ITV evening news with Mark Austin and Graham Miller. Plus the national weather with Sian Lloyd.
- China nightclub fire kills 300. Report by Tom Bradby
- Russia reestablishes radio contact with the Mir space station. Report by Sue Saville.
- Seven people shot dead in a work place mass shooting in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
- Railtrack to recruit 1,000 signal workers and engineers.
- Boxing day fox hunts and protests. Report by Eric MacInnes.
Broadcast on ITV Meridian after the James Bond film Goldfinger and before Emmerdale episode 2816.