Teletext Recovery - 31/01/1991

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:07/37   1/13     COMING UP...... WEATHER: Causing chaos across Wales ARRESTS: Armed police surround house CLEARED: Insurance boss wins tribunal FUNERAL: Service for murdered woman OPENCAST: Plans condemned in Wales COLLEGES: Decision causes fears OPERA: Celebrations for Welsh company LANGUAGE: Police arrest protestors 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:03/38   2/13     An insurance company boss says he is delighted to have his name cleared after being unfairly sacked amid allegations of sexual harassment and drunkenness in his Cardiff office. David Price, who earned £100,000 a year as head of the Legal and General branch in Cardiff, has won his industrial tribunal claim of unfair dismissal. Mr Price, who lives in the Llandaff area of Cardiff, says he is delighted his name has been cleared. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:44/31   3/13     Heavy snowfalls and wintry weather across Wales is causing chaos on the roads and has forced many schools to close. Police say a combination of snow, ice and freezing drizzle on many untreated roads throughout the country is making driving conditions treacherous. The weather is also causing problems for rugby fans and the Welsh rugby squad. The team was forced to take a coach to Birmingham before flying to Scotland because there are long delays at Cardiff Wales Airport. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:43/12   4/13     The police have arrested four men in connection with an alleged incident in Ebbw Vale yesterday in which two people were threatened with a gun. Armed police surrounded a house at Mountain Ash in Mid Glamorgan earlier today because they thought one of the men they wanted to question had a gun. Yesterday, the steward and a security guard at the British Steel Club in Ebbw Vale was allegedly threatened with a handgun during a break-in. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:54/42   5/13     Plans by British Coal to increase opencast coal production by more than half over the next two years are being condemned by environmentalists. The company has told Welsh MPs the expansion will boost the region's economy but it complained the attitude of planners was hardening against new opencast sites. The co-ordinator of Friends of the Earth Cymru, Margaret Minhinnick says she is not surprised and British Coal should be made to restore existing sites before developing new ones. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:59/55   6/13     Leaders of the Lecturers' Union, NATFHE, say they are worried their members will suffer from the decision to take five Welsh colleges out of council control. The colleges, including the Polytechnic of Wales at Treforest, will now be funded directly by the Welsh Office. Despite fears college management has been granted too much power to impose pay and conditions, Dr Richard Murray-Shelley, Assistant Director at the Polytechnic says it can now become more competitive. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:00/06   7/13     The future of the Welsh National Opera has been secured today by grants totalling £l.lm. David Hunt announced an £800,000 package of financial help this afternoon after the Arts Council said it would be giving the WNO an extra £300,000. The opera company had warned that it would have to close down without the grants. It is now pushing ahead with a full programme of performances for the next season. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:05/18   8/13     A new survey warns that almost 10,000 construction jobs could be lost in Wales this year. The survey by the chartered quantity surveyors company Gleeds reveals Welsh contractors are expecting a drop in output of more than 27% which is well abovj the national average. A further decline in the building industry is being predicted by firms across the country. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:06/49   9/13     Five members of the Welsh Language Society have been arrested for allegedly damaging an estate agent's office in Carmarthen. They say it is part of a campaign for a new Property Act for Wales which would give priority to local people and help for first time buyers to stay in their communities. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:51/11   10/13     An MP has called on the government to give the families of Gulf soldiers a discount on sending servicemen and women parcels. The Liberal and Democrat MP for Brecon and Radnor, Richard Livsey, has tabled a House of Commons motion on the issue. Mr Livsey says relatives are being charged up to £5 to send parcels to the Middle East, compared with just 52p for forces serving in the Falklands. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:51/12   11/13     Welsh Secretary David Hunt has promised to join in the battle to prevent the demotion of the Army Headquarters in Wales. The pledge was given at a meeting between the Minister and the Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Mr Richard Livsey MP at the Welsh Office in London. Mr Livsey told Mr Hunt all efforts by the Ministry of Defence to down-grade the Military status of Wales should be strongly resisted. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:07/34   12/13     People living at Edwardsville in Mid Glamorgan are calling for the immediate closure of Deep Navigation colliery. They claim their homes were violently shaken twice last night by underground mine working. The pit is to close at the end of March but local resident Joe Male says it is unacceptable that their homes are still being damaged. British Coal says it's invjstigating. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 31 Jan 21:07/16   13/13     Around 1,000 mourners attended 27-year- old murder victim Geraldine Palk's funeral in Cardiff today. The office worker's stabbed and battered body was found near her home in the city a few days before Christmas. Detectives investigating the brutal killing were among those at St. Paul's Church in Grangetown. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

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