P216 CEEFAX 216 Tue 15 May 21:11/24   1/2     One person was arrested at Heathrow airport in a protest at the departure of the England rugby union team to South Africa. Part of Cheshire is threatened bz water shortage bjcausj of pump failure at a resjtvoir. The Congliton area may run out of normal supplies tomorrow unless major economies are made. The South West Water Authority says a ban on the use of hosepipes is to bj extended following a 14 week dry spell: 350,000 people are affected. In Wales, a hosepipe ban has been extended to parts of the north as well as the south News index 102/202 More
P216 CEEFAX 216 Tue 15 May 21:24/38   2/2     The University Grant Committee says the Government has paid out £66 million in redundancy money to 2,700 university staff over two years. A plan to computerisj the 21,000-page Oxford English Dictionary has been announced. It involves the keyboarding of 60 million words and will be available in 1988. News index 102/202 More