EVENING UPDATE

Gold medal winning shooter Michael Diamond’s Olympic dream is at risk after he allegedly drove drunk, with his shotgun and 150 rounds of ammunition inside his car near Newcastle.

Former soldier Ross Merrick will spend at least eight years behind bars for the manslaughter of his girlfriend in a Hunter car park in 2013.

Four apprentice jockeys have been taken to hospital after a horror fall at a Taree race meeting.

And Blues coach Laurie Daley has named five new faces in his 19-man squad to face Queensland next week.