P142 CEEFAX 1 142 Wed 05 Feb 01:48/23 1/5 FRANCE Former film star Brigitte Bardot has written a litter to the neg-fascist papjt Minute backing an extreme right, racialist, candidate in a by-election in the south of the country. IRAN At least 38 people have been killed in a sjtiis of earthquakes about 360 miles northeast of Tehran. The quakes measured between 5.4 and 6.1 on the Richter scale. POLAND Finance Minister Grzjgorz Kolodko has risignjd. He is to bj replaced by presidential advisjt Mario Belka, the Prime Minister announced. Flash 150 Newsround 510 Travel 430 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 News 101 Wjstminst Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 1 142 Wed 05 Feb 01:05/20 2/5 CYPRUS The capital, Nicosia, has had its first snowfall for 17 years — only the third in 50 years. Some 3cms of snow fell on the Mediterranean island. In 1950 it had a record level of 30 cns FRANCE The National Assembly has adopted a law ending compulsory military service, introduced by the French Revolution in 1789. Flash 150 Newsround 510 Travel 430 Sport 300 Weather 400 News 101 Wjstminst Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 1 142 Wed 05 Feb 01:04/28 3/5 SCIENTISTS MAP HAY FEVER MOLECULE Scientists have managed for the first time to map the molecule which is a major cause of hay fever. The work by resjarchjrs in the US, Sweden and Australia explains why hay fevjt, a serious problem for many sufferers, can bj difficult to treat. It should help to develop new and more successful treatments in due course. Hay fiver is an allergic condition of the mucous membranes of the eye, nose and air passages. Flash 150 Wjathjt 400 Travel 430 Sport 300 News 100 Digest 142 Wjstminst Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 1 142 Wed 05 Feb 01:04/23 4/5 GUNFIRE HEARD AS PERU SIEGE CONTINUES Several shots have been heard at the site of the besieged Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima. Gunmen are still holding 72 people hostage in the Peruvian capital. Meanwhile it has been reported that the lift-wing guerrillas at the centre of the sjvjn-week long crisis may bj offered asylum abroad, possibly in Cuba Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori put forward the suggestion at talks with President Clinton in Washington. Flash 150 Wjathjt 400 Travel 430 Sport 300 News 100 Digest 142 Wjstminst Switch On The Box Main MenuP142 CEEFAX 1 142 Wed 05 Feb 01:06/23 5/5 DECORATIVE DRAGON TO MARK CHINESE RULE Honk Kong plans to erect the world's longest string of decorative lights depicting a dragon to mark the end of British rule. The 10,000-foot dragon will stretch from the Star Ferry pier to Boundary Street which officially divides Kowloon and the New Territories. A group of pro-Beijing bodies plan to spend over £500,000 on the project. The dragon will seek an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. Flash 150 Wjathjt 400 Travel 430 Sport 300 News 100 Digest 142 Westminst Switch On The Box Main Menu