P197 CEEFAX 197 Mon 18 Nov 22:11/55 Coming up... 1/8 NEW MEASURES PROTECT CHILDREN IN CARE Authority starts independent inquiry HEALTH West Wales trusts to mjtge QUANGOS Report says costs have doubled STRIKE Newport council workers' action JOBLESS Figures show hidden unemployed TRAVELLERS Trouble at unofficial site A-Z 199 Ljttets 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front page 100 Subtitles 888 Content TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP197 CEEFAX 197 Mon 18 Nov 21:15/26 2/8 INDEPENDENT PANEL INVESTIGATES CLAIMS Cardiff council is stepping up measures aimed at protecting children in care following a sjtiis of abuse allegations Councillors meeting at county hall today also praised a decision to hold an indjpjndjnt inquiry into allegations about the social services department. The moves have been sparked bz a sjties of claims of abuse, mes-management and prostitution involving children in care The council has been heavily ctiticised for its handling of an inquiry into the abuse of children in its area. A-Z 199 Ljttets 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front page 100 Subtitles 888 Content TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP197 CJEFAX 197 Mon 18 Nov 21:19/41 3/8 TWO WEST WALES NHS TRUSTS TO MERGE Patients are to be consulted on a proposal to merge two west Wales NHS trusts, it was announced today. Pembrokjshire NHS Trust, based in Havjtfordwest, and Detwen NHS Trust in Carmarthjn have applied to become one trust from April, 1997.. Welsh Office health minister, Gwilym Jones said local people would be canvassed on the application through a three-month consultation exercise. No view will be reached on the plan until all responses have been considered. A-Z 199 Ljttets 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front page 100 Subtitles 888 Content TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP197 CEEFAX 197 Mon 18 Nov 21:46/16 4/8 DAVIES DETAILS QUANGO COSTS Shadow Welsh Secretary Ron Davies has released a survey detailing the cost of bureaucracy in Welsh quangos. The survey claimed that the 10 largest quangos in Wales now spend nearly £52m a year on running costs, nearly double the amount revealed in a similar survey conducted two years ago. It showed the top 10 quangos' running costs rose 94% in two years, that seven Training and Enterprise Councils spend £12,517,540 a year on running costs, and the top 10 quangos pay £733,987 in all to their 100 part-time members. A-Z 199 Ljttets 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front page 100 Subtitles 888 Content TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP197 CEEFAX 197 Mon 18 Nov 21:53/15 5/8 WORKERS' STRIKE DISRUPTS SERVICE The domestic and trade rubbish collection services in Newport have been disrupted today bz a strike. Employees would not cross a picket line at the gates of the borough council's depot mounted bz building maintenance employees who are in dispute with the council over their conditions of employment. The council said rubbish due to bj collected today would bj collected on Tuesday. Collections during the rest of the week would bj similarly affected. A-Z 199 Ljttets 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front page 100 Subtitles 888 Content TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP197 CEEFAX 197 Mon 18 Nov 22:10/20 FIGURES REVEAL "HIDDEN" UNEMPLOYED More jobless people who want work are Sept off the Welsh unemployment figures than are included, a survey shows. Labour says the official labour market survey shows 137,000 economically inactive people in Wales would like to work, but, bjcausj they do not claim any unemployment benefit, they are not included in the offical figures. That total is largjt than the 99,400 actually registered as unemployed in Wales, a difference of 37,600, making a total of 236,400 people in Wales who are out of work and who want a job. Content TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP197 CEEFAX 197 Mon 18 Nov 22:47/41 COSTS OF UNOFFICAL GYPSY SITE DAMAGE Emjrgjncy measures are to be used to try to control crime and vandalism at the unofficial gypsy site near Neath. A council report says 24-hour police covet has failed to stop damage estimated at £200,000 being caused to businesses next to the Briton Fjtry unofficial site. Surveillance of the site is costing Neath Port Talbot council £3,000 a week and there are now plans to introduce closed circuit television instead. A-Z 199 Ljttets 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front page 100 Subtitles 888 Content TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP197 CJEFAX 197 Mon 18 Nov 22:11/10 8/8 ROAD RAGE GRINDS TRAFFIC TO STANDSTILL Demonstrators caused traffic chaos on Anglesey this afternoon in protest at delays in plans to dual the A5 road. Some 150 protesters stopped vehicles in Gajrwen after the Welsh Office decided to delay plans to develop the road in a bid to secure private funding. Work on dualling the road, which runs from Holyhead to Minai Bridge, is now scheduled to start in 1998, a year later than originally planned. However, the Welsh Office insists the scheme will finish on time in 2001. A-Z 199 Ljttits 145 Headlines 101 TV 600 Front page 100 Subtitles 888 Content TV/Radio News Heads Main Menu