Morning Express: Tuesday, June 4 8:52am: A quick look at the roads before Morning Express signs off: Willoughby Road is closed in both directions after a fatal pedestrian accident. Delays are significant. At Moore Park, a vehicle is blocking a southbound lane of the Eastern Distributor. At Ashfield, there is an accident both ways on Liverpool Road at Victoria Street. At Rose Bay, there is an accident both ways on Old South Head Road at Newcastle Road. Traffic is very heavy on the M5 East, M2 at Epping Tunnel, Burns Bay Road at North Ryde, M4 around Merrylands. 8:43am: Following the death of the former front man of Yothu Yindi, Mr Yunupingu, yesterday, federal minister Peter Garrett says it is time for his wish for constitutional recognition became a reality. "We've just got to redouble our efforts as well [because] Constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is absolutely crucial now," he said. Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth Peter Garrett. Labor MP Graham Perrett. 8:37am: Backbencher Graham Perrett has also admitted the polls do not look good this morning. "We're in more trouble than Indiana Jones," he has told ABC radio. Mr Perrett's seat of Moreton, in suburban Brisbane, would be one of the first Labor seats to go on election night. Polling in The Australian has the Coalition stretching its lead to 16 points (58 per cent to 42 per cent on two-party preferred) 8:29am: That accident on Willoughby Road is looking very nasty. A police spokeswoman said it's believed a ute has crossed to the wrong side of the road and mounted a footpath, hitting a male pedestrian and leaving him with potentially life-threatening injuries. Police say that the Crash Investigation Unit is heading to the scene. Willoughby Road is closed in both directions and delays are huge. Route 257, 272, 273 and M40 buses are diverting away from Willoughby Road between Artarmon Road and Mowbray Road. Passengers can use their bus tickets on trains in both directions between Chatswood and the Sydney CBD instead. 8:21am: A quick update on the traffic: Willoughby Road is now closed in both directions due to a pedestrian accident at Frenchs Road. Avoid the area entirely if you can - take Mowbray Road or Pacific Highway. At Castle Hill, an accident in Showground Road at Victoria Road is slowing traffic both ways. At Silverwater, a vehicle fire has been cleared by the M4 is banked up through Prospect, Eastern Creek and Sydney Olympic Park. 8:16am: In news you've all been waiting for, Kim Kardashian revealed at her baby shower that she is having a girl. And also that she is contemplating eating her placenta to make her 'look younger'. I hate the world sometimes. Kim Kardashian has revealed the sex of her baby on her reality TV show "Keeping Up With The Kardashians." Photo: Instagram 8:06am: An arrogant soldier looking for fame and with unprecedented access to classified information? Or a naive soldier just trying to make the world a better place? The opening of Private Bradley Manning's court martial for leaking documents to WikiLeaks is already fascinating. The Herald's chief correspondent Paul McGeough is there. Robbie Nelson at Liverpool Hospital after a dog attack. Photo: Channel 9 7:59am: A man has been charged following a dog attack in Sydney's south-west that left jogger Rob Nelson maimed for life last month. Mr Nelson was allegedly attacked by three Staffordshire terriers, as was a 54-year-old man who tried to assisted him. The owner of the dogs has been issued with a notice to attend court for two counts of "owner of attacking dog (not dangerous) ." The dogs have been put down. 7:52am: Traffic is a mess on the lower north shore. Willoughby Road is closed citybound in Willoughby due to a pedestrian accident at Frenchs Road. Citybound motorists should use Mowbray Road and the Pacific Highway. Route 257, 272, 273 and M40 buses are delayed and are also being diverted. Passengers can use their bus tickets on trains in both directions between Chatswood and the CBD instead. 7:51am: A badly bashed, naked man who was assault and dumped on a Liverpool street last night is believed to have been bleeding from a severe cut to his hand and may have been attacked with a hammer. The naked man, aged in his 20s and of Asian appearance, knocked on an elderly couple's door desperately seeking help. The shocked couple called Triple-0 and told emergency services the man was not completely alert and didn't speak English. Police from the State Crime Command will update the media at 9am however they are yet to interview the man and will need an interpreter to find out what happened. A police spokeswoman could not confirm reports by 2GB that the man had been abducted and bashed. ""He was pretty distressed at the time, and obviously there is more to this than story than we know at this stage,"" she said. 7:48am: Woah. We got down to three degrees overnight in the west. It will be a touch cloudy and sunny today. There is early fog around Richmond and Penrith. 7:46am: Hope is rapidly fading for two fisherman missing off Norah Head on the Central Coast. A text message might help rescuers find them but they went off into big swell on Sunday with engine problems and poor knowledge of the sea. Crews search for two missing men off Norah Head. Photo: Natalie Grono Michael Douglas. 7:39am: This had to be the weirdest story going around yesterday. After Michael Douglas told a British newspaper that his throat cancer was caused by giving oral sex, his spokesman has now come out to deny the comments, saying he was making general comments on risk factors rather than talking about his own specific case. 7:36am: Weird. A second car has caught on fire on the M4 this morning. It's on the Silverwater Road citybound on ramp. The ramp is now closed. The nightmare continues elsewhere on the roads. At Willoughby, a pedestrian has been struck on Willoughby Road at Frenchs Road. In North Ryde, a car has broken down in North Ryde on Epping Road westbound at Pittwater Road. At Huntley's Point, a broken down car is blocking a westbound lane of Victoria Road at Gladesville Bridge. 7:26am: You might have heard the term "waiting list for the waiting list" this week. Up to 10,000 people are on so-called hidden waiting lists to see doctors in some parts of NSW, and hospital clinics are refusing new public patients because their waiting lists are so long - leaving people without private health insurance stuck without care. That's before they even get on the waiting list for surgery. 7:23am: Public transport is running smoothly this morning. On the South Coast Line, buses replace trains between Bomaderry (Nowra) and Oak Flats. Route 575 buses are diverting off Trentino Road via Ancona Road in Turramurra due to roadworks. One bus stop in each direction is being missed. 7:12am: The M4 is an absolute shocker today, I would avoid it if you can. An earlier car fire and truck accident near the Cumberland Highway got it off to a bad start. It remains slow from Greystanes to James Ruse Drive. Elsewhere on the roads: At Rookwood, a semi-trailer has broken down. At Maryong, lights are flashing yellow on Richmond Road at Falmouth Road. At Castle Hill, there is an accident on Showground Road at Victoria Road. It's a very heavy run at the end of the F3 due to an earlier crash at Wahroonga. 6:53am: Simon Cramp, the 26 year-old innocent bystander who was king hit in the Rocks on Saturday night, has reportedly woken from his coma and is in a serious but stable condition. Great news for his family. Police released this CCTV footage last night, saying they want to speak to the man and women in it. 6:52am: A badly bashed, naked man who knocked on a Liverpool couple's door last night seeking help is believed to have been bleeding from a severe cut to his hand. The shocked elderly couple told emergency services that he was not completely alert when he arrived at their door and he does not speak English. 6:48am: And it's just a day out from State of Origin with Blues coach Laurie Daley saying he's taken a low-key approach and given his players more input into preparations than other campaigns. Both him and Maroons coach Mal Meninga faced the press yesterday. NSW coach Laurie Daley (L) and Queensland coach Mal Meninga Photo: Getty Images Lucas Neill believes Japan has not beaten the Socceroos in regulation time for 12 months because the Australian style makes Japanese players uncomfortable. 6:43am: In fact, it's a big day all round for sport. The Socceroos play Japan tonight at the pointy end of their World Cup campaign. The Socceroos' psychological hold on Japan could provide the groundwork for a shock result in the qualifier in Saitama, according to captain Lucas Neill. 6:35am: Let's take a look at what's making front page news today: The Age reports that traffic congestion between the city and Melbourne Airport is likely to worsen once the east-west link is built unless the Tullamarine Freeway is widened, the airport's chief warns. The Australian Financial Review reports that major superannuation funds have stepped up their campaign for stronger controls over super-fast computer-driven trading, estimating that it is costing ordinary investors $1.5 billion a year. The Australian reports that Labor is fighting off new safety fears over its National Broadband Network as more cases of asbestos exposure during its construction fuel a growing political brawl over the management and cost of the $37.4 billion project. The Daily Telegraph reports that Julia Gillard's home state has abandoned her with as many as six seats in Victoria now at risk of falling to the Coalition, including that of her Attorney General Mark Dreyfus. Dunkin' Donuts' glazed donut breakfast sandwich. Photo: AP/Dunkin' Brands, Inc./James Sc 6:27am: How's this for a great nutritious start to the day? Dunkin' Donuts in America is bringing out the Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich - a pepper fried egg and bacon encased in a glazed donut ring. Gross. Miraculously, it has 10 grams less fat than the Turkey Sausage Breakfast Sandwich. 6:23am: Mystery surrounds the discovery of a badly battered, naked man on a doorstep in Liverpool last night. The man, believed to be aged in his early twenties and of Asian appearance, knocked on the front door of an elderly couple's home in O'Brien Street seeking help. He was naked and had significant injuries so the couple immediately called Triple-0. Liverpool detectives still don't know what happened to the man because they are waiting for an interpreter before they can interview him in Liverpool Hospital. 2GB is reporting that the man had been kidnapped and bashed. 6:23am: A car that caught on fire on the on-ramp to the M4 from the Cumberland Highway has been cleared. However the M4 citybound is still a mess and probably will be all morning. Delays are back to Prospect and Eastern Creek. Take the Great Western Highway instead. SMH front page, June 4 6:18am: On the front page of today's Sydney Morning Herald, it looks like KRudd might be the last man standing. Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan looks set to lose his Brisbane seat of Lilley, with internal polling suggesting Labor may only retain one Queensland seats at the September 14 federal election - that of former prime minister Kevin Rudd. 6:11am: I'm also keeping an eye on Turkey this morning where a fourth day of protests are coming to an end. Riot police are still on the streets of Istanbul as thousands continue to demonstrate against the government. Al Jazeera reports a helicopter with a searchlight has been hovering over the crowds and a tear gas canisters thrown into the main square. Thousands of protesters gather for another rally at the Taksim square in Istanbul late on Monday. Photo: AP/Thanassis Stavrakis U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning arrives at the courthouse at Fort Meade. 6:09am: The court martial of alleged WikiLeaks leak, US Soldier Bradley Manning, has finally begun in a military court in Maryland, US. So far, prosecutors have said Pte Manning was an "arrogant soldier" who "systematically harvested" a vast trove of secret documents to share with Wikileaks and Osama Bin Laden had received leaked information. But defence lawyers said the 25 year-old was simply young and naive. 6:00am: It's not a great start on the M4 this morning. At South Wentworthville, a car has exploded into flames blocking the eastbound on-ramp from the Cumberland Highway down to the M4. There is another citybound crash on the M4 approaching the Cumerland Highway. 6:00am: Good morning Sydney. It will be a decent day today - partly cloudy, patchy morning fog in the west, top temperature of 19 degrees. The current temperature is just 10.5 degrees and the sun won't be full up until 6.53am. Wow, it's getting later and later.