1The latest One Network News Heylen poll has revealed a record gap has opened up between Labour and National, with the Opposition having a 27% lead over the Government.

2Secret Witness B, a key witness in the Peter Plumley-Walker murder trial, now says his evidence is unreliable.

3An internal investigation into the death of a 75 year old man in Auckland Hospital has cleared medical staff of allegations that they deliberately let him die due to his age and terminal illness.

4Fire fighters claim their new safety suits could actually make their job more dangerous because they get too hot.

5Air New Zealand cabin crews have voted this evening to accept a revised offer from management over staffing of the new long-haul jumbo jets.

6The Kiwi Red pilot who was killed during a training accident in October 1989 has been blamed for the accident.

7Three New Zealand passengers who were on board United Airlines Flight 811, which had a door blow out mid-flight, have won a substantial settlement from the company.

8Police are now treating the disappearance of Larry Mills in Queenstown a week ago as a homicide.

9British Customs officers have intercepted what is believed to be the biggest gun in the world, manufactured in Sheffield for Iraq.

10Ill health has forced Mother Theresa to resign as head of the Sisters of Charity in India.

11The release of Black activist leader Nelson Mandela from prison two months ago brought new hope of a united fight against apartheid in South Africa. However, now questions are being asked about whether Mandela the man can live up to the myth and hope his name has engendered. In Natal Province, the ongoing war between opposing Black factions shows no signs of calming.

12Israeli Labour leader Shimon Peres is tonight making another bid to form a new Coalition Government. His last attempt was scuppered by an 88-year old American Rabbi, who has never set foot in Israel.

13Moscow City Council has been taken over by radicals determined to make sweeping changes to city services.

14A $20 million Easter Egg made of gold and diamonds is on display in London.