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"Good morning, and here is the 8 o'clock news, here on Radio Sunshine, for today, April 1st.
Hopes were fading last night of a peaceful settlement of the border dispute between North and South Wales. A long, bitter struggle now looks inevitable after the predictable breakdown of yesterday's talks.

Fears are growing for the lives of the fifteen people whose boat capsized and sank off the Isle of Wight early yesterday morning. diver at the scene said: "There's really not the remotest chance of any of them being found alive now". The accident was almost certainly caused by the unexpected change in weather conditions at that time and may have happened as close as twenty metres from the shore.

The safety of the 250 passengers hijacked late yesterday afternoon was still in the balance last night. The ten billion dollars had definitely not been paid by the midnight deadline, and it seems unlikely that it will be in the foreseeable future. What the hijackers' next move will be is anybody's guess.

Prospects of an end to the three-month-old strike of Public Service Employees still look slim. A union spokesman is quoted as saying: “There's no possibility of any progress while the Government remain so stubborn. There's no way we'll accept two and a half per cent".

A Government Minister commented: "An increased offer is absolutely out of the question, certainly this year and most likely for some years to come".

It looks as if unemployment figures, interest rates and inflation are all certain to continue rising. Cabinet of Ministers now admit there is very littl e likelihood of any improvement before the end of the decade. Meanwhile BP has announced that in all probability they will be forced to put up their petrol prices by 15 % from next month . It is thought that their competitors are bound to follow suit. A further increase before the end of the year has not been ruled out, while heavier taxation on petrol is still very much on the cards.

Sport, and the eight-day cricket match between Canton Bern and Canton Zurich seems set to be a draw. After three days of heavy snow, it is extremely doubtful whether either side can force a result. And finally, the weather: today is sure to be wet and windy again; some areas might have thunderstorms and there could be some snow in the north. However, there is a distinct possibility that the sun will break through in some parts at tea-time, for a short period. The time is five past eight. And now over to ..."