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Date: 26th November 1993
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P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:11/04 1/42 COMING UP A selection of pages from the BBC's teletext service THE FULL SERVICE OFFERS News....Finance....Sport....Weather ..↑Travel..↑TV and radio details... → BBC BBC At In Speed Depth WelshNews
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:12/44 2/42 HOME CHANNEL TUNNEL BUILDERS FINED The firm building the Channel Tunnel, TML, has been fined £200,000 for failing to ensure the safety of its workers. It is the biggest fine ever imposed after the death of a worker in the Tunnel. The company was convicted of failing to ensure the safety of worker David Griffiths, 26, who was crushed to death between two trains Home 110Flash 150Diary 180Politics 130World 160Despatch 190Next News Politics Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:12/17 3/42 HOME GUILTY FRAUDSTER LEVITT WALKS FREE Bankrupt financial adviser Roger Levitt has been ordered to serve 180 hours of community service. He was also disqualified as a company director for seven years after he pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to fraudulently misleading the City watchdog, Fimbra. He had been facing a jail term of up to seven years and his guilty plea came two weeks into the trial. Former managing director Mark Reed also pleaded guilty and was given 120 hours of community service. Next News Despatch Summaries Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:13/41 4/42 HOME WOMEN JAILED OVER TEENAGE SEX RING Three women convfcted of controlling schoolgirl prostitutes have been jailed for up to eight years at Cardiff Crown Court. One of the schoolgcrls forced onto the streets by the trio was just 14 Judge Graham Jones told V nita Bailey, ChristinC Neville and sacial Camkbes ihe once viate s, wicked and evel. Bailey was jailed for eight ears, A nil e fug , a hease an Cempestl for three years for her part in the teenage sex ring. Next News World Flash TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:33/11 5/42 HOME MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERS OF DoT MEN A man has been charged with the murders of two Department of Transport inspectors who were shot dead in Stockport on Monday. Thomas Gerard Burke, 31, one of the owners of the garage, will appear before the town's magistrates tomorrow. Alan Singleton and Simon Bruno were shot in the head on Monday while visiting the garage in Stockport to investigate a suspected MOT certificate fraud. Home 110Flash 150Diary 180Politics 130World 160Despatch 190Next News Politics Main News Weather
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:14/44→ 6/42 HOME COURT BID OVER SUNDAY TRADING FAILS Veteran campaigner Roy Edey has failed in his High Court bid to block Government plans to introduce a Bill to legalise Sunday trading. He warned the Bill could lead to the Queen finding herself at the centre of a constitutional crisis. As supreme governor of the Church of England she would be asked to break the fourth Commandment which states it should be a day of rest. But Mr Justice Macpherson ruled it was not for the court to interfere with the legislative process. Next News Politics Main News Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:14/14 7/42 HOME M4 CRASH - SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED The London bound carriageway of the M4 motorway in Reading, Berkshire, has now been reopened following a series of multiple crashes. An ambulance service spokesman said six people were injured in the main accident, none seriously. Police said at least 39 vehicles were involved in the two most serious pile-ups. The accidents happened in thick fog Home 110Flash 150Diary 180Politics 130World 160Despatch 190Next News Politics Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:15/41 8/42 HOME GIRL'S DEATH: SECOND TEENAGER HELD A second teenage girl is being questioned in connection with the death of a 14-year-old girl in Aston, in the West Midlands. Serena Steele reported being assaulted by another 14-year-old girl on Wednesday. Police investigated and found no injuries, but Serena became ill and died early on Thursday morning. No cause of death has been established A 14-year-old is still being questioned and now a 17-year-old girl is also being interviewed. Next News World Summaries Travel
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:15/17 9/42 HOME 500 JOBS SAVED AT TWO DAF PLANTS Five hundred jobs have been saved at Daf plants in Glasgow and Leyland in Lancashire. A new company, to be called Albion Automotive, has been formed in a £12 million package combining the two plants. The 500 workers have accepted a 5% pay cut and special working arrangements to make sure the company runs smoothly. The Scottish Office and the Bank of Scotland are funding the buy-out. Home 110Politics 130World 160Next News Parl'ment World Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:16/28 10/42 HOME FIVE REMANDED ON MASSACRE CHARGES Five men facing charges arising out of the Greysteel massacre in which seven people were shot dead have appeared before Belfast magistrates None of the accused spoke as they were brought separately before the court and remanded in custody for a further three weeks. Solicitors said the five agreed to the 17 December remands. Four are accused of murdering all seven and the fifth is accused of providing a false alibi for another person and witholding information. Next News Newsround Summaries Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:17/01 11/42 POLITICS MAJOR BACKS LILLEY ON WELFARE STATE John Major has said wealth needs to be concentrated where it is really needed in the welfare state. The Prime Minister gave his backing to Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley who had hinted at a possible replacement for the welfare state. Mr Lilley had said he wanted to see the welfare state replaced by a "welfare society". Mr Major agreed that the costs of many aspects of welfare were outstripping economic growth. Home 110Politics 130World 160Next News Home News Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:17/18 12/42 POLITICS LABOUR CRITICISES LILLEY PROPOSALS Labour has said there is a Government conspiracy to undermine the welfare state by making people believe it is in terminal decline. Social security spokesman Donald Dewar said Peter Lilley's speech showed the Government was thinking of turning the welfare state into a second-class safety net. See 131 Liberal Democrat spokesman Archie Kirkwood said the Social Security Secretary was engaged in a process of scare, leak and innuendo to soften up claimants for cuts. Home 110Politics 130World 160Next News Home News Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:17/11→ 13/42 POLITICS HOWARD URGES HELP FOR CRIME VICTIMS Victims of crime must be made to feel they are "at the heart and not the edge" of the justice system, the Home Secretary has said. Michael Howard was announcing new Home Office guidance on powers for courts to force offenders to pay compensation to their victims. These include a rise in the maximum compensation which can be ordered from £2,000 to £5,000. Compensation showed victims that their interests were being taken into account, Mr Howard said. →Next News Home News Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:18/28 14/42 POLITICS LABOUR LEADS IN MORI POLL Labour retains its lead over the Conservatives according to a Mori poll published in The Times. The poll indicates 47% support for Labour, 29% for the Conservatives and 22% for the Liberal Democrats. The poll shows 51% of Conservative supporters are satisfied with the way the Prime Minister is doing his job compared with 21% of the general public. In the October poll, John Major's ratings were 55% and 23%. Home 110Politics 130 World 160Next News Home News Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:18/08 15/42 POLITICS CRITICISM OF CHURCH "UNWISE" A minister who attacked the Church in the wake of the James Bulger trial was "speaking unwisely", the Archbishop of York has said. Home Office Minister David Maclean had said the Church was "strangely silent" in teaching youngsters the difference between right and wrong. But Dr John Habgood said that showed Mr Maclean had assumed that because it was not reported in the media it was not happening. See 136 Mr Maclean had not been "doing his homework", Dr Habgood added. Next News Home News World Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:19/22→ 16/42 POLITICS CHURCH AND GOVERNMENT DEFUSE ROW The Government and the Church of England have defused their row over moral guidance for young children. Home Office Minister David Maclean had said the Church was "strangely silent" on teaching children the difference between right and wrong. But he has now written to Lambeth Palace saying his remarks were not linked to the James Bulger murder. In reply, Church officials have said they hope they can work more effectively with the Government. DESPATCH Mike Wooldridge reports 190Next News Home News World Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:10/01 17/42 POLITICS CHURCH COULD DO BETTER - PRIEST A Church of England priest, who officiated at the funeral of James Bulger, has responded to Government criticism of the Church. Home Office minister David Maclean had said the Church had stayed "strangely silent" on morals. Reverend Bernhard Schuenemann admitted the Church might be able to present moral guidance better. But he said Mr Maclean probably had limited experience of what was preached in places like Kirby where James Bulger lived. Next News World Politics Main News
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:20/42→ 18/42 POLITICS PATTEN: RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS ARE BEST Religious schools are the best way to teach children the difference between right and wrong, Education Secretary John Patten has said. However, schools of all types could "stop evil creeping up on children" through their general ethos. In the wake of the James Bulger trial he called on schools to offer firm guidance on responsibility. Passing on lessons through religious teaching was what helped children the most, he said. Home 110Politics 130World 160Next News World Politics Main News
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:21/18 19/42 POLITICS SAFER CLOTHING FOR UK TROOPS URGED Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind has been urged to provide better body protection for British troops serving with the UN in Bosnia. Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Menzies Campbell has said it is "monstrous" that UK troops are not provided with the best protection. It follows claims that they are not as well protected against sniper fire as other countries' soldiers. There are reports that the Dutch, for example, have safer clothing. Home 110Politics 130World 160Parl'ment World Politics Main News
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:21/28 20/42 PARLIAMENT HIGHER EDUCATION TARGET "MET" There are more than a million full time students in higher education for the first time, Education Secretary John Patten has said. He told MPs that the Government had already beaten a target set for the turn of the century. Mr Patten said 1991 projections had called for one in three of all 18 to 19-year-olds to be in higher education by the year 2000. But that target had been met in just two years, he added. Home 110Politics 130World 160Next News Main News Newsround Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:21/01 21/42 PARLIAMENT LABOUR GRADUATE UNEMPLOYMENT ATTACK Labour has attacked the lack of job opportunities for newly-qualified graduates during an education debate in the Commons. Graduate unemployment was now at 14%, Shadow Education Secretary Ann Taylor said. That left many graduates doing jobs requiring qualifications "well below the level of the degree for which they have worked", she said. Expanding education without proper funding was also leading to over- crowding in universities, she added Next News Main News Newsround Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:22/11 22/42 PARLIAMENT ROYAL TRAIN KEPT IN PUBLIC SECTOR The Government has taken action to keep the running of the Royal train in the public sector after the privatisation of British Rail. Transport Secretary John MacGregor said in a written reply that responsibility will pass from BR Rail to Railtrack, the new track- operating authority on 1 April. "Railtrack will be responsible for the running of the Royal train including the provision and upkeep of coaches and locomotives," Mr Tj MacGregor added. Home 110Politics 130 World 160Next News Main News Newsround Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:23/01 23/42→ PARLIAMENT INBRIEF MOVE The headquarters of the Environment Department is to move from Westminster to Victoria. ARTS The Arts Council has been ordered to cut administration costs by nearly £600,000 a year to free more money for the arts themselves, the Government has announced. APOLOGY Education Secretary John Patten has apologised for calling Birmingham's chief education officer a "nutter" and a "madman" in a speech to a fringe meeting at this year's Tory Party conference. Home 110Flash 150Diary 180Politics 130World 160Despatch 190 Flash Main News Newsround Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:23/18 24/42 WORLD BELGIUM: MORE TALKS TO END STRIKE The Belgian government is to hold further talks with unions in a bid to end a nationwide strike against austerity measures. Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene said discussions would take place on Tujsday, followed by a meeting with business leaders a day later. But he ruled out making concessions to the unions because austerity was essential to the nation's future. Ministers say a pay freeze is vital to meet conditions for EC economic and monetary union. →Next News Home News Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:24/18 25/42 WORLD HONG KONG TALKS AT CRUCIAL STAGE There is no sign of a breakthrough at what is seen as a crucial round of talks between Britain and China on democratic reforn in Hong Kong. The Government said earlier this month that it wanted to reach a deal first on less controversial parts of the reform package. This would allow preparations for elections due next year and in 1995 But at the 17th round of talks in Beijing, the two sides are now arguing about which issues should be included in a first stage deal. Next News Politics Summaries Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:24/29→ 26/42 WORLD ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL DATE QUESTIONED The Israeli pull-out from the Gaza Strip and Jericho may be delayed, Israel and the PLO have said. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said more time may be needed to make security arrangements. And PLO spokesman Nabil Shaath said there were still problems over the boundaries of Jericho, the control of border crossings and the release of Palestinian prisoners. The Israeli withdrawal is due to begin on 13 December. Do not delay, PLO tells Israel 158Next News Despatch Flash TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:24/14 27/42 WORLD ISRAEL MUST WITHDRAW AT ONCE - PLO Israel must not delay its planned withdrawal from parts of the Occupied Territories, PLO leader Yasser Arafat has said. He said the recent violence in the territories was very dangerous, but the best way to stop it was for Israel to withdraw without delay. Israel is due to start pulling out on 13 December but officials said more time might be needed to make security arrangements for isolated Jewish settlements. Israeli withdrawal date in doubt 157Politics 130World 160Despatch 190Next News Home News Main News Weather
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:25/29 28/42 WORLD ISRAELI TROOPS KILL "HAMAS MEMBER" Israeli security forces have shot and killed a senior member of the military wing of the Hamas military wing, police have said. The shooting took place early this morning in Arab East Jerusalem. A police spokesman said the unn!med Palestinian was shot when he tried to escape from the security forces. If confirmed, it will be the second time this week that Israeli troops have killed a member of the Islamic group's military wing. Home 110Politics 130World 160Next News Politics Summaries Travel
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:25/01→ 2:/42 WORLD ANC OFFICIAL SHOT DEAD IN NATAL An ANC official has been shot dead at his home in Mpulanga in South Africa's Natal region. The killing came as the African National Congress began a three-day meeting of its regional council in the southern province. Philip Ndlovu was a senior official with the ANC in the Natal Midlands region, a stronghold of the Zulu Inkatha Freedom Party. An ANC spokesman said Mr Ndlovu was the fourth ANC official killed in that area over the past 18 months. Next News Home News Main News Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:26/29 30/42 WORLD NEW BOSNIA PEACE TALKS ON MONDAY The leaders of Bosnia's warring factions have agreed to attend peace talks in Geneva on Monday. A spokesman for the international mediators said Muslim President Alija Izetbegovic, Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and Croat leader Mate Boban had all agreed to attend The presidents of Croatia and Serbia would also attend, he said. They are to discuss the "Geneva package" under which Bosnia would be cut up into ethnic mini-states, the spokesman added. Next News Main News Despatch Weather
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:27/11 31/42 WORLD SARAJEVO EVACUATION SUSPENDED An operation to evacuate more than 1,000 Muslim, Serbs and Croats from Sarajevo has been suspended. The refugees - women, children and the elderly - had already started boarding buses to take them to Dubrovnik and Split in Croatia. But the operation was halted at the last moment when Croat forces made a fresh demand for the release of a Croat commander before the convoy could go ahead. This is the second time this month that the operation has been delayed Next News Politics Main News TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:27/31 32/42 → WORLD GERMANY BANS MILITANT KURD GROUP The German government has banned the Kurdish militant group, the Kurdish Workers' Party, or PKK. Thirty-five groups associated with the PKK have also been banned. The move followed a number of attacks on official buildings in Germany and other EC countries by Kurdish militant groups. Meanwhile, Turkish soldiers have killed eight rebel Kurds in clashes in three provinces in south-east Turkey. Home 110Politics 130 World 160Next News Politics Main News TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:28/14 33/42 WORLD US DIPLOMAT KIDNAPPED IN YEMEN A US diplomat in Yemen has been forced from his car in the state capital and kidnapped, a State Department official has said. The employee, Haynes Mahoney, is director of the United States Information Agency. "A member of staff was abducted from his car on Thursday in Sanaa," the official said. The US embassy has refused to comment. Home 110Politics 130World 160Summary 102Despatch 190Index 199Next News Politics Main News TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:28/24 34/42 WORLD IRA SUSPECTS ON TRIAL IN GERMANY The wife of a British Army major has given evidence in a German court at the trial of three men accused of murdering her husband. Rosalind Dillon-Lee said she heard the terrorists who shot her husband Michael in Dortmund on 1 June, 1990 give a "triumphant battle cry". Donna Maguire, Paul Hughes and Sean Hick are alleged to be IRA members and to have carried out the killing The three have already been cleared by a Dutch court of the 1990 murder of two Australian tourists. Next News Politics Main News TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:28/0 35/42 WORLD GATT HEAD SETS NEW DEAL DEADLINE Negotiations on a Gatt trade deal must end by 13 December - two days before the official deadline, the head of the organisation has said. Peter Sutherland said he wanted a deal to be made by then so that he could hold a final meeting on 15 December to approve the deal. Meanwhile, the leader of the German opposition SPD has urged France to drop its objections to EC's deal with the US on farm subsidies. Rudolf Scharping said everyone would benefit from a Gatt agreement Next News Politics Main News TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:29/29 36/42 WORLD ROW BETWEEN TWO CAR FIRMS CONTINUES There have been further exchanges between two leading international car makers over allegations of industrial espionage. German firm Volkswagen released an auditor's report which it said disproved claims it used secret information from its US rival, General Motors. General Motors immediately accused Volkswagen of a cover-up. It alleged one of its former top executives took industrial secrets with him when he defected to VW. Home 110Politics 130World 160Next News Politics Main News TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:30/12 38/42 VOLKSWAGEN SEES £790m 1993 LOSS 208 BANKS' GROSS MORTGAGE LOANS dip 203 STAGECOACH make £9m acquisition 207 BM GROUP confirms loss of £116m 216 Dow 3,681.71 -5.87 Gold/oz $376.85 £/DM 2.5308 - 0.0110 Eff 81.5 -0.2 FT-SE 3111.4 +18.3 at 16:2: CEEFAX FINANCE Currencies 250 Personal 260 Interest rates 254 Economy 270 Commodities 258 Viewers' A-Z 299 City News Shares London £/$ Major
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:30/14 39/42 HEADLINES BUTCHER AXED IN SUNDERLAND SHAKE-UP FOOTBALL Roker chairman resigns 306 FOOTBALL Lyall scotches rumours 303Jj Injured Mabbutt pleads for Fash 312Rj SNOOKER UK Championship: latest 327Rj CRICKET Slater, Boon flay Kiwis 342 GOLF Gallacher back for '95 Cup 321 US FOOTBALL Miami Lett off hook 337 FULL MAGAZINE ON BBC2 Football 302 Motor Sport 360 Jj General 320 Rugby 370 Cricket 340 Racing 380 Football Top Story Gen Sport Racing
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:30/42 Weather for FRIDAY 40/42ISOLATED 05 FOGSHOWERSPATCHESSUNNY 05 AMSPELLSDRYWINDS 05 SUNNYFRESHENSPELLS 06 07 MAINLY 06 DRY CLOUDYPATCHY 07 RAINSEDGINGN 09 08 09 10 Data: WEATHER CHECK by OCEANROUTES Forecast UK Resort Air Qual EurResort
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:30/49 Weather for FRIDAY NIGHT 41/42 02 DRYBROKENCLOUD 01 CLOUDTHICKENSFOGWINDS 02 PATCHESSTRENGTHEN 03 05 04 PATCHY LIGHT 03 RAIN DYING 02 OUT 04 02 04 → Data: WEATHER CHECK by OCEANROUTES Forecast UK Resort Air Qual EurResort
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 26 Nov 16:31/01 42/42 UK WEATHER OUTLOOK Saturday A cold and dry start. Most places will have sunny spells. Over the west cloud and rain will move in steadily, with gales. Breezy elsjwhere. Sunday Cloudy in most parts, with rain in the west and in central parts by dusk. Dry in the east with the best of the sun. Widespread near gales. Data: Weather Check by Oceanroutes UK Maps 401 Euro-resorts 405Skiing 430 World statistics 406Air Qual UK Maps EurResort Statistic