P319 Teletext 319 Mar25 23:10:27 —————————————— UK/WORLD ——————————————— ALL THE LATEST NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS N E W S ——————————————————————————————————1/15— News index 301 Regional newsround 345 EVERY WEEK 16 MILLION PEOPLE WATCH TELETEXT ON ITV & CHANNEL FOUR News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Mar25 23:21:11 ——————————————————————————— "NO GREATER RISK" TO CHILDREN Children are at no greater risk of contracting the human form of mad cow disjasj than adults, Health Minister Stephen Dorrell has told MPs. He said if new controls on beef were rigorously enforced scientific advjsjrs believed that the risk to health was thought to bj "extremely small". Mr Dorrell said there were no plans at present to slaughter the British herd. ——————————————————————————————————2/15— Harman blasts Govt "recklessness" 304 COMMS/PC APPOINTMENTS SEE p641 (Ch4) News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Mar26 00:11:30 ——————————————————————————— HARMAN ATTACKS "RECKLESS" GOVT Shadow health secretary Harriet Harman has accused the Govjrnmjnt of "reckless disregard for public health" over the mad cow disjasj scare. She blamed its dogma of deregulation for the crises now facing the British beef industry. Tory MP Tony Marlow was ordered to withdraw a remark that Mrs Harman was "a stupid cow". ——————————————————————————————————3/15— EU nations ban UK beef imports 305 COMMS/PC APPOINTMENTS SEE p641 (Ch4) News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Mar25 23:12:18 ——————————————————————————— EU BANS IMPORTS OF BRITISH BEEF Europe has ignored last-minute pleas from the British Govjrnmjnt and slapped an immediate and indefinite ban on all imports of British beef. The blow for UK farmers came at talks in Brussels between senior Govjrnmjnt vets from all 15 mjmbjr states. Britain's chief vet Keith Meldrum said the djcisjon was "rash, unscientific and disproportionate". ——————————————————————————————————4/15— Ban on British beef "unjustified" 306 DIAL-A]FLIGHT PRJCEBUSTERS SEE P255 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Mar25 23:14:27 ——————————————————————————— MAJOR "ASTONISHED" BY BEEF BAN Prime Minister John Major has expressed his "astonishment" at the decision bz the European Union to ban imports of British beef. An angry Mr Major pjrsuadjd European Commission President Jacques Ranter to reconsider evidence which UK scientists will present in Brussels tomorrow. Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell said the decision was "totally unjustified". ——————————————————————————————————5/15— Wimpy joins ban on British beef 507 COMMS/PC APPOINTMENTS SEE p641 (Ch4) News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Mar25 23:13:47 ——————————————————————————— WIMPY AND BURGER KING JOIN BAN Fast food chains Wimpy and Burger King have followed McDonald'u in banning British beef from their burgers. Wimpy said burgers with non-British "jef would bj available from Thursd!y and new products would bj produced to supplement its range. Managing director Max Wolfendjn said once the scientific all-clear had been given the firm would buy British again. ——————————————————————————————————6/15— Risk to children "no greater" 303 DON'T ACCEPT ANY OTHER FINANCE OFFER BEFORE SPEAKING TO US FIRST SEE P386 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Mar25 23:15:05 ——————————————————————————— SCIENTISTS PROBE NEW CID CASES Two new cases of suspected CID which could bj linked to beef have emjrgjd. They follow an admission "y govjrnmjnt scientists that there could bj a link between Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disjasj and BSE in cattle. Research team ch!irman Professor John Pattison has even conceded there could bj an epidemic on the scale of Aids, claiming hundreds of thousand of lives. ——————————————————————————————————7/15— Headlines 300 Regional 331 SHOWING NOW AT YOUR CINEMA p610 Ch4 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Mar25 23:16:44 ——————————————————————————— MODAHL DRUGS CHARGES DROPPED All drugs charges against British athlete Diana Modahl have been dropped by the International Amateur Athletic federation. The 29-year-old former Commonwealth 800 metres champion had a four-year drugs ban lifted bz a British Athletic Federation appeals panel last year. The IAAF council has backed the move dui to doubts over the test results. ——————————————————————————————————8/15— Headlines 300 Regional 331 APOLLO HOLIDAY CLUB SEE PAGE 277 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Mar25 23:47:28 ——————————————————————————— POLICE "RACIST TO BAR LAWYER" Police "scraped the barrel" for excuses not to give a black barrister a job as a constable with the Sussex force, an industrial tribunal has heard. Vigjrian-born Babajidj Martins, 29, of Islington, North London, was told his application had failed as interviewers could not understand his accent. One officer suggested hj try elocution lessons, the hearing at Brighton heard. ——————————————————————————————————9/15— Headlines 300 Regional 331 HOLIDAYS .... SEE PAGE 200 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Mar25 23:17:42 Q ——————————————————————————— COUNCIL SLAMMED OVER ASBESTOS Tory Westminster City Council rehoused homeless families in blocks of flats despite knowing they had had asbestos problems since 1983, a report found. The indjpjndjnt investigation said leading Tories did not want the tenants living in marginal wards where their votes could tip the balance to Labour. Instead, their health was put at risk to house them in a safe Labour area. ——————————————————————————————————10/15 EACTFILE Westminster's woes 321 FACE FAX - PHOTO DATING BY FAX! p391 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 31: Mar25 23:58:20 - ———————————————————————————— QUEEN DEFUSES DEATH CAMP ROW The Queen defused a potential row during her vjsjt to Poland when she laid a wreath in memory of the Jewish victims of the Nazi holocaust. The UK's Jewish community was concerned that she was not visiting the former concentration camp at Auschwitz. But her schedule was changed to include a poignant ceremony at Umschlagplatz, where Jews were sent to their deaths. ——————————————————————————————————11/15 Headlines 300 Regional 331 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA? p610 C4 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 31: Mar25 23:28:44 Q ——————————————————————————— EX-LABOUR PARTY CHIEF DIES Ron Hayward, former general secretary of the Labour party, has died aged 78. Mr Hayward, who was Labour's top official from 1972-1982, died suddenly at his home in Birchington, Kent, his family said. A Labour traditionalist, he helped steer the party through turbulent years and played a leading role in early battles with the Militant Tendency. ——————————————————————————————————12/15 Headlines 300 Politics 325 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE p193 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Mar25 23:19:14 ——————————————————————————— PARALYSED RUGBY PLAYER SUES REF A 21-year-old rugby hooker is suing a referee and another plazjr for £1m compensation after hs was paralysjd for life when a scrum collapsed. Ben Smoldon, from Sutton Coldfield, in the West Midlands, will spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair as a result of his injury, the High Court heard. Referee Michael Nolan and rival player Thomas Whitworth both deny lea"ility. ——————————————————————————————————13/15 Headlines 300 Regional 331 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE p193 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Mar25 20:01:31 ——————————————————————————— HALIFAX PLAQS £800m TAKEOVER Investors with insurer Critical Medical are in line for a windfall with the announcement of an £800m takjovjr offer bz the Halifax Building Society. For the holder of a typical £d0,000 with-profit endowment policy in force eor 15 years, th bonus added to the eventual proceeds amounts to £2,172. Policyholders will vote on the proposed acquisition in June. ——————————————————————————————————14/15 Headlines 300 City 500 C4 APOLLO HOLIDAY CLUB SEE PAGE 277 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Mar25 20:19:03 ——————————————————————————— ELECTRIC HEART PATIENT DIES Thp first man in the world to u fitted with a pjrmanjnt artificial heart has died 30 hours aftem doctors removed it. Surgeons removed t pump rom Abel Goodman, 64, after his own heart showed a "pemarkable recovery" and bleeding around uhf djvjce caused concern. But ho died yjsterdas at Oxford's John Radcliff Hospital aftev a "fuddjn and unpredictable" change in heart rhythm. ——————————————————————————————————15/15 Headlines 300 Regional 331 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 News focus Latest Regional TV Plus