IT'S MIDDAY ` A HAPPY ENDING, AFTER TWO MISSING OFF-ROAD MOTORCYCLISTS PROMPT A SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION IN UPPER HUT. TOO THE TRIAL OF A MOTHER ACCUSED OF KILLING HER THREE CHILDREN BEGINS IN CHRISTCHURCH. WE'LL HAVE THE DETAILS AS PROCEEDINGS GET UNDERWAY. PLUS ` IT'S GETTING HOT IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WITH TEMPERATURES TIPPED TO REACH HIGHS NOT SEEN IN 120,000 YEARS. CAPTIONS BY SEAN LYDIARD AND COURTNEY SOLE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 A PAIR OF MOTORCYCLISTS HAVE BEEN FOUND ALIVE AND WELL, AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THE AKATARAWA FOREST IN UPPER HUTT. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS WERE DEPLOYED LAST NIGHT, WHEN THE DUO WERE REPORTED OVERDUE FROM AN OFF-ROAD RIDE. JESSICA SWAN HAS THE LATEST. IT IS A HAPPY ENDING HERE, TWO MEN IN THEIR LATE 50S, BUT FOUND AT AROUND 9 AM THIS MORNING. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE ALERTED YESTERDAY EVENING, WHEN THE MEN DID NOT ARRIVE HOME FROM THE RIGHT. SPEAKING TO THE MEN TODAY, THEY WERE STUCK IN A GULLY AND DISORIENTED, THEY TRIED TO WALK OUT IN THE DARK BUT DECIDED THEY OUGHT TO STAY THERE FOR THE NIGHT. THEY LET WALKED OUT THIS MORNING AND WERE FOUND BY SEARCH AND RESCUE. THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY INJURIES BUT THEY HAVE ALSO LEFT THEIR BIKES IN THE FOREST. IT WAS A RIDE THAT NORMALLY TAKES US NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT IT TOOK US LONGER AND IT GOT DARK VERY QUICKLY LAST NIGHT. WE MADE A CALL, TO STAY THE NIGHT, AND WALK OUT IN THE MORNING. WE KNEW WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE SAFER TO STAY WHERE WE WERE. THE CONDITIONS WERE GETTING DANGEROUS, WE THOUGHT NO, WE WOULD GET HURT DOING THIS. LET'S WALK OUT IN THE MORNING AND THE DAYLIGHT/ WE RODE ALONG FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, YELLED OUT EVERY 10 MINUTES. LUCKILY THEY RESPONDED, IT WAS PRETTY QUICK REALLY. THE MESSAGE TO PEOPLE IS TO TAKE A BEACON, TELL SOMEONE WHERE YOU ARE GOING, AND ALWAYS BE PREPARED. THE HIGH COURT MURDER TRIAL OF LAUREN DICKASON, ACCUSED OF KILLING HER THREE YOUNG DAUGHTERS IN TIMARU IN 2021, HAS STARTED IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. LISA DAVIES IS CURRENTLY INSIDE COURT AND SENT THIS REPORT. THE IMPANELLING OF THE JURY IS UNDERWAY NOW. LAUREN DICKASON (41) IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HER DAUGHTER LIANE AND TWINS (2) MAYA AND KARLA IN SPETEMBER 2021 IN THEIR TIMARU HOME WHEN HER HUSBAND HAD LEFT FOR A WORK FUNCTION. SHE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY AND INFANTICIDE, AND HAS BEEN HELD IN CUSTODY IN A PSYCHIATRIC UNIT AT HILLMORTON HOSPITAL SINCE THE CHARGES WERE LAID. THE FAMILY HAD EMIGRATED FROM SOUTH AFRICA, AND WERE RELEASED FROM MANAGED ISOLATION ON THE 11TH OF SEPTEMBER 2021. THE FAMILY OF THE MURDER-ACCUSED, AND ALSO THE FAMILY OF THE FATHER OF THE THREE YOUNG VICTIMS, HAVE TRAVELLED HERE FROM SOUTH AFRICA FOR THIS TRIAL. ONCE THE JURY'S BEEN IMPANELLED, THE CROWN WILL MAKE ITS OPENING SUBMISSIONS, AND THEN THE DEFENCE WILL MAKE AN OPENING STATEMENT. POLICE ARE URGING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD AFTER A SPATE OF BURGLARIES ACROSS CHRISTCHURCH OVERNIGHT. VEHICLES WERE USED AT THREE OF THE SEVEN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TO GAIN ACCESS DURING THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. ONE AFFECTED BUSINESS OWNER SAYS IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY MAY HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS. VERY ANGRY AND VERY FRUSTRATED, BECAUSE WE JUST HEAR THESE STORIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND WE FEEL HELPLESS, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE OPEN PREY, IN THAT, 'OK, HERE'S A DAIRY', THEY COME IN AND DO WHAT THEY WANT, LEAVE, AND NOTHING HAPPENS. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME AND ENQUIRIES ARE ONGOING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE INCIDENTS ARE LINKED. 'JUST CAN'T DO THIS ANY MORE.' THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM A MEDICAL EXPERT WHO'S RESIGNED FROM HER JOB BUT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AWANUI LAB WORKERS IN THEIR THIRD DAY OF STRIKE ACTION. WORKERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE JOINING THE PICKET LINES TODAY IN WELLINGTON, CHRISTCHURCH AND SOUTHLAND. THEY'RE PUSHING FOR A PAY RISE OF AROUND 23% TO CLOSE THE WAGE GAP WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR, WHERE SOME PROFESSIONALS EARN UP TO $6000 MORE A YEAR. MY COLLEAGUE HAS COME OUT OF UNIVERSITY WITH A $68,000 STUDENT LOAN, AND SHE CAN MAKE MORE MONEY WORKING AT HARVEY NORMAN, AND A LOT OF HER FRIENDS ARE ` THEY JUST WENT STRAIGHT TO HARVEY NORMAN AND THEY'RE EARNING MORE MONEY THAN HER, AND SHE'S STRUGGLING UNDER THIS $65,000 LOAN. ELAINE BOOKER SAYS AWANUI IS TRYING TO 'CLAW BACK' THE AFTER-HOURS WORK EMPLOYEES HAVE DONE. PARTS OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ARE SWELTERING IN RECORD-BREAKING TEMPERATURES, WHICH ARE SET TO GET EVEN HIGHER. ANOTHER ANTI-CYCLONE'S PUSHING UP TEMPERATURES IN SOUTHERN EUROPE; IN ITALY, THE MERCURY'S EXPECTED TO EXCEED 48.8 DEGREES. IN THE U.S., MIAMI HAS ISSUED ITS FIRST EVER EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WITH 44 DEGREES FORECAST. AND CHINA HAS REACHED ITS HIGHEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD ` 52.2 DEGREES IN THE TOWN OF SANBAO. AS COURTNEY HAMMOND REPORTS, JULY'S ON TRACK TO BE THE PLANET'S HOTTEST EVER MONTH IN 120,000 YEARS. EUROPE'S BRACING FOR ANOTHER WEEK OF RECORD-BREAKING HEAT. HOW BIG IS THAT? YOU CAN SEE IT OVER THE FENCE. WILDFIRES IN CROATIA AND SPAIN RAGING AS TEMPERATURES PASS 45 DEGREES. EXTREME WEATHER WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED ACROSS THE CONTINENT AS HEALTH RISKS RISE WITH EVERY DEGREE. HEAT WAVES, VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE, ARE AMONG THE MOST WORRYING CLIMATE EXTREMES REGARDING THE VULNERABILITY OF OUR SOCIETY. THEY ARE ALREADY AMONG THE DEADLIEST WEATHER RELATED DISASTERS IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD. JUST LAST WEEK, A REPORT REVEALED 2022'S HEAT WAVE CAUSED MORE THAN 60,000 DEATHS IN EUROPE. IT'S A PROBLEM FOR SOCIETY. IT'S A PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE. MILLIONS HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO AVOID EXPOSURE TO THE SUN AND HEAT. SIMILAR WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN PARTS OF THE U.S., WHICH IS ALSO EXPECTED TO SEE TEMPERATURES SOAR. NEARLY A THIRD OF AMERICANS ` THAT'S AROUND 113 MILLION PEOPLE ` NOW UNDER HEAT WARNINGS. IT KILLS MORE PEOPLE EVERY YEAR IN THE U.S. THAN HURRICANES AND FLOODS COMBINED. EXTREME HEAT KILLS MORE THAN FOUR TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE AS EXTREME COLD. IN DEATH VALLEY, IN CALIFORNIA, AND NEW WORLD RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE COULD BE SET THIS WEEK. THE OFFICIAL RECORD IS 134 F. THAT WAS ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1913. THERE IS SOME CONTROVERSY AROUND THAT, BUT IT IS STILL RECOGNISED AS THE HOTTEST RELIABLY RECORDED TEMPERATURE ON EARTH. BUT WE HAVEN'T HIT 130 HERE IN DEATH VALLEY FOR OVER, REALLY FOR OVER 100 YEARS WE DIDN'T HIT IT. AND THEN IN 2020 WE GOT 130. IN 2021 WE GOT 130. AND THEN WE MIGHT HIT IT AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. THE POPULAR BUT BRUTAL LOCATION BECOMING UNBEARABLE FOR TOURISTS. FOR THE REST, I NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF HEAT. NO, IT'S REALLY, REALLY HOT. YOU CAN MAXIMUM STAY OUT LIKE 10 MINUTES, 15 MINUTES. BREATHING, I THINK IS THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND. IT'S SO HOT AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET DRY REALLY QUICK. EXPERTS WARN THIS EXTREME WEATHER IS ANOTHER SIGN OF CLIMATE CHANGE. SO THESE THINGS WILL KEEP GETTING WORSE UNTIL WE DO WHAT IT TAKES TO STOP HUMAN-CAUSED CLIMATE DISRUPTION FROM CONTINUING. AND THAT IS PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS, DEPLOY CLEAN ENERGY, AND PROTECT OUR FORESTS AND OTHER NATURAL LANDS. WITH NO REPRIEVE IN THE FORECAST, THESE LATEST HEAT WAVES COULD BE JUST A GLIMPSE OF OUR CLIMATE FUTURE. COURTNEY HAMMOND, 1 NEWS. A SECOND FIREFIGHTER HAS BEEN KILLED IN CANADA AS THE COUNTRY BATTLES ITS WORST WILDFIRE SEASON ON RECORD. THE PERSON DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED WHILE FIGHTING A FIRE IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES YESTERDAY. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF ANOTHER FIREFIGHTER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. NEARLY 900 WILDFIRES ARE CURRENTLY BURNING ACROSS CANADA; ABOUT 580 OF THOSE REMAIN OUT OF CONTROL. A FOURTH CREW OF NEW ZEALAND FIREFIGHTERS HAS BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA WHERE THEY WILL JOIN INTERNATIONAL CREWS ALREADY ON THE GROUND. IT'S RAIN AND FLOODING CAUSING HAVOC IN SOUTH KOREA. AT LEAST 37 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AFTER FLASH FLOODING CAUSED LANDSLIPS AND POWER CUTS. RESCUERS ARE CONTINUING THEIR SEARCH FOR PEOPLE TRAPPED IN A FLOODED TUNNEL. THE BBC'S YUNA KU HAS MORE. ANOTHER DEVASTATING SUMMER IN SOUTH KOREA. DAYS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN HAVE CAUSED LANDSLIDES, FLASH FLOODING AND A CONSIDERABLE LOSS OF LIFE AND LIVELIHOODS. IN THE CITY OF CHENGDU, RESCUERS ARE TRYING TO REACH PEOPLE TRAPPED IN THEIR VEHICLES IN A FLOODED TUNNEL AFTER WATER POURED INTO THE UNDERPASS SO QUICKLY THEY COULD NOT ESCAPE. 15 VEHICLES AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO BE TRAPPED INSIDE. TRANSLATOR: WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE SITE IS COVERED IN MUD. RELATIVES OF THOSE WHO ARE STILL MISSING ANXIOUSLY AWAIT NEWS. IN A VIDEO LINK WITH OFFICIALS, THE PRESIDENT CALLED FOR THE MOBILISATION OF THE MILITARY AND POLICE TO PREVENT FURTHER CASUALTIES. EXPERTS POINT OUT THAT THE WEATHER HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY UNPREDICTABLE AND EXTREME. IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, MOST OF THE CONCERNS WERE FOCUSSED ON RESCUE EFFORTS, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN GROWING CONCERNS AND CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO BE BETTER PREPARED OF ILL WEATHER IN THIS COUNTRY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES AND DOWNPOUR IS PREDICTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE COMING DAYS. PUNCHES RATHER THAN BOUQUETS HAVE BEEN THROWN AT A WEDDING IN SYDNEY, RESULTING IN THREE BROTHERS SPENDING THE NIGHT BEHIND BARS. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE RIWDY RECEPTION, WITH ONE OFFICER INJURED AND A TASER BEING DEPLOYED. NINE'S RUTH WYNN WILLIAMS HAS MORE. A LAVISH WEDDING AT ONE OF SYDNEY'S MOST HIGH END HOTELS... (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ENDING WITH THREE BRAWLING BROTHERS OVERNIGHTING IN THE CELLS. THE BEST WEDDING I'VE EVER BEEN TO. IT WAS A SHOCKING WAY TO END THE NIGHT BUT IT'S NOT MY FAULT. OFFICERS FROM THE RIOT SQUAD RESPONDING TO HYDE PARK SHERATON AT MIDNIGHT. INVESTIGATORS CLAIM RICHARD BOU-ELIAS, HIS BROTHERS KHALIL AND KHALID, ALSO KNOWN AS MICHAEL RUDD AND KANE MALLIS, WERE GOING AT IT INSIDE. THE FIGHT ESCALATING AS THEY SPILLED OUT ONTO THE STREET. DID YOU RUIN YOUR FRIEND'S WEDDING? NO, I DIDN'T. IT'S ALLEGED ALL THREE OF THEM RESISTED ARREST. AND GET CHARGED AGAIN TODAY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? SO I CAN GET CHARGED AGAIN? TODAY CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING THE SENIOR OFFICER WHO WAS TREATED AT SAINT VINCENT'S HOSPITAL. HE RECEIVED SOME INJURIES TO HIS FACE, BUT HE'S OK. THE YOUNGEST OF THE THREE BROTHERS, RICHARD BOU-ELIAS, HAS NOT ONLY BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING THE OFFICER, BUT WITH CAUSING ACTUAL BODILY HARM. TONIGHT, THOUGH, HE'LL STAY BEHIND BARS. HE DID NOT APPLY FOR BAIL. MICHAEL AND KANE, WHO LIVE TOGETHER WITH THEIR MOTHER, STILL SUITED UP TONIGHT, RELEASED ON BAIL. FAMILY THAT FIGHT TOGETHER STAY TOGETHER. DID YOU GUYS START FIGHTING INSIDE THE VENUE? ARE YOU GONNA GIVE ME A LIFT HOME OR WHAT? STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` WAIHEKE ISLAND RESIDENTS CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT FOR CHEAPER FERRY FARES. AND A FIVE-SET DUEL ON CENTRE COURT AS CARLOS ALCARAZ DENIES NOVAK DJOKOVIC ANOTHER PIECE OF HISTORY. A DAY AFTER PROTESTS, WAIHEKE ISLAND RESIDENTS ARE CONTINUING TO VOICE CONCERN OVER PRICE HIKES TO SOME PEAK PERIOD FERRY TICKETS. FULLERS ` THE COMPANY WHO OPERATES THE SERVICE ` SAYS THERE ARE CHEAPER OPTIONS AVAILABLE, WHILE THE TRANSPORT MINISTER HAS TODAY WARNED THERE WON'T BE ANY LEGISLATIVE CHANGES ANYTIME SOON. TESSA PARKER HAS MORE. THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE FOR THESE WAIHEKE ISLAND FERRY PASSENGERS. A STARK CONTRAST TO SCENES FROM YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER PROTESTS ABOUT THIS VERY JOURNEY. TRAVELLERS SAYING THEY'RE FED UP WITH THE COST OF TICKETS. FULLERS DON'T REALISE THAT THEY HAVE CUSTOMERS. WE'RE USED TO INDIGNITIES ` THE SERVICE IS APPALLING. IT'S BAD. IT'S PRETTY HARD TO, UH, MANAGE IT. YOU CAN NOW PAY UP TO $59 FOR A RETURN TICKET TO WAIHEKE ISLAND ` THAT'S A 19% INCREASE. BUT FULLER SAYS THIS PRICE HIKE IS DESIGNED FOR THE INFREQUENT TRAVELLER AND THAT RESIDENTS AND COMMUTERS CAN STILL BUY FLEXI OR MONTHLY FARES, WHICH HAVEN'T GONE UP. NOT EVERYONE, NOT EVERY FAMILY AND RESIDENT AND VISITING PERSON, WHANAU MEMBER FROM AUCKLAND CAN AFFORD A FLEXI PASS OR HAS A MONTHLY PASS, SO THE REALITY IS, $59 RETURN APPLIES TO PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BUY A FERRY TICKET TO COME TO THE ISLAND. YEAH, PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE TAKING THE FAMILY OFF THE ISLAND, IT GETS EXPENSIVE... OR FRIENDS COMING TO VISIT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WAIHEKE RESIDENTS WANT THE SERVICE INCLUDED WITH THE REST OF AUCKLAND'S PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM, SO THAT DISCOUNTS ` LIKE THOSE AVAILABLE ON TRAIN AND BUS SERVICES ` WOULD BE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY. WE PAY THE SAME TAXES AND THE SAME RATES AS EVERYBODY ELSE AND WE DESERVE THE SAME SUBSIDIES. THOSE SUBSIDIES ARE AVAILABLE ON OTHER FERRY SERVICES ` LIKE DEVONPORT'S ` BUT WAIHEKE REMAINS AN OUTLIER. ALL WE'RE ASKING IS FOR IT TO BE FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD. CHANGES COULD BE ON THE HORIZON, WITH THE SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FRAMEWORK BILL, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEFORE A SELECT COMMITTEE. AND THAT GIVES TOOLS THAT COULD ENABLE US TO BRING SOME OF THOSE SERVICES INTO COUNCILS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY WANTED TO PROVIDE THEM DIRECT, OR TO CHANGE THE CONTRACTING MODEL. THAT'S NOT DUE BACK UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION. IS THERE A DECISION IMMINENT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS? NO, THERE'S NOT. MEANING TRIPS ACROSS THE HAURAKI GULF WON'T BE GETTING CHEAPER ANYTIME SOON. TESSA PARKER, 1 NEWS. THE RED CARPET WAS IN PLACE, BUT THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF STARS ON IT FOR THE FIRST BIG STUDIO PREMIERE SINCE ACTORS JOINED WRITERS IN HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST STRIKE FOR DECADES. ROSARIO DAWSON, JAMIE LEE CURTIS, OWEN WILSON AND DANNY DEVITO ALL FEATURE IN DISNEY'S NEW FLICK 'HAUNTED MANSION', BUT NONE SHOWED FOR THE EVENT, STICKING WITH THE UNION RULES. INSTEAD, THE STUDIO USED SOME OF ITS COSTUMED PERFORMERS TO FILL THE VOID. THE MOVIE ` BILLED AS A HORROR COMEDY ` IS BASED ON A POPULAR RIDE FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT GIANT'S THEME PARKS. SEVERAL OTHER STUDIOS ARE CANCELLING PREMIERES AND PROMOTIONAL OUTINGS AS THE STRIKE CONTINUES. AMERICAN BUILDERS ARE HELPING WITH THE REBUILD OF ONE OF EUROPE'S MOST FAMOUS LANDMARKS. FOUR YEARS AFTER A DEVASTATING FIRE AT NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL IN PARIS, THE REFIT IS SET TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT YEAR USING SOME OLD WORLD TECHNIQUES. ABC'S INES DE LA CUETARA HAS MORE. IT'S ALMOST LIKE GOING BACK IN TIME. AT THIS WORKSHOP IN NORMANDY, CLOSE TO TWO DOZEN CARPENTERS HARD AT WORK REBUILDING THE FAMED ROOF OF THE NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL. AMONG THEM, AMERICAN CARPENTERS WITH THE RARE SKILLS NEEDED FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK. LIKE WILL KUSEKOFF, WHO PACKED UP AND MOVED TO FRANCE SIX MONTHS AGO TO LEND A HAND. IT'S STILL KIND OF SURREAL, EVEN AFTER HAVING WORKED HERE FOR SIX MONTHS, THAT I'M PARTICIPATING IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE ORIGINAL BUILDERS, THEY'RE USING TECHNIQUES PIONEERED OVER 800 YEARS AGO, NEARLY ALL OF THE WORK BEING DONE BY HAND. WHEN IT COMES TO THE NAVE, NO NAILS ARE BEING USED AT ALL, EACH PIECE BEING CUT TO JOIN THE NEXT LIKE A GIANT PUZZLE. IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE THE CATHEDRAL WAS ENGULFED BY A FIRE. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IT WAS STARTED EITHER BY A SHORT CIRCUIT OR A CIGARETTE. OUR DAVID MUIR GIVEN EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO VIEW THE AFTERMATH. YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORICAL ALTAR HERE IN THE CATHEDRAL IS INTACT. IT WAS SAVED HERE BEHIND ME, DESPITE THE FACT THAT RIGHT OVER MY SHOULDER YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE SPIRE HERE ON THE FLOOR OF THE CATHEDRAL. NOW, AFTER MONTHS OF LABOUR, PARTS OF THE NAVE TRANSPORTED TO NOTRE DAME EARLIER THIS WEEK, A CRANE LIFTING UP THOSE MASSIVE PIECES INTO THE PARISIAN SKY. THESE AMERICANS NOW HEADED BACK TO THE U.S, BUT SOME VOWING TO RETURN TO SEE THE STOREYED CATHEDRAL REOPEN. TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PART AND CONTRIBUTE FROM THE U.S AND KIND OF LEND A HAND INTERNATIONALLY FOR A BUILDING THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD IS A REAL HONOUR. CARLOS ALCARAZ HAS WON HIS MAIDEN WIMBLEDON TITLE AND SECOND GRAND SLAM OF HIS YOUNG CAREER. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE BEAT NOVAK DJOKOVIC IN FIVE SETS, DENYING THE SERB A SHOT AT HISTORY. LACHIE MCLEOD REPORTS. (CROWD CHEERS) JUST 20 YEARS OLD AND THE NEW KING OF WIMBLEDON. OH, EXCUSE ME. (LAUGHS) OH, EXCUSE ME. (LAUGHS) CARLOS ALCARAZ CLAIMING HIS FIRST TITLE AT THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT AND JUST HIS FOURTH GRASS COURT TOURNAMENT. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ONE BIG STRIDE IN THE SWING OF THE RACQUET FROM ALCARAZ. INCREDIBLE FOREHAND CROSS-COURT WINNER. YEAH, HE... I FELL IN LOVE WITH GRASS RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO PLAY AT THIS LEVEL, YOU KNOW, IN THE REALLY SHORT PERIOD. CHASING A RECORD-EQUALLING 24TH GRAND SLAM TITLE, AN EIGHTH MEN'S TITLE AT WIMBLEDON, WORLD NUMBER TWO, NOVAK DJOKOVIC LOOKED IN CONTROL EARLY... (BOTH GRUNT) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ...BUT THAT QUICKLY CHANGED. OH, THE RACKET HAS BEEN MELTING AGAINST THE NET. THAT'S WHAT THE BOOS ARE ALL ABOUT. THE SPANIARD'S FIVE-SET WIN ENDING DJOKOVIC'S TEN-YEAR WINNING STREAK ON CENTRE COURT AT WIMBLEDON. I STARTED PLAYING TENNIS WATCHING YOU. (LAUGHS) SINCE I WAS BORN... (CROWD LAUGHS) YOU... YOU ALREADY WAS WINNING TOURNAMENTS. YOU... YOU ALREADY WAS WINNING TOURNAMENTS. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING. PROBABLY YOU ARE IN A BETTER SHAPE THAN ME. YOU SAID YOU JUST SAID THAT 36 IS THE NEW 26. ALCARAZ THE NEW FORCE IN THE MEN'S GAME. NEXT UP, THE DEFENCE OF HIS U.S OPEN TITLE IN NEW YORK NEXT MONTH. LOCKIE MCLEOD, 1 NEWS. PARA-ATHLETE ANNA GRIMALDI HAS CLAIMED ANOTHER MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHAMPS IN PARIS. THE 26-YEAR-OLD JUMPED 5.96M TO FINISH SECOND IN THE T-47 LONG JUMP, SMASHING THE NEW ZEALAND RECORD. GRIMALDI'S PROUD OF WHAT SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE. KIWI MOTORSPORT DRIVER LIAM LAWSON HAS TAKEN THE CHEQUERED FLAG IN THE SUPER FORMULA SERIES IN JAPAN THIS MORNING. LAWSON STARTED IN SECOND, MOVING UP TO FIRST TO WIN HIS THIRD RACE OF THE SEASON. THE 21-YEAR-OLD RIGHT BEHIND THE TOP DRIVER IN THE STANDINGS. RYAN FOX HAS FINISHED IN A SEVEN-WAY TIE FOR TWELFTH AT THE SCOTTISH OPEN, WITH RORY MCILROY CLAIMING A ONE SHOT VICTORY. MCILROY HIT WHAT HE CALLED ONE OF THE 'BEST SHOTS OF HIS CAREER', TO SET UP A BIRDIE ON THE FINAL HOLE. (CHEERING) (CHEERING) IT'S THE NORTHERN IRISHMAN'S FIRST WIN IN SIX MONTHS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. SINGER, ACTRESS AND FASHION ICON JANE BIRKIN HAS DIED AGED 76. BORN IN LONDON, BIRKIN FOUND FAME IN FRANCE, IN PART THROUGH HER RELATIONSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH FRENCH ARTIST SERGE GAINSBOURG. SHE ALSO HELPED INSPIRE THE 'BIRKIN' HANDBAG FROM FASHION HOUSE HERMES. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HAS DESCRIBED HER A 'FRENCH ICON' WHO 'EMBODIED FREEDOM'. NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (JANE BIRKIN AND SERGE GAINSBOURG'S 'JE T'AIME, MOI NON PLUS') THANKS FOR JOINING US. TE KARERE IS HERE AT 4, FOLLOWED BY THE 1 NEWS TEAM AT 6. REMEMBER, YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF TODAY'S NEWS ONLINE AT 1NEWS.CO.NZ BUT FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY SEAN LYDIARD AND COURTNEY SOLE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.