Checkpoint

English footballer David Beckham is expected to miss out on playing in a fourth World Cup, despite undergoing successful surgery on his torn Achilles tendon. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

A Taranaki-based organic dairy co-operative has been placed in receivership just six months after having its cheese-processing factory up and running. Audio

Floodwater from Queensland is now spreading across tens of thousands of square kilometres into New South Wales. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

Federated Farmers says the Government's plan for rolling out high speed internet access to rural New Zealand is not ambitious enough. Audio

Europe's finance ministers have agreed how to help Greece in its battle to control its finances. Audio

The US Congress has put forward legislation that would overhaul the financial system and if necessary break-up firms which pose a threat to the world's biggest economy. Audio

Hopes that Auckland might host the Commonwealth Games in eight years have been dashed, with the Government saying it would cost too much. Audio

An adventure tourism organisation hopes to launch New Zealand's first power-fan jump experience, down a 13-metre mine shaft in Greymouth this year. Audio

Supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra have been queuing in their thousands to give blood in Bangkok - which they're planning to pour on the steps of parliament. Audio

Telecom says it'll lose 56 million dollars a year off its gross earnings for the next three years under the government's plans for rural broadband. Audio