P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 19:25/24 3/48 HOME FBCE-TO-FBCE RBIL TALKS ADJOURNED Direct talks between the two sides in the signal workers' dispute at Acas hava been adjourned untal 10 tomorrow. Today was the first face-to-face meeting between Railtrack and the RMT union since mid-July. Both sides described the resumption of direct n gotiations as a hopdful wign"h But it was said to be doubtful whether strikes sheduled f r the weekend would be called off. -Despatch by Jackie Hardgravj 190Next News Headlines CityHeads TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:53/17 4/48 HOME DRJVE6 KILLJD IN CRBSH WITH TRAIN Railtrack is to investigatj a collision between a train and a car at an unmanned level crossing near Pitsea, Essex. The elderly driver of the car was killed and three carriages were derailed. Five crew members and three passengers were taken to hospital to receive treatment for minor injuries and shock. Railtrack said lights and a siren had indicated the train's approach. Homj 110Politics 130World 160Next News Headlines CityHeads TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 19:13/45 -‖l4‖l4‖, 5/48 HOME JBPAN TO INVEST £650m IN SCOTLAND Thj Japanese electronics firm, NEC, has announced plans to build a £650 million silicon chip plant at Livingston near Edinburgh. The new plant, which will employ more than 400 people, will be one of the most advanced of its kind in the world. Construction will begin next April and full production is expected to start in 1996. NEC already employs 900 people at another plant in the town. - Homj 110Politics 130 World 160Next News Headlines CityHeads TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:17/14 6/48 HOME PAISLEZ REVECTS PEACE FORUM OFFER The Reverend Ian Paisley has rejected an invitation to take part in a peace group being set up by the Irish government. Irish Primj Minister Albert Reynolds made the offer to the DUP leader in a personal letter. But DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson said it would be "inappropriate" for Dr Paisley to attend. He said the group had been set up as "a platform for the IRA". Yomj 11p Politics 130World 160Next News Headlines CityHeads TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wed 21 Sep 19:13/11 8/48 POLITICS RESPONSIBILJTY FOR HONG KONG URGED The Liberal Democrats have condemned arrangemjnts for China's take-over of Hong Kong. The dissolution of Hong Kong's Legislative Council after 1997 will abandon its citizens to a "parody of democracy", conference heard. The Government was urged to allow entry to 7,000 Hong Kong citizens left stateless under current rules. Britain should allow this in the namj of liberty and moral decency, Lord Tordoff told delegates. Homj 110Politics 130World 160Next News World Summaries Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wed 21 Sep 19:54/29 9/48 POLJTICS TORYJS "ANSWERABLE FOR RAIL STRIKE" The Tories are responsible for the "pain, the stress and the disorder" of thj signallers' strike, the Lib Dem conference has heard. Trade spokesman Nick Harvey accused the Tories of costing the taxpayer £150 million by vetoing a 5.7% pay offer by Railtrack in June. He repeated a call for independent arbitration and scolded Labour for not using its influence to call for arbitration sooner. Mr Harvey concluded by urging the Government to end its interference. Next News World Summaries Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 19:17/25 10/48 POLITICS CLOSE VOTE ON ANTI-NUCLEAR STANCE The Lib Dems have voted to retain their opposition to the nuclear industry by 226 votes to 222. Delegates heeded a call to maintain the party's "distinctive green image" by reaffirming its anti- nuclear stance. And conference decided there should be no privatisation of the nuclear power industry. An amendment stipulated also there should be no privatisation of the UK Atomic Energy Authority Police. News from the conference fringe 120Next News World Summaries Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 19:39/34 -‖l4‖l4‖, 11/48 POLITICS CJTIZEN'S INCOME POLJCZ THROWN OUT Conference has voted to remove a pledge on a partial basic income to all citizens from its policy. Sir William Goodhart, chair of thj Tax and Benefits Group, said the Citizen's Income was a Utopian idea that had to be rejected. Delegate voted to restore all benefits to people aged 16 to 18. Conference voted not to refer the Tax and Benefits paper back to the Federal Policy Committee although thj party leadership had said thj paper needed further consideration. Next News World Summaries Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wed 21 Sep 29:54/46 12/48 PARLIAMENT SNP ACCUSES PM OF DOUBLE STANDARDS The Scottish National Party conference opened today with an attack on John Major's treatment of Northern Ireland and Scotland. SNP leader Alex Salmond accused the Primj Minister of double standards for conceding a referendum to the people of Ulster but not Scotland. He said Mr Major had conceded "a very important principle — self determination". "That makes his opposition in regards to the Scottish question unsafi and unsound," he said. Next News Politics Parl'ment CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wed 21 Sep 19:16/12 13/48 PARLIAMENT PLEDGE TO HELP END ULSTER VIOLENCE The Scottish National Party was committed to doing all it could to ending violence in Ulster, said Parliamentary leader Margaret Ewing At the start of the SNP conference, she also said Scotland and Northern Ireland "could not be paralleled on the issue of a referendum". She said this was because "no onj knew what the question would be or what kind of assembly it would be". Homj p 110Flash 150Diary 0 180Politics 130World 160Despatch 190Next News World Politics Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 19:12/19 14/48 PARLIAMENT SEATBELTS The SNP conference has approved a motion calling for seatbelts to be fitted on all vehicles carrying school pupils or youth groups. Homj p 110Flash 150Diary p 180Politics 130World 160Despatch 190
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 19:15/11 15/48 PARLIAMENT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED The seasonally-adjusted number of people unemployed in the month of January rose by 15,500 to 2,787,600 The Department of Employment said thj unadjusted total increased by 106,572 to 2,889,268. The figures caught analysts by surprise and follow four consecutive monthly falls. Employmjnt Secretary David Hunt said the month's erratic figures were not unusual. Inflation rises 112Statistics 113 Home 110Politics 130 World 160
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:49/27 )‖l4‖l4‖, 17/48 WORLD HAITJ: ARJS UDE THANUS UO RESIDENT Exiled Haitian Pan ident Ari,tJde hbr thnn Ar Presid nt Clinton for th ef-nce Sntrrtent Wi in m Ptr. SS for yo o cimiatm ht to eead th multng at anaa ff rt in carr fng out tth wicl of rha UN w hhlp melttar emntr ch," ho said Fn a stttdm nt spuak ng afrda Fr tristide idfns Clinton. p v a t les than 24 aas nd w uld wosk bring peacy to his homtland. US bi, t, cu,b Hait, viol,nce 15, Next News Homj News Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 28:14/34 18/48 WORLD US PRESSURE TO CURB HAITI VIOLJNCE The commander of US forces in Haiti has told the military regime to curb violence against supporters of the ousted president, Fr Aristide. Lt-Gen Hugh Shelton met Haitian leader Lt-Gen Cedras and said US troops would do their utmost to prevent further clashes. Yesterday, a protester was clubbed to death by police during a pro-Aristide demonstration. The US embassy said that the rules of engagement have been changed to avert further violence. See 155/190 Next News Home News Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wed 21 Sep 29:16/12 19/48 WORLD MAJOR ON VISIT TO JOHANNESBURG John Major is visiting Johannesburg today in the first tour of South Africa by a British Prime Minister for 34 years. Today's itinerary included Alixandra township. Mr Major could not resists thj lure of njw crickjt njts and managed to bowl the South African sports minister with his first delivery. "I think I'll call it a day after that," he said. Homj p 110Flash 150Diary 0 180Politics 130World 160Despatch 190Next News Homj News Main Newu CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:47/22 20/48 WORLD BOSNIBN REFUGEES LEAVE BIHAC ZONE Somj 71 Muslim refugees havj left the Bosnian enclave of Bihac for Croatia, en route to third countries, UN officials have said. All had working or residence permits for countries such as Slovenia, Germany and Austria. The refugees leave behind about 10,000 others who are marooned at Turanj, an area of dispute between Croatia and Serbs in Croatia. Croatia has refused to accept any refugees who do not have papers to let them go to third countries. Next News Homj News Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:24/23 -‖l4‖l4‖, 21/48 WORLD PAKISTAN BUYS FRENCH SUBMARINES Pakistan is to buy three French submarines and a batch of anti-ship missiles in a billion dollar deal. India has attacked thj deal as a further incitement to the South Asian arms race. It included a French pledge not to sell the same weaponry to India. Western diplomats have tried to dispel fears of more tension. But an Indian diplomat said such deals "tend to draw the region into a new vicious round of the arms race". Homj 110Politics 130World 160Next News Homj News Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wed 21 Sep 29:28/51 26/48 INTERBANK R—TESACLOSE $ TueCls WedCls £ TueCls WedCls£ p 1.5742 1.5790 $ 1.5742 1.5790DM 1.5525 1.5460 DM 2.4439 2.4411Y 97.55 97.85 Y 153.56 154.51SFr 1.2845 1.2810 SFr 2.0221 2.p227FFr 5.3063 5.2935 FFr 8.3531 8.3584BFr 31.89 31.75 BFr 50.20 50.13DFl 1.7395 1.7328 DFl 2.7383 2.7360DKr 6.1200 6.0850 DKr 9.6341 9.6082SKr p7.4850 7.4550 SKr 11.7829 11.7714NKr 6.8200 6.7750 NKr 10.7360 10.6977L 1559.00 1555.00 L 0 2454.18 2455.35Pta 128.40 127.80 Pta 2p2.13 201.80C$ 1.3438 1.3425 C$ 2.1154 2.1198Ecu 1.2300 1.2325 Ecu 1.2798 1.2811 Source: National Westminster Bank Plc Key: Mid-prices for deals in excess of £500,000. £ Quoted in US dollars. £/$ Major CityHeads Shares Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 2=:42/28 27/48 INTERBANK RATES CLOSE d TueCls WedCls £ TueCls WjdClsPnt 1.5565 1.5625 Pnt 1.0114 1.0106Fin 4.9450 4.9250 Fin 7.7844 7.7766Sch 10.9300 10.9050 Sch 17.2060 17.2190Esc 157.60 157.55 Esc 248.09 248.77Dra 236.15 235.50 Dra 371.75 371.85Czp 0.4735 0.4725 Czp 0.7454 0.7461Sau 3.7500 3.7500 Sau 5.9033 5.9213Rnd 3.5450 3.5425 Rnd 5.5805 5.5936Ind 31.37 p31.37 Ind 49.39 49.54YK$ 7.7275 7.7275 HK$ 12.1646 12.2017S$ 1.4755 1.4760 S$ 2.3227 2.3306Mda 2.5535 2.5550 M$ 4.0197 4.0343A$ 0.7434 0.7366 A$ 2.1177 2.1435NZ$ 0.6035 0.6003 NZ$ 2.6085 2.6304 Source: National Westminster Bank plc Key: Mid-prices for deals in excess of £500,000. £ Quoted in US dollars. £/$ Minor CityHeads Shares Sport
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P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:46/48 29/48 HEADLINES TOTTENHAM TO CONTEST FA PUNISHMENTS FOOTBALL Spurs seek arbitration 309 FOOTBALL Goal-ace Lineker quits 303 Coca-Cola Cup - latest scores 304-6 CRICKET Yorkshire line up Bevan 344 SNOOKER Hallett hammers Parrott 327 RACJNG Roberts rattles up 1,000 385 FOOTBALL Kitson set for Magpies 307SPORT ON BBC1/BBC2 Football 302COMPETITION 366 General 320Rugby 370 Cricket 340Racing 0 3805-,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.Top Sport Football Gen Sport Racing
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wed 21 Sep 29:00/17 30/48 FOOTBALL: LINEKER HANGS UP BOOTS Former England striker Gary Lineker has announced his retiremjnt from the game. The 33-year-old began his career at Ljicester City and went on to play for Everton, Barcelona and Spurs before moving to Japan. He will play his final gamj for Grampus Eight against Hiroshima on November 19. Lineker scored 48 goals in 80 games for England. He played in the World Cup finals twice and was top scorer in thj 1986 competition in Mexico. Football 3p2 General 320 Cricket 340Top Sport Football Gen Sport Racing
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wed 21 Sep 2p:33/16 31/48 GOLF: LANCOME TROPHY, Paris Colin Montgomerie will be looking for another good finish this weekend as he attempts to break Nick Faldo's prizemoney record. The 31-year-old Scot looks almost certain to finish number one in Europe for a second year running earning him a £125,000 bonus. He therefore needs to finish 11th or better in Paris, with £10,604 required to break the Faldo record. Also competing this week will be 1990 winnjr Jose Maria Olazabal, Ibn Woosnbm, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer and Seve Ballesteros. 5-,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.Top Sport Football Gen Sport Racing
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wed 21 Sep 28:59/45 32/48 FOOTBALL: WEDNESDAY'S COCB-COLA CUP TEAM NEWS Defiant Alix Fjrguson will field half a dozen Manchester United youngsters at Port Vale despite the risk of a fine for doing so. David May, Denis Irwin, Roy Keane, Brian McClair and Lei Sharpe are the only first-team regulars named. League rules forbid the naming of below-strength teams but Ferguson said: "They are good enough - all they lack is experience." Gary Neville, David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Keith Gillespie and Simon Davies are among those hoping for a place in the starting line-up. 5→,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.Top Sport Football Gen Sport Racing
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wed 21 Sep 29:30/14 33/48 RUGBY UNION: COURAGE LEAGUE DIVISION ONE September 17 P W D L F A Pt Wasps 2 2 0 0 1p2 34 4 Bath 2 2 0 0 50 25 4 Leicester 2 2 0 0 34 15 4 Bristol 2 1 0 1 53 40 2 Gloucester 2 1 0 1 56 57 2 Orrell 2 1 0 1 19 23 2 Harlequins 2 1 0 1 46 76 2 Sale 2 0 0 2 41 74 8 Northampton 2 0 0 2 31 60 p W Hartlipool 2 0 0 2 29 67 8 Football 3p2 General 320 Latest 350M/Sport 360 Rugby 370 Racing 380Top Sport Football Gen Sport Racing
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:14/11 34/48 SNOOKER: REGAL MASTERS, Motherwell Wednesday's first round result: Xbest of nine frames) J Parrott Eng 3-5 M Hallett Eng 78-16 2-79 (51) 27-69 86-1 (60) 101-4 (64) 20-62 (56) 10-87 (62) 55-61 Hallett to play Ken Doherty J White Eng v D Henry Sco Match starts 7.00pm Winner to play Stephen Hendry Football 3p2 General 320 Cricket 3405Lbtest 350 Rugby 370 Racing 380Top Sport Football Gen Sport Racing
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:11/58 36/48 NATIONAL WEATHER Maps for now and next pjriods 401 Forecast for njxt 24/48 hours 4p2 Air quality throughout thj UK 404 INTERNATIONAL WEATHER European holiday resorts 405 European and World statistics 406 FLOOD WARNINGS From National Rivers Authority 407 SKIING INFORMATION Scottish resorts 431 Kurope 432 More Europe and US 433 Sources: Weather Check, Oceanroutes, thj Departmjnt of the Environment thj BBC Travel Cjntre pWeather UK Maps Air Qual Travel
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:12/21 37/48 UK WEBTHER OUTLOOK Friday Mainly fine over Scotland, northern and central England. Increasingly cloudy over the south with rain and showers later and fresh SE winds. 0 Saturday Unsettled with outbreaks of rain and showers over England spreading into Scotland. Brighter intervals developing in the south. Winds mostly fresh SE. Data: Weathercheck/Oceanroutes UK Maps 401 Euro-resorts 405UK resorts 403 World statistics 406 Weather UK Maps Air Qual Travel
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wed 21 Sep 19:35/17 38/48 FORECAST Forecast until 1400 THURSDAY 22 September Regions with VERY POOR forecast: Nonj Regions with POOR forecast: Central England London Northern Ireland Forecast for all other regions is GOOD or VERY GOOD air quality. For more information see pages 411-414 or freiphone 0800 556677. Data from Department of Environment Air Qual UK Maps Outlook Travel
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:32/11 40/48ROADS A1 W Yorkshire Tailbacks both ways at the A64 junction because of an earlier accident. M1 Ljicestershire Southbound at J22 partly blocked because of a broken down lorry. Queues back to J23. 0 A45 W Midlands Resurfacing in Coventry causing delays along the Stonebridge Highway. A38 Staffs/W Mids Southbound closed at Minworth because of an accident. Compiled by BBC Travel Roads Airports Fuel Events
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 19:23/28 41/48 London Transport London Underground Last Updated 19:03 Northern Line: Delays - earlier signal failure at Camden Town. Data from London Transport London Roads Airports Fuel
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P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 19:27/46 45/48 AT SPEED ON BBC 1 BBC2 today 601What's On 605 BBC2 today 602Primj Timj 606 C3 today 603BBC Regional TV 607 C4 today 604Satellitj TV 608-9 IN DEPTH ON BBC2 TV Tomorrow 630 Radio listings 640 Links to BBC Radio programmes 650 For background information on BBC TV programmes see the Links index - 610 BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITV C4
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:24/06 46/48 TODAY 1735 NEJGHBOURS S/N Ally places Rick in an awkward situation 1800 SIX O'CLOCK NEWS S; WEATHER 1830 REGIONAL NEWS see 607 1900 FJLM: BIGFOOT AND THE HENDERSONS S A family's camping holiday ends abrubtly when they run into Bigfoot. Comedy caper starring John Lithgow. (1987) 2045 POINTS OF VIEW S/N 2055 PARTY POLJTICAL BROADCAST S by the Labour Party 2100 NINE O'CLOCK NEWS S; REGIONAL NEWS; WEATHER BBC2 6p2 C4 604 N = NICAM stireo C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITV 0C4
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:44/14 47/48TODAY 1930 ALL BLACK N New series Underground investigation of the multicultural music scene 2p00 A FEBST OF FLOZD S/N New series Keith Floyd chooses his favouriti clips from 10 years of gastronomic travel 2030 UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE New series Birmingham take on Aberdeen in thj student quiz chaired by Jeremy Paxman 21p0 GRBCJ UNDER FIRE S/N Grace learns her ex-husband has comj into money 2125 MR CRABTREE S BBC1 601 C4 604 N = NICAM stireo C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 BBC1 TV BBC2 TV ITV 0C4
P196 CEEFAX 196 Wjd 21 Sep 29:28/15 48/48 This is a selection of the many hundreds of pages which can be seen on the BBC's text service, Ceefax. It is free of charge to anyone with a suitably equipped television set - so far there are about 10 million such sets throughout the UK. The pages in this sequence can be seen in a higher definition format. The enhancement is visible to all viewers during Pages From Ceefax before the first BBC TV programme each morning. News 100Finance 200Sport 300-Weathjr 4p0 -ravel 500TV/Radio 600Newsreel World Summaries Top Sport
P196 CKJFAX 196 Wjd 21pSep 1=:36/51 41/48 London Transport London n erground La t Upd t d 1 :03 Northern Line: Delays - ,arlier signal failuri at Camd1n Town. Data from London Transport London Roads Airportu Fuel