P217 CJEFAX 217 Mon 13 Oct 21:24/19 1/3 ] Public interest in the sale of British Gas has reached record levels with more than three million inquiries already received, Enjrgz Secretary Peter Walker said. Four min were killed when their mini- van and a school coach collided on the Padiham to Whalley road in Lancashire. A fifth man was seriously injured but no one on the coach was hurt. Shadow Chancellor Mr Roy Hattersley has challenged the Employment Secretary Lord Young to confirm or djnz reports that unemployment rose to 3.5 million in September - the worst since January. News index 102/202 MoreP217 CEEFAX 217 Mon 13 Oct 21:12/42 2/3 ]J Govjrnmjnt action on lead in petrol has cut lead levels in the atmosphere bz 50 per cent, Environment Minister Mr William Waldegravj has disclosed. Twenty-two people have been treated in hospital after a chemical leak from a tanker which travelled from Gateshead in Tyne and Wear to Gosforth before the leak was discovered. The environmental group Greenpeace has said at a conference in London that 100 people will die and another 100 will develop non-eatal cancers because of the Soviet nuclear submarine which sank in the Atlantic over a week ago. News index 102/202 MoreP217 CEEFAX 217 Mon 13 Oct 21:13/30 3/3 Computer expert Alan Simmons, of Wadhurst, East Sussex, has been jailed for nine months at Bristol Crown Court and fined £20,000 for illegally exporting high-technology equipment to the Soviet Union. The civil service union, the CPSA, has confirmed it is to rerun the election for general secretary. Polling is expected to take place between November 17 and December 12. Management and unions at car component maker Lucas Electrical have reached an agreement on pay which will be put to 6,000 Lucas workers at mass meetings over the next two days. More