Morning Express: Friday, April 5 8:03am: On the train network, buses are operating between Hornsby and Epping on the Northern Line due to urgent repairs at Normanhurst. Passengers should catch a replacement bus to Epping and then continue on a train towards the city or catch a train to Hornsby and travel via the North Shore Line. Trains travelling from Newcastle and the Central Coast towards Sydney are operating via the North Shore Line and will make an additional stop at Chatswood. Traffic on the Pacific Highway and other roads in the north is very heavy. 8:01am: Plenty going on with the roads: At Roseville Chase, there is a breakdown citybound on Warringah Road at the Roseville Bridge. At Cabramatta West, there is a burst water main on Cabramatta Road at Lime Street. At North Sydney, there is a broken down car on the Warringah Freeway at the Ridge St Overpass 8:01am: To recap the weather, it will be partly cloudy today with showers throughout the day. The top temperature is 23 degrees across Sydney. Saturday will be wet and 23 degrees. Sunday has a chance of showers, top of 23 degrees. Remember clocks go back an hour for Daylight Savings at 3am on Sunday. 7:46am: Confused about the week's news? The SMH Letters to the Editor page always makes it clear. I'm finding it hard to get this into perspective - the NSW government thinks that a pedestrian crossing painted in rainbow colours is dangerous, but allowing amateur shooters to hunt in national parks is not ("Bureaucracy backlash over rainbow crossing plan," April 4). Meredith Cridland Woolwich A North Korea meme circulating on the internet on April 5. 7:36am: Poor North Korea, why will no one take them seriously? The memes, like this one below, are starting to flow and Anonymous has hacked the regime's official Twitter and Flickr accounts and posted fake Wanted posters and a picture of Kim Jong-un with a pig nose. 7:22am: In another courtroom yesterday, a man who gambled away almost $1.5 billion in 14 months at Melbourne's Crown Casino began his fight to win back a small fraction of his losses. Gold Coast businessman Harry Kakavas was Australia's "highest of high rollers" but he claims Crown knew he was a pathological gambler and lured him back anyway. 'Highest of high rollers': Harry Kakavas says Crown Casino knew he was a pathological gambler but continued to let him gamble away millions. 7:13am: The George Street you're busing down this morning might look very different in a couple of years. This gallery of pics shows the City of Sydney's plans for George Street to be a tree-lined boulevard accessible only to pedestrians and trams from Bridge to Liverpool streets. But the breadth of the council's concept has already been rejected by the NSW government as wishful thinking. 7:03am: Disaster on the train network this morning: Trains replace buses between Hornsby and Epping on the Northern Line due to a wiring repairs at Normanhurst. Passengers should catch a replacement bus service to Epping and then a train towards the city or catch a train to Hornsby and travel via the North Shore Line. 7:01am: To recap the weather, it will be rainy and grey today with a top temperature of 23 degrees across Sydney. Saturday will be wet and 23 degrees, Sunday has a chance of showers and top of 23 degrees. Remember to put your clocks back an hour at 3am on Sunday morning. #daylightsavings 6:59am: The roads are looking pretty ugly this morning: At Gladesville, traffic lights are not working both ways on Victoria Road at Massey Street. At Strathfield, lights are not working both ways on The Boulevard at Morwick Street. At West Pymble, a broken down vehicle is causing delays on Lane Cove Road at Lady Game Drive. At Crows Nest, traffic lights are not working both ways on Miller Street at Ernest Street. At Engadine, an accident on the Princes Highway at Old Bush Rd is causing havoc northbound. At North Sydney, there is a breakdown on the Warringah Freeway at Falcon Street. 6:36am: Moving back to news at home, it has been a wet ol' week. Sydneysiders are being advised to keep their umbrellas handy today after the wettest start to April in at least 14 years. It won't be as heavy this morning and earlier in the week but it will stay drizzly. 6:21am: Elsewhere in world news, a British couple have been given long jail terms for killing six of their children in a deliberate housefire. Judge Kathryn Thirlwall said Mick Philpott was a "disturbingly dangerous man" and sentenced him to life in prison. Guilty: Mick Philpott and wife Mairead. 6:16am: Moving to world news now and all eyes are on North Korea. Yesterday, the hermit nation approved a nuclear strike on the US and said it could happen today or tomorrow. It's 4am there now, I will bring any updates as soon as they happen. 6:13am: I'll be keeping an eye out for any flooding on the roads this morning. Elsewhere, there is bad congestion in Padstow on the M5 at Fairford Road. Lights are flashing yellow at Strathfield on The Boulevarde at Morwick Street. 6:12am: Big problems on the train system this morning on the Northern Line and Newcastle and Central Coast Line. Trains between Hornsby and Epping have been suspended due to urgent overhead wiring repairs at Normanhurst . Trains between Hornsby and Newcastle are still operating. Buses will arrive at Hornsby Station soon. Better idea is to travel via Chatswood to Epping then change for a Northern Line train towards Hornsby or the city. Citybound trains between Newcastle and the Central Coast will operate via the North Shore Line and make additional stops at Chatswood. 6:10am: On the front pages of the other newspapers: The Australian Financial Review reports that the federal government is accelerating efforts to end the damaging speculation surrounding superannuation and wants to announce the changes as early as Friday. The Age in Melbourne says the Gillard government is set to announce funding for Melbourne's $9 billion metro rail tunnel, placing it at odds with Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, who has said he will back the east-west road link if elected prime minister. The Australian reports that Labor governments in South Australia and Tasmania have emerged as the largest employers of 457 visa holders in their states, using foreign workers to meet labour shortages in their health systems and blunting the Gillard government's crackdown on the temporary visa program. 6:00am: Looking ahead to the weekend weather, it's pretty grey. Saturday: showers, top temperature of 23 degrees. Sunday: possible shower, top temperature of 23 degrees.