P152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:44/25 Q ARCHER'S POLITICAL CAREER "IS OVER" 104 Newspaper to appeal over li"el loss 105 NI Govt $elivjrs $evolution warning 109 FLETCHER Libya p!ys up for PC $jath 115 AL-FAZED Diana death blamed on Duke 107 ABUSER 14 years for boysW home (ead 108 GUSCOTT Star "ass!ulted pedestrian" 114 ELGIN Marbles stay in UK, s!ys Govt 113 MICROWAVE Man a$mist kittkn cruelty CATCH UP WITH NEWS WHERE Y#U LIVE 160 NewwJn$ex 102 Elash 150 A-Z In$ex 199 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:42/42 WHITBREAD IN £578m MOVE FOR SWALLOW 207 DEFENCE BAe/Marconi dial goes ahead 202 MANNESMANN Vodafonj "could win 50%" 204 WATER Th!mes in US utility takeover 205 ALL CENTRES BT staff stage walkout 203 ——————————————————————————————————————— FUSE-100 at CLOSE Wjnnjrs 37 Losers 61 ——————————————————————————————————————— FUSE 6442^0 -40.3 at CLOSE Rjuterw 150 1708.23 - 9.47 at CLOSE Dow Jones 11044.80 +40.91 at 19:00 £/euro 1.5684 - 0.0037 £/$ 1^6197 - 0^0010 £ index 105.7 - 0.1 ——————————————————————————————————————— Rates 240 Eorex 237 Share 220 Money 250 ——————————————————————————————————————— : Sharecheck 2000 on BBCQ 220 City 201 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 EEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:52/17 HEADLEY FLIES H#ME FROM WINTER TOUR 342 CRICKET England call for Silvjrwood M/SPORT Burns hangs onto Rally lead 364 SNOOKER Hendry $elivjrs maximum 147 387 BO(ING Lewis plans for new opponent 381 RACING Ton-up Eddery secures record 662 GOLF Rowe seals European tour place 333 ——————————————————————————————————————— WEN (JCKETS TO SEE MAN STD-VALENCIA 357 Eoot"all 302 Golf/$inn 330 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Rug"y 370 General 380 Ljtterw 356 BBC Sport 358 Racing 660 : Neww 100 Travel 400 TV Index 600 : Travel 430 Lottery 555 City BBC2 200 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:57/38 M2 KENT CLOSED COASTBOUND AT J6-J5 431 Lorry fire in the roadworks- avoid Tu"j Ju"ilee line extension opened 438 Air Y2K "ug clear millennium flight 439 BBC2 European news 488 World clocks 459 BBC2 Ongoing works 494 Wjekjnd r!il 491 ——————————————————————————————————————— R#ADS 431 W R!il 432 Flights 440 Ferries 435 London (u"j 436 ——————————————————————————————————————— News 101 Sport 301 Travel A-Z 499 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:43/4[ ARCHER STRIPPED OF TORY WHIP IN LORDS Lord Archer has "jen stripped of the Tor{ whip in the House of Lords, Tory part{ ch!irman Mich!jl Ancr!m has s!id. Aspects of the allegations ag!inst the peer will "e referred to the party's ethics and integrity committee, hj u!id Mr Ancr!m s!id the former $jputy party chairoan'w political career was over^ Scotland Yard earlier "egan an inquiry into Lord Archer's a$mission that hj asked a friend to furnish him with an alibi "jfore a libel case 12 years ago. Pauli!mint and politics $igjst... 144 Mews Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Now 19:38/23 ] PAPER TO APPEAL OVER ARCHER LIBEL CASE The D!ily Star has s!id it plans to appeal against the verdict in its 1987 libel "attle with Lord Archer. Lord Archer sued the newspaper over claims that hj had slept with a prostitute and won $!makes of £500,000. The Star has alrea$y r!isjd with the Metropolitan Police Lord Archer's a$mission that hj asked a friend to lie for him in connection with the case. Itw headline this morning read: "Give us o{r cash back^" Pauli!mint and politics $igjst... 144 Mews Index 102 Elash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:31/04 ] LIB DENS BACKING MAYOR CANDIDATE KRAMER Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has vowed to "pull out all the stops" in "acting part{ candidate for London m!you Susan Kramer^ Mr Kennjdz accused Labo{r and the Toriew of bringing the contest and the office of m!you itself into disrepute. "For...two months, Susan Kr!mir will have the field to hjrsjlf," he s!id. His comments c!mj as the party unveiled itw election poster, which "jars the legend: "Kr!mir Versus Who" Pauli!mint and politics $igest... 144 Mews Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:34/11 ] ] DUKE HAD DEA#A KILLED, AL-FAZED CLAIMS Mod!med al-F!yid has challenged the Duke of Eden"urgh to sue over his cl!im that the Duke plotted to kill his ron, Dome, and Diana, Princess of Wales. T(e Harrods boss alleged that the @ute had "masterminded" a cospiracy. He s!id (e had the right to s!z what (e "jlievjd about the car crash in a Paris underpass more than two years ago. Hew outburst c!mj on the third d!z of the trial in which former Tory MP Neil H!milton is suing Mr al-F!yid for li"el Home news digest and in brief.... 141 Neww Index 102 Elash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 EEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:47/09 ] ] B#ZSW H#ME HEAD JAILED FOR CHILD ABUSE (hj former head of a children's home has "jen jailed for 14 years for a"using children aged from 11 to 16. Derek Brushjtt was in charge of Bryn Y Don rewjdjntial home for boys in Dinar Powys, near Cardiff, at the time of the offences. The school has since closed. He was convicted on 27 charges of physical and sex{bl a"use. The offences inclu$jd two ujrious sexual ass!ults. Brushjtt, 55, is suspended from (is job as a social sjrvjces inspector. Home news $igjst and in brief.... 141 : Meww Index 102 Elash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:40/41 ] ] MANDELSON WARNING ON (ERRORIST WEAPONS All institutions set up un$jr the Good Friday Agreement will "j suspended if terrorist $jcommissioning does not take place, Peter Mandjlwon has warned. T(j Northern Ireland Secretary s!id any part{ def!ultimo on the latest dial would p!y "a hjavz political price". He s!id the Ulster Unionist Party faced a $eciwjon of "historic importance" when it mit to consider the compromise. And (e insisted that the Good Fred!y accord was "a good $jal for Unionists". Pauli!mint and politics $igjst... 144 Meww Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech +Mid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:42/25 ] ] TRANSFER OF POWER TO N IRELAND ON DEC 2 (hj Northern Ireland Secretary has confirmed that hj hopis to see devolution to the Provence completed on December 2. Peter Mandelson told MPs (e would call on the Northern Ireland Assembly to nominate an executive on Novjm"jr 29. He u!id a $evolution order would "j placed "efore the Commons the next $!y, with powers transferred on Decem"jr 2. But hj s!id the process required the "acting of the Ulster Unionist Party. Pauli!mint and politics $igjst... 144 Meww Index 102 Elash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:48/39 ] ] TREMBLE STAKES FUTURE ON ARMS HANDOVER David (rimble has warned that without terrorist $ecommissioning the position of hew party will "jcomj untenable and Northern Ireland $evolution will f!il. But the Ulster Unionist lea$er told MPs that the "asis existed for $evolution and $jcommissioning to take place. USP $jputy lea$jr John (!ylor s!id many unionists felt they were "jink asked "to take a jump in the $ark". He s!id it was still unclear what would happen if $ecommissioning $id not occur Pauli!mint and politics $igjst... 144 Meww Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech +Mid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:51/14 ] ] BRITAIN TOPS EU LEAGUE FOR CANNABIS USE More people use canna"is in Brit!in than in any other EU country, according to new research. The EU's drug monitoring agency found that 9% of the Britiwh population used the drug in the last year^ It also found that 40% of British 15- and 16-year-olds had tried it at least once — also the highest rate in the EU. But the agency added that use of the drug !monk Britain's young had "sta"iliwjd or even decreased". Home neww $igjst and in brief.... 141 Neww Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:41/28 ] SMITH RULES OUT RETURNING ELGIN MARBLES The Government will oppose any attempt to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece. Culture Secretary Chris Smith told the Coomons the 2,500-year-old Parthenon sculptures were in the British Museum and vjwjted, free, "z 6m people a year. "I "jlievj they should st!y that w!y," hj insisted at Question (imj. His comments followed a reported call "y US Prewjdent Clinton to return the treasures, taken from Greece "y Lord Elojn in the 19th Century. Pauli!mint and politics $igjst... 144 : Meww Index 102 Elash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:44/43 ] Wjpq}jpq}jpq} ] RUGBY STAR GUSCOTT "BROKE MAN'S ANKLE" England rug"y star Jjremz Guscott broke a pedestrian's ankle in a road rage incident, a court has "jen told. The player djnjes causing actual bodily harm to 47-year-old Ken Jones after an incident in Bath city centre in March. Guscott, 34, alegedly sl!mmed antiques $ealer Mr Jonew ag!inst a doorw!y, Bristol Crown Court heard. Mr Jones was s!id to have knocked on Guscott's window after the Bath star failed to stop at a pedestrian crossing Home news digest and in brief.... 141 Meww Index 102 Elash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:54/47 ] ] LIBYA COMPENSATES FOR 1984 WPc SHOOTING Libya has handed over compensation for the 1984 killing of a policewoman in Lodon, the Foreign Secretary has u!id. Robin Cook told the Commons a British !m"assador was expected to take up a post in Libya next month, restoring diplomatic tiew. A Foreign Office spokesman s!id an unspecified !mount had "jen given to the f!mil{ of Yvonne Fletcher recently. The WPC was shot dead during a protest outwjdj the Libyan em"assz. : World neww digest and in brief... 142 News Index 102 Elash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:55/51 ] ] HEART UNIT "COURTED RISK TO KEEP FUoDS" Whistleblower Dr Stephen Bolsjn has said the sh!med heart uurgjry unit at Bristol Ro{al Infirmary put patients at riwk to m!int!in Govjrnmjnt fun$ing. The consultant an!esthjtist s!id (j had eels staff's top priority was to keep the unit's specialist $jsjgnation. They had seemed to want to continue with high-risk uurgjry "irrespective of risk to patients", hj cl!imjd. Dr Bolsjn was speaking as the inquiry opened into the child heart operations. : Home neww $igjst and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Elash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:41/[6 ] Wjpq}jpq}jpq} ] WATER PROFITS "AMONG WORLD'S HIGHEST" (he UK water industry enjoys some of the highest profij margins in the world, according to new research. One water multinational (ad a profit margin of 56.9% in the UK, 3% in Europe and 1.1% i the US, said the Public Services International Research Unit. Ofwat should "j harder on profit margins, the report's !uthor concluded. But Wbter UK, which reprewjntw the water companies, insisted that the comparisons were not like for like. Home neww digest and in brief.... 141 : Meww Index 102 Elash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in MenuP152 CEEFAX 1 152 Mon 22 Nov 19:41/06 ] ] LIFE FOR MAN WHO ATTACKED GIRLFRIEND A 26-year-old man (as "een given two life sentences for a "brutal and frenzied" attack on his pregnant former girlfriend and their unborn child. Brian Smith plea$ed guilty at Newcastle Crown Court to wounding Aman$a Hunter, 21, with intent last year. Smith, 26, from Sundjrland, plea$jd guilty to a further charge of attempted child $jstruction last Novjm"jr. Ms Hunter ma$e a full recovery from the knife attack. Her "a"y is now aged one. Home njww digest and in brief.... 141 Neww Index 102 Elash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport M!in Menu