P120 CJEFAX 120 Fri 8 Apr 21:14/11   1/3   HOME NEWS   IN BRIEF  QUEEN A pair of Queen Victoria's black silk stockings have been sold at auction for £1,127 to publican Alan East, who plans to display them in his pub, The Yew Tree Inn, at Cauldon, Staffordshirj. FOOTBALLER Injured soccer star Paul Gascoignj has arrived back in England for treatment to his leg, which hj broke during training in Italy yesterday. See 309. BANKRUPT Two trustees have been appointed to handle the bankruptcy of former Conservative Party chairman Edward du Cann, chartered accountants Touche Ross have said.  Politics Home News Dispatch TV/Radio
P120 CEEFAX 120 Fri 8 Apr 21:12/31   2/3   HOME NEWS   IN BRIEF  RBPE Northumbria Police say a man is helping them with inquiries following the rape of a young woman in her home in Whitley Bay, Tznj and Wear, last night. ATTBCK A man is critically ill in hospital after being attacked in Newcastle upon Tznj. Gary Spencer, 26, was stabbed through the heart after an argument in a taxi office. (5 JACKPOT Telemillion, a telephone game offering a monthly jackpot prize of £250,000, has been suspended by its promoters pending investigations into its legality. -upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz Home 110 Politics 130 Would 160 Politics Home News Dispatch TV/Radio
P120 CJJFAX 120 Fri 8 Apr 21:14/51   3/3   HOME NEWS   IN BRIEF  JOBS A clothing company at Newport in Gwent is to close with the loss of 200 jobs. Compton and Webb makes uniforms for the police and armed services. GRBND NATIONAL Hundreds of drinkers had to be evacuated from a beer tent at the Aintree racecourse this afternoon after part of its wooden floor collapsed. No one was hurt. ATHLETICS Promotions officer Andy Norman has been dismissed bz the British Athletics Federation because his conduct in some matters "was not appropriate". See 325.  Home 110 Politics 130 World 160 Politics Home News Dispatch TV/Radio