1The biggest meteor strike in more than a century has caused over 1000 injuries in a Russian city near the Ural mountains.

2An Auckland man who had been watching the meteor in Russia on television was given a surprise when a loud bang shook his house last night. However, a car ploughing into his deck was just the final act in a sequence of events that led to a homicide investigation with multiple scenes. The driver suffered what Police call 'self-inflicted wounds' after a dispute between friends resulted in the stabbing death of a man in Half Moon Bay.

3A Christchurch man has undergone surgery to remove a 9cm knife from his head.

4South African paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius sobbed in court today as he was charged with murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

5Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell is promising to 'vigorously fight' all of the child sex charges laid against him. Le Vell's character, Kevin Webster will be edited out of episodes pending the outcome of legal proceedings.

6New Zealand's first Pride Parade in twelve years is just finishing in Ponsonby. For the first time, members of the New Zealand Defence Force have marched in the parade in uniform.

7A new study reveals parents could be inadvertently condemning their children to a life of obesity. The research suggests that if a child is overweight at four years of age he or she is more likely to be an obese adult than a four year old at a healthy weight.

8An Australian soldier has been killed by a truck while walking near Canterbury's Burnham Army base.

9Sea Shepherd activists say they have been involved in a confrontation with Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean.

10California police have confirmed that they started the fire which killed fugitive and former officer Christopher Dorner.

11The first law suit has been launched against Carnival Cruises by a Carnival Triumph passenger who suffered for five days on the disabled cruise liner in the Gulf of Mexico.

12Having been delayed by two years because of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the census has got under way with the first forms delivered to households today.

13The world's first bionic man has been unveiled for a British television documentary and is on display at the London Museum and Library of Science. New Zealand firm Rex Bionics actively helped to get the project off the ground.

14Harley Davidson has initiated a new series of marketing strategies to attract a new demographic to its motorcycles. More than 1000 riders gathered to mark the 110th anniversary of the company in Auckland today.