1Lone yachtsman Con Flinn, missing at sea for ten days, has turned up safe and well on Great Barrier Island today.

2The flooding in Eastern Australia is worsening tonight. The New South Wales town of Nyngan is almost completely underwater, but still some residents are refusing to evacuate. The same weather system has caused heavy rainfall in Wellington, leading to rush hour traffic chaos.

3United States President George Bush is tonight expected to announce limited trade and economic sanctions to punish the Soviet Union for its crackdown on Lithuania. However, he is loathe to jeopardise progress made between the Soviet Union and the West, or undermine Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev domestically.

4There is another serious fire at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, where six prisoners continue to hold out against authorities.

5Film star Elizabeth Taylor is seriously ill in a California Hospital with pneumonia. She has been ventilated and is in intensive care.

6North Shore City ratepayers are claiming victory after the Council backed down on its plans to hike rates by more than 20%.

7Centrepoint community leader Bert Potter has been jailed for three and a half years for possession and supply of ecstasy.

8Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, has spent the day in Wellington today and tonight has returned to Auckland.

9As freed American Robert Polhill recuperates in West Germany today, there is new speculation that more hostages may soon be released by Islamic Jihad. Is Israel trying to broker a deal with Iran?

10A militant new coalition called ACTUP is demanding more help for people with AIDS in the United States.

11A reenactment of New Zealand's first national army and police force, The Armed Constabulary, was played out in Wellington tonight.

12Today is the eve of the 75th anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli and large numbers of people, across all age groups, are beginning to gather at ANZAC Cove ahead of ceremonies.