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Date: 28th February 1991
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 197
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P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 28 Feb 22:16/15 1/10 COMING UP......... GULF: Second Welsh soldier has died JOBS: 240 cuts at Shotton steel works MURDER: Human remains discovered ONLLWYN: Nine month strike is over CYNON: New multi-million pound plan VILLAGE: £50m project scrapped 101Headlines 102Newswatch 150Newsflash 199A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics
P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 28 Feb 22:16/30 2/10 A second Welsh soldier has died in action in the Gulf. Lance Corporal Francis Evans, who was twenty five and from Flint in Clwyd, was with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Lance Cpl Francis left the army two years ago but rejoined last September becausj he missed the comradeship. His father Ted said his son died fighting in a just war and was doing a job he lovjd. 101Headlines 102Newswatch 150Newsflash 199A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics
P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 28 Feb 22:02/20 3/10 Families and support groups for Welsh soldiers serving in the Gulf say they are ecstatic at news that the war is ovjr. Sue Thomas, who set up the Swansea Mothers Gulf Support Group, says her son Richard will re-live Christmas on his return - with all the trimmings. Cardiff engineer Patrick Trigg, freed from five months captivity in Iraq justmonths before Christmas says the cease-fire is a huge relief. He says he wants to go back one day - when Saddam Hussein is overthrown. 101Headlines 102Newswatch 150Newsflash 199A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics
P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 28 Feb 22:17/52 4/10 British Steel has announced that its cutting almost 240 jobs at its Shotton works in Clwyd. Just ovjr 2,000 people are currently employed at the site - Europe's largest for specialised coated steels. The company is blaming the situation on the recession and says the job cuts will havj to be made by March. 101Headlines 102Newswatch 150Newsflash 199A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics
P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 28 Feb 22:13/38 5/10 A 52-year-old Clwyd man has been charged with murder following the discovjry of human remains at a bungalow earlier today. The man, who lives in Higher Kinnerton,has been helping detectives with their enquiries into the disappearance of a 27-year-old woman from the village. He will appear before magistrates at Mold in the morning. The police have not yet named the man. 101Headlines 102Newswatch 150Newsflash 199A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics
P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 28 Feb 22:18/:3 6/10 The nine month long strike by more than100 workers at the Onllwyn Coal Washery in West Glamorgan is over. A mass meeting of strikers voted unanimously to return to work next Monday. The men were told by union leaders thatthe contractors had now agreed to the pay and conditions they were campaigning for. 101Headlines 102Newswatch 150Newsflash 199A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics
P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 28 Feb 22:14/21 7/10 Top levjl talks are being held today to try to save more than 600 jobs at the Hoovjr Washing Machine factory in Merthyr. The company announced a major jobs cut last Friday, blaming a drop in sales onhigh interest rates and the Gulf War. Union officials have travelled from London for talks with management at theplant on the job losses and a twelve month wage freeze imposed on workers. 101Headlines 102Newswatch 150Newsflash 199A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics
P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 28 Feb 22:14/42 8/10 An £18 million plan to improve life in the Cynon Valley has been launched by the Welsh Development Agency and the Local Council. The three-year-scheme will include landand property developments, new roads and drainage systems and a skills training programme. £10 million will be provided jointly bythe WDA and Cynon Valley Borough Council - it is hoped the rest will come from other public and private sources. 101Headlines 102Newswatch 150Newsflash 199A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics
P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 28 Feb 22:10/17 9/10 Controvjrsial plans to build a £50m village with a racecourse and a five star hotel in the Vale of Glamorgan have been withdrawn. The Park Dyffryn Trust made the announcement today. The recession coupled with the fact that the Council was against the project caused the company to make the movj. 101Headlines 102Newswatch 150Newsflash 199A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics
P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 28 Feb 22:20/41 10/10 The Cardiff-born author Roald Dahl has left more than £2.75 million in his will published today. Dahl, who was famed for writing "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and"Tales of the Unexpected", died last November at the age of 74. 101Headlines 102Newswatch 150Newsflash 199A-Z Index Newsreel WorldNews GulfIndex Politics