1Homeowner anxiety continues tonight, faced with uncertainty over whether the banks will increase their mortgage interest rates. Government efforts to dissuade banks from raising rated appear to have failed. Interview with the Chairman of the Bankers' Association, George Stoopin.

2A British Airways steward saved the life of the captain of a BAC1-11 today as he was being sucked out of the cockpit window at 20,000 feet.

3Four people are dead following a massive explosion on a Norwegian oil tanker in the Gulf of Mexico. The resulting oil spill is threatening to be the worst in United States history.

4More allegations have arisen about property developer Giovanni di Stefano. United States Immigration officials are now examining his visa credentials.

5The Government has pledged an additional $5 million for Special Education in mainstream schools in New Zealand.

6Opposition leader Jim Bolger is predicting the Government will reduce Goods and Services Tax (GST) as part of an election bribe.

7The High Court has approved the Government's plan to proceed with the sale of State Insurance to Norwich Union.

8The Department of Conservation (DOC) wants to declare more marine parks, which could lead to a ban on some popular fishing spots.

9Bulgaria's former Communist Party (renamed the Socialists) appears to be heading for victory in Bulgaria's first democratic election in more than forty years.

10Western sightseers and tourists are flocking to Eastern Europe now that the Iron Curtain has fallen.

11Citizens of Naples have poured into the streets in protest at what they say is their local Government's "bureaucratic bungling" of the FIFA World Cup Football tournament.