1Animal Rights / Vivisection The Christmas season leads to an increase in the number of abandoned animals. However, every year in New Zealand, it is estimated that 250,000 animals die in laboratories as a result of experiments designed tot est a whole range of products. There appears to be a lunatic fringe opposed to the use of animals in scientific research, but there is a growing general feeling that vivisection is undignified and inhumane. But what would happen if these products were not tested on laboratory animals? What are the alternatives? How far should the rights of animals be taken? Should all meatworks be closed down, for example? Should everyone become vegetarian and stop wearing leather? Discussion and viewer feedback about the rights of animals with vet Maggie Gething.

2Britain may become the next country to arrange a needle exchange scheme for drug addicts. The supply of clean needles to addicts is seen as a significant step in combating the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The New Zealand Nurses' Association also supports the introduction of such a move in this country.

3Israeli soldiers have shot and injured a teenage Palestinian girl during a clash in the occupied Gaza Strip.

4The South African Government is to impose more restrictions on news coverage from tomorrow. Meanwhile, in Johannesburg, parents have been praying for the release of their children from detention

5Britain's Opposition Labour Party has officially launched its controversial Non-Nuclear Defence Policy and has confirmed that it plans to close all American nuclear bases in Britain, although it does not specify a timeframe.

6A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

7Prince William has made a successful stage appearance, playing a shepherd in his nursery school Nativity play.

8Animal Rights / Vivisection The Christmas season leads to an increase in the number of abandoned animals. However, every year in New Zealand, it is estimated that 250,000 animals die in laboratories as a result of experiments designed tot est a whole range of products. There appears to be a lunatic fringe opposed to the use of animals in scientific research, but there is a growing general feeling that vivisection is undignified and inhumane. But what would happen if these products were not tested on laboratory animals? What are the alternatives? How far should the rights of animals be taken? Should all meatworks be closed down, for example? Should everyone become vegetarian and stop wearing leather? Discussion and viewer feedback about the rights of animals with vet Maggie Gething.

9A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

10Animal Rights / Vivisection The Christmas season leads to an increase in the number of abandoned animals. However, every year in New Zealand, it is estimated that 250,000 animals die in laboratories as a result of experiments designed tot est a whole range of products. There appears to be a lunatic fringe opposed to the use of animals in scientific research, but there is a growing general feeling that vivisection is undignified and inhumane. But what would happen if these products were not tested on laboratory animals? What are the alternatives? How far should the rights of animals be taken? Should all meatworks be closed down, for example? Should everyone become vegetarian and stop wearing leather? Discussion and viewer feedback about the rights of animals with vet Maggie Gething.