1Law and Order (Part One of Five) Demands upon the police force and their responses to those demands have become more sophisticated in recent decades. New Zealand has more police officers in 1986 than at any other time in its history. However, crime has flourished despite this, and police feel they are fighting a losing battle, just trying to keep a lid on crime. If the police admit things are almost out of control, where to next? More police? Armed police? Curfews? ID cards? Discussion and viewer talkback with Police Commissioner Ken Thompson.

2Finance Minister Roger Douglas is due to announce major changes to the public sector later this afternoon in his mini Budget.

3Special police patrols on both sides of the English Channel are keeping a close watch out for a group of terrorists thought to be planning a bomb attack on a passenger ferry.

4South African police have discovered their biggest ever arms cache in a field near Johannesburg. More than 300 White South Africans have defied orders and staged a memorial service for slain Blacks in the township of Alexandra. In Crossroads, near Cape Town, fighting has broken out between rival Black groups.

5A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

6A report on how police in Britain are coming under increasing pressure as they deal with city violence, with special focus on the London suburb of Clapham.

7Law and Order (Part One of Five) Demands upon the police force and their responses to those demands have become more sophisticated in recent decades. New Zealand has more police officers in 1986 than at any other time in its history. However, crime has flourished despite this, and police feel they are fighting a losing battle, just trying to keep a lid on crime. If the police admit things are almost out of control, where to next? More police? Armed police? Curfews? ID cards? Discussion and viewer talkback with Police Commissioner Ken Thompson.

8A brief listing of the New Zealand and international news headlines.

9Law and Order (Part One of Five) Demands upon the police force and their responses to those demands have become more sophisticated in recent decades. New Zealand has more police officers in 1986 than at any other time in its history. However, crime has flourished despite this, and police feel they are fighting a losing battle, just trying to keep a lid on crime. If the police admit things are almost out of control, where to next? More police? Armed police? Curfews? ID cards? Discussion and viewer talkback with Police Commissioner Ken Thompson.

10A brief listing of the New Zealand news headlines.

11The French Government's refusal to allow American jets fly over France on their way to bomb Libya last month, has soured United States - French relations.

12Authorities in England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands have increased security at their seaports following reports that a group of terrorists thought to be planning a bomb attack on a passenger ferry.

13The anniversary of a revolt against martial law has been marked by prayers and confrontation in the South Korean city of Kwangju.

14In Britain, Reverend Peter Humphrey is still preaching, despite having just celebrated his 100th birthday.

15Ian Botham's international cricket career hangs in the balance today, following his confession in the British media that he has been a regular cannabis smoker for a number of years.