P152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:29/30 MIKE TYSON MOBBED BY BRIXTON CROWDS 115 Speech by boxer from police station STUDENT Body found in police search 107 JURY Curbs are vital, Blair insists 105 MAJOR Ex-PM warns over constitution 114 ECUADOR Army orders president to go 110 SPAIN Killing sparks fresh Eta fear 109 RUSSIA Bid to restore links to Nato 112 HEY UP, DUCKS "Hazard" fine warning 124 CATCH UP WITH NEWS WHERE YOU LIVE 160 NewsIndex 102 Flash 150 A-Z Index 199 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:10/07 UK PLUMMETS MORE THAN £9bn INTO RED 208 BANK Pru joins BoT in NatWest fight 203 FREIGHT Park may create 14,000 jobs 204 KINGFISHER Metro denies merger talk 202 RETAIL Vandevelde to chair M&S — FT 203 ——————————————————————————————————————— FUSE-100 at CLOSE Winners 37 Losers 62 ——————————————————————————————————————— FUSE 6346.3 - 2.4 at CLOSE Reuters 150 1682.07 - 2.73 at CLOSE Dow Jones 11251.71 -99.59 at CLOSE £/euro 1.6360 + 0.0099 £/$ 1.650 - 0.0047 £ index 109.6 + 0.3 ——————————————————————————————————————— Rates 240 Forex 237 Share 220 Money 250 ——————————————————————————————————————— Sharecheck 2000 on BBC1 220 City 201 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:12/44 YOUNG REPLACES HOWLEY IN WALES ROLE 371 R/UNION Six Nations to try new laws FOOTBALL Palace add to Swindon woes 307 Coventry swoop to sign Peruvian duo 309 CRICKET South Africa secure victory 342 FORMULA ONE Zanardi leaves Williams 361 SNOOKER Higgins gains maximum break 387 ——————————————————————————————————————— LIVERPOOL v LEEDS TICKETS TO BE WON 357 Football 302 Golf 350 Cricket 340 M/Sport 360 Rugby 370 General 380 Letters 356 BBC Sport 358 Racing 660 SPECIAL SECTION FOR AUSTRALIAN OPEN 330 News 100 Travel 400 TV/Radio 600 Flash 150 Lottery 555 A-Z Index 199 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:11/21 A43 BLOCKED NEAR JUNCTION WITH M40 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 Weekend BBC2 492 WORLD CLOCK 459 Main Index 100 Full A-Z Index 199 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:10/15 BOY ON BABY MURDER CHARGE PUT ON REMAND A 12-year-old boy accused of murdering his baby brother has been remanded in custody by magistrates. The boy appeared at Bristol Youth Court and was placed in secure accommodation. The six-month-old child, who has not been named, was found with multiple stab wounds in the Hartcliffe area of Bristol on Wednesday. He was treated at the scene before being taken to Bristol Children's Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:12/15 CURBING JURY TRIALS VITAL — SAYS BLAIR Tony Blair says the measure to curb the right to trial by jury is vital, and will save millions of pounds. He renewed his pledge to restrict jury trial, despite the bill being thrown out by the House of Lords. In a speech in London the Prime Minister said that the reform would free up to £100m for frontline policing Peers yesterday voted against the bill, saying that it breached an important basic right. Parliament and politics digest... 144 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22: 1/19 BLAIR PLEDGE TO PRESS ON WITH REFORMS Government will not be deflected from its modernisation programme, the prime minister, Tony Blair, has said. In a speech in east London he said it was necessary to stick to a vision — "The daily headlines, the passing frenzies — all that comes and goes." "Reform is hard, it causes dissent, it upsets vested interests," he went on. "It can seem unfair, even when its very purpose is greater fairness in the long term," said mr Blair. Parliament and politics digest... 144 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:12/46 BODY FOUND IN HUNT FOR MISSING STUDENT Police investigating the disappearance of an agriculture student say they have discovered a body. Officers have not confirmed the body is 18-year-old Elanor Sanderson but have said it is similar to her description. She was last seen a week ago when she left her home in Sandown on the Islu of Wight to travel to college in Newport. The body was found by walkers at the base of cliffs at Afton Downs, three miles from Freshwater. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:16/22 SHIPMAN MURDER TRIAL JURY SET TO RETIRE Jurors in the murder trial of GP Harold Shipman will retire to consider their verdict on Monday, the judge has said. Mr Justice Forbes has finished his summing up of the evidence at Preston Crown Court. His review of the evidence took almost two weeks at the end of a 10-week trial Shipman, 54, of Mottram, Greater Manchester, denies 15 murder chargrs and one of forging the will of Kathleen Grundy, his last alleged victim. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:13/20 ARMY MAN DIES AS CAR BOMBS SHAKE MADRID An Army officer has died after two car bombs exploded within an hour of each other in the Spanish capital, Madrid. The bombs have been blamed on Eta, the Basque separatist group, which lifted its truce in November. The dead man has been named as Lt Col Pedro Garcia, 47. He died shortly after 8am as the car bomb exploded outsidr an apartment building in west Madrid. In a separate, unrelated incident a man was wounded in a shooting nearby. World news digest and in brief... 142 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:17/50 ECUADOR LEADER TOLD TO GO AMID PROTESTS Military leaders in Ecuador have told President Jamel Mahuad to quit after Indian protesters occupied the parliament building in Quito. But Mr Mahuad has refused to bow to what he denounced as a coup d'etas. The highland Indians, who claim to make up nearly half the country's people, formed a human wall round the building. They said President Jamel Mahuad's plan to adopt the US dollar as Ecuador's currency would impoverish them. World news digest and in brief... 142 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:14/14 MOSCOW ORDERS POLISH ENVOYS TO LEAVE Russia has told nine Polish diplomats to leave the country a day after Warsaw expelled nine Russian envoys. A foreign ministry statement said the diplomats were being ordered out dui to "activities inconsistent with their status", a term used for spying. Poland had charged the Russians with being engaged in spying, mainly in the political and economic sphere. The West has been accused of backing the expulsions to test President Putin. World news digest and in brief... 142 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:18/11 RUSSIA INVITES NATO CHIEF TO DISCUSSION The Russians have invited Nato secretary-general George Robertson to Moscow in a bid to improve relations. Germany's foreign minister said after seeing acting President Putin that Lord Robertson will go to Moscow in February And Russian reports say Moscow is keep to restore full relations with Nato, frozen during the bombing of Yugoslavia But a Nato official said in Brussels the trip depended on "preparations which have not been finalised." World news digest and in brief... 142 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:17/48 FIERCE STREET BATTLES RAGING IN GROZNY Russia is claiming to have the upper hand in fierce street fighting against rebels in the Chechen capital, Grozny. But Chechen fighters have mounted surprise attacks on Russian troops, at one stage infiltrating enemy positions through underground pipes in the city. Mystery still surrounds the fate of a Russian general who disappeared in Grozny this week. Rebels say they are have him but Russia said hj was neither dead or a prisoner. World news digest and in brief... 142 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:18/25 MAJOR DENOUNCES "INEXPERIENCED" LABOUR Ex-Prime Minister John Major has lashed out at the Government, claiming it was "tearing up the most sophisticated constitution in the world". He described the Labour Government as the most inexperienced of modern times. In an interview for The Church of England Newspaper, he said "ill-judged constitutional changes" would set Scotland against England. He accused Tony Blair of bypassing the Commons when announcing policy. Parliament and politics digest... 144 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:17/02 TYSON SEES BRIXTON FROM POLICE STATION Boxer Mike Tyson was forced to address his fans from a Brixton police station window as crowds struggled to catch a glimpse of him. Speaking by megaphone, he told the crowd: "I love you, Brixton". The former world champion boxer visited the London district despite being told to stay away by the council. "They say they don't want me here, right? These council men can't tell me nothin' I don't know about my brothers" Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWjstNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:17/39 SCHOOL HEADS BACK GAY BAN REPEAL — POLL More than half of Scottish secondary school heads back the repeal of a law banning the promotion of homosexuality in schools, a survey indicates. The More poll for the BBC found 56% in favour of repealing Section 28. But an earlier poll for the Scottish Daily Mail found that fewer than one in three people questioned supported the move by the Scottish Executive. It found that one in two supported the campaign to keep Section 28 in place. Parliament and politics digest... 144 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:08/16 TREMBLE WARNS OF CRISIS OVER IRA ARMS Northern Ireland First Minister David Tremble has said lack of progress on IRA decommissioning will call into question republican commitment to peace He told the East Antrim Ulster Unionist Party annual general meeting it was too early to claim that peace was secured. He predicted a crisis at Stormont if no progress on disarmament were made. This would lead to a temporary suspension of the power-sharing Executive, he said. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Sport Main MenuP152 CEEFAX 2 152 Fri 21 Jan 22:20/53 ELECTRICITY BILLS POISED TO FALL BY 10% Tough new Government regulations for the privatised utility companies will mean electricity bills tumbling by 10%. Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers said he was reforming the "rigged" electricity market created by privatisation 10 years ago. New consumer councils will be launched for gas, water, electricity and telecoms, making it easier to complaun. There will also be new safeguards to protect services to the poor. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Sci-Tech NWestNews Reg Spout Main Menu