Midday Edition: 08 September 2024

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
On the newstalk Sadby Newsroom. This is NEWSFACS in this update.
In developing news, several people have been shot in the
US near a main highway in Kentucky. C and n's
Gloria Pasmino says it happened on the Interstate seventy five
in Laurel County.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
Governor Andy Bischer he Wrod, Kentucky, we are aware of
a shooting on I seventy five. Law enforcement has shut
the interestate down in both directions.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
Fire cruis are back on the ground aiming for a
hard hit on the remains fire in Otago more than
eight hundred hectares of farmland Tusseck and scrub burnt in
Wentucky before crews were able to contain it yesterday afternoon.
Four firefighting crews and two helicopters are back today. Fire
and Emergency Incident Commander Bobby Lamont says tomorrow's forecast is

(00:53):
warm and windy.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
We're still experiencing one GUSI out here at the moment
from sixty to seventy kilometers an hour, and they are.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
Likely to be about that or a little bit more
tomorrow and.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Fire crews at working to put outer house fire in
the cargo. No one was injured and all those inside
have now been accounted for. Out Of control feral animals
are causing farmers grief. Federated Farmers says wild species such
as goats, pigs and deer are costing farmers almost a
quarter of a billion dollars every year and taking a

(01:23):
toll on indigenous biodiversity. Peace Management spokesperson Richard McIntyre says
COVID's recreational hunting stall and a lack of government funding
has worsened the situation. Despite farmers working hard to keep
on top of things, the problem is.

Speaker 3 (01:38):
They reduced populations on their own farm only to have
animal spot over the boundary from other neighboring land.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
McIntire says there are issues with dock and forestry land.
Prince Harry is reportedly set to inherit seventeen million dollars
from the late Queen mother when he turns forty. The
Duke of Sussex will celebrate their milestone on September the fifth, fifteenth.
The Times newspaper reports the inheritances were divided into installments,
one each for Prince William and Harry when they turned

(02:07):
twenty one and another on their fortieth birthdays. That's news.
In sport, the All Blacks are vowing to find a
way out of their current troubles as they leave South
Africa without a win. The eighteen twelve defeat in Cape
Town hands the spring Box the Freedom Cup for the
first time in fifteen years. Coach Scott Robertson insists they're

(02:28):
not far away. Robertson's rejecting suggestions he has been too
philosophical in defeat.

Speaker 3 (02:34):
Our judy demand that we win those games. I'll say
that at the first question, to be honest with you,
and that's not very philosophical. We kid deeply about this
duty and we're going to win those.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
Meanwhile, the dissection has begun for the Wallabies. After a
record marling by the Pumas, Argentina have roped to a
sixty seven to twenty seven win in Santa Fe, a
third Grand Slam tennis title for Arena Sable. The two
time Australian Open, has added a US Open crown to
her trophy cabinet, defeating American hope Jessica Pagoula in straight sets.

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That Sport, I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news, listen to
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