1A new report has found growing evidence that man-made chemicals in common cleaning products are behind surging rates of cancer, birth defects and infertility.

2A new Civil Aviation Authority report has found that balloon pilot Lance Hopping was not licensed to fly when he crashed a balloon in Carterton last year. Hopping and his ten passengers were killed.

3Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has spent his first night out of custody since being arrested for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He was granted bail for over $127,000 and has indicated he wants to contact Reeva's family.

4Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong is being sued by the United States government, which has accused him of defrauding the postal service by taking $35 million worth of sponsorship money while using performance enhancing drugs.

5The ACT Party have held their annual conference today at multi-millionaire Alan Gibson's farm near Auckland.

6The Government has given up on trying to rid the country of Kauri Dieback Disease because they do not believe it can be eradicated.

7Trans Pacific Waste Management is the latest company to announce staff cutbacks. Thousands of people have lost their jobs this month. Is New Zealand facing a jobs crisis?

8Six underground takes of radioactive waste are leaking at the United States Nuclear Reservation in Washington State.

9There is fury in India after three young sisters aged 7, 9 and 11 were raped and murdered and their bodies thrown in a well.

10Australian Police have found the body of a teenage boy who was swept into a storm water drain during torrential rain and flooding in New South Wales. At least one other person is thought to have died int the storms, 3000 people are isolated on the north coast, and many have been evacuated.

11One person has been killed as torrential rain swamped the Greek capital of Athens.

12Organisers of a water slide event on farmland near Auckland smoothed over safety concerns in time for the public's arrival this morning. The event is being held to raise awareness of depression.

13Film3 A review of the movie "Amour" which is wowing the critics worldwide, as well as a look at the New Zealand box office top five movies of the week.

14 An American high school basketball coach is being lauded for putting his faith in a player with developmental difficulties when his time was on the verge of winning the final match of the competition. An opposing player then showed the ultimate display of sportsmanship when he deliberately passed Mitchell the ball so he could score a basket.