1The stock market continued to fall today, losing thirteen points on the Barclays Index. However, the New Zealand dollar is continuing to strengthen against some currencies.

2New Zealand authorities have denied a French lawyer's claims that the pair charged with the Rainbow Warrior bombing are being harshly treated in prison. A public opinion poll in France, shows that half of those surveyed believed the French Secret Service were behind the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior.

3New Zealand's new High Commissioner to London will be announced tomorrow.

4A deputation of farmers from the Hakataramea Valley left Wellington today, confident of receiving Government help.

5A team of five Fraud Squad detectives are being helped by money market experts in trying to unravel to complexities of the Broadback foreign exchange controversy.

6Convicted drug dealer Peter Fulcher appeared in the Auckland District Court again today, facing eighteen charges relating to the 1980 hold up of the Symonds Street branch of the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ).

7Australian High Court judge, Lionel Murphy has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison for attempting to pervert the course of justice.

8Hurricane Eleanor hit the Mississippi coast today with winds of up to 200 kilometres per hour. However, damage and casualties are relatively light.

9British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has reshuffled her Cabinet.

10A strike by South Africa's Black miners has gained only partial support, with both the miners and the employers accusing each other of intimidation.

11Five New Zealand left for Pakistan today with the intention of helping out at a Red Cross hospital treating wounded Afghan rebels.

12The Chairman of the Auckland Regional Authority (ARA), Fred Thomas is still holding on to his post, despite a concerted effort to get him to step down.

13Talks are continuing in the dispute that has stopped most of Auckland's bus services for the past five days.

14The New Zealand Musicians' Union is angry at entertainer John Rowles, who plans to use only Australian musicians in his back-up band.

15The price of oil will drop by five cents a litre from midnight tonight.

16AH Robbins, the American manufacturer of the intrauterine device (IUD) Dalkon Shield is facing financial difficulty, but New Zealand women seeking damages from the company do not appear unduly concerned.

17Minister of Energy Bob Tizard is expected to announce another electricity price increase in two weeks.

18A team of Army medics left Burnham Camp today to mount a fly-spraying campaign on a remote Fijian island.

19The Health Department wants all general practitioners (GPs) to begin counselling patients who are high-risk candidates for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

20The American - French research team that has pinpointed the wreck of the Titanic, has rejected speculation that it is planning to refloat the liner.

21A study released today shows that most New Zealand rivers are polluted.

22Formal evidence supporting the application for Aotearoa Broadcasting has now been lodged with the Broadcasting Tribunal.

23Polynesian reggae group Herbs, have achieved their first gold record, selling over 500,000 copies of their latest album Long Ago.

24The British Wardrobe Association says Prince Charles should leave his wardrobe choices to his fashion-conscious wife, Princess Diana. The Association says his clothing choices are "dull and boring".

25Regional News Regional News headlines, which replace today's scheduled episode of Top Half, due to the broadcasts journalists' strike.