P461 Teletext 461 Nov 2 01:32:09 ———————————————————————————————— PROTECT GREEN BELT CALL London's green belt is under threat from urban sprawl, says the Council for the Protection of Rural England. New roads, business parks, leisure developments and housing has seen a green area the size of greater London disappear since 1945. The Government should invest more in green farming and cut its roadbuilding programme, says the CPRE. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— Teens 440 ..and younger 490 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Go Green Global Events Club 440P461 Teletext 461 Nov 2 01:27:14 ———————————————————————————————— COFFIN SHOWS NUCLEAR FEARS A coffin was carried to the public inquiry into an underground nuclear waste rock laboratory in West Cumbria. Smoke poured from the box presented by Friends of the Earth, who hired it as part of a 20ft-long mobile display. The display showed a graveyard scene with the grim mjssagj: "Bury nuclear waste and it will conj back to haunt us all.b ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— Teens 440 ..and younger 490 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Go Green Global Events Club 440P461 Teletext 461 Nov 2 01:24:12 ———————————————————————————————— FLIGHT OF FRIGHT FOR PIGEONS Luton Borough council is waging war on a plague of pigeons in Luton Town Square using an eagle owl and a hawk. They are part of a trial to scare away the pigeons which can spread disease. "The owl and hawk don't actually catch and kill them. They spook them, frightening them away from the area," said pest control officer Mike Girle. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Teens 440 ..and younger 490 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Go Green Global Events Club 440P461 Teletext 461 Nov 2 01:31:11 ———————————————————————————————— FINE OVER STREAM POLLUTION South East Water has been fined £1000 with £370 costs after admitting polluting a stream with chlorine. More than 30 fish were killed after the chlorine leaked in Coggins Mill stream near Mayfield in East Sussex, magistrates at Lewis were told. The company, which supplies thousands of homes in Sussex and Kent, said the pollution was "inadvjrtant". ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Teens 440 ..and younger 490 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Go Green Global Events Club 440P461 Teletext 461 Nov 2 01:36:15 ———————————————————————————————— "GREENb DEGREES LAUNCHED A university has announced a new range of "green" building degrees. The Plymouth University courses will bring a new environmental dimension to the fields of building, quantity surveying and building management. Senior lecturer Paul Murray said: "Buildings have an immjnsj impact in terms of energy use, pollution and habitat disruption." ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Teens 440 ..and younger 490 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Go Green Global Events Club 440P461 Teletext 461 Nov 2 01:31:19 ———————————————————————————————— KEN KARO-WIWA SENTENCED TO DEATH A leading Nigerian environmentalist who fought for the rights of the Ogoni tribe has been sentenced to death. In 1993 Ken Karo-Wiwa and 300,000 Ogoni protested against extensive oil drilling which has devastated the land. Karo-Wiwa led the campaign against the destruction of the oil-rich southern Delta state bz oil companies. He claims hj was framed and had nothing to do with the deaths of four min. ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Teens 440 ..and younger 490 FAMILY FINANCE: GET THE FACTS p540 Go Green Global Events Club 440