Stories making headlines around the country today include a freak accident putting a school bus in jeopardy and pooches getting a second chance in prison.
A pilot programme at Hawke's Bay Regional Prison is saving dogs earmarked to be put down and giving them a "second chance" at life.
In a freak accident a Northland bus driver was seriously injured after a piece of scaffolding smashed through the windscreen of his packed school bus.
Another truck driver had a lucky escape after his vehicle flipped into a ditch when he lost control just out of Tinui.
Riccarton Community Watch members are red-faced after losing a briefcase from an unlocked patrol car.
