Teletext Recovery - 07/02/1991

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 7 Feb 21:50/28   1/11     COMING UP......... JOBS: HTV and BBC announce cuts CONTRACT: MP under fire over claims ARSON: Row breaks out in Clwyd STRANGLE: Witness weeps in court FIRE: BP criticised over handling PRISON: 16-year-old remanded TGWU: George Wright to stand GULF: Sisters send 4,000 valentines 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 7 Feb 21:00/11   2/11     HTV has announced it is to cut 205 jobs. Most of them will go from its Cardiff-based television centre. The news follows an announcement earlier today that BBC Wales is to shed 300 jobs, and close down the BBC Radio Gwent station. The BBC says the cuts package will save £2.75 million. There has been an angry reaction from unions to the job losses in what they call a growing industry. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 7 Feb 21:01/11   3/11     The Cardiff West MP Rhodri Morgan is under fire over claims concerning the chairman of South Glamorgan's Training and Enterprise Council. Mr Morgan told MPs that Roger Heliwell secured the contract for his company Cowling to renovate the council's own offices, by ordering rival tenders to be shredded. But council chief executive Paul Sheldon says the MP should withdraw his comments. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 7 Feb 21:51/21   4/11     A South Wales company is working against the clock to produce a treatment for eye damage caused if the Iraqis launch a chemical attack. Penn Pharmaceuticals, from Tredegar in Gwent, is already sending hundreds of thousands of phials of antidotes to the allied forces. At the moment there is no known treatment for eyes exposed to chemical weapons. But sales manager Scott Forde says they are trying to come up with a suitable medicine. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 7 Feb 21:52/01   5/11     A row has broken out between Clwyd Fire Service and North Wales Police following suggestions that the relationship between the police and themselves could be improved. The County's Chief Fire Officer, Ken Hayton was expressing concern about an increase in arson attacks. North Wales police deny that arson attacks are not properly investigated. Mr Hayton has since said he regrets making the comments. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 7 Feb 21:52/02   6/11     An elderly woman wept as she told Swansea Crown Court how she found the body of 19-year-old Sharon Thomas, who had been strangled in bed at her flat in Neath. Gladys McCarthy, who is 71, said she made the grisly discovery when she heard Miss Thomas's baby daughter crying the day after she was allegedly throttled by her fiance, Peter Jones. Twenty-five-year-old Jones, of Port Talbot, denies murder but admits manslaughter and the trial continues. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 7 Feb 21:54/28   7/11     A seized bearing caused a major fire at BP Baglan Bay last October which cost the company £6.5 million, mainly as a result of lost production. Details of the fire were outlined to members of the county's public protection committee today. BP's handling of the blaze, which they described as minor, again came under attack at the meeting. In future West Glamorgan fire service will take over the task of informing schools so that headteachers are kept up to date with what is going on. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 7 Feb 22:05/10   8/11     A 16-year-old boy has been remanded to prison because there is no other secure establishment available for him. Earlier this week Home Secretary Kenneth Baker announced that no juveniles would be remanded to adult prisons following the suicide of teenager Philip Knight in Swansea jail. Magistrates at Bala have remanded in custody a boy, who is 17 later this month, and is accused of theft, criminal damage and attempted theft. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 7 Feb 21:01/14   9/11     The Welsh Regional Secretary of the Transport Workers Union, George Wright, is to contest the national leadership of the union again. Mr Wright promises a vigorous campaign for the general secretary's post created by the retirement of Ron Todd. The deputy general secretary of the union, Bill Morris, has also announced he will stand. If successful Mr Morris would become the first black leader of a British trade union. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 7 Feb 21:07/50   10/11     Ferry companies operating vessels across the Irish Sea have rejected claims by the consumer magazine Which? that safety standards could lead to a huge loss of life. The magazine says the traditional rope ladder used on the B & I ferry Leinster sailing out of Holyhead and the Swansea Cork ferry, Celtic Pride, should be outlawed. But both firms say their ships meet all current safety standards. Swansea Cork sales director Alex Maquire says other means of escape remain unproven. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 7 Feb 21:01/02   11/11     Two sisters from Penarth have sent more than 4,000 blank Valentine cards to soldiers serving in the Gulf. Susan Sadler and Jill Fletcher say British servicemen will be longing to send Valentines to their sweethearts back home, but will be unable to find a card shop in the desert. They havj been given the cards by local shops and manufacturers. Their next appeal is for blank Mother's Day cards, so that devoted sons in the Gulf can send their greetings. 101 Headlines 102 Newswatch 150 Newsflash 199 A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics

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