Checkpoint for Thursday 15 July 2010

6:56 PM.Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has taken on the social networking site Facebook after thousands of online tributes appeared praising a gunman. Audio

6:56 PM.Smoking is losing its popularity with young people - but new figures show the gap between Maori girls and their European counterparts has widened. Audio

6:53 PM.A long-time supporter of Allan Hubbard says the Timaru businessman is using his own money to help some investors pay for food and electricity. Audio

6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:44 PM.The top brass from about 90 of the country's big firms say they're taking on the responsibility to reduce workplace deaths. Audio

6:41 PM.Vitamin D deficiency has long been associated with Osteoporosis and now there's increasing evidence that it's also linked with declining brain function. Audio

6:37 PM.Special forces in Afghanistan are carrying out a search for the rogue Afghan soldier who killed three other soldiers. Audio

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

6:25 PM.Frustration with the lack of change in the meat industry has driven a prominent campaigner to get out of lamb and beef farming and concentrate on dairying instead. Audio

6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:18 PM.Clashes have erupted in Northern Ireland's capital Belfast for a fourth night as Protestants carry out their traditional Orange marches through Catholic areas. Audio

6:13 PM.The New Zealand transatlantic rower Rob Hamill plans to meet and question the Khmer Rouge commander who controlled the Cambodian prison where his brother was tortured and killed. Audio

6:10 PM.The top brass from about 90 of the country's big firms say they're taking on the responsibility to reduce workplace deaths. Audio

6:07 PM.The Canterbury District Health Board says lives will be at risk if the Government changes the way local authorities manage drinking water supplies. Audio

5:58 PM.A female kiwi, known as Dark Star has spent the past two months recovering from a broken foot, after being hit by a car. Audio

5:52 PM.Exotic pine trees are growing in the wild like noxious weeds threatening more than a million hectares of New Zealand landscape and delicate native ecosystems. Audio

5:48 PM.Defying talk of a stalled economic recovery and plummeting business confidence, manufacturing is doing its bit for growth by producing more for the tenth month in a row. Audio

5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:44 PM.It's been estimated that by the middle of this century Australia may need an extra one and a half trillion litres of water to cope with a population of up to 45-million people. Audio

5:41 PM.New evidence shows smoking is becoming less popular among young people. Audio

5:38 PM.Patients at Wellington Hospital's emergency department who have received tetanus boosters in the last ten years are being assured that they aren't at risk despite being given an ineffective vaccine. Audio

5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:28 PM.Bugging prisoners phones in New Plymouth's jail has led to drugs charges against three people. Audio

5:24 PM.BP has started crucial tests to see if a cap on the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is strong enough to stop the leak. Audio

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

5:18 PM.On the line is the president of the Law Society, Jonathan Temm. Audio

5:13 PM.A last minute apology by the controversial lawyer Chris Comeskey may have saved him from being struck-off for professional misconduct. Audio

5:08 PM.The Canterbury District Health Board says people could die as a result of Government plans to reduce the red tape controlling the quality of drinking water. Audio

5:00 PM.Fears people could die if red tape for water quality is reduced, Disgraced lawyer avoids being struck-off but faces suspension, The Law Society reacts to Comesky suspension, BP begins tests on capping… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The police investigating the shooting of a 31 year old Feilding dairy farmer say they still haven't established a motive. Audio