Teletext Recovery - 01/12/1999

P141 CEEFAX 2 141 Wed 01 Dec 13:34/41     WW    1/7 ABANDONED Police have appealed for a mother to come forward after a baby girl wrapped in blankets was found abandoned outside a house in Llandudno, north Wales. SHOOTING Police are seeking witnesses to a shooting in Newtown, Birmingham. It is not known if anyone was injured in the incident, the fifth of its kind in the city in recent weeks. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 World News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P141 CEEFAX 2 141 Wed 01 Dec 13:31/12         2/7 ONE DEAD, ONE HURT IN OVERNIGHT GALES One man has been killed and another seriously injured after gales brought havoc to parts of Britain. Robert Thompson, 52, was loading a van in Ferryhill, County Durham, when a strong gust blew him off his feet and intN the path of a passing car. Mr Thompson was pronounced dead on arrival at Dryburn Hospital in Durham. Elsewhere in the county a man was badly hurt when a tree was blown down on to his car, trapping him inside. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P141 CEEFAX 2 141 Wed 01 Dec 13:31/42         3/7 JAILED DRYVERS YN DRINK-DRYVE CAMPAIGN Motorists convicted of causing road deaths are to help deliver a hard- hitting campaign against drink-driving. TV and radio advertisements this Christmas will feature drink-drivers — all of whom have killed and are in jail They will give harrowing accounts of hof it has affected their lives. The 1999 campaign, being launched by transport minister Lord Whitty, targets 17 tN 24-year-olds with the slogan: "It can ruin your life and someone else's." Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P141 CEEFAX 2 141 Wed 01 Dec 13:36/02     W    4/7 BADGERS CULL EXPERIMENT GETS EU BACKING A Government plan to cull 20,000 badgers to discover whether the animals give TB to cattle does not breach EU wildlife conventions, experts ruled. The standing committee of the Bern Convention concluded the UK trial was in accordance with the convention. Last year the c-mmittee recommended that the trial should be investigated to see whether a breach had occurred. Campaigners against animal cruelty have repeatedly challenged the plans. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P141 CEEFAX 2 141 Wed 01 Dec 13:32/22         5/7 HEALTH SERVICE FRAUD DOUBLES TO £4.7m The amount of fraud detected in the NHS has doubled over the past year to £4.7m, the Audit Commission has said. The Commission has called for more action tM root out all misuse of public money — with the total cost of fraud tM the NHS each year estimated at £150m. It said fraud was a "serious and growing concern". The Government has announced an anti- fraud charter, which is being signed by the main professional health bodies. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P141 CEEFAX 2 141 Wed 01 Dec 13:42/42         6/7 I'M NOT ANOREXIC, INSISTS POSH SPICE Posh Spice Victoria Beckham has hit back at continuing rumours that she is suffering from an eating disorder. She admits having lost weight since giving birth to her baby son Brooklyn. But she said the "vicious" rumours about her eating habits were getting her and her family down. The Spice Girl, who is 5ft 6ins tall and weighs seven-and-a-half stone, told the MirrMr she was healthy and was eating well. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P141 CEEFAX 2 141 Wed 01 Dec 13:47/12         7/7 COUNCILS "SLOW" IN DEALING WITH FRAUD Councils are being urged to step up the fight against fraud after new figures revealed record levels of scams. Over 230,000 fraud cases last year amounted tM £104m — the first time the annual figure has gone over £100m. The figures, relating to England and Wales, mainly involve housing benefit. The Audit Commission, which monitors public spending, said progress in tackling fraud in local government had been "disappointingly slow". Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

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