Live updates: Today's latest news

updated 20:36 Published: 6:59AM Thursday November 08, 2012 Source: ONE News

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  Minister of Justice Judith Collins. - Source: ONE News

8.35pm: Police say they have found a body in Waihohonu Stream at the scene of a truck that crashed on the Desert Road early this morning. 

7.38pm: A Tongan church president is being urged to resign after he invested funds into a failed investment scheme run by a New Zealander. 

6.39pm: All Blacks hooker Andrew Hore expects Wyatt Crockett to be the major beneficiary of the extra front-row option against Scotland. 

6.08pm: Police are appealing for sightings of a 25-year-old "armed and dangerous" Auckland man.

5.16pm: Westpac economists say it is clear the labour market has taken a turn for the worse. 

4.57pm: Cases where convicted criminals have moved into the same neighbourhood as their victims have prompted the Government to introduce a new type of restraining order . 

4.05pm: The EPMU Union say up to 60 jobs could be lost when Dynamic Controls, which designs and makes controls for powered wheelchairs, winds down its contract manufacturing business in Christchurch. 

3.46pm: Modern Family actress Ariel Winter has been removed from her mother's care by child protective services for the second time.

3.25pm: The death toll is rising in Guatemala after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck this morning. 

3.01pm: An Anglo-German team of astronomers has discovered a new planet orbiting a nearby sun at just the right distance for an Earth-like climate. 

2.20pm: A young father who repeatedly broke his baby daughter's limbs has been jailed for two years and five months after the Appeal Court found his original sentence was insufficient.

1.57pm: A senior fire service official who oversaw a rescue team at the collapsed CTV building says he gained his early information from television reports, an inquest has heard. 

1.17pm: Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins will spend the night in hospital with minor rib injuries after a collision with a van. 

12.45pm: A sugar-laden muesli bar endorsed by the Heart Foundation is deceptive, a Wellington father has complained to the Commerce Commission.

12.31pm: Lawmakers in Greece have passed an austerity package that earlier sparked violent protests in Athens. 

12.09pm:  A toxic chemical truck which crashed on State Highway One this morning was carrying three 50kg containers of swimming pool cleaner, the fire service has confirmed. Watch video here:

 

11.54am: The New Zealand dollar tumbled about half a US cent today after unemployment figures showed a sharp increase in jobless numbers. 

11.44am: Kiwi woman adrift in strken yacht, reports the Rescue Coordination Centre.

11.28am: The Governor of San Marco reports that the Guatemala quake death toll has risen to 39 people. 

10.53am: The unemployment rate rose to 7.3% in the September 2012 quarter, up from 6.8% in the June 2012 quarter, Statistics New Zealand reports. 

10.45am: Celtic shock Barcelona with memorable win . 

10.35am: Local Fire Chief confirms death toll has risen to 18, following a strong quake in Guatemala today. 

10.31am: Melissa Stokes brings you the latest news from NZ and around the world. Watch here: 

10.30am: Sealord has been fined more than $60,000 after a fisherman working on board one of its vessels fell through a hatch, rupturing his spleen . 

10.16am: Actress Kirstie Alley has rejected widespread Hollywood speculation that the  John Travolta is secretly gay. 

9.39am: A second teen has been charged with the murder of a 23-year-old Mangere man.

9.03am: The New Zealand dollar rose to above 83 cents overnight. It recently traded at 82.57 US cents from 82.54 cents at 5pm in Wellington yesterday. 

8.42am: A wintry storm dropped snow on the US Northeast today and threatened to bring dangerous winds and flooding to a region still climbing out from the devastation of Superstorm Sandy. 

 

8.39am: Fire services confirm that hazardous chemicals have leaked from truck which is submerged in a stream near Tongariro National Park . 

8.25am: In the first major backdown since Canterbury's school shake-up was announced, Education Minister Hekia Parata has ruled out merging four Christchurch secondary schools into two.

8.06am: Barack Obama has broken three social media records after winning the US Presidential election last night, Guinness World Records has confirmed. 

8.04am: Two unreleased Whitney Houston songs have appeared on the internet.

7.57am: Eight deaths confirmed after strong earthquake in Guatemala, a local fire chief reports.

 

7.49am: US stocks fell more than 2% today, putting the S&P 500 on track for its biggest drop since June, as investors shifted their focus to a looming fiscal showdown in Congress after President Barack Obama's re-election. 

7.21am: Police have named the man missing on the West Coast as Rex Leslie Taylor, 50, of Christchurch. Search and Rescue teams are continuing their search this morning.

7.20am: Today's morning weather forecast with Sam Wallace. 

6.57am: Professor Robert Patman from Otago University tells TV ONE's Breakfast that President Obama does not have any easy road ahead of him. 

"Mr Obama has some massive tasks facing him. One of which is the economy, which all exit polls suggest remains the number one issue for most Americans," said Patman.

"Because he has a fresh mandate I think the Republicans who prevented him passing a budget in 2011, which led to this arrangement called the Fiscal Cliff, they are going to have to reconsider if are they going to continue to be obstructive, or are they going to take the view the President only has a narrow mandate, and they are entitled to go on? I don't think so," he said.

6.55am: Violence erupts in Athens over austerity measures. 

 

6.40am: British actor Clive Dunn, best known as a bumbling old butcher in the popular World War Two sitcom Dad's Army, has died, his agent said today. 

6.35am: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla sampled rare wine, local meats, cheese and other produce - as well as Tim Tams during their whirlwind tour of Adelaide. 6.21am: Emergency services are at the scene of a serious truck crash at Tongariro National Park. 

6.18am: Scotland has hired a renowned psychologist this week in an attempt to instil the belief they can secure an unlikely upset over the All Blacks in Edinburgh . 

6.07am: A strong earthquake off the coast of Guatemala today shook buildings in Guatemala City and San Salvador, witnesses said. 

5.55am: After President Barack Obama's re-election, world leaders expressed hope for stronger cooperation with the United States on issues ranging from the struggle against Islamic extremism to international trade. Read their reaction here . 

5.28am: A Morrinsville police officer has lost his career after stealing cash from a wallet found by a member of the public. 

5.11am: Fresh from a decisive re-election win, President Barack Obama returns from the campaign trail today with little time to savour victory, facing urgent economic challenges, a looming fiscal showdown and a still-divided Congress able to block his every move.