Teletext Recovery - 01/12/1999

P141 CEEFAX 1 141 Wed 01 Dec 12:12/31         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. ART Manchester-based footballers' union the PFA has bought a Lowry painting entitled Going to the Game for £1.9m at auction at Sotheby's. 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 1 141 Wed 01 Dec 12:13/06         2/7 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 committee 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 1 141 Wed 01 Dec 12:13/21         3/7 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 to root out all misuse of public money — with the total cost of fraud to 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 1 141 Wed 01 Dec 12:11/54         4/7 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 Mirror 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 1 141 Wed 01 Dec 12:11/12         5/7 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 to £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

P141 CEEFAX 1 141 Wed 01 Dec 12:17/41         6/7 BOSSES GET AWAY WITH MURDER, WARNS TUC Courts are being urged to hand out stiffer penalties to bosses who break health and safety laws. Average fines for breaches of health and safety legislation came to a "paltry" £5,038 last year, according to research by the TUC and Safety Council. The key to safety is to "dramatically increase" fines, said the organisations "Some employers are literally getting away with murder," claimed TUC general secretary John Monks. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

P141 CEEFAX 1 141 Wed 01 Dec 12:12/10         7/7 COWBOY BUILDERS "CHEATING ONE IN FIVE" One in five home-owners has been conned by cowboy builders in the last three years, a report claims. But many of the estimated 3m victims of rogue builders did nothing about it, said a Botch Watch survey, commissioned by insurer Norwich Union. The study said 73% of people did not think they had enough rights if they were unhappy with building work. "Cowboy builders put safety at risk," said a Norwich Union spokesman. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main Menu

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