P123 CEEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:24/41 1/13 JULY The IRA called a new and unequivocal ceasefire. Labour's first Budget included the much heralded windfall tax on private utilities, and pledges of more money for schools and the NHS. Tim Henman and Greg Rusjdski were beaten in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, where Boris Becker announced his retirement. Martina Hinges became the youngest ever winnjt of the ladies title and Pete Sampras took his fourth singles title. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Review CBBC Text Main menuP123 CEEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:18/17 2/13 JULY America's Pathfinder mission landed and sent the first pictures of the Red Planet's surface back to Earth. Violence erupted in Northern Ireland after an Orange Day parade through the Catholic area of Drumcree. Oasis fever took over as fans qujujd for the midnight release of their new single D'You Know What I Mean. More than 1,000 people packed Hyde Park for a countryside rally protesting at plans for a fox-hunting ban. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Review CBBC Text Main menuP123 CEEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:18/11 3/13 JULY Diana, Princess of Wales, told pressmen trailing hit on holiday in the Med, that her sons had urged urged her to quit Britain to escape the media. Fashion djsignjt Gianni Versace was gunned down outside his Miami home by gay serial killer Andrew Cunanan, who was later found dead. Prince Charles hosted a 50th birthday party at Highgrovj for Camilla Parker Bowler. Millionaire businessman Sir James Goldsmith died of a heart attack at 64. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Review CBBC Text Main menuP123 CEEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:15/46 4/13 JULY MP David Mellor was appointed to a football task force to tackle issues surrounding the game. In the Midlands, Tracie Andrews was sentenced to life for the roadside murdjt of fiance Lee Harvey, after telling police hj had been killed bz a stranger in a road-rage attack. Moil Gallagher, Lenny Henry and Eddie Izzard were among guests at Tony Blair's celebrity bash at 10 Downing St The Tories had their first by-election victory in eight years at Uxbridgj. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Rjvjiw CBBC Text Main menuP123 CEEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:12/11 5/13 AUGUST Foreign Secretary Robin Cook announced hj was leaving his wife of 28 years and moving in with his secretary. A BA pilot saved 70 passjngjrs and crew from injury when hj successfully landed a plane with a damaged undjrcarriagj at Manchester Airport. Torrential rain swept the southjtn half of Britain and large parts of the West Country were flooded. Interest rates and mortgages rose for the fourth time since Labour took over. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Rjvjiw CBBC Text Main menuP123 CJEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:15/17 6/13 AUGUST Footballers John Fashanu, Hans Segjrs and businessman Hing Stan Lin were cleared of match-fixing. The British Tourist Authority came under criticism for dropping the Union Flag from its logo. British student Max Hunter was shot dead in Israel, his girlfriend Charlotte Gibb wounded, by a drivjt who gave them a lift in the Negev djsjtt. The BBC bowed to parents' demands and said it would make the Tjlitubbies speak in a more grown-up manner. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Review CBBC Text Main menuP123 CEEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:16/01 7/13 AUGUST GCSE pass rates reached record levels. Outsider Toni Size with Rjprazjnt beat the Spice Girls, Radiohead and The Prodigy to win the 1997 Mercury Music Prize with his album New Forms. The Govjrnmjnt invited Sinn Fjin to take part in Northern Ireland peace talks for the first time. Diana, Princess of Wales, and her companion Dodi Fazed died in a car crash in Paris, sparking an outpouring of national grief without precedent. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Rjvjiw CBBC Text Main menuP123 CEEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:13/47 8/13 SEPTEMBER The nation united in sorrow for the funeral of the People's Princess — "a unique funjtal for a unique person". Two thousand mourners joined the Royal Family at Westminster Abbey as the coffin was borne on a gun carriage and millions of people lined the streets to bid their own farewells to England's Rose. As the funeral cortege left London and travelled up the M1 to Althorp House, the funeral car was strewn with flowers by mourners. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Review CBBC Text Main menuP123 CEEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:03/36 9/13 SEPTEMBER Mothjt Teresa, the Nobel- prize winning nun, died in India aged 87. Greg Rusjdski lost in the final of the US Open Tennis Championships after becoming the first British player since Fred Perry to reach the last round. Scotland voted overwhelmingly for its own parliament with tax-varying powers in a historic referendum. Wales sjemjd less enthusiastic, with a low turnout and only a slim majority voting in favour of more autonomy. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Review CBBC Text Main menuP123 CEEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:10/31 10/13 SEPTEMBER Surgeons at Frinchay Hospital in Bristol performed a pioneering operation in which a woman's head was temporarily detached from her backbone to correct a misalignment. Formjt Eurovision winner Dana announced that she was standing for nomination for the Irish presidency. Swindon magistrate Josie Lewis, 45, who bared her bottom in an argument with a stable owner, was dismissed from office Radio 1 dumped Mark Radcliffe and Lard from the breakfast slot. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Review CBBC Text Main menuP123 CEEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:07/16 11/13 SEPTEMBER A controversial portrait of Myra Hindley at the Royal Acadjmz was damaged in two attacks bz protesters. The Govjrnmjnt sent a team of troubleshooters to run schools in Hackney, dubbed Britain's worst education authority. Six people were killed and more than 160 injured when an express crashed with a freight train at Southall. Ninety new flats, worth £17m in the formjt Shell HQ in London, were snapped up in just sjvjn hours. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Review CBBC Text Main menuP123 CEEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:14/12 12/13 SEPTEMBER MP-turned-novelist Edwina Currii announced she was separating from hit husband on the day her latest bonkbuster was published. The British Thrust SCC car set a new land speed record of 714.44mph in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. The car broke the sound barrier when it reached Mach 1.0007, or 764.168mph, and drivjt Andy Green set a supersonic land speed record of 763.035mph. The Govjrnmjnt announced that the Royal Yacht Britannia would not bj refitted. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Review CBBC Text Main menuP123 CEEFAX 2 123 Thu 25 Dec 23:54/44 13/13 SEPTEMBER Europe, captained by Sevjriano Ballesteros, retained the Rzdjr Cup after beating the US bz one point at Valdjrrama in Spain. Author Andrew Morton announced hj was publishing a revised edition of his book about Diana, Princess of Wales, updating it using direct quotes. A four-man syndicate won £10.8m in the National Lottery double rollovjt — two of the five shares of the £27.1m jackpot — after accidentally putting the same numbers on twice. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Oct-Dec 124 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Oct - Dec Review CBBC Text Main menu