Checkpoint for Tuesday 30 October 2012

6:51 PM.To the UK now, where a former governor for of BBC Wales, and the chairman of the charity Children in Need says had suspicions about Jimmy Savile more than a decade ago. Audio

6:48 PM.The Government is seeking a meeting with a group objecting to a Treaty settlement in Palmerston North; Statistics New Zealand hopes a new survey to be held next year will provide a good picture of the… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.The 2012 US Elections are on track to be the highest spending political race in the history of mankind. Audio

6:37 PM.Returning now to the story of a Palmerston North amputee who was today sentenced to 12 months home detention on cannabis charges. Audio

6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:21 PM.Thousands of cleaners employed by small companies will lose the right to keep their jobs under a law change the Government wants to push through. Audio

6:18 PM.News from the business sector. Audio

6:14 PM.A Wellington residents group is asking why the region needs a Lord Mayor and a super council when the current system works well. Audio

6:11 PM.Before hitting the U.S, Sandy had already sliced through the Caribbean killing at least 50 people in Haiti where the full extent of the damage is just beginning to emerge. Audio

5:52 PM.A fertility specialist is urging fertility labs around the world to talk more openly with each other about mistakes that occur in labs. Audio

5:49 PM.The Government is seeking a meeting with a group objecting to a Treaty settlement in the central North Island; Statistics New Zealand hopes a new survey to be held next year will provide a good… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.At least 13 people have been killed in the United States and Canada as the superstorm Sandy roars its way through the eastern seaboard. Audio

5:39 PM.An amputee cannabis activist who sold the drug to an undercover Police officer, has escaped a jail term. Audio

5:35 PM.More manufacturers than ever are closing up as they appear to be struggling to survive with the high value of the New Zealand dollar. Audio

5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:25 PM.A Lord mayor and one council to rule them all. Audio

5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:19 PM.The man accused of killing an Auckland toddler told police officers the boy had fallen off a bed. Audio

5:16 PM.Thousands of cleaners employed by small companies will lose the right to keep their jobs under a law the Government wants to push through. Audio

5:13 PM.The first police officer at the scene of the CTV building collapse says rescuers will always wonder whether they could've done more to save those trapped under the rubble. Audio

5:11 PM.Sarah Knowles is a New Zealand free lance journalist in New York. She's on the upper westside in Manhattan and says the worst of the storm seems to have blown through now. Audio

5:00 PM.The death toll rises as Sandy hits the East Coast of the US. Thousands of cleaners may lose the right to keep their jobs if their business is sold and a Lord Mayor and one council to rule the capital.