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Divine Mercy powers home late to win Kimberley Cup
Punters gathered at the Broome Turf Club donning their best frocks and shirts for one for the biggest days of the Broome racing season at the weekend — the Kimberley Cup. But before the feature race, Tegan Gasior won Fashions on the Field with her beautiful violet dress and matching fascinator. The Kimberley Cup, run over 2070 metres, was won by Divine Mercy, trained by Darryn Pateman and ridden by Natika Riordan, in a time of 2.09.71. The seven-year-old gelding powered home late to claim the $35,000 feature at Broome. Striking Fella, trained by Peter Bamford and ridden by Kristy Bennett, finished second just 0.26 lengths behind, while third place went to Gambler's Gold, ridden by Kyra Yuill and also trained by Pateman. The Broome racing season continues with two meetings remaining, culminating in the Broome Cup on August 16.
7NEWS
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- 7NEWS
NSW Health Minister Ryan Park's emotional plea as dangerous new drug aimed at teens hits the streets
NSW Health Minister Ryan Park has pleaded with people not to buy vapes, just a day after a Sydney man became the first person in Australia to be charged with the supply of vape liquids laced with potentially lethal opioids. NSW Police arrested the 20-year-old man after officers seized nitazene, a safe, vape hardware, imitation firearms, and about $7000 in cash at a property in Revesby on August 1. After opening the safe on August 4, police found a further 1.8kg of nitazene, taking the total seizure to 2.1kg. Nitazene is a highly potent synthetic opioid which is potentially more dangerous than fentanyl. Speaking about the seizure on Sunrise on Thursday, Park issued an emotional plea for people to not buy illegal vapes. 'I am really concerned both as a policymaker and a legislator and health minister but also, importantly, as a dad of a 15-year-old,' Park told host Matt Shirvington. 'I cannot believe this has taken place. 'This highlights the risks but it also highlights why need to take action in relation to vapes and illegal tobacco. 'We can't have a situation where this is available, particularly to young children, across NSW. 'My message is simple, you don't know what is in it, you don't know who has made it and usually don't know if it is linked to criminal activity. Therefore, it is likely to have a substance that is extremely dangerous.' Park stressed how toxic nitazene is to the human body. It is largely understood to be more dangerous than fentanyl. In the US, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl contribute to nearly 70 per cent of overdose deaths. 'It is extremely dangerous. How it reacts in one person's body compared to another is completely different,' Park said. 'It can have catastrophic outcomes, and it can kill people extremely quickly. This is designed to get a generation hooked on this type of illicit opioid. 'That is extremely concerning from a NSW Health perspective but also, from the dad of a teenager, I cannot begin to imagine how scared (parents are) around marketing of vapes and illegal tobacco. 'This will send a real shudder through many families when they hear about this.' Shirvington pressed the minister on the source of the illegal drug, asking whether it was made in a backyard or sourced from overseas. 'It is a combination,' Park said. 'No doubt what they are trying to do is bring it into the country at a point and then what we see is the ability of backyard labs to manufacture this type of substance. 'That is why this is extremely concerning. 'We cannot have a situation like what we see in parts of the US, where this is widespread and having catastrophic outcomes in communities in the country. 'This is the last thing we want to see coming onto NSW and Sydney streets.' Park also championed harsher penalties for sellers. 'We have introduced legislation that will see potentially people going to jail for seven years and fines of up to $1.5 million for the sale of illegal tobacco or vapes,' Park said. 'As well as the ability to shut down a premise, not to shut down the component that is selling these products but shut down the business for a period of up to three months and then, if possible and if ongoing, the court can issue even longer shutdown orders.'
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WNBA players voice concern at alarming sex toy issue during games
The WNBA has a rather bizarre and alarming problem on its hands and the players have had enough. Fans have decided that the new trend at games involves launching fluro green sex toys onto the court in the middle of the action. Yes you read that correctly. Three times now over the past week a WNBA game has been brought to a halt because a sex toy has been launched from the stands. It all began during a game on July 30 between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries, in the dying stages of the contest in Atlanta. With the scores tied up and little under a minute on the clock, the object came flying onto the court, narrowly avoiding the players. The bright green sex toy slid into the front row as security stepped in and ultimately arrested one fan who was charged with disorderly conduct, public indecency/indecent exposure and criminal trespass. Three days later it happened again. This time it was the Valkyries going up against the Chicago Sky in Chicago. In the middle of the third quarter the game was halted by the referees after another bright green sex toy was thrown just under the basket. In the wake of the second strike, Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham took to X to plead with fans to stop the bizarre act. 'Stop throwing dildos on the court … you're going to hurt one of us,' she wrote. That advice didn't register however as Cunningham found herself on the receiving end of the third sex toy strike. Following a free throw from LA Sparks' Kelsey Plum on Tuesday, an object came flying into the key and appeared to strike the Fever star. Cunningham took to social media following the contest. 'No way that thing actually hit me,' she posted on Instagram. 'I knew I shouldn't have tweeted that.' At the same time in Brooklyn, a fourth sex toy was thrown but it failed to reach the court, instead hitting another fan in the front rows. The worrying situation has sent social media into a frenzy with clips and memes flooding timelines. Despite the league beefing up security and one arrest being made, the viral trend doesn't appear like it will be stopped anytime soon. Players however have had enough and want more action to be taken with New York Liberty star Isabelle Harrison unloading. 'ARENA SECURITY?! Hello??! Please do better. It's not funny. never was funny,' Harrison posted. 'Throwing ANYTHING on the court is so dangerous.' LA Sparks coach Lynne Roberts condemned the fan behaviour. 'It's ridiculous. It's dumb. It's stupid,' she said. 'It's also dangerous, and you know, player safety is No. 1, respecting the game, all those things. 'I think it's really stupid.' It isn't just the players who are fed up with fans left voicing their displeasure at the alarming trend and calling on the league to do more. CBS Sports' Ashley Nicole Moss wrote on X: 'This dildo situation at these WNBA games is insane … I can't even believe I'm even tweeting this. it's not even funny anymore.' The WNBA and law enforcement are not taking this alarming trend lightly with the league noting a minimum one-year ban would be dished out along with police charges. 'The safety and wellbeing of everyone in our arenas is a top priority for our league. Objects of any kind thrown onto the court or in the seating area can pose a safety risk for players, game officials, and fans,' the WNBA said in a statement. 'In line with WNBA Arena Security Standards, any fan who intentionally throws an object onto the court will be immediately ejected and face a minimum one-year ban in addition to being subject to arrest and prosecution by local authorities.'
