P141 CEEFAX 2 141 Fri 21 Jan 22:08/02 1/8 EGGS Keith Hartburn, from Hartlepool, Cleveland, appeared before magistrates to admit possessing more than 500 wild birds' eggs. However, he denied four charges of taking golden eagle eggs. WRECK The Isle of Man Government has agreed in principle to pay for the recovery of the Scottish fishing boat Solway Harvester, which sank off the island with the loss of seven lives. BACON More than 200 jobs are to go at a bacon-slicing plant in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. Malton Foods said the Unipork factory would close in April. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP141 CEEFAX 2 141 Fri 21 Jan 22:25/27 2/8 AIRLINE British Airways' low cost carrier Go is dropping two routes this summer. Flights from Stansted in Essex to Lyon and Zurich cease from March 26. PENSION The Post Office is to combine its two main occupational pension funds to create a giant scheme with 420,000 members and assets of £16bn. SCHOOL England's oldest grammar school could be the first to face a vote on its future. Anti-selection campaigners have collected enough signatures to hold a ballot on Ripon Grammar School. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP141 CEEFAX 2 141 Fri 21 Jan 22:12/50 3/8 WOMAN LOSES BATTLE OVER SURROGACY BID A woman left infertile due to hospital negligence, has lost her battle to get funding for surrogacy treatment. Patricia Briody, 46, from Merseyside, was demanding £400,000 in damages after two pregnancies 26 years ago ended in stillbirths and a hysterectomy. St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority were ordered to pay £88,000 in damages. But as she refused a higher pre-court settlement of £110,000 Ms Briody must pay the defendant's court costs. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP141 CEEFAX 2 141 Fri 21 Jan 22:16/16 4/8 MAN JAILED FOR CAMPSITE SEX ASSAULTS A man who indecently assaulted young British girls at a camp site he ran in France has been jailed for three years. Kenneth Maxwell Bidden, 63, of Exeter, admitted at Middlesex Crown Court to assaulting five young girls aged between five and 12 at the camp. The attacks were carried out at a converted farm hj bought in Brittany. He is the first to be jailed under a new law allowing people to be sent to prison for crimes committed abroad. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP141 CEEFAX 2 141 Fri 21 Jan 22:10/21 5/8 PENSIONS FIRM LOSES APPEAL OVER PAYOUTS Equitable Life has lost its case in the Court of Appeal brought by a group of its own 90,000 pension annuity holders. They argued the pensions and insurance firm had reneged on the guaranteed level of payouts they were led to expect when buying the pensions. The ruling overturns an earlier decision in the High Court. It said Equitable Life was entitled to change levels of pension payouts. The case will now go to the House of Lords. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP141 CEEFAX 2 141 Fri 21 Jan 22:10/47 6/8 NUMBERS SEEKING ASYLUM IN UK ROCKET 50% The number of people seeking asylum in the UK jumped by more than 50% last year, according to UN projections. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimates 89,700 sought asylum last year, compared to 58,500 in 1998. Overall, the number of asylum applications across Europe rose by 20%. The UK was just behind Germany as the top destination. In terms of population proportion, however, the Swiss received the highest number of applications. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP141 CEEFAX 2 141 Fri 21 Jan 22:04/31 7/8 HOPE FOR 14,000 JOBS FROM INDUSTRY PARK Plans for a £250m manufacturing park could create 14,000 new jobs on the outskirts of Manchester. Oil giant Shell and property firm Burford Holdings are discussing building an industrial park and rail- based distribution centre. It would cover part of Shell's 1,200- acre Carrington Estate, and would be called the Trafford Interchange. The aim is to link the estate by rail to mainland Europe. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP141 CEEFAX 2 141 Fri 21 Jan 22:11/16 8/8 MAMMOTH CARTOON REVEALED FOR FIRST TIME A giant cartoon strip, believed to bj the longest ever drawn, has gone on display in London. The 250ft strip, called The Worm, chronicles the history of the cartoon from cave paintings to comic books. Drawn by 125 cartoonists, it includes Hogarthian figures, Tin Tin and Asterix The work was revealed to the artistic community for the first time today before going on public display at the National Cartoon Centre on Monday. Headlines 101 Index 102 Sport 300 Front page 100 TV 600 Weather 400 World News Indx News Xtra Main Menu