Top Stories for Thursday 26 November 2015

US military say catalogue of blunders led to air strike on hospital;Serco has gone to High Court challenging report on Mt Eden prison;Firefighters battle big forest fire near Blenheim;Crewman of downed Russian bomber jet alive and rescued;Academics decry "dangerous trend" of limiting academic freedom;Alpine cliff team want break in weather in Fox Glacier recovery;Two jerseys once worn by All Black great George Nepia are up for sale;Labour manages one concession in Australia;Parent vows to fight closure of Redcliffs school;Gigatown Dunedin promising more visible signs after slow first year;Swift-watch ruffles a few feathers on Auckland's west coast.