Checkpoint for Tuesday 4 May 2010

6:57 PM.Last year at age 92 Dame Vera Lynn found herself at number one on the British charts and now she's releasing a new album. Audio

6:55 PM.A member of one of Britain's most well-known acting families, she came to fame in one of the best known films of the sixties Georgie Girl. Audio

6:53 PM.Early visitor numbers to the World Expo in Shanghai have been much lower than the organisers predicted. Audio

6:50 PM.Some Fiji commentators say the interim government could be poised to pass another decree, this time governing how its citizens will be known to the outside world, and within Fiji itself. Audio

6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:44 PM.Britain's political leaders are making their final push to win over wavering voters just three days before the general election. Audio

6:41 PM.To Bangkok now where there are signs that the deadly political crisis that has gripped the capital for more than a month may be close to a resolution. Audio

6:39 PM.Less than three weeks after ash from a volcano in Iceland caused a major shutdown of European airspace, Ireland has reimposed flight restrictions because of ash being blown south. Audio

6:37 PM.A man who inflicted a number of serious injuries on his three-month-old son, including broken bones and bleeding in the brain, is tonight starting a six-year jail term. Audio

6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:29 PM.The Iranian president's scathing criticism of countries which possess nuclear weapons has prompted a walk-out by some delegates at a United Nations conference. Audio

6:26 PM.The medical world is still trying to discover exactly how inhaling gas knocks people out despite it being used as an anaesthetic for more than a hundred and fifty years. Audio

6:23 PM.The lead agency investigating the deaths of two seamen on a logging ship in Northland is considering the possibility that a chemical - such as methyl bromide - may have played a part. Audio

6:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:17 PM.The German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her cabinet have approved the country's contribution to the European Union and IMF rescue package for Greece. Audio

6:13 PM.BP says it won't be instructing its staff to give customers more help to change tyres or check water levels. Audio

6:11 PM.The Government has faced another grilling in Parliament over its proposals to mine more of the conservation estate. Audio

6:08 PM.Figures out today show pay packets are growing at their lowest level for nearly a decade and below the rate of inflation. Audio

5:56 PM.In Australia the New South Wales Government has begun watching what farmers are doing by satellite. Audio

5:53 PM.The electricity company TrustPower is defending its competitor Meridian Energy's actions in holding backwater in its hydro storage lakes, driving up the wholesale price of power. Audio

5:51 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:47 PM.The Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger has withdrawn his support for a plan to expand oil drilling in the Pacific Ocean off the State's coastline. Audio

5:40 PM.As many as twelve workers at a Southland meat works have had fingers or parts of their fingers amputated while operating band saws, according to the local Meat Workers Union. Audio

5:37 PM.Police searching for missing Whanganui woman Marice McGregor have seized a van and are questioning its owner. Audio

5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:29 PM.The Auckland Regional Council is squaring off against the government over mining, saying plans to drill on Great Barrier Island would be ethically irresponsible. Audio

5:24 PM.Poor communication and dysfunctional working relationships in the general surgery department at Whanganui Hospital are being blamed for the poor care given to an elderly man who later died. Audio

5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:19 PM.SAS troops could stay in Afghanistan longer than expected, as the Government appears to be reconsidering its commitment to the war effort. Audio

5:18 PM.The police have arrested a man in connection with the failed Times Square car bombing in New York. Audio

5:13 PM.The High Court has found the Privacy Commissioner, Marie Shroff, wrongly ruled against a doctor who told a nursing home one of its nurse aides was a drug addict. Audio

5:08 PM.More evidence today of the struggle to make ends meet with latest figures showing pay packets are growing at their lowest level for nearly a decade - and below the rate of inflation. Audio

5:00 PM.Wages increase at slowest pace in nearly a decade, High Court rules against Privacy Commissioner, Arrest in New York bomb plot and SAS could stay in Afghanistan longer than expected. Audio