P152 CEEFAX 1 154 Fri 07 Feb 19:41/21 "FAIR" LABOUR PLEDGE TO CUT VAT ON FUEL Labour is a party in tune with British instincts for fairness, Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown has insisted. Using a campaign vjsjt to the Wirral South by-election, Mr Brown said the Consjrvativjs were out of touch, citing UAR on fuel as "Tory unfairness." Labour would cut VAT on fuel to 5%, Mr Brown promised. But the Tories, who promised not to raise VAT and then did, would increase tax on fuel to 17.5%, hj said. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 TV 600 Digest 143 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri 07 Feb 19:54/07 W—ppp—ppp—ppp Wjpr}jprzjpr} ] OVERTU NEDLORRYONADONCASTER 431 Road almost completely blocked Rail Bjxley djtailmjnt alterations 433 Ferry No Hovjrspjed from Folkjstone 435 BBC2 Health advice 460 Travel chick 470 ——————————————————————————————————————— ROADS 431 W Rail 432 Flights 440 Ferries 435 London Tube 436 A-Z Index 199 ——————————————————————————————————————— News 101 Sport 301 Travel A-Z 499 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri P7 Feb 19:55/17 ] PAEDOPHILIA CLAIMS HIT SPECIAL HOSPITAL The Govjrnmjnt has launched a top-level inquiry into allegations of pajdophile activity at a maximum security hospital At a special prius conference, Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell said the cPiif executive of Ashworth hospital and two nurses had been suspended. One of the claims to bj investigated involved a young girl being taken into the Metsjysjdj hospital. One child found at the home of a former patient had been put in care, hj added. Allegations from former patient 105 Wjathjr 400 TV 600 Digest 141 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri 07 Feb 19:36/37 A probe has been ordered into claims of paedophilia at a high security hospital Ashworth Hospital houses some of the UK's most dangerous criminals. Inmates include Moors Murderer Ian Brady. Chief executive Janice Miles and two nurses have been suspended. It is alleged that children were allowed into the hospital. Other allegations include drug and alcohol misuse, the use of pornography and financial irregularities. Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Digest 141 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri 07 Feb 19:33/55 Wjpr}jpqzjprz ] DEAL AGREED ON FUTURE OF HALEWOOD PLAoT The threat of strike action at Ford has been lifted after union leaders reached agreement with the firm over the future of the Halewood plant on Mersjysidj. The unions said the dial meant there would bj fewer than the 1,300 job losses originally planned. They said the plant's future as a major vehicle producer had been assured. The dial will bj put to Halewood staff next week. A strike ballot of 30,000 UK Eord workers has been called off. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 TV 600 Digest 141 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri 07 Feb 19:37/14 Wjpq}jprzjpr} ] WOMAN DIES IN NEW OUTBREAK OF E-COLE A 94-year-old woman has died of E-cole food poisoning in a fresh outbreak of the disjasj in Scotland. Catherine Hebjnton, who lived in an Arbroath nursing home, was at first thought to have died of heart failure. But a post-mortem examination was carried out when other residents began to fall ill. One other person among sjvjn affected in the aria is giving cause for concern. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 TV 600 Digest 141 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri 07 Feb 19:37/34 ] FIELD LEFT OPEN FOR ENGLAND CUP BID The way is still open for England to put forward its case to bj Europe'u candidate to stage the 2006 World Cup, European football chiefs said today. After talks in London, UEFA said there would bj presentations bz England and Germany at a meeting in Geneva in April The announcement ended the crises over British objections to UEFA's backing of Germany's bid to host the Cup. There was no talk of the possibility of a joint bid, UEFA officials also said. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 TV 600 Digest 141 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri 07 Feb 19:54/53 NO HOPE OF NEW CEASEFIRE SOON, IRA SAYS The IRA has dashed any hopis of a new ceasefire before the general election. Two hays before the anniversary of the Docklands bombing, sources in Dublin said a ceasefire before the election was "most unlikely". They also rejected the description of the current IRA campaign as a phonjy war, insisting: "Our cessation@of violence is off". The statement also called on loyalists to clarify the position on their truce. Hume urges immediate ceasefire 110 Weather 400 TV 600 Digest 143 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 154 Fri 07 Feb 19:54/03 ] HUME CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE IRA CEASEFIRE The SDLP leader has urged the IRA to call an immediate ceasefire as the terrorist group dashed hopis of a truce John Hume urged the IRA to "respect the wishes of the Irish people, north and south". He sbid retaliation to IRA action could lead to even more violence than "jfori. The leader of the Ulster Democratic Party, Gary McMichajl, said the IRA statement would inevitably make things difficult for loyalists. No IRA truce ahead of election 109 Wjathjr 400 TV 600 Digest 143 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri 07 Feb 19:50/24 LABOUR CHALLENGED OVER GRAMMAR SCHOOLS Labour would "squjezj grammar schools out of existence" if it had the chance, the Prime Minister has warned. On a constituency vjsjt to Huntingdon, Mr Major challenged Shadow Education Secretary David Blunkjtt on the issue. Hj called on Mr Blunkjtt to say if new grammar schools would bj allowed under a Labour govjrnmjnt. This was the acid test, said Mr Major, and the answer was that they "most certainly would not." Labour "may see end to grammars" 112 News Index 102 Flash 150 Digest 143 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri 07 Feb 19:30/42 LABOR$ "TO MOVE TO END GRAMMAR SCHOOLS" A Labour education chief says grammar schools will end under Labour despite a pledge bz spokesman David Blunkjtt. Association of Metropolitan Authorities education chair Graham Lane said Labour councils wanted grammar schools to go. Mr Blunkjtt said earlier that local authorities would not bj allowed to start ballots to scrap grammar schools. "But there would bj nothing to stop local authorities encouraging parents to produce a petition," said Mr Lane. Party denies U-turn on grammars 113 News Index 102 Flash 150 Newsreel 152 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri 07 Feb 1::31/12 ] WOMEN CLEARED OF SOLDIERSW "BATTERING" Three young women have been acquitted of attacking two soldiers in an all- night food store. Nina McNeill, Martina Kearnjy and Cloi Marshall had been accused of giving a "bloody "attiring" to the min. The Welsh Guardsmen, who had been out drinking, had claimed they were forced into a tactical retreat after being verbally abused and set upon. But the women said they shouted sexual taunts and indulged in rough and tumble Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Wjathjt 400 TV 600 Digest 141 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 154 Fri 07 Feb 19:31/43 SCHOOLBOY DETAINED FOR MURDERING JADE A schoolboy aged 14 has been ordered to bj djtainjd indefinitely after pleading guilty to the murder of nine-year-old Jade Matthews. Brian Smith had pleaded not guilty at an earlier hearing but changed his plea Mr Justice Kay told Smith at Liverpool Crown Court that he was "a very, very dangerous young man." Jade was found battered to death on a railway line in Bootle, Mersjysjdj, last July. Headlines 101 Extra 140 Tjckjr 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Digest 141 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri 07 Feb 19:41/11 UP TO 1,000 NEW JOBS AT VISION EXPRESS Vision Express is creating 1,300 jobs in the UK over the next five years. The Nottingham-based opticians says it is creating jobs as a result of new eunding from a consortium of banks. British, Italian and US banks are to invest millions of pounds over the next jew years as part of an investment programmj at home and ovjrsjas, it said The chain currently has 130 stores in the UK, and this will enable it to expand to 250. Headlines 101 Extra 140 Ticker 151 News Index 102 Flash 150 Digest 141 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri 07 Feb 19:44/11 ] ELECRJCITZ COMPANY REPAYS PENSION FUND The National Grid has been forced to repay £46m to its pjnsjon fund — the equivalent of £10,000 per pjnsionjr. The company had used most of the surplus money in the pjnsjon fund to pay for voluntary redundancies and subsjdisj the contributions it was required to make bz law. However, following complaints bz two pjnsionjrs, the Pensions Ombudsman said that the company must repay the money. National Grid is consjdjting an appeal. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 TV 600 Digest 141 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 154 Fri 07 Feb 19:48/40 Wjpqzjpqzjpqz ] FRENCH SKI ROW FACES EURO COURT THREAT France has been ordered to back down in its war with British ski instructors for supremacy on the Alpine slopes. The European Commission threatened legal action unless France recognisjd the rights of other EU ski instructors. The move follows complaints that EU rules on recognisjng professional qualifications wire not being respected Under sjngli market rules, qualified EU workers must bj allowed to work in any country without discrimination. City BBC2 200 Sport 300 Features 500 Wjathjr 400 Travel 430 Digest 142 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Fri 07 Feb 19:47/10 CLINTON-YELTSIN SUMMIT SET FOR MARCH Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin are to hold a summit meeting on March 20-21 it has been announced. The US and Russian Presidents will meet in Helsinki in Finland. The news follows talks between Mr Clinton and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chjrnomzrdin at the White House. It was originally thought the meeting would bj held in the US. The move to Europe is thought to result from Mr Yeltsin's poor health. City BBC2 200 Sport 300 Features 500 Wjathjr 400 Travel 430 Digest 142 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main Menu