1Breaking News A British holiday jet has caught fire while taking off from Manchester Airport. The death toll has thus far been put at 48.

2The junior doctors' row with the Government has reached flashpoint in Auckland tonight, where junior doctors voted to walk off the job in two weeks.

3Prime Minister david Lange today proposed a possible solution to the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS) nuclear ships row. He says a formula used during last year's military exercise in New Zealand could also be used for ships.

4Minister of Energy, Bob Tizard has spoken out in defence of the mining industry, and criticised those who are trying to tighten controls on mining.

5New Zealand detectives in Paris have been unable to confirm the true identity of the man being held in New Zealand on suspicion of bombing the Rainbow Warrior. However, the woman has been identified as French Army Captain Dominique Prieur.

6Broadbank, the merchant bank owned by Fletcher Challenge, now admits to having lost nearly $8 million due to unauthorised foreign exchange dealings by its staff.

7An Auckland lawyer has been convicted of stealing $10,000 from dead drug dealer Terry Clark.

8In its financial statement on Tuesday night, the Government laid out a timetable, as well as an equation, for its tax switch. Both factors have attracted criticism. Now those seeking relief from the current economic pain, are turning their attention to the coming wage round. Critics are also focussed on bringing their concerns to the Labour Party Conference next week. Interview with union negotiator Rob Campbell.

9Breaking News A British holiday jet has caught fire while taking off from Manchester Airport. The death toll has thus far been put at 48.

10France's governing Socialist Party today condemned without reserve the "criminal operation carried out against the Rainbow Warrior". The French Opposition say that the allegation that the French Secret Service were behind the bombing is proof that the French Government has lost control of its employees.