P152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:42/21 DECOMPOSED BODY ON TOWN'S RING ROAD 109 Mystery of woman on central island IRA Furthsr weapons talks predicted 113 FLU Intensive care beds running low 110 bNAZI" Kalejs must stay — senior MP 106 RUNmDOWN Areas "may bj beyond help" 111 RAIL Query on crash drivers' phones 104 CUBA US to return custody row child 105 MOBILES Now 40% of Britons have one 115 CATCH UP WITH NEWS WHERE YOU LIVE 160 NewsJndjx 102 Flash 150 A-Z Index 199 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:42/45 FOU5 IN 10 BRITONS NOW HAVE MOBILES 202 EUROPE Interest rates kept at 3.00% 203 FOOTBALL Wjbsjte gets set for float 208 CHUNNEL Eurotunnjl submits new plan 205 RETAIL Next sees sales climb bz 18% 207 ——————————————————————————————————————— FUSE-100 at CLOSE Winners 42 Losers 56 ——————————————————————————————————————— FUSE 6539.5 -126.4 at CLOSE Reuters 150 1734.69 -32.14 at CLOSE Dow Jones 11122.65 +124.72 at CLOSE £/euro 1.5894 + 0.0014 £/d 1.6410 + 0.0044 £ index 106.7 n/c ——————————————————————————————————————— Rates 240 Forex 237 Share 220 Money 250 ——————————————————————————————————————— Sharecheck 2000 on BBC1 220 City 201 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:21/31 ENGLAND CRASH TO HUMILIATING DEFEAT 342 CRICKET South Africa v England card 341 FOOTBALL Thatcher to face FA charge 308 Liverpool given Fowler injury boost 309 Boss McIlroy makes N Ireland pledge 307 R/LEAGUE Eagles set for Trojans tie 376 BOXING Frazier daughter hunts debut 381 Tyson bid holds no fear for Francis 381 ——————————————————————————————————————— SPORTING CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 2000 348 Football 302 Golf/Tenn 330 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Rugby 370 General 380 Letters 356 BBC Sport 358 Racing 660 News 100 Travel 400 TV/Radio 600 Flash 150 Lottery 555 A-Z Index 199 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:40/11 WENDY CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS 431 ——————————————————————————————————————— TRAVEL A-Z 499 FLIGHT ARRIVALS 440 ROADS 431 HEALTH TIPS BBC2 460 Regional 437 Weekend BBC2 493 FOREIGN OFFICE ADVICE BBC2 470 RAIL 432 Regional 434 EUROPE South East 433 Travel News BBC2 488 Weekend BBC2 491 Fuel Prices BBC2 489 EVENTS BBC2 490 LONDON TRANSPORT 436 FERRY 435 Wjekjnd BBC2 492 WORLD CLOCK 459 Main Index 100 Full A-Z Index 199 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:42/38 33 FEARED KILLED IN NORWEGIAN INFERNO A further four bodies have been found insjdj the wreckage of a Norwegian train involved in a head-on crash. It brings the death toll to at least 11 following yesterday's accident near Aamodt, 110 miles north of Oslo. Another 22 who are missing "are probably not alive", the local police chief told a news conference. Memia reports say rail staff were unable to find mobile phone numbers to contact the drivers. World news digest and in brief... 142 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:41/16 US SETTLES INTERNATIONAL CUSTODY ROW A six-year-old Cuban boy at the centre of an international custody row should bj returned to Cuba, the US has ruled. Elian Gonzalez was picked up at sea on Novjmbjr 25 clinging to an inner tube. His mother was one of 11 people who died when their boat sank off Florida. Relatives in Miami, backed bz Cuban-US exile groups opposed to President Fidel Castro, want the boy to stay with them. But US officials have djcidjd that hj should return to his father in Cuba. World news digest and in brief... 142 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:41/14 DETAIN WBR CRIMES SUSPECT — LABOUR CALL Suspected war criminal Konrad Kalejs should bj held in Britain for further inquiries, a senior Labour MP has said. Latvian-born Kalijs, an Australian citizen, faces deportation from the UK. But Australian officials have now made it clear that his case was njvjr investigated as a priority there. Commons home affairs committee chairman Robin Corbjtt said: "What we were told happened in Australia did not happen," and said hj should bj kept in the UK. Parliament and politics digest... 144 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:42/24 PARLIAMENT ANNOUNCES MARCH ELECTION DAY The upper house of the Russian parliament has named March 26 as the date for the presidential election. Acting President Vladimir Putin is the clear favourite to win. The former KGB chief took over power after President Yeltsin stood down in his favour on New Year's Eve. Mr Putin made a New Year visit to Russian soldiers serving in Chechnya, and signalled the offensive against rebel forces would continue. World news digest and in brief... 142 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:47/20 EX-DICTBTOR PINOCHET HAS MEDICAL TESTS General Pinochet has left the London hospital where hj has been undergoing tests to assess whether hj is fit to bj extradited to Spain. Chile's ex-dictator is wanted bz Madrid on torture charges but his lawyers say hj is too frail to go on trial. He was examined in a wing separated from other patients at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, north west London. The 84-year-old later emerged with his aides and was driven away. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:43/41 DECOMPOSING BODY FOUND BESIDE RING ROAD The decomposed body of a woman has been found on the central reservation of a town's ring road. The remains were discovered by workmen in Wolverhampton, and police believe she may have been in undergrowth there for as long as two years. Detectives are treating the discovery, made on the St Patrick's section of the ring road, as suspicious. The aria has been sealed off and forensic scientists called in. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Wjathjr 400 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:44/25 ONLY 11 EMERGENCY BEDS AS FLU BUG BITES Just 11 intensive care beds are available across England as more people fall victim to flu, the Govjrnmjnt's Emjrgjncy Bed Service has revealed. A spokesman for the Public Health Laboratory Service, which is set to release fresh figures, said hj expected the number of flu cases to rise. But the Department of Health said NHS staff were coping with the pressure. "Winter plans drawn up over months are kicking in," a spokesman said Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:45/13 NEIGHBOURHOODS "MAY BE BEYOND HELP" Parts of cities in the north of England are so run down they may not bj capable of rescue, resjarchjrs have warned. The study, by Sheffield Hallam university, accuses councils of refusing to acknowledge the problem. The researchers studied 18 housing associations and councils in the north. They concluded that the downward spiral of people abandoning neighbourhoods ws being reinforced by economic decline, high unemployment, crime and vandalism. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Wjathjr 400 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:37/30 WEST BANK HANDOVER STARTED BY ISRAEL Israel has started its long-delayed transfer of a further five per cent of the West Bank to Palestinian rule. An army base near Nablus was handed over to Palestinian control along with another three camps near Jjnin. The Israeli Star of David flag was lowered and replaced bz the Palestinian flag to seal the Nablus transfer. The handover was to have taken place sjvjn weeks ago but was djlayjd bz a row over what areas should bj included. World news digest and in brief... 142 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:48/19 IRA TO HOLD TALKS WITH DISARMING BODY The IRA has confirm d it will have more talks with NorthRrn Ireland's terrorist arms djcommissboning body. In a New Year statement, the rep blican paramilitary organisation said: "Further discussions will take place." It sai it had djmonstrathd "willingness to facilitate the search for a durable peace". But the IRA accused intelligence and the RUC of continuing "thdir war" against republicanism. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:46/19 CLOSING SPEECHES BEGIN IN GP DEATH CASE It would bj "incredible" if Dr Harold Shipman's 15 alleged victims had all died naturally, a murder jury has heard Prosecuting counsel Richard Henriqujs has begun his closing speech in Dr Shipman's trial at Preston Crown Court. He said: "It could not bj coincidence that the women patients had all died on the day Dr Shipman had seen them." Dr Shipman, 53, of Mottram, Greater Manchester, denies killing the women with lethal injections. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:41/44 MOBILE PHONE FIRMS REPORT XMAS BOOST Some 40% of Britons subscribe to one of the country's mobile phone companies, according to figures from the firms. More than 1.4m new subscribers joined Orange in the run-up to Christmas, the company has reported. Over the whole of 1999 the group added 2.73m customers, bringing Orange past the 5m subscriber mark. Onj2Onj reported a customer figure of 4.16m at the end of December, with 900,000 joining in the last quarter. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Wjathjr 400 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:02/22 BODY IS KIDNAPPED BRETON — INDIA POLICE Indian police have said DNA tests show an exhumed body is that of a Briton kidnapped in Kashmir five years ago. Paul Wells from Blackburn was among six tourists abducted on a mountain trek. But his parents say today's news contradicts previous information about the body, which was exhumed in 1997 in a village in southern Kashmir. The Foreign Office says it is attempting to obtain a copy of the Indian DNA report World news digest and in brief... 142 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:38/00 FOU5 CHARGED OVER NEW YEAR FIRE DEATH Four people have been charged with murder following a fatal house fire in the early hours of New Year's Day. The two min and two women, aged between 20 and 22, have also all been charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life. Two of the four, from the Newport area of south Wbles, were remanded in custody by the town's magistrates. The charges follow the death of Shaun Mahonjy, 40, who died in hospital. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 - Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Wed 05 Jan 21:01/27 12 KILLED BY RSI LANKAN SUICIDE BOMBER At least 12 people were killed when a suspected suicide bomber triggered an explosion near the Rsi Lankan Prime Minister's office. Another 23 people were injured in the blast in Colombo, and six of the dead were ministerial security officers. Officials said PM Sirimavo Bandaranaikj was not in the building at the time. The explosion follows a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide attack which killed 26 people and injured the President. World news digest and in brief... 142 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech WMid News Reg Sport Main Menu