Top Stories for Thursday 2 August 2012

Rowers ecstatic over Olympic bronze; Big night for rowers and cyclists at Olympics; Rates revolt threatened in Christchurch; Rotting sleepers could have compromised safety; Banks faces attack in Parliament; Dumping of internet cable a blow - consumer advocates; Laisenia Qarase may be imprisoned in Fiji; Laisenia Qarase may be imprisoned in Fiji; and Fears UC staff will quit before being made redundant.