New Zealand and Britain have signed a landmark open skies deal, allowing New Zealand’s airlines to operate unlimited flights into and out of the UK.

Lawyers defending seven Pitcairn Islands men against a string of sex charges have been granted the right to challenge the trial process before Britain’s highest appellate court, British authorities said today.

Pitcairn islanders have been ordered to hand their guns to British authorities over fears that a six-week sex trial could lead to violence.

A letter threatening a terrorist attack using cyanide has been sent to a New Zealand newspaper, police said today.