Checkpoint

United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland meeting in Cardiff as calls for the break up of the UK gather momentum, as well new fast-track legislation could see Nigle Farage's Reform UK party facing action over its recent donations.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

The side were stunned at the weekend by a loss to the Dolphins, leaving them needing to win three in a row to clinch a maiden title. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

It's been almost three weeks since a devastating flash flood ripped through villages on the Nepal-Tibet border. Approximately 1,300 people are known to have died in the disaster, with thousands more still feeling the affects. Veteran-led group Taskforce Kiwi has sent three volunteers to central Nepal's Nuwakot region which suffered catastrophic damage in the flooding. Taskforce Kiwi's team lead Steph Rotarangi spoke to Lisa Owen.

The family of a Christchurch woman murdered by a patient who absconded from a psychiatric hospital have asked why it took their mother's death for changes to be made at Hillmorton.Laisa Waka Tunidau was stabbed to death by Zakariye Mohamed Hussein outside her Sockburn home in June 2022, after he left Hillmorton Hospital on unescorted community leave. An inquest into her death began in Christchurch today. Timothy Brown was in the Coroner's Court and filed this report.