1The Government will invite the United States to send another warship to New Zealand, but the Government will need to be satisfied that the ship is not nuclear armed. The Labour Party Conference in Christchurch has today passed a series of resolutions seen as bolstering the Government's nuclear ships ban.

2Prime Minister David Lange says he understands the financial pain New Zealanders are suffering and he is determined not to punish them any more.

3The retail price of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) is to drop from midnight tonight.

4Auckland's Mount Eden Prison has confirmed that French spies Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur are subject to extra security precautions.

5The French Government has ordered an immediate inquiry into rail safety following the country's third train disaster in less than two months.

6Eight prisoners from the Spike Island Prison in Cork have fought a running battle with Police, after setting fire to dormitories.

7Three survivors of a light plane crash have been airlifted from rigged terrain in Papua New Guinea to a hospital in Port Moresby.

8Parents who have twins or triplets are to receive additional assistance from the Government. Advance Family benefit payments will be made available for each child of a multiple birth.

9The Health Department says kits to test donated blood for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) should be in use in all blood transfusion centres by the end of this month.