If you thought it was cold last night and tough getting out of bed this morning, you'd be right. Many places were sub-zero as the sun rose. Lake Pukaki was frozen on minus-9. Minus-7 in Alexandra. But now the rainclouds are gathering on the horizon. Later in the news hour, I'll tell you which areas are going to escape the wet and stay fine and dry. But right now, it's 6 o'clock. Due to the live nature of ONE News we apologise for the lack of captions for some items. This is ONE News with Peter Williams and Bernadine Oliver-Kerby. Tonight, deaths in custody. A call for detox centres for arrested drunks as a report reveals how many people have died in police cells. The raging inferno on the ground that can be seen clearly from space. Colorado's deadly wild fire continues to burn out of control. And why is staying married such a mission impossible for Tom Cruise. We reveal the reason Katie Holmes is filing for divorce. Kia ora. Good evening. A wide-ranging report into the deaths of 27 people while in police custody is pushing for major changes. They include detox centres and a nurse in every police station in the country. The Independent Police Conduct Authority inquiry looked at deaths between 2000 and 2010. But police say their record's already improved. Within three and a half hours of being locked up in Rotorua's police cells, a drunk Anthony McGuire was dead. It was self-inflicted, using his own shoelaces. Police simply hadn't searched him to remove anything he could harm himself with. Anthony McGuire is one of four deaths in the decade up to 2010, where police seriously neglected their duty or breached policy. In total, 27 people died in police custody over that time. Every death in police custody is certainly regrettable, but in the overall context of the total number of people who get arrested, I think it needs to be seen in that light. This report is the outcome of a nearly two-year Independent Police Conduct Authority review started after a number of heavily intoxicated people died in police custody. The review found two-thirds of the people who died were either drunk or drugged, and police weren't always aware of that. So it recommends police allow more nurses into the cells. Most of these issues are health-related, and the police are not trained to deal with them. Nurses are. And in my view, there should be a nurse in every single police station in the country. Another of the recommendations in this report is that police and the Health Ministry establish detox centres which specialise in looking after intoxicated people. Police won't commit to detox centres just yet. They say their record's already improving. In the two and a half years since the review period, only two people have died in custody. We've taken measures over the last, certainly over the last five years ` a significant number of measures, and I think they're starting to have a very positive effect. In only two of the 27 deaths were police officers disciplined. No officers have been held criminally liable. Police have launched a homicide inquiry after the suspicious death of a man (59) in Auckland. Police say they were called to a disturbance at this Manurewa house where they found the man lying unconscious. He was given CPR but was not able to be revived. Neighbours say the street is notorious for police call outs. There's always policemen down there, though. Something always goes down. Something always goes down on that street. A post-mortem is being carried out, and police are talking to a number of witnesses who were at the scene. A talented NZ cyclist is tonight in a serious condition in an American hospital after being knocked off his bike in a hit-and-run. A short time ago we spoke to the parents of Michael Torckler (25) as they race out to California to be by his side. Cyclist Michael Torckler celebrating a win in the 2010 Wellington Cycle Classic and donning the yellow leader's jersey. I was a bit nervous. My legs had a little bit of cramp in them. Tonight, he's fighting to recover in a Californian hospital. Our world turned upside down at that very moment. Ah, yeah, quite a harrowing little moment there. Those with Michael say he's improving from critical to a serious but stable condition. Local authorities say when Michael Torckler was out training on his own this morning, he was the victim of a hit-and-run. It's a very very serious situation, a hit-and-run like this. We don't know any other information. His parents are flying out tonight to be by his side. Michael with his smiley face on as he left us at the airport. The cyclist has 20 facial bone fractures and will have to undergo surgery. His family say it's good news. Although heavily sedated, he's able to talk to people. They have carried out scans and they're very happy and pleased to report that there's no major internal damage to the brain and head area. Michael Torckler was due to spend 10 days training in the States. The 25-year-old's overcome adversity in the past, recovering from a severe knee injury. We've received this phone call from time to time from around the world that Michael's been in some sort of accident. Michael Torckler's family, team, and fans hope he pulls through this one and the hit-and-run offender is caught. Internet mogul Kim Dotcom is a step closer to having the charges against his company, Megaupload, dropped. The US government is trying to extradite Dotcom to face racketeering, copyright and money-laundering charges. But a US judge has now decided to hear a motion for dismissal by Dotcom's lawyers in a Virginia court mid-July. The judge will also decide whether to give Megaupload clients their data back. Dotcom's case was bolstered by this week's High Court ruling that a search and seizure raid on his Coatesville mansion was illegal. His next court date in NZ is on Wednesday in the High Court at Auckland. And Dotcom is among hundreds right now at a symbolic funeral service for the TVNZ7 channel in Auckland. In just under six hours it'll go off air. After five years of commercial-free programming, funding's run out, leaving dedicated watchers angry. Sharon Fergusson is in our Auckland newsroom as one of the channel's last bulletins goes to air. THIS IS SUITE 7 ` THE STUDIO WHERE MUCH OF THE NEWS CONTENT FOR TVNZ 7 JUST ACROSS THE ROAD AT ST MATTHEWS IN THE CITY, THE MOCK FUNERAL FOR THE CHANNEL TAKES PLACE, THIS IS SUITE 7 ` THE STUDIO WHERE MUCH OF THE NEWS CONTENT FOR TVNZ 7 HAS BEEN BROADCAST FOR THE LAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. THE CHANNEL HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE IN-DEPTH NEWS CONTENT AND HOURLY NEWS BULLETINS ALL THESE YEARS, BECAUSE IT HAS ACCESS TO ONE OF THE LARGEST NEWSROOMS IN THE COUNTRY, THE ONE WE WORK FROM ON ONE NEWS. AT 11, THE LAST HOURLY BULLETIN WILL SCREEN, AND AT MIDNIGHT THE AXE WILL FALL. ALL CHANT: Turn on 7. Turn off Key. Processions to mourn the loss of a public broadcast channel have taken place across the country this week, because at midnight tonight TVNZ 7 will be no more. We're losing something very very valuable. It's valuable educationally, it's valuable culturally, it's valuable democratically. For the last four and a half years, the channel has offered more than 70% NZ-made content; most of it documentaries, news, science and arts programming. Welcome to TVNZ 7, a channel which is going to celebrate NZ's diversity. TVNZ 7 launched with a king-maker debate in the lead-up to the 2008 election, the one Labour lost. The National Government was far less sympathetic to the concept of public broadcasting. When funding ran out, it was announced the service would be cut, but by then 1.6 million viewers were tuning in. Coming up next on TVNZ7, we have a documentary... TVNZ 7 has provided really quite a remarkable schedule. It's provided programmes about science, the arts. It's provided material on media and politics and the courts. It's provided a wide range of programmes that are not available on any other commercial channel. What do we want? ALL CHANT: TV 7. When do we want it? Now. The Save TVNZ 7 campaign has attracted thousands to meetings and marches and generated a petition of 38,000 signatures. TVNZ I think put up quite a strong proposal. I think it did get some support within government by some ministers, but others canned it. At midnight tonight, 7 ceases and will be replaced by 'Plus One', that's TV ONE delayed an hour. So, Sharon, what's the government had to say about the demise of TVNZ7? IT'S ESTIMATED TVNZ7 COST THE GOVERNMENT JUST OVER $16 MILLION A YEAR TO RUN ` THAT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF THE BUDGET FOR MAORI TV. I ASKED BROADCASTING MINISTER CRAIG FOSS IF THE GROUNDSWELL OF PUBLIC SUPPORT HAS CHANGED HIS VIEW ON THE VALUE OF THE CHANNEL. HE SAYS NO AND ARGUED THAT 'NZ ON AIR' FUNDING ENSURES ALL NZers HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY KIWI CONTENT. HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THAT, RATHER THAN FUNDING ONE PARTICULAR CHANNEL. A small South Canterbury town is calling for urgent help to stop its waterfront properties being washed away. Storm surges are eroding the land at Rakaia Huts, a small settlement at the mouth of the Rakaia River. Joy Reid went there today to see the aftermath of a storm. We've lost the track that used to go through here to the North Branch. Yet another bit of Rakaia Huts' waterfront has gone. I'd say we lost 5m to 6m of bank on Thursday and Friday. Storm surges are slowly eroding the waterfront land, ruining parks and properties, even the boat ramp, which now lies underwater. Yesterday's water came up to about here. Long-time resident Clarke Wilke's backyard is a frequent victim. There was a hell of a big sea running, and it came through here, and just dumped all this rubbish. Unfortunately, it's a familiar story. It happens about five times a year. Locals say over the past five years, they've lost 30m of waterfront land to erosion, and they fear it's only going to get worse. If we don't address it soon, it's going to be back another 10ft or 15ft, and then we're gonna have bigger problems. Locals say the council's ignoring the issue. We've been trying for last eight years for the council to do something, and the council don't seem to be quick enough to get off their seats and do something. Selwyn District councillor Pat McEvedy saw the latest damage this afternoon. I'd like that saved there. Totally agree. He says the council is working with Environment Canterbury to try to stop the flooding. When the conditions are correct, hopefully, we'll get that river mouth open and alleviate the situation here. But locals want action now. Give it another big rough night, and it goes back another 10ft. They say any delay will cost the village even more real estate. And further south from Rakaia Huts a number of farm animals are dead following a chemical spill. The Fire Service spent much of the day removing the poison, which they believe was some kind organic phosphate, from the affected farm shed near Ashburton. Six pigs and a cat were killed, and two people who lived at the farm had to be decontaminated. We're taking it seriously because we haven't actually identified the chemical. The pigs destroyed the box that the chemical was in, and therefore we're treating the situation as highly toxic and dangerous. The chemical's been taken for testing, and the Department of Labour is investigating. Two people are dead, several are missing and tens of thousands of residents have fled their homes as a massive wild fire continues to rage in Colorado in the United States. The military's been drafted in to help more than 1000 firefighters as the blaze threatens the state's second largest city, Colorado Springs. The BBC's Jonny Dymond has more. From thousands of miles above the earth, smoke pours into the sky. Colorado is burning. The flames have licked ever closer to the state's second city, Colorado Springs. 35,000 people have been evacuated. Searing temperatures, low humidity, and whipping winds have provided the perfect conditions for this blaze. WOMAN: I was standing outside my apartment, and you could just see the fire coming down the hill. I just couldn't grasp that it was actually real. Already homes have been turned into little more than piles of ash. After declaring a major disaster and releasing federal aid to the state, President Obama flew to Colorado. He saw for himself how fire had consumed some houses, left others untouched. The President was struck by the reach of the fire. The devastation is enormous, and our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families that have been affected. When natural disasters like this hit, America comes together. And we all realise that there but for the grace of God go I, we've gotta make sure that we have each other's backs. After six days of destruction, firefighters say that they are getting to grips with more and more of the blaze. For the first time, there's a note of cautious optimism. But much depends on which way the weather turns. Wild fires are also sweeping through at least eight other states. Well, just days before he turns 50, Tom Cruise is clocking up divorce number three. Katie Holmes is seeking sole custody of the couple's daughter, Suri, after a marriage of five years. And it's been revealed Tom Cruise may not have been expecting this split. It was a marriage made for the tabloids, beginning with that lover's leap on Oprah Winfrey's couch. Have you ever felt this way before? (CHUCKLES) I'm in love. With that, a new Hollywood brand name was born ` TomKat, a paparazzi sensation that lasted barely five years. Katie Holmes filed for divorce yesterday, asking for sole custody of their daughter Suri (6). Sources close to Cruise tell ABC this all came as a complete surprise to him. He hasn't even hired a divorce lawyer yet. There's no question in my mind that that sole custody request is a bombshell. But in the tabloids, rumours of a split have been swirling for weeks. The last time the couple was seen together was Oscar night at a Vanity Fair party. When Tom Cruise was honoured earlier this month at a Friars club, Katie Holmes was notably absent. For Cruise, this marriage was mission impossible three. His previous two marriages, to Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman, also ended in divorce. His courtship with Holmes was studiously choreographed. The paparazzi dutifully documented every kiss. Their scientology wedding at a grand Italian villa was a celebrity fairy tale. The princess marries the prince in the castle, and everybody lives happily ever after. What more could you ask for, a Hollywood ending? > That's right. Not quite. In this case, the fairy tale was just simply too good to be true. Katie Holmes stated 'irreconcilable differences' when filing the divorce papers. Coming up on ONE News, a warning to Pacific Islanders as their communities are targeted by immigration scammers. Battles rage in the Syrian capital, Damascus, as evidence of a new massacre emerges. And a spectacular lightning strike in Britain, but a second strike in Germany has horrifying consequences. Officials are urging Pacific Islanders who've been victims of immigration scams to come forward. Recent ONE News investigations have uncovered a number of scams. One case involving fake residencies led to a prosecution earlier this month. Sarah Batley went along to an Auckland meeting of community leaders addressing the issue. This mother of four handed over hundreds of dollars to a woman she hoped would help keep her family in NZ. I needed her help. But I just found out this week, there's nothing. Now she faces deportation after being scammed, and is out of pocket. Sometimes they don't have lunch to school, cos I have two kids. They already go to the primary school. At home, there's no nappies for my little ones. She's not alone. This group says some licensed immigration advisers are ripping them off and shouldn't be allowed to charge what they like for helping with applications. There should be a set fee for the application for an overstayer. Like, give them just $1000. Now they're asking Immigration NZ for answers. We need people to come forward, and we need to talk about it. And we want the Immigration to do something about it. You need to have the courage to come forward and know that you are not going to get deported; that you are going to assist us with that process of accountability. The setting for today's meeting inside this Auckland church says a lot about those affected by scams. They say scammers often use religion to target victims and gain their trust. And it seems the problem isn't just in Auckland, with reports of scams targeting overstayers, popping up all over the country. For the first time NZ defence personnel are taking part in the world's largest war game. HMNZS Te Kaha and Endeavour left Devonport earlier this month to join the exercise involving 38 other vessels, 200 aircraft and 25,000 people. RIMPAC's designed to promote better operation between forces from 22 countries around the Pacific. There's been more heavy fighting and reports of a fresh massacre in Syria on the eve of a major United Nations conference on the crisis in Geneva. Opposition activists claim dozens of civilians have been killed in a suburb of the capital, Damascus. Artillery pounds a suburb of Syria's capital. This is Douma, just 20 minutes' drive from the presidential palace yet in rebel hands. The regime's trying to seize it back. After the shelling, say activists, militiamen arrived to kill people one at a time. In this house, the bodies of men, women and children are piled up, three generations. In a rare interview President Assad gave his backing to the United Nations peace plan. There was, however, no mention of the UN ceasefire that goes with it. The responsibility of the Syrian government is to protect all our residents,' he says. 'That means a responsibility to annihilate terrorists.' The United States says Mr Assad must go. For that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton needs Russia's agreement, but coordinating with the Russians can be difficult. Despite what the Russian foreign minister says, so far Moscow is continuing to give President its diplomatic and material support. That's bad news for the UN peace plan and its author Kofi Annan. And later tonight, Kofi Annan's meeting with the permanent members of the UN Security Council for what's seen as a last-ditch effort to save the Syrian peace plan. Another American spy satellite has been launched, the second in two weeks. A Delta-4 rocket carried the intelligence-gathering device into space from Florida's Cape Canaveral. Officials from America's National Reconnaissance Office will only say it's on a classified mission. A golf game's turned into a nightmare in Germany after three women were killed by lightning. Police say the women had fled to this wooden shelter at a golf course during a thunderstorm when they were struck. A fourth woman was critically injured. And lightning in England's been caught on tape as it struck Newcastle's Tyne Bridge. It's been a wild week of weather across Britain, with torrential rain, tornadoes and hail. June's now set to be one of the UK's wettest on record. Weather time now, and another icy night on the way, Karen? Mainly clear skies over us with light winds. The temperatures are plummeting. Christchurch is already down to 1 degree. Fairlie is on minus-1, and Queenstown and Lumsden are on zero. It was a very icy start in these places this morning ` minus-9 at Lake Pukaki and minus-7 at Alexandra. Now to our live weather cameras. For weather, see onenews.co.nz I'll be back after sport with your Sunday forecast. Still to come on ONE News ` why feuding couples must now pay hundreds of dollars in custody and asset disputes. Spartacus and communists ` a veteran film star reveals his actions in one of Hollywood's darkest periods. 1 From tomorrow, feuding couples will have to pay hundreds of dollars to have custody and asset disputes settled through the Family Court. The government says the fees are designed to stop the system overloading. But critics say it'll hurt those who see the court as their last resort. Charlotte Whale reports Separation in families is never an easy time, but it's just about to get harder. If the government is going to introduce these costs, this puts my son in a very very vulnerable position. From tomorrow it'll cost over $200 to help settle issues relating to custody. It used to be free. And disputes over dividing up assets will cost $700 to lodge and a further half-day hearing fee of $906. What we are trying to do here is to provide a disincentive for people to be able to bring these matters before the court. The Government wants couples to try harder to settle disputes with mediation or counselling. Been there, done that, trialled and tested, and unfortunately, uh,... my son's dad continues to be violent and abusive. These women who are involved in difficult or violent break-ups say battling for custody was their last resort and say children will be at risk if other mothers can't afford to use the court to protect them. But where are they going to get the money from? Why would she bother going to the court and say, 'This is happening to me and my children'? Minister Burrows says those on legal aid won't need to pay, and low-income earners can apply for the fee to be waived. He said around 60% of them will be successful. But the rest will have to come up with the cash. Critics of the fee changes are questioning why they've been introduced while a review of the family court is underway. Is the court in a mess? I think the court really needs to look at how they are treating our families. Which at the moment, they say, is not very well. Charlotte Whale, ONE News. World markets have so far backed claims by European leaders that they've achieved a 'real breakthrough' after the latest summit in Belgium to tackle the Eurozone debt crisis. The new deal will allow bail-out funds to be used directly for troubled banks, rather than going through governments and increasing their debt. The fund could also be used to buy government bonds, forcing down borrowing costs. Now to the veteran film star who stepped forward during one of Hollywood's darkest times. In the 1950s and the Cold War in full stride, many actors and writers were banned over fears they were communists. But Kirk Douglas found a way to break the Black List as the ABC's David Muir explains. What's your name, slave? I'm Spartacus. The year was 1960. He was Spartacus. Kirk Douglas in the leading role. But all these years later, it's the role he was secretly playing he's most proud of. Which is why Kirk Douglas invited us to his Beverly Hills home this week to reveal a story he's waited decades to tell. Douglas, surviving that stroke a few years back, is still going to speech therapy and is ready to talk. You survived the helicopter crash, you survived the stroke. God doesn't warn me. In the 1950s, Hollywood was consumed by the Black List. Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party? The writers, the actors were called before Congress amid fear they were communists. The mere mention of a name was enough to end a career. It was the worst time in Hollywood. Do you remember being silenced yourself... out of fear? Well, everybody told me I was crazy. They told him he was crazy because not only as lead actor, he was the producer of the movie, and he put his own career on the line, his own fortune, when he hired one of those writers on the Black List ` Dalton Trumbo, who had been hiding in Hollywood and writing under an assumed name. He said, 'Kirk, you won't work again.' You gave him credit. Yes. Putting that writer's real name into the opening credits. And when Spartacus became the top movie, the Black List was broken. It became the number-one movie in the land. Yes. What do you suppose that meant to him? He was so grateful. And if you're wondering, Kirk Douglas is now 95 years old. Heartache is what British singer Adele says inspired her multiple award-winning album 21, but now she's definitely moved on to happier times, announcing she's pregnant with her first child. Adele broke the news on her blog, saying she and her charity CEO boyfriend Simon Konecki are 'over the moon'. Looking at our top stories tonight ` police disagree with suggestions they need to change procedure after a report's revealed that 27 people died in their custody between 2000 and 2010. The Independent Police Conduct Authority's calling for new processes, but police say it's unnecessary, as their record's already improved. A professional NZ cyclist is in a serious condition in an American hospital after being knocked off his bike in a suspected hit and run. Michael Torckler (25) is thought to have 20 fractures to his face. Hundreds have turned out for a mock funeral in Auckland to farewell the TVNZ7 channel which ends transmission at midnight. Despite protests and petitions, the government refused to continue funding the commercial free channel which has run for five years. Jenny-May's here now with sport. Kiwi swimming's wild child Daniel Bell speaks out? INFAMOUS FOR BEING DRUNK, HE WANTS TO RIGHT THE WRIONGS Bell also reveals how his mum was a major influence in his turnaround. Also on the way ` Sonny-Bill loses it. The tension rises between the Chiefs and Highlanders. Sharks skipper Jeremy Smith finds himself on report in the NRL. And the Fed Express narrowly avoids a humiliating exit from Wimbledon. Kia ora. Welcome back. He's just 22 and already infamous for three alcohol-fuelled incidents when representing NZ. It's easy to forget Daniel Bell is also a Commonwealth Games silver medallist and Olympic finalist. Today, the so-called 'wild child of swimming' has opened up exclusively to Craig Stanaway about his bad-boy reputation ahead of the Games. Daniel Bell's career has at times spun out of control ` drunken indiscretions at the Olympics, the World Champs and the Commonwealth Games. London is the opportunity to right the wrongs. To be accused of being an alcoholic is hard. Mum's never said she's been disappointed in me, and she's always stood by me. I've been at breaking point a few times and wanted to throw it away, and I've had to run back to, once again, Mum and my old coach and a few people to get them to motivate me to stay in the sport, I guess, because of the bad press and the bad decisions that I've made, and it's been a hard road. For 12 months, his form's been poor. Sheer bloody-mindedness has got him to London, qualifying for the 100 backstroke and making the relay team. He's very talented. He's very talented. I guess a lot of people wrote him off, and he just showed them. Those poor results also have meant a funding cut. Mum now helps out financially too. He wouldn't drink now even if he could afford it. We're 100% focused on the sport we do. We're not going to dedicate our lives to it and risk it with a drink. I think he's grown up and learnt from his mistakes. I think we'll see a much better Daniel Bell. I just look at his cut, his body shape, and he looks really in great shape. Great shape with an even great mindset. I hate losing. That's the best way to put it. He's actually a great guy, and I'm glad he's in the relay team. I wouldn't want anyone else. With support like that, who now doesn't want to see him succeed? Craig Stanaway, ONE News Squeaky clean by comparison is Olympic silver medallist Nick Willis who reckons he's ready to run the race of his life in London next month. The middle-distance athlete (29) has had an injury-free build-up at his Michigan training base. Our US correspondent Jack Tame caught up with him. Fierce and unrelenting. The Michigan sun had only just risen, and before he'd even started properly running, it had Nick Willis in a sweat. It's probably 30 degrees already, Celsius, at 7 o'clock in the morning. And so to it. With a brutal series of fast intervals, all under the watchful eye of his wife, Sierra,... 29! ...and his brother, running coach Steve Willis, Nick Willis sets encouraging pace as he works to add to the silver medal he won at the 2008 Games. Well, after Beijing, I just thought everything would go from strength to strength, move up, be one of the best in the world, cruise around the Grand Prix circuit as a bit of a rock star, and quickly humility took control and I had to undergo hip surgery. Knee surgery followed shortly thereafter. It was a tough two-year period. But in the last 12 months, Nick Willis says everything has gone right. He's had no injuries. And he set a new personal best ` a full three seconds faster than he ran in the Beijing final. Look, it's just been beyond anything I could've possibly dreamed ` the last two weeks in training. Some of the stuff I just would never have thought possible. Nick Willis leaves here early next week for a month of races and preparations in Italy, Belgium and Monaco, before arriving in London just before the Olympic Games opening ceremony. The competition is extremely hard. There are three very very good Kenyans, but I've never had such a good run of training, never had such a good run of health, and just the last six months have gone so well. It's impossible for me not to think that anything is possible. And given his Olympic experience, these are his third games. It's hard to see Nick Willis as anything but fierce and unrelenting. Jack Tame, ONE News, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Chiefs have resumed where they left off four weeks ago in rugby's Super 15, adding the Highlanders to their three other NZ scalps. They've ground out a 27-21 win in Dunedin to go eight points clear in the competition. Here's Blair Norton. Tawera Kerr-Barlow fair leapt at his opportunity to get one up in the battle of the young halfbacks. His desperation unleashing the Chiefs backs with space, and that usually means one thing. Gives it off to Kerr-Barlow. Getting it back is Nanane Williams. Gets up and reaches out. The two sides traded penalties. Aaron Cruden's leg problems clearly a concern. The Highlanders were unable to turn their first-half territory domination into tries, losing sight of the prize. Just took his eyes off the ball there. The Chiefs' eyes well and truly on the ball and taking full advantage of Ben Tameifuna's good work. And now Robinson. And Robbie Robinson will pick up the second try for the Chiefs. Two more Cruden penatlies and the Chiefs were out to a 12-point lead early in the second half. Sonny Bill Williams further inflaming the Highlanders with a trademark shoulder charge, leading to this moments later. Half the players are playing rugby, the rest of them are not at this point. Maybe frustrated at his ring time being suspended, Williams was letting fly with verbal blows. The resulting Highlanders penalty giving them a sniff. And Andrew Hore's got it. Hosea Gear rewarded for a strong game for the southerners, but it was too late. The Chiefs renowned defence ultimately too good as they held on for the 27-21 win. And the returning Rebels playmaker, James O'Connor, sent a shudder through the Wallabies camp, tweaking his hamstring while his Reds opposite Quade Cooper was dragged at half-time as a precaution after his knee surgery. Veteran Stirling Mortlock was denied the home send-off he deserved. At least he wasn't injured. Although there was more pain for his Rebels ` beaten 32-17 by the Reds. State of Origin commitments continue to hurt the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. Missing seven regular starters, the Broncos were given the runaround by the Cronulla Sharks, who recorded a rare win in Brisbane, and it was a big one too. He's ready for it. Reid's there. Copley calls. He's lost it. Pomeroy's got it for the Sharks. Pomeroy's over! This try conceeding injury to Kiwi fullback Josh Hoffman summed up the Broncos' night. And more pain was being dished out by Sharks captain Jeremy Smith who's on report. His counterpart, fellow Kiwi Alex Glenn, led the fightback. He goes down short. Oh, I'm OK with that. But this length-of-the-field try clinched a 26-12 win, moving the Sharks past the Broncos to third on the ladder. Wimbledon promoters are breathing a huge sigh of relief after almost losing another of their biggest drawcards. Just a day after the shock exit of world number two Rafael Nadal from the tournament, six-times champion Roger Federer looked like he'd follow. Kimberlee Downs reports. Dejected, despairing and turning away from inevitable defeat. That's Julien Benneteau, 29th seed, and so very nearly the cause of Wimbledon's second huge upset in as many days. APPLAUSE Benneteau and Roger Federer had met three times before this. The Frenchman won their last encounter in 2009. So after going up two sets to love, and just a day after Rafael Nadal was spectacularly upset, you could've forgiven him for thinking this could be his chance to claim one of the game's biggest scalps on one of its most famous stages. CHEERING Federer fans were not impressed. Thankfully for them, the six-time Wimbledon winner had other ideas. It's going to the fifth, and how delighted that man is. I knew physically it was not going to be an issue at all, it was just more mentally, you know, and just knowing that I cannot afford any more mistakes. Physically it would be an issue for Benneteau, though ` an injury early in the fifth set all but ending a ferocious campaign. It's the eighth time in Federer's career he's clawed his way back from two sets down. A timely scare for the 16-time grand slam champion, who's bidding to equal Pete Sampras' record of seven Wimbledon titles. No such drama for defending champion and world number one Novak Djokovic here on the forecourt. The Serb came back with style after dropping the first set in his match against Czech Radek Stepanek. Kimberlee Downs, ONE News. And NZ number one Marina Erakovic is through to the third round of the women's doubles competition. She and Tammy Tanasugarn have polished off a Polish pair in straight sets. Across town, England has won the opening match in the much anticipated one-day cricket series with Australia. The home side struggled early after being sent in to bat at a damp and windy Lord's, but a hard-hitting 89 not out from Owen Morgan powered England to 272/5. THWACK! That's Why charging at McKay and drilling him through the offside for four. 200 up. THWACK! This is a few more. He's hit that flat and wide and for six. Oh dear. Ooh, six more. Opener Dave Warner had the tourists' run chase on track with a half century, and skipper Michael Clarke and Matthew Wade looked set to bring them home until this shocker. Swann has got him. It's Wade. When Clarke went soon after, the asking rate proved too tough for the Australian tail, which fell 15 runs short of the target. It's been a disappointing end to the season for the Southern Steel in netball's trans-Tasman competition, losing 11 of their 13 matches. The southerners have been thumped by the top-of-the-table Melbourne Vixens, 38-56, in Invercargill. Ohhhhh, Chatfield read that beautifully. The win gives the Vixens home advantage in the play-offs, with their likely opponents, the Mystics, on court tomorrow against the Sydney Swifts. A day after capsizing, Team NZ has suffered more frustration at the American Cup regatta at Newport, Rhode Island. Frantic overnight repair work had the boat back on the water for the AC45 fleet race on day two. There was a lot of damage sustained, and to think we'd be out there racing and being competitive again today, it's a great feeling. And they got off to a great start, dominating the race until the final 30 seconds. It's very very tight. I don't know... Yes, I think they can get ahead here. Great job. Jimmy Spithill timing it to perfection as Oracle went on to win the fleet race. On the eve of the Tour de France, seven-time champion Lance Armstrong has been charged by the US drug agency with using performance enhancing drugs. If convicted, he'll be stripped of all his titles. After the break, Karen says expect another icy cold night, but there'll be plenty of sunshine to make up for the frigid start. Hello again. Hot-water bottles and fleecy PJs again tonight as the mercury plummets. Jack Frost will be busy, and it'll be an icy start again tomorrow. Here's the view from our weather satellite. You can see plenty of clear sky over us, but some of this spotty shower cloud out to the east of us, brushed eastern and southern parts of the North Island. A few of those showers even snuck through the gorge into Palmerston North. High cloud is starting to push down over the North Island ahead of this incoming low in the north Tasman. There's another low near Tasmania. The two systems are joined by this front, Tomorrow, the high starts to slide east as this barrage of lows, trough and fronts moves closer. It manages to just hang on for Sunday, but will lose the battle into next week. Got rain and wind coming in with this double-barrelled system. Not great for the school holidays. Another cold start over the South Island with clear skies and light winds for most. Stays fine throughout the day. North-easterly wind about the southern and eastern coastline. Frosty start for sheltered parts of the North Island. Patchy rain spreading over Northland. Occasional showers for eastern areas. And isolated falls for eastern parts of the Coromandel Peninsula, but mostly fine everywhere else. East to south-east winds picking up in the north. For weather, see onenews.co.nz That's all from me. Back to Bernie and Peter. And that's ONE News this Saturday. Q + A is here tomorrow morning at 9 with Finance Minister Bill English discussing reforms of the public sector. From us and all the ONE News team, goodnight. Captions by Anne Langford and Hugo Snell. Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright TVNZ Access Services 2012