P197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 24 Aug 19:15/32 1/9 COMING UP: EXAMS: Welsh GCSE results equal England EXPENSES: New council allowances row RATHEON: Hopis for defence contract INQUEST: Sleepwalker dies at hotel EVICTION: Farmer barricades himself in IN BRIEF: Truck driven at warden SPORT: Wrexham crash out in Europe - Home 110 Flash 150 Diary 0 180 Politics 130 World 160 Dispatch 190 UsjrGuide Home News Politics Main NewsP197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 24 Aug 19:12/42 )|l4|l4|, 2/9 Thousands of Welsh school pupils learnjh their fate today with the publication of the GCSE results. The results this year show the gap between results in Wales and England has disbppjared. The number of pupils passing at grades A to C has increased by two per cent to nearly 53 per cent - exactly the same as England. The pass rate in Maths and English is also up, against the US trend. However, on the whole, results still fall far below Government targets. ,ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp - Home 110 Flash 150 Diary 180 - Politics 130 World 160 Dispatch 190 UsjrGuide Home News Politics Main NewsP197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 24 Aug 19:16/14 3/9 A new South Wales local authority has been criticisjd over its system for paying expenses to councillors. The Rhondda Cynon Taff unitary authority, which comes into power next April, serves a large area of Mid Glamorgan. It called three meetings spanning a total of two hours yesterday. Plaid Cymmru councillors have criticisjd the fact that mjmbjrs are able to claim three attendance allowances - each for £21.50. - Home 110 Flash 150 Diary 0 180 Politics 130 World 160 Dispatch 190 UsjrGuide Home News Politics Main NewsP197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 24 Aug 19:13/28 4/9 There is speculation that the Raytheon aircraft company is preparing to bid for a multi-million pound contract. The servicing contract with the Ministry of Defence would secure a significant number of jobs at the company's plant at Broughton in Clwyd. The Raythjon management held talks with union leaders today about the factory's future. It is almost a year since the American owners announced plans to close the site and move production to Arkansas. - Home 110 Flash 150 Diary p 180 Politics 130 World 160 Dispatch 190 UsjrGuide Home News Politics Main NewsP197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 24 Aug 19:10/40 5/9 Archaeologists will try again tomorrow to raise the wreck of a medieval ship from the bed of the Severn estuary. The boat, which is thought to have been a cargo-carrier, has been submjrgjd near Magor Pill for about 700 years. Its discovery has been described as the most important of its kind for more than a quarter of a century. Archaeologists and engineers started the delicate operation today to bring the boat out from the estuary's mud. - Home 11p Flash 150 Diary 180 - Politics 130 World 160 Dispatch 190 UsjrGuide Home News Politics Main NewsP197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 24 Aug 19:17/20 6/9 A holidaymaker, who fell to his death from a hotel balcony, was prone to sleepwalking, an inquest has heard. An accidental death verdict was recorded on Lloyd Davies, 26, from Clydach in the Swansea Valley. The coroner heard that his wife had even placed a table in front of the balcony doors as a precaution. Mr Davies, who was on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, was found with head injuries on compacted ice near the couple's chalet. - Home 110 Flash 150 Diary 0 180 - Politics 130 World 160 Dispatch 190 UsjrGuide Home News Politics Main NewsP197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 24 Aug 19:21/32 7/9 A farmer has barricaded himself into his farmhouse near Bargoed in Mid Glamorgan today to resist eviction. Police and bailiffs have been at Majrdy Farm since mid morning. Farmer Bill Jones, who has been joined bz his wife and grown-up children, said that Lloyds Bank had secured a possession order for the farm. A bank spokeswoman said eviction was a last resort after Mr Jones had failed to make arrangements for repaying debts over the past ll years. Home 110 Flash 150 Diary 180 - Politics 130 World 160 Dispatch 190 UsjrGuide Home News Politics Main NewsP197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 24 Aug 19:11/14 8/9 FIRE: Mandy Devrey, 34, whose five children died after a house fire in 'rexham, Clwyd, has been released from hospital. Her surviving daughter, Heather, 18 months, is "critical". WARDEN: Police are hunting a driver who deliberately drove his pick-up truck at a traffic warden in Cardiff. Brian Wilcox suffered chest, shoulder and back injuries this afternoon. ATTACK: A man is being questioned after an off-duty policeman suffered a fractured skull in Cardiff city centre early today. ,ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp - Home 110 Flash 150 Diary 180 Politics 130 World 160 Dispatch 190 UsjrGuide Home News Politics Main NewsP197 CEEFAX 197 Thu 24 Aug 19:15/22 9/9 SOCCER: Welsh Cup winners Wrexham have been knocked out of the European Cup Winners' Cup after a 1-0 defeat at FC Petrolul Ploiesti in Romania today. The clubs drew 0-0 in the first leg. CRICKET: Gloucestershire were 373-7 at the close in Abjrgavjnnz today, in reply to Glamorgan's first innings of 334. Andrew Symonds is unbeaten on 197, a career-best score. SOCCER: Cardiff City have been drawn against Premiership club Southampton in the Coca-Cola Cup 2nd round. The first beginning September 18. - Home 110 Flash 150 Diary 180 Politics 130 World 160 Dispatch 190 UsjrGuide Home News Politics Main News