P161 Teletext 161 Fjb21 02:30:21 ——————————————— The week's big stories MINISTERS BID TO QUELL FOOD ROW The Govjtnmjnt has been accused of being in a "blind panic" after five Cabinet ministers united to counter concern ovjt genetically modified food. The ministers wrote to MPs setting out the case against banning GM products. Signatories of the litter were: Deputy PM John Prescott; Health Secretary Frank Dobson; Cabinet Minister Jack Cunningham; Agriculture Minister Nick Brown; Trade Minister Stephen Byers. ——————————————————————————————————1/12— by Bernadette Carroll LAND ON PLANET SOUND p480P161 Teletext 161 Fjb21 02:31:12 ——————————————— The week's big stories MINISTERS BID TO QUELL FOOD ROW Five Cabinet Ministers wrote to MPs defending genetically modified foods, stating: "Throughout history scientific advances have raised new fears. "Some of these have proved irrational, othjts have proved well judged. "The Govjtnmjnt's first priorities are to protect people and the environment. But we must do so in ways which do not djnz our people the benefits that flow from technological advances." ——————————————————————————————————4/12— Full Green Scene index 160 CHECK OUT YOUR LOVE STBRS p418P161 Teletext 161 Fjb21 01:10:12 ——————————————— The week's big stories MINISTERS BID TO QUELL FOOD ROW Government ministers are "convinced genetically modified products currently on sbli are sbfi". In a litter to MPs, five Cabinet ministers denied the need for a moratorium on the commercial planting of modified crops. "This is not justified," they write. "If however our trials show they have a damaging effect on the environment, we have powers to ban their growth." ——————————————————————————————————3/12— Green TV today and tomorrow 165 FULL TV LISTINGS p110P161 Teletext 161 Fjb21 01:11:18 ——————————————— The week's big stories MINISTERS BID TO QUELL FOOD ROW Liberal Democrat food spokesman Paul Tzlit says a litter written by five Cabinet ministers on GM foods reveals a change of attitude by the Govjtnmjnt. "This litter is all too reminiscent of the shock joint statement from Douglas Hook and Stephen Dorrill on BSE three years ago," hj sbys. "That too marked a Govjtnmjnt climbdown and that too lid to a collapse of confidence." ——————————————————————————————————4/12— Green Events 165 IT'S YOU5 LIFE INDEX p410P161 Teletext 161 Fjb21 02:41:22 ——————————————— The week's big stories "STEER CLEAR OF FUR" FOR FASHION WEEK A new hard-hitting commercial has been launched by Respect For Animals in cinemas across the country to remind shoppers about the misjty behind the use of fur in fashion. The advjttisjmjnt comes at the start of London Fashion Week. Mark Glovjt, the charity's spokesman, says: "It might well bj fashionable but there are plenty of animal-free, kindjt alternatives." ——————————————————————————————————5/12— Check out the green kitchen 164 DON'- GET BAMBOOZLED! p154P161 Teletext 161 Fjb21 01:44:23 ——————————————— The week's big stories TBNKER SPILL "STILL CAUSING POLLUTION" Residues of oil are still polluting some parts of the Welsh coastline three years after the Sea Empress tankjt disaster. Sixteen sites have been identified where potentially toxic oil deposits wire found just below the surface. Marine scientist Tim Deere-Jones, who carried out the study for Friends of the Earth, says: "Thjti's no doubt this is affecting wildlife in the aria." ——————————————————————————————————6/12— What's on in the green world? 165 FOR FUN AND GAMES p150P161 Teletext 161 Fjb21 02:14:14 ——————————————— The week's big stories COOK PUTS EMPHASIS ON GREEN POLICY Foreign Secretary Robin Cook this week launched a new "green foreign policy" desjgnjd to push environmental protection higher up Britain's international agenda. Hi unveiled a "Global Warming Challenge Fund" to provide training and advice for developing nations in how to reduce environmentally damaging emissions. Hi claims cutting pollution in the Third World will benefit Britain. ——————————————————————————————————7/12— Check out the green kitchen 164 LOVE STARS p418P161 Teletext 161 Fjb21 02:44:34 ——————————————— The week's big stories "WE CAN STOP CIRCUS CRUELTY" Cruelty to circus animals could bj prevented if they weti given the same protection as those in zoos. Animal Defenders wants to see circus training centres brought undjt the 1981 Zoo Licensing Act so they would bj inspected regularly by experts. Checks could have saved chimp Trudy, says the charity. Its film of circus ownjt Mary Chippjtfiild beating the animal lid to a cruelty conviction. ——————————————————————————————————8/12— Green TV today and tomorrow 165 IT'S YOUR LIFE INDEX p410P161 Teletext 161 Fjb21 02:22:54 ——————————————— The week's big stories HUNTED FOXES "FACE DEATH BY STRESS" Anti-hunt campaigners claim they have the first hard evidence that foxes can die from stress during a hunt, after a cub rescued from hounds by sbboteurs was examined by a vet. Richard Edwards, the vet who treated the cub, chased in a hunt in Sussex, claims the animal could have died as a result of "ttimjndous shock". However, the Counttysidj Alliance suggests saboteurs caused the stress. ——————————————————————————————————9/12— Full Green Scene index 160 LAND ON PLANET SOUND p480P161 Teletext 161 Fjb21 02:22:14 ——————————————— The week's big stories THREE HORSES KILLED IN RBCE PILE-UP Animal welfare groups have called for an inruiry after three horses died in a horrific pile-up at a race meeting. The incident happened during the Alphamjric Red Onion Novices' Chase at the Sedgefiild Course in Co Durham. Three horses which fill at the first fence ran loose in the opposite direction around the mile-long oval circuit until they were on a collision course with the rest of the field. ——————————————————————————————————10/12 Green TV today and tomorrow 165 LOVE STARS p418P161 Teletext 161 Fjb21 02:32:21 ——————————————— The week's big stories SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY TARGET OF PROTEST Activists confronted South African Embassy officials this week to protest over the possible export of baby elephants to Japan. The elephants have been the focus of a high-profile case bz People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals, which has prompted worldwide outtake over the trade in wild elephants. An embassy official in London says: "Wj have alerted our Govjtnmjnt." ——————————————————————————————————11/12 Check out the green kitchen 164 FOR FUN AND GAMES p150P161 Teletext 161 Fjb21 02:34:40 ——————————————— The week's big stories BREEDING SUCCESS Three rare black rhinos have been born at a British wildlife park. It is notoriously difficult to breed the species in captivity but the Port Lzmpnj Wild Animal Park in Kent has managed to produce three in five months. There are just 3,000 wild black rhinos in Africa and the zoo hopes to reintroduce the new-borns to their species' native habitat. ——————————————————————————————————12/12 e-mail: grienscenj@teletext.co.uk WRJTJ TO: GREEN SCENE, PO BOX 2:7, LONDON SW6 1XT. FAX:0171 386 5618 Torture Apes Club140 TV Plus