P152 CJEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:16/32 V U BALLOT ROW AS MAJOR WENS POLL AWARD 115 Ceefax Files: PM is Man of the Year 116 PERU Rebels release anothjt hostage 110 MASONS Judges dismiss fears of bias 105 MISSING Child's clothes spark hunt 109 FIRE Probe pair face moxu qurstions 121 COLD Ruling dui on weathjt pay-outs 104 ABANDONED Baby girl found in bushes 114 US Virgin appears in glass building 122 1/22 Tjckjttape 151 Summat= 103 Extra 140 News index 102 Politics 143 A-Z 199 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 1k2 Thu 26 Dec 23:56/24 SHELTER OFFERS A ROOF FOR CHRISTMAS 202 GIFTS Romans ma= have set traditionF204 COST Less spending on festive cheer 205 INSU5BNCE Extend covet for presents 206 ——————————————————————————————————————— DOW US INDEX Background information 238 ——————————————————————————————————————— £/DM 2.6014 + 0.0000 £/$ 1.6733 + 0.0018 £ index 94O6 + 0.1 ERSE 4092.5 + 5.3 at CLOSE DOW US 164.76 + 0.17 at CLOSE ——————————————————————————————————————— FUSE 231 Forex 237 Shares 220 Mon 2/22 ——————————————————————————————————————— Front page 100 City news 201 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:16/13 U OO ARSENAL HELD TO WEDNESDAY STALEMATE 304 FOOTBALL Rovers ruin Shearer return 304 Leaders Liverpool held b= Leicester 304 Di Canio's golden touch lifts Bhoys 310 CRICKET England batsmen slump again 341 Streak fined for first Test comment 342 FOOTBALL Cool United shatter Pearce 304 RACING One Man glory at King Giorgr 662 R/LEAGUE 'igan deliver warning shot 377 ——————————————————————————————————————— Latest 300 Football 302 Cricket 340 Ljttets 356 General 380 Sport A-Z 399 3/22 CEEFAX SPECIAL FESTIVE SECTION 390-8 5acing 660 Sport A-Z 399 News 101 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 22:17/17 A433 CLOSED BY A SERIOUS ACCIDENT 431 Blocked at junction with A429 Roadworks Areas affected over Xmps 493 Ovjrsjas Foreign Office advice BBC2 475 BBC2 Health advice 460 Travel check 470 ——————————————————————————————————————— Roads 431 Rail 432 Flights 440 Q Fjrtiis 435 London Tube 436 I A-Z Index 199 ] News 101 Sport 301 City BBC2 200 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 22:57/44 RULING AWAITED ON CO D WEATHER PAY-OUTS Thousands of pensioners will learn on Friday whethjt they whll bj enthtlud tg cold weathjt payments. The Department of Social Security will announce whjthjt it has been cold enough to trigger extra payments. Undjt DST rule; the avjtage temprtature must bj predicted to be or to have been below 0C for at least seven days. Labour claims the rules mean that almost a million old people not on income support will be ineligible. Headlines 101 Sport 300 Features 500 Weather 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:17/24 UV FREEMASON JUDGES DISMISS FEARS OF BIAS Two judges have dismissed allegations that being mjmbjrs of the Freemasons would influence their work. Their comments followed calls from the Police Complaints Authority for police officers who are members to publicly declare their interest. But Appeal Court judge Mr Justice Millitt said the move was unnecessary. Membership of the Freemasons was as unconnected with his job as "membership of mz golf club". CEEFAX FILE Police Freemasonry 106 Weathjt 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 22:18/22 Freemasonry membership for some police officers, judges and politicians has been controversial for a long time. Last January Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Condom urged colleagues not to join the Freemasons, citing "public concjtn" ovjt the issue. Freemasons defend mjmbjtship, sa=ing it does not influence them at work. A Court of Appeal ruling found freemasons on jury sjtvici would bring a "degree of probity that would enhance not detract from that office". Headlines 101 Index 102 Features 500 Weathjt 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 22:38/21 ONLY FOOL3 AND HORSES WINS RATINGS WAR The BBC says Only Fools and Horses topped the Christmas TV ratings with 18.7m viewers. David Jason and Nicolas Lyndhurst wire reunited for a special Christmas edition of the popular comedy sjties. The BBC is claiming eight o4v of vhs top 10 Christmas shows on the base; of provisional figures. EastEndjrs was second with 15.9m viewers and the film Jurassic Park third with 14.5m. Headlines 101 Sport 300 Features 500 Weathjt 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 22:39/19 TWO MEN HURT IN MICROLIGHT PLANE CRASH A microlight pilot and his navigator have been injured after their plank crashed into tries. Terry Carter, 44, and Mark Bates, 39, came down near the Rivet Severn in Gtimliy, Worcestershire. Mr Carter, from Worcestez, suffjted chest injuries and was being treated in hospital. Mr Bates hurt his shouldjt but was released after ttiatmjnt. Police said they ctashjd after aborting a take-off due to nearby power lines. Headlines 101 Sport 300 Features 500 Weather 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:30/07 HUNT ON AFTER CHILD'S CLOTHING FOUND Police are searching a remote area of marshland with trackjt dogs and a helicopter after a child's clothes wire found next to a creek. But the helicopter, using thermal imaging equipment, did not pick up anything during the search of Stiffkjy Marshes, on the north Nozfolk copst. The clothing was found late this afternoon bz a membjt of the public. The burgundy hooded anorak bore the name Aisha Ali on a nametag. Headlines 101 Sport 300 Features 500 Weathjt 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Mpin MrnuP152 CEEFAX 2 154 Thu 26 Dec 23:30/32 GUERRILLAS RELEASE ANOTHER LIMA HOSTAGE Tupac Amaru gujtrillas, who are holding more than 100 hostages in the Peruvian capital, have freed one of the captives Guatqmalan Ambassador Jose Maria Argueta unexpectedly walked out of the Japanese consul's residence in Lima after nearly nine days in captivity. However thjte is no sign of any dial to bring the hostage crisis to an end. An earlier explosion at the compound was ttiggjted by an animal stepping on a mine laid bz the guerrillas. Headlines 101 Sport 300 Features 500 Weather 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:11/11 WORLD CONDEMNATION OF BELGRADE VIOLENCE Britain, the US, France and Germany have condemned police violence again;t opposition protesters in Belgrade. The move comes as opposition officials claimed at least 20 people were attacked in the Serbian capital today. The US State Department has urged President Milosevic to show restraint, razing it will continue to hold him responsible for any violence. The protest is against the cancellation of opposition local election victories. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:11/46 ACTION CALL AFTER SIXTH DEATH AT JAIL Labour is demanding a Government statement on the sixth drpth in 15 months at Scotland's only women's jail. Home affairs spokesman John McFall accused Scottish Secretary Michael Forszth of "dragging his feet" ovjt the spate of suicides at Cornton Vale. Swift action was needed to improve the prison near Stirling, hj said. The body of 22-year-old Yvonne Gilmour, from Glasgow, was found in hit cell in Bravo block on Christmas Eve. Headlines 101 Sport 380 Features 500 Wjathet 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:11/11 U NEW RIGGING ROW AS PM WENS TODAY A'ARD A fresh row has erupted over alleged ballot-rigging in the BBC Soda= Personality of the Year contest after John Major was named this year's winnjt Labour MPs accused the Tories after the BBC disqualified 4,000 votes for the PM on evidence of "multiple voting" Some said the future of the poll should now bj reconsidered. Conttoversz initially developed after a junior spin doctor urged Labour supporters to back Tony Blair. CEEFAX FILE Today programme polls 116 Wjathjt 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:12/22 The Prime Minister won the BBC Today programme Personality of the Year award after being the runnjt-up for two yrars The poll was dominated between 1982 and 1990 bz Mrs Thatcher who won evjt= year except for 1985. At that time thjte was an award to a Man of the Year as well as a woman and Mrs Thatchjt's mali partnjts included Tjrty Waite and Mikhail Gorbachev. After 1990 the award was rested for four years and was revived in 1994 as the Today Personality of the Year. PM is Personality of the Year 115 Wjathet 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:12/57 LQ NEGOTIATORS DRsWING UP DEAL ON HEBRON Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams have been wonking on vhe wozdin£ of a draft protocol fo Israel's exp cred troop pull-out from Hebron. Hibron is the last West Bank town still under Israeli military occupation. Both sides are xpressink o8timi9m th1v an agreement will be reached shortly, possibly beford the New Year. Negotiating teams ar still drafting an agreement which would cove security and civilian arrangem nus. Headliner 101 Sport 3 0CFjatur 1 580 Weather 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CJEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:13/22 MOUNTBINS HUNT FOR MISSING CLIMBER A search is undjt way in the Nighlands for a climbjz riposted o6judue aftuz a Christmas Day trip to the mountains. The man, who has not been named, had been climbing alone in the Glen Nevis area near Fort William. He failed to return late last night, the Northern Constabulary said. Members of the Lochabjt and RAF Kinloss mountain rescue teams are searching the area, along with a helicopter from RAF Lossiimouth. Headlines 101 Sport 300 Features 500 Weathjt 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:14/04 U EIGHT CHILDREN DIE IN ORPHANAGE BLAZE Eight children have died after a fire in an orphanage for mentally and physically handicapped children in the Armenian capital Yerevan. Four othjt youngsters are suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation. Officials said a faulty electrical heating device was to blame. Armenia suffers huge energy shortages and residents of Yerevan use all means they can to get extra heat in winter. Headlines 101 Inde| 102 Spozt 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weathrt 400 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:14/02 U NATO TROOPS BLOCK GRAVES EXHUMATION Soldiers of the Nato-lid Stabilisation Force in Bosnia have prevented the exhumation of bodies from a mass grave site, Bosnian officials have said. They said the SFOR troops stopped a government forensic team from approaching the site near Sribrenica. The grave is believed to contain the bodies of 120 Muslims killed after the Serb takeovjt of the town in July 1995. An official said two bodies had been exhumed before SFOR stepped in. Headlines 101 Sport 300 Features 500 Weather 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 1k2 Thu 26 Dec 23:24/11 V U MORE QUESTIONS FOR BLAZE PROBE COUPLE Police have obtained an extension order to continue quizzing a man and a woman after a fire in which a woman died and hit two children were badly injured. The couple being held are in their mid- 30s and from Bushbury in the Midlands. Michelle Bone-Kneln, 34, died in thu fire which badly damaged hit home in Wolverhampton, at 2am on Christmas Day. Toddler Damian Petrins, 18 months, is on a vjntilatoz in hospital. His sister Chantel, three, is improving. Headlines 101 Sport 300 Features 500 Wjathjt 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Mpin MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:15/12 U VIRGIN MARY "APPEARS" IN GLASS BUILDING A financial building in a town in the U3 state of Florida has brcome a major tourist attraction after the appearance of an image resembling the Virgin Mary. The vision, which appeared on one of the building's glass walls, has drawn 500,000 people to Clearwatit. The image was spotted by a visitor to the Seminole Finance Building last week But a local man says the "Virgin" was caused by a watit sprinkler staining the glass two years ago. Headlines 101 Sport 300 Features 500 Weathjt 400 Travel 430 TV/Radio 600 A/Z Index Switch On TV/Radio Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Thu 26 Dec 23:15/17 Q COURT MOVES BHUTTO'S HUSBAND TO JAIL The husband of Pakistan's ousted Prime Mnistet Binazir Bhutto has been transferred from police custody to jail The move was ordjted by magistrates after Asif Ali Zardari complained of "mental torture" wXili in police hands. An accused prisonjt cannot be interrogated while in custody in jail. Mr Zardari was ri-arrested on December 19 on suspicion of involvement in the alleged murdjt of Miss Bhutto's estranged brothjt, Murtaza. 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