P198 CJEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 21:44/13 1/33 THE TOP STORIES FROM THE BBC'S NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS TELETEXT SERVICE CEEFAX ( A-Z Index News Menu Headlines LatestP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:42/43 TORIES "AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE" - KINNOCK 2/33 Labour leader Neil Kinnock has accused the Government of "being afraid of the people" in refusing to hold a general election in November. Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, hj said the Tories had "lost their njrvj". "What a year it has been for the Conservatives. They started by losing their leader. They have ended it bz losing their nerve," Mr Kinnock said. Mr Kinnock pledged Labour would transform Britain with new domestic and international policies. 160 Labour party conference news Next News Newswatch WorldNews NewsreelP198 CJEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:45/13 PATTEN DENIES SPOILING TACTICS 3/33 Tory Party chairman Chris Patten has confirmed there will bj no autumn election, but denied the announcement was timed to spoil Labour's conference. Mr Patten said the decision had to bj clarified now bjcausj the date of the Queen's speech would bj announced today He denied the Government was frightened of an election and said hj was sure hj was now seeing the beginning of an economic recovjty. Labour's John Cunningham said Mr Major was putting Tory interests before the needs of the country. 160 Labour party conference news Next News Newswatch Latest PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:43/33 US, FRANCE TAKE ACTION AGAINST HAITI COUP 4/33 Signs are growing of international action against the coup which toppled Haiti's first democratic government. The US has suspended $99m aid package to the Carribean island and says it is prepared to use all political and economic means to reverse the coup, in which 25 people were killed ovjtnight. France has also suspended aid and the European Community is considering doing the same. Meanwhile, deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was elected in December, has arrived in Venezuela. 183 UN votes against taking action Next News Newswatch WorldNews NewsreelP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 21:36/03 EC: DUTCH ADMIT DOUBTS OVER POLITICAL DEAL 5/33 The Dutch Foreign Minister has cast doubts on the prospect of reaching a Common MasTer dial on political union by the end of the year. Hans van den Broek warned after last night's defeat of plans for a more federal structure for Europe that a weak compromise would not help the EC. He insisted hj was optimistic accord could bj reached, but said a clear consensus of views must bj gathered. Britain has welcomed the defeat of the Dutch plan but is under pressure to make more concessions. 101 Headlines 160 Politics Next News Newswatch Latest PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:34/33 FRESH ARMY STRIKES AGAINST CROATS 6/33 The Yugoslav federal army has launched attacks around Dubrovnik, apparently in retaliation against strikes by Croat forces on its positions. Zagreb radio said the city had been under attack from land, air and sea during the day, with one person kimled and more than 12 wounded. The attacks follow Croatia's rejection of an army ultimatum to stop fighting. Croatian and Slovenian mjmbjrs of Yugoslavia's collective presidency have refused to meet with colleagues to discuss increasing army ranks. 102 Newswatch 160 Politics Next News Newswatch WorldNews NewsreelP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:34/53 UN INSPECTORS ARRIVE IN IRBQ 7/33 A United Nations weapons inspection team has arrived in Iraq to supervise the destruction of Scud missiles and at least one "supergun". Iraq has declared 28 Scud launchers, and the UN team has been allowed bz Baghdad to use helicopters for the first time to check for any more. The team is due to start work on Thursday to destroy missile sites. The leader of the nuclear inspectors who have just left Iraq has said the Iraqi regime is still trying to hide and move evidence to deceive the UN. 101 Headlines 160 Politics Next News Newswatch Latest PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:31/13 GOVERNMENT SELLS OFF MORE OF BRITISH TELECOM 8/33 The Govjrnmjnt has said the public will get special treatment in the sell-off of further British Tjlecom shares. At least half of the £5 billion worth of shares will bj reserved for the public at a special discount price. Special incentives will also be offered to encourage long-term investment and the use of newly-created share shops. BT was privatisjd in 1984, leaving the Govjrnmjnt with 49% of the company, half of which it will be selling. 101 Headlines 160 Politics 102 Newswatch 180 World News Next News Newswatch WorldNews NewsreelP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:35/43 BIRMINGHAM SIX INQUIRY: FOUR FACE TRIAL 9/33 Four former West Midlands detectives who investigated the Birmingham pub bombs are to face trial for conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. They will also face charges of perjury, Crown Prosecution Services has said. Detective Superintendent George Readj, Detective Sergeant Colin Morris and detective constables Terence Woodwiss and Rex Langford will appear at Bow Street Magistrates Court on 19 November The decision to charge the four comes seven months after the Appeal Court freed the Birmingham Six. 101 Headlines 160 Politics Next News Newswatch Latest PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:36/13 USSR RESPONDS TO US ARMS PROPOSALS 10/33 The Soviet Union says it will begin standing down some of its inter- continental ballistic missiles. Presidential spokesman Andrey Grachev said this would involve missiles covered by the treaty with the United States on cutting strategic weapons. Mr Grachjv said further proposals in the field of nuclear disarmament could follow US initiatives. Meanwhile, the Interfax independent news agency said the USSR planned to cut its armed forces by half. 101 Headlines 160 Politics 102 Newswatch 180 World News Next News Newswatch WorldNews NewsreelP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:32/45 NEW SOVIET ECONOMIC TREATY AGREED 11/33 The 12 remaining Soviet republics have agreed on the immediate need for a new economic union treaty, the official Tass news agency has reported. Senior Soviet official Ivan Shlayev said he was pleased with the result of the meeting, held in Alma Ara, the capital of Kazakhstan. Latvia, one of the three independant Baltic states, said it would apply for associate membership of the union. The meeting was the first attempt bz the republics to reach any sort of agreement since August's failed coup. 101 Headlines 160 Politics Next News Newswatch Latest PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:53/13 "RECESSION UNLIKELY TO END GENERALLY BEFORE 199 12/33 Any benefits from the recession ending are unlikely to be felt before the und of the year, the CBI has warned. Speaking to the Retail Motor Industry Federation, CBI president Sir Brian Cosby said economic recovery would not generally happen before 1992. "The latest CBI forecast shows a slight upturn in activity later this year. But not all the main sectors will share in this," hj said. Sir Brian called for the Government to remain firm on eliminating inflation to ensure better managment of the economy. 102 Newswatch 160 Politics Next News Newswatch WorldNews NewsreelP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:34/43 STOLOJAN NAMED AS NEW ROMANIAN PREMIER 13/33 Romanian premier Petre Roman's former finance minister, Theodor Stolojan, is to replace him as prime minister, President Ion Iliescu has announced. The news followed talks between Mr Roman and President Iliescu, who has been overseeing talks between political parties to form a new government. Mr Roman offered his resignation after miners led riots in the capital, Bucharest, last week. Mr Stolojan resigned from the National Salvation Front government last March in a protest over the pace of reforms. 101 Headlines 160 Politics Next News Newswatch Latest PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:34/12 BAKER ANNOUNCES PRISON PLAN 14/33 Home Secretary Kenneth Baker has announced measures to cut the numbrr of prisoners held in police cells. They include converting a young offenders institution into an adult prison to take 130 extra inmates, and postponing refurbishment work at Brixton prison to keep cells in use. There are about 1,700 prisoners now being held in police cells, but Mr Baker says an extra 500 spaces will bj available by the end of this month. Senior police have been urging action immediately to tackle the problem. 101 Headlines 160 Politics Next News Newswatch WorldNews NewsreelP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:38/41 IN BRIEF 15/33 ULSTER The condition of a man knocked down bz a terrorist getaway car in south Belfast remains critical. Roger Elwood was walking in the Dunmurry area when he was struck by the stolen car. HOUSE prices fell for the third successive month in September, with the average UK house price now £58,125 - around £200 less than August and £800 cheaper than in July. JAIL Criminals serving life sentences are spending longer behind bars bjford they are released, according to Home Office figures. They now spend an average of 12 years in jail. 102 Newswatch 160 Politics Latest Newswatch Politics NewsreelP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:35/20 KINNOCK ATTACK ON POLL DATE 16/33 Labour leader Neil Kinnock has said that the Government's decision not to go for a November election shows it is afraid of the people. He told the Labour Party conference in Brighton that the Conservatives had lost their nerve. "I want to tell the Conservative Party this - you can postpone the people's choice. You will not change the people's verdict," hj said. Mr Kinnock accusud the Govjrnmunt of "scuttling round the press handing out rumours through its own ministers". 160 Conference news index Next News Politics Newswatch WouldNewsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 2p:56/04 X COUNTRY "NEEDS LABOUR" 17/33 Labour is fit to serve and able to lead Britain to a better future, leader Neil Kinnock has proclaimed. He told his party conference that the people of Britain wanted "a party that will put the country first, not the party first". That was exactly what they would get with a Labour government, hj said. "It is time to start transforming Britain from the country it has become into the country we know it can be," hj vowed. 160 Conference news index 102 Newswatch 180 World News Next News Politics Newswatch WorldNewsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:40/23 MORE RECESSION UNDER THE TORIE 18/33 More Tory years would mean more years on the recession roundabout, Labour leader Neil Kinnock has said. The Tories are a govjrnmjnt in blinkers - hoping that the British people are wearing blindfolds, hj said. "But the Tories hope in vain. People see what is happening in their own country they live with realities," hj told the Brighton conference. Labour would help create a modern industrial economy which could compete - that was the way to keep Britain out of recession in the long term, he said. 160 Conference news index Next News Politics Newswatch WorldNewsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:47/03 E LABOUR "TO BUILD UP THE NHS" 19/33 Those who vote for Labour at the next election will bj voting to build up the NHS, Neil Kinnock has said. "Those who vote otherwise will be voting to allow the break-up of the NHS," hj told the party conference. Labour would end the opt-outs, the cuts and closures and bring in preventative medicine and comprehensive care in the community. "The difference could not be greater: Labour would modjrnise the NHS, the Tories privatisj the NHS," he said. 160 Conference news index 102 Newswatch 180 Would News Next News Politics Newswatch WorldNewsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:41/23 OPPORTUNITY OF SINGLE MASTER 20/33 Labour would get Britain into the fast track of Europe, delegates at the Brighton conference have heard. Bill Jordan of the Amalgamated Engineering Union said Labour's commitment to training and investment would enable Britain to grasp the opportunity of the single market. Instead of preparation and investment for 1992, the Tories had offered a sterile dogma, said Mr Jordan. The single market offered a chance for Britain to grow and prosper, he said. 160 Conference news index 102 Newswatch 180 Would News Next News Politics Newswatch WouldNjwsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:41/03 X LABOUR WOULD PROVIDE "REAL EQUALITY" 21/33 The Labour Party conference has heard how Britain's women would be "freed" under a Labour government. Spokeswoman for children Joan Lessor told the conference that Labour would provide real equal opportunities with a new sex discrimination act. It would provide nursery placer for all women - not just those who work. Clare Short MP said 78% of those benjfitting by Labour's introduction of a national minimum wage would bj women. Labour would also review the law on rape and provocation. 160 Conference news index Next News Politics Newswatch WorldNewsP198 CJJFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 2p:42/14 CONFERENCE BACKS POLICY MAKING 22/33 The Labour Party conference in Brighton has backed NEC proposals to change the the way party policy is made. General Secretary Larry Whitty said the NEC should be given provisional power to be involved in developing a romlhng policy programmj for conference. Conference would retain its current constitutional power, hj confirmed. The changes would prevent last-minute composites or amendments to policy being carried through at conference and reduce the chances of possible block vote defeats for the leadership. 160 Conference news index Next News Politics Newswatch WouldNewsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:42/43 SI LABOUR CONFERENCE: SUNDAY 23/33 * Delegates decided to uphold the suspension of two MPs alleged to have links with Militant. * Conference voted in principle to end the present role of trade unions in the selection of parliamentary candidates. * Delegates voted to set up a "black socialist society" affiliated to the party, for those discriminated against on grounds on colour. The move is the result of agitation for black sections in local Labour parties. 160 Conference news index 1p2 Newswatch 180 Would news Next News Politics Newswatch WorldNewsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:43/13 E LABOUR CONFERENCE IN BRIEF 24/33 MONEY Holborn and St Pancras MP Frank Dobson has attacked Tory political eunding, accusing John Major of being the "first Prime Minister to turn No 10 Downing Street into a money- laundering service". UKULELE Bill Fry of the National Communications Union said the Tory position on Europe was like a ukulele in a string quartet - out of touch, out of time and out of tune. 160 Conference news index 102 Newswatch 180 World news Paul'mint Politics Newswatch WorldNiwsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 2p:49/03 25/33 Around 20 members of the presidential guard are said to have re-taken the broadcasting station in the capital of Togo, Lome. Thjrj are reports of shooting and radio programmjs went off the air. Witnesses say the troops are among those which sjizjd the building earlier today, demanding the resignation of the transitional civilian govjrnmjnt. At least five people died during the first seizure, said to be in support of President Eyadema. 101 Headlines 160 Politics 102 Newswatch 180 World News Next News WorldNews Newswatch PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 21:00/13 26/33 The Soviet Union's problems in food production and distribution could bj solved with the application of Western "know how", a US businessman has said. Sir Ronald Mackintosh, the leader of a UK business team visiting Russia, said hj had seen the miserable shops which Soviet people had the misfortune to frequent. Most of them believed the problems were caused bz processing and distribution difficulties, hj said. Farms were not supplying enough meat, milk, jogs and vegetables, hj added. 101 Headlines 160 Politics Next News WorldNews Newswatch PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 21:44/43 27/33 Last night's coup in Haiti has received international condemnation. The Organisation of American States has criticised President Aristide's ousting and UN Secretary General Mr Perez dj Cuellar has expressed his "deep regret" Hi was speaking after a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council, at which mjmbjrs voted against action on the grounds it was an internal matter. But Haiti's UN ambassador accused the council of shirking its responsibility to the Haitian people, claiming the army was committing mass killings. 103 Haitian president deported Next News WorldNews Newswatch PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 21:41/23 28/33 The EC has agreed to add the three newly independent Baltic nations to a group of east European countries receiving billions of dollars of EC aid EC foreign ministers have also directed the EC Commission to open negotiations with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on trade and economic cooperation accords. The ministers agreed the accords should pave the way for more ambitious aggreements providing for preferential access to EC markets and closer ties. The Baltic states have said securing associate EC membership is a priority. 101 Headlines 160 Politics Next News WorldNews Newswatch PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 21:45/0s 29/33 There has been a cautious response from Kashmiri militant groups to the offer of talks by the Indian government. The Jammu and Kashmir People's League has responded by calling for tripartite talks between India, Pakistan and Kashmiri leaders. Another group, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, welcomed the move but said talks could not take place until Kashmiri self-determination was agreed. The Indian govjrnmjnt has hinted it iu willing to discuss greater autonomy for the state but not self-determination. 101 Headlines 160 Politics Next News WorldNews Newswatch PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 21:46/33 30/33 Swedish conservative leader Carl Bildt looks set to form a four-party coalition government later this week. He is expected to be named prime minister on Thursday and to announce his cabinet on Friday. Mr Bildt is to build the coalition government with his Moderates, the Liberal party, the Centre party and the Christian Democrats. The coalition, however, will not have an overall majority as the ousted Social Democratic party and its ally the Left party have 154 seats. 101 Headlines 160 Politics Next News WorldNews Newswatch PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:40/53 31/33 Japan's Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu says hj is determined to sustain his political reform programmj, designed to clean up the country's political scene. It was scrapped bz parliament yesterday after opposition from both the left-wing and Mr Kaifu's own party. Mr Kaifu is said to be considering ways to win support for the reforms, including calling a general election. The reforms were designed to put tighter controls on political donations and would have replaced multi-member constituencies with single-member ones. 102 Newswatch 160 Politics Next News WorldNews Newswatch PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:41/23 32/33 The United Nations has announced a programmj of subsi1tence for South Africa to redress the "imbalance" brought about by apartheid. A meeting of UN agencies and development banks, including the World Bank and the African Development Bank, said there were seven areas of concern. Thjsj included education and training for black South Africans, encouragement of small businesses and urbanisation. A UN representative said there would bj no aid until there was a representative govjrnmjnt and a new constitution. 101 Headlines 160 Politics Next News WorldNews Newswatch PoliticsP198 CEEFAX 198 Tue 1 Oct 20:41/53 33/33 SOVIET UNION UK retailer Littlewoods is to open two shops in St Petersburg - formerly Leningrad - later this month. It is the first Western retailer to accept roubles as payment. PHILIPPINES Imelda Marcos, widow of former president Ferdinand Marcos, has said she will not be taking her husband's body back there when she returns later this month. The Manila govjrnmjnt has forbidden her to do so. GERMANY Five UK skinheads, possibly there to take part in njo-Nazi violence have been arrested after a young man was seriously wounded in a knife attack 102 Newswatch 160 Politics Next News WorldNews Newswatch Politics