RAN INTO EACH OTHER IN A CORRIDOR AND HAD AN IMPROMPTU CHAT. THE ENCOUNTER DIDN'T LAST LONG ` HIPKINS HAD TO CATCH A FLIGHT, BUT NOT BEFORE PLEDGING FURTHER SUPPORT PACKAGES FOR UKRAINE TOTALLING MORE THAN $4.5 MILLION. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BRIEF DIALOGUE WITH HIM, WHERE I WAS ABLE TO RESTATE NEW ZEALAND'S FIRM SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE, THAT WE JUST DON'T SEE THAT AS AN ATTACK ON UKRAINE; WE SEE IT AS A WHOLE SYSTEM OF VALUES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO NEW ZEALAND. THE UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR TO NEW ZEALAND SAYS THEY'RE THANKFUL FOR SUPPORT BUT EMPHASISED THE NEED FOR CLUSTER MUNITIONS DONATED BY THE U.S., WHICH NEW ZEALAND OPPOSES. JUST VERY RECENTLY, WHERE RUSSIANS HAVE HIT THAT PIZZA PLACE, WHICH TOOK AWAY THE LIVES OF TWO TWIN GIRLS WHO WERE JUST 14. AND THE MOTHER WAS LOOKING FOR WEDDING DRESSES TO BURY THOSE TWO DAUGHTERS. THIS IS WHAT WE LIVE WITH. THIS IS WHAT WE GO THROUGH. THIS IS THE LIVE THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. OVERALL, IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL FEW DAYS FOR UKRAINE AT THE SUMMIT, SECURING A NEW SECURITY PACT WITH THE G7 NATIONS AND A PROMISE OF FUTURE MEMBERSHIP IN THE MILITARY ALLIANCE. FOR MORE, HERE'S THE BBC'S KATYA ALDER. WELCOME TO THE PRESIDENT. UKRAINE MAY NOT YET BE A MEMBER OF NATO ` NOT BY A LONG WAY. BUT HERE THEY ARE EMBRACED. WE'VE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL CONFRONTATION WITH RUSSIA AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO KEEP UKRAINIAN SAFER. THIS MATE LOOK LIKE A CONVEYOR BELT OF SCHMOOZING WITH WORLD LEADERS, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE PRESIDENT ALWAYS WEARS MILITARY CLOTHING. IN THE CORRIDORS, THIS WITH LOTS OF DEBATE OF WHY NOW ISN'T THE TIME TO MAKE UKRAINE A FULL NATO MEMBER. BUT... THE BIG PICTURE HERE IS THAT UKRAINE AND ITS DEFENCE AGAINST RUSSIA'S AGGRESSION IS THE FOCUS OF ALL THE LEADERS AT THE SUMMIT. THEY'RE PLEDGING LONG-TERM HUMANITARIAN Aid, DESPITE ALL OF THOSE COUNTRIES FACING A COST OF LIVING CRISIS AT HOME. IT'S A BIG DEAL. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT UNDERSTOOD. THEIR INCREDIBLY RATE FULL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THE UK HAS SHOWN, AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT WAS SHOWN THROUGHOUT THIS CONFLICT. A CONFLICT NATO LEADERS KNOW COULD GO ON FOR A LONG TIME. WE WILL STAND BY UKRAINE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. NATO AS BEING CAREFUL NOT TO PILE PRESSURE ON KYIV OVER ITS PRESENCE IN RUSSIA. IS TOUGH AND SLOW, THE GRIM REALITY OF WAR. ONE OF THE BBC'S BEST-KNOWN NEWS READERS HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE PRESENTER FACING ALLEGATIONS OVER PAYMENTS FOR EXPLICIT IMAGES. HUW EDWARDS HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF PAYING MORE THAN $70,000 THE REVELATION COMING AS POLICE CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY CRIMINAL OFFENCES. COURTNEY HAMMOND HAS MORE. GOOD EVENING. OUR MAIN STORY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE PAST 20 YEARS BY ISRAELI FORCES. A TRUSTED VOICE FOR MILLIONS ` HUW EDWARDS WAS THE MAN THE BBC RELIED ON FOR THE BIGGEST NEWS STORIES... THIS IS BBC NEWS FROM LONDON. BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAS ANNOUNCED THE DEATH OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II. ...FRONTING THE BROADCASTER'S FLAGSHIP 'NEWS AT 10' PROGRAMME. TODAY, CONFIRMATION HE'S THE PRESENTER MAKING HEADLINES RATHER THAN READING THEM. THIS IS SUCH DRAMATIC NEWS. THIS IS A MAN WHO HAS EMBODIED BBC VALUES, HAS BEEN THE FACE OF THE BBC, HAS HELD VIEWERS HANDS THROUGH SO MANY OF THE MOMENTOUS, SIGNIFICANT, PARTS OF OUR NATION'S HISTORY. PROBABLY THE MOST TRUSTED FIGURE IN BRITISH TELEVISION, AND HE WAS, YOU KNOW, THE FACE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. THE KING WAS PRESENTED WITH THE HONOURS OF SCOTLAND ` THE ANCIENT CROWN JEWELS. THIS WAS THE LAST TIME HE WAS SEEN ON SCREEN ` LAST THURSDAY ` JUST DAYS BEFORE 'THE SUN' NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED THE FIRST ALLEGATIONS, ACCUSING HIM OF PAYING A TEENAGER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOS OVER THREE YEARS. THE BBC SUSPENDED HIM ON MONDAY. HIS NAME FINALLY REVEALED AFTER DAYS OF SPECULATION, AND MANY OF HIS COLLEAGUES URGING HIM TO COME FORWARD. DON'T THINK IT'S QUITE SUCH A SHOCK. I THINK THE SPECULATION HAS BEEN SO RAMPANT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS THAT IT'S MORE OF A RELIEF, IN A SENSE, THAN A SHOCK. IN A STATEMENT ON HIS BEHALF, HIS WIFE SAID MR EDWARDS IS SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND IS RECEIVING IN-PATIENT HOSPITAL CARE. HIS BATTLE WITH DEPRESSION IS NO SECRET. HERE HE IS OPENING UP ABOUT HIS BATTLES IN 2022. THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IS UNCERTAIN. HUW EDWARDS IS A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN THE UK. HE'S WORKED FOR THE BBC FOR FOUR DECADES, ANCHORING SOME OF THE BIGGEST MOMENTS, INCLUDING THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN, HER FUNERAL, ROYAL WEDDINGS AND JUBILEES. POLICE HAVE ENDED THEIR INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGATIONS, FINDING NO EVIDENCE CRIMINAL OFFENCES WERE COMMITTED. THE VIEW WAS THAT THERE WAS NO CRIME. SO NO CRIME, NO EVIDENCE OF THE SEXUAL OFFENCE, AND THERE'S NOTHING FOR THEM TO INVESTIGATE ANY FURTHER. CHARGES OR NOT, THE SCANDAL HAS ROCKED BRITAIN. THE BBC WILL CONTINUE ITS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THE HANDLING OF THE CONTROVERSY. COURTNEY HAMMOND, 1 NEWS. 'TRUST US.' THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM TE WHATU ORA'S INTERIM CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER WHO'S DETERMINED TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR PATIENTS IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. IT FOLLOWS THIS MORNING'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT KEY CLINICAL DATA WILL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AGAIN FOLLOWING REPORTING ERRORS IN MARCH. DIGBY WERTHMULLER HAS MORE. FOUR MONTHS AGO, TE WHATU ORA PUBLISHED IN ACCURATE STATISTICS ON HOW OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS COPING. BUT NOW THEY ARE SET ON REBUILDING TRUST. WE ARE DETERMINED TO GET THIS RIGHT. TO USE DATA TO CREATE SOLUTIONS THAT WE PROVIDE BETTER CARE. IS NOW REVIEWED HOW ITS STATISTICS ARE PROCESSED, AND HAVE REPUBLISHED PERFORMANCE RESULTS FROM MARCH. THE RESULT OF PAINTING A GRIM PICTURE. COMPARED TO 2022, 11 DISTRICTS OR A MINIMUM 10% INCREASE IN THEIR MID AND THE DEPARTMENT LENGTH OF STAY. AND MANY PATIENTS HAVE WAITED MORE THAN A YEAR FOR TREATMENT. WERE PUTTING A REAL FOCUS ON WHERE IS THE GREATEST NEED, AND THAT'S ON CRITICAL CARE. TE WHATU ORA TOLD BREAKFAST THIS MORNING THAT THEIR CORE FOCUS IS GETTING PATIENTS SEEN WITHIN 31 DAYS OF DIAGNOSIS, DESPITE THEIR OWN DATA SHOWING 9 DISTRICTS FAILING TO DO SO IN THAT TIMEFRAME. IN THE HAWKE'S BAY, 74% OF TREATMENTS ARE BEGINNING WITHIN A MONTH, DOWN FROM 85% LAST YEAR. WE DON'T SEEM TO BE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. TRYING TO REORGANISE WHAT WE'VE GOT, AND THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER. TE WHATU ORA WILL PUBLISH DATA ON ITS PERFORMANCE QUARTERLY FROM NOW ON. IT WAS A HORRIBLE OVERREACH FROM HEALTH NEW ZEALAND TO SAY THAT THERE WOULD BE DATA REPORTING EVERY MONTH. IT FAILED MISERABLY AND NOW THEY ARE REVERTING BACK TO QUARTERLY REPORTING. BUT EMERGENCIES PARCHMENT DATA WANT TO BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE AGENCY'S NEXT RELEASE. A PERSON HAS DIED FOLLOWING A CRASH INVOLVING A TRUCK IN INVERCARGILL. THE TWO-VEHICLE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED AROUND 6am ON BLUFF HIGHWAY IN GREENHILLS. THE ROAD IS STILL BLOCKED AS THE SERIOUS CRASH UNIT CONDUCTS ENQUIRIES. AUCKLAND BUS DRIVERS ARE TAKING FURTHER INDUSTRIAL ACTION AFTER REPEATED STRIKE ACTION. NZ BUS OPERATED ROUTES IN AUCKLAND WILL BE FREE FOR MATARIKI AND THE REST OF THE WEEK. IT FOLLOWS DRIVERS REFUSING TO WORK THE FIRST HOUR OF THEIR SHIFT BETWEEN 4am AND 8am ALL WEEK. WORKERS ARE CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE BUMP TO THEIR BASE RATE FROM JUST UNDER $27 TO $30 AN HOUR TO BE EQUAL WITH DRIVERS IN OTHER CENTRES. IT APPEARS SPENDING HAS STABILISED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN LINE WITH THE RESERVE BANK KEEPING THE OCR STEADY YESTERDAY. STATS NZ DATA SHOWS SPENDING IN RETAIL INDUSTRIES HAS INCREASED 1% SINCE MAY, AND IN CORE RETAIL INDUSTRIES WAS UNCHANGED. THAT'S AS THE PRICE OF FOOD HAS SHOT UP SINCE JUNE LAST YEAR, SITTING 12.5% HIGHER. ONE FINANCIAL ADVISOR IS WARNING AOTEAROA IS FALLING BEHIND OTHER COUNTRIES IN BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT SALARIES. IN AOTEAROA, IT'S STILL LEGAL TO PREVENT EMPLOYEES DISCLOSING THEIR WAGE. 'GIRLS THAT INVEST'S SIMRAN KAUR SAYS MOVING AWAY FROM SECRECY HELPS CLOSE THE PAY GAP. WE SEE THAT IN THE STATES, IN THE U.K, CANADA AND RECENTLY AUSTRALIA. THEY DO HAVE LAWS TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO TALK OPENLY ABOUT SALARIES. NEW ZEALAND IS JUST ONE OF THE FEW COUNTRIES LEFT IN THE OECD WHERE WERE STILL NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT IT. IT'S INSANE TO ME. A RECENT SEEK STUDY FOUND ALMOST 80% OF NEW ZEALANDERS WANT EMPLOYERS TO BE UPFRONT ABOUT SALARIES. ONE RECRUITER SAYS AS MORE NEW ZEALANDERS FLOCK TO AUSTRALIA, HOW TO KEEP THEM ON THIS SIDE OF THE TASMAN IS THE 'MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION'. NEW DATA SHOWS NEARLY 13,500 PEOPLE MOVED ACROSS THE DITCH LAST YEAR ` THE BIGGEST EXODUS SINCE 2013. LISA GRAY SAYS PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNG KIWIS, THE GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE WORK WITH KIWIS AND AUSSIES COMING BACK OVER THIS SIDE ONCE THEY'VE DONE THEIR O.E, AND WE'RE SEEING THOSE GUYS STALLING A LITTLE BIT ` OR RATHER THAN KIWIS HEADING BACK TO NZ, THEY'RE ACTUALLY DECIDING TO GO TO AUSSIE RATHER THAN COMING BACK HOME. TRADITIONALLY THERE'S BEEN A NET MIGRATION LOSS FROM AOTEAROA TO AUSTRALIA. ACROSS THE TASMAN, THE BIG RETAIL BANKS, MANY WITH LINKS TO NEW ZEALAND'S BANKS, HAVE DEFENDED THEMSELVES IN AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT. DESPITE POSTING MASSIVE PROFITS WHILE CUSTOMERS STRUGGLE, THEY SAY THEIR MARGINS ARE SHRINKING. IT COMES AS AUSTRALIA LOOKS TO MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR CENTRAL BANK. 9'S CHRIS KOHLER HAS MORE. A NEW RESERVE BANK BOSS COULD BE ANNOUNCED WITHIN DAYS. BUT FOR PHILIP LOWE, IT'S STILL BUSINESS AS USUAL. I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE'RE DEADLY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. WE WILL GET INFLATION BACK TO TARGET. CENTRAL BANKING IS UP IN THE AIR, BUT RETAIL BANKING CEOS WERE FIRMLY PLANTED IN CANBERRA TODAY, FRONTING A NEW ANNUAL INQUIRY INTO THEIR PRACTICES AND CONFIRMING THE WORST IS AHEAD. WE EXPECT MORE PRESSURE TO COME ON HOUSEHOLDS IN THE FORM OF PROBABLY ONE OR TWO MORE MOVES BY THE RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA TO TACKLE PERSISTENT INFLATION. FRONT OF MIND IS THE BANKING GAP. THE RESERVE BANK HAS PUMPED UP INTEREST RATES TO DECADE HIGHS AND WHILE THE BANKS HAVE PASSED IT ALL ON TO MORTGAGE RATES, SAVINGS RATES HAVE LAGGED BEHIND. BOSSES TODAY DEFENDED THIS, SAYING THEIR MARGINS ARE ACTUALLY SHRINKING AND CUSTOMERS ARE SWITCHING FOR A BETTER DEAL. I'M NOT REALLY SURE THERE'S A PROBLEM TO SOLVE THERE. I THINK PEOPLE ARE SMART AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE OPTIONS. OF COURSE, THEY ARE MAKING RECORD PROFITS. IN YOUR OPINION, ARE THEY TOO PROFITABLE? BECAUSE IN SIX MONTHS ALONE, THE BIG FOUR BROUGHT IN $16b. WELL, MY INTEREST HERE IS IN MAKING SURE THAT THE BANKS DO THE RIGHT THING BY PEOPLE. TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SWIFT PASSING ON INTEREST RATE INCREASES TO SAVERS AS THEY HAVE BEEN TO BORROWERS. THE INQUIRY WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW. AND WITH THE BIG BANK CEOS EARNING ANYWHERE BETWEEN $3.5m TO $7m A YEAR, THEY'LL BE PREPPING HARD TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE IT GOES WELL. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, IT'S HOT AND ONLY GOING TO GET HOTTER AS PARTS OF EUROPE SWELTER IN A BLISTERING HEATWAVE. PLUS ` MORE MEDALS FOR AOTEAROA AT THE PARA TRACK AND FIELD WORLD CHAMPS. HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. TEMPERATURES ARE HIGH ACROSS EUROPE AND FORECAST TO GO HIGHER. WITH MOST OF THE SOUTH OF THE CONTINENT IN A HEATWAVE, IT'S SET TO GET TO 45 DEGREES IN ITALY AND GREECE. ALREADY METEOROLOGISTS SAY THE PLANET HAS JUST EXPERIENCED ITS HOTTEST WEEK ON RECORD. THE BBC'S MATT GRAVELLING HAS MORE. PEOPLE ALL AROUND EUROPE ARE FEELING THE HEAT. THIS AUSTRIAN NEWSREADER HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THE COUNTRY EXPERIENCED THEIR HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR ` 36C. AND AS BRITS PREPARE TO HEAD ON HOLIDAY NEXT WEEK, DESTINATIONS SUCH AS GREECE AND ITALY COULD SEE THE MERCURY RISE TO 45 DEGREES. THAT'S 113 FAHRENHEIT. WHILE THE U.K. IS EXPECTED TO ESCAPE THIS HEATWAVE, THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION SAY EARLY JULY SAW THE HOTTEST WEEK EVER RECORDED ON EARTH. THEY SAY THIS WAS FUELLED BY THE OCCURRENCE OF EL NINO, A NATURAL CLIMATE PHENOMENON COUPLED WITH HUMAN-DRIVEN CLIMATE CHANGE. SO HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PEAK TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AROUND EUROPE THIS WEEK. NOW, IN FRANCE, 21 REGIONS ARE UNDER AN ORANGE HEATWAVE WARNING. IN GREECE, THE GOVERNMENT HAVE UNVEILED EMERGENCY MEASURES TO SHIELD THE PUBLIC. IN ITALY, WHERE TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 42 DEGREES IS WHERE EUROPE RECORDED ITS HOTTEST TEMPERATURE TWO YEARS AGO IN SICILY ` 48.8 DEGREES. BUT THIS EXTREME WEATHER ISN'T CONFINED TO EUROPE, WITH RISING TEMPERATURES AND EL NINO LEADING TO FLASH FLOODS IN THE UNITED STATES. OVER A FEW DAYS, A STORM IN VERMONT DUMPED UP TO TWO MONTHS OF RAIN. THE STATE'S GOVERNOR DESCRIBED THE FLOODING AS HISTORIC, BUT SCIENTISTS SAY CLIMATE CHANGE MEANS MORE EVENTS LIKE THIS WILL BECOME PART OF OUR FUTURE. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACK FERNS HAVE NAMED THEIR YOUNGEST EVER CAPTAIN FOR THIS WEEKEND'S CLASH WITH THE UNITED STATES. THE TEAM TAKE ON THE AMERICANS IN THEIR FINAL PACIFIC FOUR TEST AGAINST THE USA ON SATURDAY. MAIAKAWANAKAULANI ROOS (21) IS SET TO LEAD THE TEAM FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS JERSEY, IT HOLDS A LOT OF MANA, AND IT'S... THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM IN THE WORLD AND TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT MY COMMUNITY OF G.I IN EAST AUCKLAND AND MY SCHOOL, TAMAKI COLLEGE, MY CLUB COLLEGE RIVALS, MY REGION OF AUCKLAND RIGHT NOW, AS A 21-YEAR-OLD, IS REALLY SPECIAL. NEW ZEALAND CURRENTLY SITS TOP OF THE TABLE AT 10 POINTS. WILL STEDMAN IS BACK ON THE PODIUM AT THE PARA ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPS IN PARIS THIS MORNING. AFTER SILVER IN THE 100 METRES, STEDMAN HAS CLAIMED ANOTHER SILVER IN THE LONG JUMP, LEAPING 5.71 METRES. SPRINTER DANIELLE AITCHISON HAS ALSO FINISHED SECOND IN THE WOMEN'S T-36 100 METRE FINAL. MICHAEL VENUS' WIMBLEDON RUN HAS ALL BUT FINISHED AT THE QUARTER-FINAL STAGE, LOSING IN STRAIGHT SETS. BUT THE REMAINING TOP SEEDS OF THE SINGLES DRAW HAVE BOOKED THEIR SPOTS IN THE SEMIS. LACHIE MCLEOD HAS ALL THE ACTION. BUT MICHAEL VENUS'S WIMBLEDON RUN CUT SHORT. AND ONE WILL DO. THE KIWI BOWING OUT IN THE QUARTER-FINALS, LOSING IN STRAIGHT SETS TO THE 10th SEEDS, INCLUDING HIS FORMER PARTNER TIM PUTS. OH, THAT'S... GOOD PUTS AND BAD PUTS TODAY, BUT THAT'S THE VERY GOOD PUTS. LOOK AT THIS. DESPITE THE RESULT IT'S AN IMPROVED PERFORMANCE FOR VENUS AT THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, MAKING IT INTO THE SECOND WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019. IN THE LADIES' SINGLES ARYNA SABALENKA BREEZED PAST MADISON KEYS 6-2, 6-4. (PLAYERS GRUNT) (APPLAUSE) SABALENKA INDICATED AFTER THE FIRST POINT THAT SHE BACKED UP. THE BELARUSSIAN LOCKING IN A SEMI-FINAL AGAINST TUNISIAN ONS JABEUR. HOPEFULLY I CAN DO BETTER THAN I DID LAST TIME. AND, I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY A TOUGH MATCH, A REALLY GREAT PLAYER. I'M SUPER HAPPY THAT I WAS ABLE TO WIN THIS SECOND SET OF THAT GAME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ATMOSPHERE. I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH YOU SUPPORT HER MORE, BUT I STILL... (LAUGHS) I STILL ENJOYED PLAYING IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS. THE MAIN DRAWCARD OF THE DAY WAS WORLD NUMBER ONE CARLOS ALCARAZ. AND HE HAS IT! THE 22-YEAR-OLD MAKING LIGHT WORK OF CLOSE FRIEND AND SIXTH SEED HOLGER RUNE. AS I SAID A FEW TIMES, YOU KNOW, NCE YOU GET INTO A COURT, IT'S NO FRIENDS. (LAUGHTER) YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW` YOU HAVE TO BE FOCUSED ON ON YOURSELF, AND I THINK I DID GREAT IN THAT PART. THE STRAIGHT-SETS VICTORY MOVING THE SPANIARD ONE STEP CLOSER TO A SECOND GRAND SLAM TITLE. LACHIE McLEOD, 1 NEWS. THE WHITE FERNS HAVE LOST THEIR THIRD AND FINAL T-20 INTERNATIONAL TO SRI LANKA BY 10 WICKETS. THE WHITE FERNS ALL OUT FOR 140 RUNS, THE LAST SIX BATTERS COMBINING FOR JUST NINE RUNS. DESPITE DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE RESULT, THE FERNS AIM TO GROW FROM THE EXPERIENCE. I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE A BREATH FOR A LITTLE BIT. IT'S BEEN PRETTY FAST AND FURIOUS THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. PLENTY OF LEARNINGS TAKEN AWAY FROM IT THOUGH. I GUESS WITH PLAYING IN THESE CONDITIONS, IT WAS ALWAYS GONNA BE A BIG LEARNING CURVE WITH SO MANY PLAYERS NOT HAVING TRAVELLED HERE BEFORE. SO, YEAH. WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUT THE POSITIVES. WE'RE ALSO, I THINK, BE REALLY HONEST AND UPFRONT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT AS A GROUP. THE WHITE FERNS WON THE SERIES TWO GAMES TO ONE. NEW SOUTH WALES HAVE TOPPLED QUEENSLAND IN GAME THREE OF STATE OF ORIGIN. WITH THE SERIES ALREADY LOST, THE BLUES WERE PLAYING FOR PRIDE IN THE FINAL GAME IN SYDNEY. HE'S DOWN THE WING. HE'S GONNA KICK IT AHEAD. IT IS ONE OF THE GREAT ORIGIN TRIES. JUST WITH A PIECE OF MAGIC. HE'S IN THE CLEAR! HE'S GOT SUPPORT. HE GETS THE PASS. AND HE GETS ANOTHER ONE. NEW SOUTH WALES COMING OUT ON TOP 24-10, THOUGH QUEENSLAND TAKE THE SERIES TWO GAMES TO ONE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (ROBYN ADELE ANDERSON AND DAVE KOZ'S CARELESS WHISPER) (JAUNTY JAZZ MUSIC) # I FEEL SO UNSURE # AS I TAKE YOUR HAND AND LEAD YOU TO THE DANCEFLOOR # AS THE MUSIC DIES, # SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES CALLS TO MIND # THE SILVER SCREEN AND ALL ITS SAD GOODBYES # I'M NEVER GONNA DANCE AGAIN, GUILTY FEET HAVE GOT NO RHYTHM # THOUGH IT'S EASY TO PRETEND, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT A FOOL # I SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO CHEAT A FRIEND # AND WASTE THE CHANCE THAT I'D BEEN GIVEN # SO I'M NEVER GONNA DANCE AGAIN THE WAY I DANCED WITH YOU (JAUNTY JAZZ MUSIC) # TIME CAN NEVER MEND... # THANKS FOR JOINING US. FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. 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