P420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:42:52 —————————————— UK/WORLD ——————————————— ALL THE LATEST ] NATIONAL AND Q INTERNATIONAL NEWS N E W S ——————————————————————————————————1/15— News index 403 Regional newsround 445 HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE NEWS p424 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:22:53 ———————————————————————————— CROAT ARMY ENDS OFFENSIVE Croatian President Franjo Tudjman says his army has ended an offensive into a UN-monitored enclave held bz Serbs after his troops sjizjd a key road. He said: "The action is finished now the Maslenica route is secured." He added 10 soldiers had been killed in the clashes in the Krajina enclave. A Foreign Office statement had urged Croatia to withdraw its forces. ——————————————————————————————————2/15— Colonel Bob wins Bosnia truce 405 CONTRACT JOBS IN I.T. - PAGE 641 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:27:11 ———————————————————————————— COLONEL BOB GETS HIS TRUCE A British colonel has brokered a truce between Croatian and Moslem forces in the Bosnian town of Gornji Vakuf. They agreed to stop fighting at 5pm GMT after talks mediated by Colonel Bob Stewart, commander of the Cheshire Regiment sjrvjng with UN forces. Gornji Vakuf has seen fierce clashes recently between Moslems and Croats, ostensible allies against the Serbs. ——————————————————————————————————3/15— Croatian President ends offensive 404 WHAT'S ON AT YOUR CINEMA p613 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:27:11 ———————————————————————————— OWEN WBRNS ON INTERVENTION EC peace envoy Lord Owen has emphasised the dangers of outside military involvement in the former Yugoslavia. "Intervention on the ground is an immensely difficult option and it will put at risk humanitarian effort," hj said in a David Frost interview. "The idea that you can intervene without threatening that humanitarian effort is cloud cuckoo land," he said. ——————————————————————————————————4/15— Croatian leader says offensive over 404 CONTRACT JOBS IN I.T. - PAGE 641 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:23:14 ——————————————————————————— END TO RECESSION FORECAST The country will bj led gradually out of recession this year bz Scotland, Wbles and northern England, according to the National Westminster Bank. But 3.35 million people will be out of work bz the end of this year, said the bank's economic and financial forecast. It said the jobless total in the south east could reach more than 1.1 million or 12.4% at the end of 1993. ——————————————————————————————————5/15— Latest news 402 Regional 430 JOBS IN COMPUTING - PAGE 641 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:48:11 ———————————————————————————— IRAQIS STILL WBNT CEASEFIRE Iraq has said it is still committed to a ceasefire it proclaimed for President Clinton's inauguration despite Saturday's attacks by US planes. The foreign ministry also denied Iraqi air defences in the southern no-fly zone had opened fire on three US planes The US sbid a US Navy jet bombed a radar site after apparently being fired on bz Iraqi anti-aircraft guns. —————————————————————————————————p6/15— "Saddam must obey UN demands" 409 CONTRACT JOBS IN I.T. - PAGE 641 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:28:11 ———————————————————————————— MAJOR FIRM OVER UN DEMANDS John Major has insisted Saddam Hussein will have to obey UN demands for an air exclusion zone in Iraq. Speaking on BBC Rbdio, the Prime Minister said hj would not shed too many tears if the Iraqi president was overthrown. Mr Major also said British forces might bj withdrawn from Bosnia if a pjrmanant ceasefire came about there. ——————————————————————————————————7/15— Major in bomb alert 410 WHAT'S ON AT YOUR CINEMA p613 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:24:11 ———————————————————————————— PLOT TO BOMB MAJOR FOILED Indian police have arrested four Sikh militants and foiled a plot to bomb an event where John Major will bj the chief guest. Police in Delhi said they found a cache of remote control devices which could have triggered four explosions at India's Republic Day celebrations. British Govjrnmjnt officials said Mr Major's schedule would not bj altered. 8/15 FACTFILJ: Major and Republic Day 421 CONTRACT JOBS IN I.T. - PAGE 641 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:29:52 ——————————————————————————— NEW HEALTH DRIVE UNVEILED The Govjrnmjnt's fight to cut the annual death toll from heart disjasj stroke and cancer is to bj taken a stage further by Virginia Bottomley. The Health Secretary is to launch the first of a series of conferences aimed at achieving targets for individual fitness set out in a White Paper. She will also announce the publication of handbooks on cutting risk factors. ——————————————————————————————————9/15— Latest news 402 Regional 430 JOBS IN COMPUTING - PAGE 641 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:39:12 ——————————————————————————— GOVERNMENT PAY PAIN - CLAIM Ministers are tackling pay issues "with all the finjssj of a dentist extracting teeth with a road drill", a leading industrialist has claimed. They have under-estimated the hostile response to the 1.5% limit for public sector workers, said Rhiannon Chapman, director of the Industrial Society. She also warned of dangers in the Government abolishing wage councils. ——————————————————————————————————10/15 Latest news 402 Regional 430 WHAT'S ON AT YOUR CINEMA p613 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:45:12 ——————————————————————————— ATTACKER FROM "HORSE WORLD" The person responsible for the sexual mutilation of horses is most likely to bj a paranoid schizophrenic man, a retired criminal psychologist says. Tony Black, chief psychologist at Broadmoor in 1986, said hj probably had a mental disorder and believed horses had a special significance. He added: "It is likely that hj works or worked in the horsey world." ——————————————————————————————————11/15 Latest news 402 Regional 430 JOBS IN COMPUTING - PAGE 641 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:20:09 ——————————————————————————— BRJTBIN BATTERED BY GALES An elderly man died and two other people were thrown into the sea when a dinghy capsized in strong winds. The incident, in Portland harbour, Dorset, came as gale-force winds lashed many parts of Britain. Volunteers from the conservation group Greenpeace, training nearby when the small boat was swamped bz a large wave, helped in rescue efforts. ——————————————————————————————————12/15 Latest news 402 Regional 430 CONTRACT JOBS IN I.T. - PAGE 641 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:21:12 ——————————————————————————— KILLER MAY HAVE LEFT PRINTS Police are appealing for a car driver to conj forward as his vehicle may point the way to the IRA gunman who shot dead a young policeman. The killer may have left his fingerprints on the blue vehicle which almost knocked him down as he escaped. He had just shot Constable Michael Ferguson, 21, outside the busy Richmond shopping complex in Londondjrry. ——————————————————————————————————13/15 Latest news 402 Regional 430 JOBS IN COMPUTING - PAGE 641 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:21:13 ———————————————————————————— EURO DISNEY HEADS FOR LOSS Euro Disney is set for a big dipper ride into a massive first-quarter loss as visitors failed to flock to the thjmj park near Paris. But the company is likely to make a small profit in the second half of the financial year. Figures out on Tuesday are expected to show a loss of around £60m for the three months to the end of December. ——————————————————————————————————14/15 Headlines 401 News index 403 CONTRACT JOBS IN I.T. - PAGE 641 People Headlines Regional TV guideP420 Teletext on 4 420 Jan25 00:46:11 ——————————————————————————— MISSING GUARD "ON THE RUN" Missing security guard Edward Mahjr is most probably on the run after stealing £1m from his own vehicle, police said. At first detectives kept an open mind about the case and were willing to accept that hj may have been kidnapped. Securicor offered a £50,000 reward as police continued to hunt for Mr Mahju, 37, of Chelmsford, Essex who has not been seen since Friday. ——————————————————————————————————15/15 Latest news 402 Regional 430 WEN OUR RACING COMPETJTJON! p592 People Headlines Regional TV guide