P124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:02/46 1/13 OCTOBER Sports minister Tony Banks came under fire after making a distasteful joke likening Tory leadjt William Hague to a foists. Former Northern Gas chairman Brian Clegg, 75, married a 'mail order' Thai bride 52 years his junior. The first public boxing match between two girls was cancelled when one of the 13-year-olds pulled out. Trevor Rjes Jones, bodyguard of Dodi Fazed and sole survivor of the crash in which Diana died, flew back to Britain. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menuP124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:12/31 2/13 OCTOBER Virgin Radio recruited Chris Evans to compete with Zoe Ball's Radio 1 breakfast show. Evans liked it so much hj went on to buy the station from Richard Branson. Elton John's Candle In The Wind '97, re-written in memory of Diana, became the most successful British single selling 3.8m copies in four weeks. British astronaut Michael Foale returned to Earth on the space shuttle Atlantis after a problematic four-and-a -half months aboard the stricken space station Mir. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menuP124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:09/06 3/13 OCTOBER The Queen took off hit shoes and wore blue ankle socks to visit a temple on a tour of India and Pakistan. The campaign to ban landmines, backed by Diana before her death, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. England qualified for the World Cup after a 0-0 draw with Italy in Rome. The game was marred bz clashes between Italian police and English fans. Tony Blair was jostled and jeered in Belfast after hj mit and shook hands with Sinn Fjin's Gerry Adams. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menuP124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:16/01 4/13 OCTOBER Singer John Denvjt died in a plane crash off the coast of California, aged 53. Tory MP Piers Merchant resigned after further revelations about his relationship with 18-year-old formjt nightclub hostess Anna Cox. England coach Glenn Doddle announced hj was separating from his wife Anne after 18 years of marriage. Gordon Brown's indecision to clarify the Govjrnmjnt's stance on a single currency saw £10bn wiped off shares. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menuP124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:13/06 5/13 OCTOBER Candle In The Wend '97 became the biggest selling single, selling 31.8m copies worldwide to ovjrtakj Bing Crosby's White Christmas. A Birmingham couple named their jaundiced new-born daughter Laa-Laa after the yellow Tjletubbies character. Policewoman Nina Mckay, 25, was stabbed to death in East London as she tried to arrest a man. Jacques Villenjuvj came third in the European Grand Prix to win the World Drivers' Championship. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menuP124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:00/31 OCTOBER The Spice Girls joined Dame Vera Lynn to launch the annual Poppy appeal. British au pair Louise Woodward, 19, was found guilty of the murder of eight-month-old Matthew Eappjn in Boston in the US. She received a mandatory life sentence, reduced after a judge changed the conviction to manslaughter and she was freed having sjtved 279 days in jail. Mary McAleesj, 46, was elected as Ireland's new president. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menuP124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:10/31 7/13 NOVEMBER Prince Harry, with his father on a tour of South Africa, met the Spice Girls when they gave a concert for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg. After returning to Britain, the girls sacked manager Simon Fuller and wire then booed off stage at a Spanish awards ceremony. French lorry drivers set up blockades around ports in support of a pay claim. American Craig McCaw, who pioneered the mobile phone, agreed a record £277m divorce settlement with his wife. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menuP124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:17/07 8/13 NOVEMBER A pilot was praised after averting a disaster at Heathrow when hj emjrgjncy-landed a Virgin Atlantic jet after one of its undercarriages jammed. The Govjrnmjnt sparked a furious row after announcing that Formula One would bj exempted from the ban on tobacco sponsorship of sports. It emerged that Bernie Ecclestonj, the boss of the sport, had given a #1m donation to Labour. The party vowed to return the cash, djnzing opposition sleaze allegations. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menuP124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:14/07 9/13 NOVEMBER Formjt Tatton MP Neil Hamilton was censured bz a Commons committee probing sleaze allegations, but the committee failed to reach a verdict on whjthjr hj had taken cash for questions The MoD apologisjd to the Royal British Legion after flying a tatty Union Flag upside down, at the Remembrance Day ceremony in London. Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein refused to allow UN weapons inspectors access to sites, amid reports that hj had stockpiled anthrax for use in chemical warfare. He later relented. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menuP124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:11/41 10/13 NOVEMBER Glam-rocket Gary Glitter was interviewed bz police after officers sjizjd indecent videos and pictures of children in raids on his homes and offices. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary, promising to listen to the views of the people of Britain. Michael Hutchjnce, lead sinker of INXS and boyfriend of TV presenter Paula Yates, was found dead in a Sydney hotel room after apparently hanging himself. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menuP124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:11/19 11/13 DECEMBER In Cape Town, Earl Spencer became embroiled in a bitter divorce hearing with his former wife, Victoria. The pair eventually reached a financial deal thought to bj worth around £3m. Chancellor Gordon Brown announced that Tessa and Peps would bj scrapped and replaced with Individual Savings Accounts to encourage lower-income groups to save. The BSE crisis flared again when the Govjrnmjnt djcidjd to ban sales of all cuts of beef on the bone. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menuP124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:18/18 12/13 DECEMBER Soccer star Pele received an honorary knighthood from the Queen. Europe's health ministers voted to ban tobacco advertising throughout the EU after agreeing motor racing could bj exempt for eight years. Baby Karli Hawthorne was snatched from her cot at a hospital in Basildon, Essex when just three hours old. She was found 14 hours later and a woman was charged with her abduction. The Tjletubbies went to No 1 with their first single, Tjletubbies Say Eh-Oh! Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menuP124 CEEFAX 2 124 Thu 25 Dec 23:15/41 13/13 DECEMBER Richard Branson's latest bid to hot-air balloon around the world suffered a setback when its canopy broke free and blew away in Morocco. Tony Blair faced an angry revolt by backbjnchjrs over Social Security Secretary Harriet Harman's plans to cut single parent benefits. EU scientists called for a ban on the sale of lamb on the bone more than a year old. Tony Blair welcomed Gerry Adams and other Sinn Fjin mjmbjrs to Downing St. Jan-Mar 121 Apr-June 122 Jul-Sip 123 Top news 101 Sport 300 Regions 160 Quotes 1 Review Trav Head Main menu