1Drink Driving The approach of the festive season coincides with a spike in deaths and injuries on the roads due to drunk driving. However, the penalties for drink-driving are light, and the chances of getting caught are miniscule. Pubs provide patrons with huge free car parks. Traffic officers are often left to pick up the pieces following an accident, but do not have the powers to stop drunk drivers in their tracks. Some believe the only way to stop drink driving is to put the fear of God into all motorists, and give traffic officers and police the power to get offenders off the roads and keep them off, until the courts can deal with them. However, some claim that individual rights should trump public safety. Discussion and viewer feedback with National's Transport spokesman, Winston Peters.

2Two former Reagan Administration officials have refused to tell a United States Congressional committee how high in the White House the Iran arms affair went. Both former National Security Advisor John Poindexter and his former Aide Colonel Oliver North have pleaded the Fifth Amendment which protects them from self-recrimination.

3Northern Irish Protestant hardliner Reverend Ian Paisley has been expelled from the European Parliament in Strasbourg, after causing a disturbance during a speech by British Prime MInister Margaret Thatcher.

4A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

5Four year old Prince William will take part in a Nativity play performed by his London nursery school.

6Drink Driving The approach of the festive season coincides with a spike in deaths and injuries on the roads due to drunk driving. However, the penalties for drink-driving are light, and the chances of getting caught are miniscule. Pubs provide patrons with huge free car parks. Traffic officers are often left to pick up the pieces following an accident, but do not have the powers to stop drunk drivers in their tracks. Some believe the only way to stop drink driving is to put the fear of God into all motorists, and give traffic officers and police the power to get offenders off the roads and keep them off, until the courts can deal with them. However, some claim that individual rights should trump public safety. Discussion and viewer feedback with National's Transport spokesman, Winston Peters.

7A brief listing of the national and international news headlines.

8Drink Driving The approach of the festive season coincides with a spike in deaths and injuries on the roads due to drunk driving. However, the penalties for drink-driving are light, and the chances of getting caught are miniscule. Pubs provide patrons with huge free car parks. Traffic officers are often left to pick up the pieces following an accident, but do not have the powers to stop drunk drivers in their tracks. Some believe the only way to stop drink driving is to put the fear of God into all motorists, and give traffic officers and police the power to get offenders off the roads and keep them off, until the courts can deal with them. However, some claim that individual rights should trump public safety. Discussion and viewer feedback with National's Transport spokesman, Winston Peters.