P197 CEEFAX 1 197 Sat 08 Mar 19:32/12 Wj£3kj£3kj£3k Wj $kj $kj 'k OO EXPLOSION KILLS TWO IN NORTH WBLES Search for cause of Colwyn Bay blast LIB DENS Party discusses devolution RALLY March to support sacked workers MURDER Man accused of killing his wife TUC Employment advice on Women'u Day BAY Query over estuary wildlife status ODDS Hague 4-1 to bj next Tory leader A-Z 1:9 Letters 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front pbgj 100 Subtitles 888 A/Z Index TV/Rbdio News Heads Main MunuP197 CJEFAX 1 197 Sat 08 Mar 19:30/04 Wj $kj $kj 'k O 2/8 EXPLOSION IN NORTH WBLJS KILLS TWO Gas and electricity engineers are examjnjng a house in north Wbleu where two people wire killed in an explosion. An jldjrly couple, who have not yet been named, died when the blast, followed bz a fierce fire, destroyed the house at Bryn Cadno in Upper Colwyn Bay in the early hours of this morning. Neighbouring properties were evacuated as fire crews fought the blaze. An inrujry is now underway to try to find out what caused the explosion. A-Z 199 Ljttets 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front page 100 Subtitles 888 A/Z Index TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP197 CJEFAX 1 197 Sat 08 Mar 19:37/34 Wj£3kj£3kj£3k T j $kj $k 'k oz k 0 s{ W"£££"£££"£££ OO 3/8 RBLLZ TO SUPPORT SACKED WORKERS Trade unionists from across Britain w t in Newport today in suppo t of the 31 sacked Critchliy Label workjts. The unionists mbrchjd across Newport before holding a rally at John Frost Square in the centre of the town. They were backing the workers who were sbckjd by the telecommunications firm at their Cwmbran plant after they took legal action to try to force the company to ricognisj the Communication Workjts Union. A-Z 199 Letters 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front pbge 100 Subtitles 888 A/Z Index TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP197 CJJFAX 1 197 Sat 08 Mar 19:30/17 Wj $kj $kj 'k O 4/8 MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE A 39-year-old mbn from south Wbles has appeared in court today chargjh with murdjting his wife. David Rjes is accused of killing Lucinda Grace Rjes, 31, whose body was found at a house in Trihafod near Pontypridd on Thursday morning. A post mortem jxaminbtion showed Mrs Rjes died from stab wounds. Mr Rjis appeared before a special sitting of magistrates in Pontypridh this morning and was remanded in custody until March 17. A-Z 199 Ljttets 145 Headlines 101 TV 600QFront page 100 Subtitles 888 A/Z Index TVORadjo News Heads Main MenuP197 CEEFAX 1 197 Sat 08 Mar 19:31/02 ] Wj $kj $kj 'k OO 5/8 TUC OFFERS ADVICE ON WOMEN'S DAY The Wblis TUC has marked International Women's Day bz offering free employment rights for women. Advice shops weti set up in Cardiff, Swansea and Wrixham so women throughout Wbles could seek support via a frii telephone help line. -hj TUC says that many women work in part time jobs and do not have the support of a ttadj union, laying them open to exploitation. It offered advice on issues such as discriminbtion and maternity leave. A-Z 1:9 Letters 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front page 100 Subtitles 888 A/Z Index TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP197 CJJFAX 1 197 Sat 08 Mar 19:31/58 U 6/8 EC QUERJJS CARDIFF BAY WILDLIFE STATUS The European Commission has asked the Govjrnmjnt to explain why Cardiff Bay was not made a protected wildlife area. The bay was excluded from a Special Protection Area for wildlife in the Severn estuary on economic grounds, so that the Cardiff Bay Barrage could bj built. However, a recent European court ruling sbid designations should bj made on ecological, not economic grounds, and the Commission wants the Govjrnmjnt to explain its actions. Friends of the Earth have welcomed the European move. A-Z 199 Lest ts 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front pbgj 100 Subtitl s 888 A/Z Index TV/Rbdjo News H ads Main MenuP197 CEJFAX 1 197 Sat 08 Mar 19:31/45 ]T Wj $kj $kj 'k GOO 7/8 SHORT ODDS FOR HAGUE AS TORY LEADER The odds on Welsh Secretary William Hague becoming the next Tory leadjt have been halved to 4/1 bz Ladbrokjs. Mr Hague has moved up the ranks of those tipped to replace John Major as liadjt of the Tory Party, with Ladbrokjs saying his odds of replacing Mr Major have gone from 8/1 to 4/1. On Tuesday Mr Hague announced his engagement to Welsh-speaking civil sjrvbnt Ffion Jenkins, 29, who works in his office. As a result of the marriage announcement, his odds of becoming Tory liadjt have shortened. 1:9 Letters 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front pbgj 100 Subtitles 888 AOZ Index TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP197 CJEFAX 1 197 Sat 08 Mar 19:39/3) 8/8 ASHDOWN 'CA5PETS WELSH CANDIDATJW A Welsh Liberal Democrat candidate who criticisjd party leaders for making a dial with Labour has been told off. A senior party source said Dai Davies, the PPC for Cjridigion, was being reprimanded bz pbrty liadjr Paddy Ashdown for attacking the joint report between Lbbour and the Lib Dens which came to an agreement on devolution. Mr Davies had sbid hj feared the dial woul ali n t floatin Tory vot s, but Mr Ashdown sbys pbrtiis should work togjthjt and is reported to have told Mr Davies to toe the party line. A-Z 199 Ljttets 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front pbgj 100 Subtitles 888 A/Z Index TV/Rbdio News Heads Main Menu