Cheat sheet: Wednesday's news in 60 seconds.

Your speedy update on all the day’s stories, Wednesday, July 9 2014

1. Fears for the Gold Coast’s freed whale.

A humpback whale thought to be between 2 to 5 years old has been stranded on the Gold Coast since last night.

At the time of publishing, rescuers had freed the whale, however, it rolled on to its back and there are fears that it will drown.

A Palm Beach resident contacted police at 7pm last night to report the beached whale. A total of 20 people from Seaworld staff and RSPCA were helping the whale become free after being stranded in 30 centimetres of water.

This afternoon’s high tide helped the rescue efforts to get the whale off the beach and into the surf.

2. Children as young as 12 are using drugs to be better athletes.

The Daily Mail reports that a 3-year study by Griffith University and the University of Canberra found that 4% of junior athletes as young as 12 are using performance-enhancing drugs. With a third use nutritional supplements to be the best athlete in their field.

Researchers are concerned that young athletes using drugs has risen over the last 10 years, particularly in when drug-testing isn’t compulsory with young athletes.

Dr Moston, a researcher in the study, has called for more education on the side effects and moral dilemma of doping than an increase in testing.

3. Tara Moss attacked in Sydney.

This afternoon, Australian novelist, Tara Moss, 40, was attacked by a man in Sydney near Hyde Park. She immediately went to twitter to warn others.

4. The "KFC girl" gets free eye surgery.

Victoria Wilcher, 3, was attacked by 3 of her grandfather's pit bulls in April 2014. The attack disfigured her face and she lost an eye. Victoria's grandmother later alleged that KFC had kicked her grand-daughter out of their branch due to upsetting customers with her injuries - it was later revealed that there was no evidence of the claim.

However, the KFC incident made Victoria's situation famous and an outpouring of support followed. Today, Victoria arrived in Florida to get free eye surgery from prosthetist Raymond Peters and Las Vegas plastic surgeon Dr Frank Stile who donated their service and time.

The family also raised more than US$100,000 and according to their lawyer, Bill Kellum, plan “to having the money put in a discretionary trust account for Victoria with a third-party, non-family member designated as the trustee. They want to make sure every cent goes toward Victoria getting better.”