P319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:16:08 —————————————— 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 WBTCH TELETEXT ON ITV & CHANNEL FOUR News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:48:27 ——————————————————————————— CBI PREDICTS RATES HIKE Chancellor Clarke will have to raise interest rates before the end of the year to stem inflation, the CBI warned. Despite slower growth and Thursday'u cut in German interest rates, the CBI expects the effect of rising costs in industry to seep through to the High St But City analysts said the German rate cuts would strengthen Mr Clarke'u stand against BoE pressure for a rate hike. ——————————————————————————————————2/15— Headlines 300 City news 500 C4 COMMS/PC APPOINTMENTS SEE p641 (Ch4) News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:42:06 T ——————————————————————————— REMISSION PLAN FOR TERRORISTS Up to 13O republican and loyalist paramilitaries could bj freed early in Government plans to increase remission. Northern Ireland Secretary of State Thu Patrick Mahyew is likely to confirm in Belfast moves to lengthen remission from one third, to a half. $hj mo6j is an attempt bz Downing St to inject new life into the peace process, with the truce anniversary days away. ——————————————————————————————————3/15— Headlines 300 Regional 331 COMMS/PC APPOINTMENTS SEE p641 (Ch4) News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:19:25 ——————————————————————————— LOTTERY "MAKES POOR POORER" The National Lottery's promise of untold wealth could bj making the poor poorer, public health experts warn. Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine say they spend a higher proportion of incomes on the lottery than other social groups. "Anything that makes poor people even poorer is an important public health issue," they say. ——————————————————————————————————4/15— Headlines 300 Lottery 123 AIRTOURS BARGAINS - SEE PAGE 258 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:50:15 ———————————————————————————— W LEESON TO FIGHT EXTRADITION Lawyers for Nick Ljeson, the trader blamed for the £830m collapse of Barings Bank, are to pre3jnt their ca3j against his extradition to Shnkapord. Singapore's wants the 28-year-old dealer extradited for trial on 12 charges of fraud and forgery. German prosecutors belie6j lawyers have few grounds to fight extradition and hold out little hope of success. ——————————————————————————————————5/15— Headlines 300 Latest 302 COMMS/PC APPOINTMENTS SEE p641 (Ch4) News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:20:44 ——————————————————————————— RBILTRBCK PLAYS DOWN ERROR The significance of a rewiring project which led to 10 serious signal failures is being played down by Railtrack. A report found there were 10 instances of faulty wiring on a line between Glasgow, Stirling and Perth. $hj blunders meant the all-clear was given to drivers who should ha6e tgmd to stop their trains. Railtrack denies trains were put in danger as a result. ——————————————————————————————————6/15— Headlines 300 Regional rail 196 NEW"! PERSONAL MESSAGES SECTION P397 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:31:03 T ——————————————————————————— DOCTORS CHALLENGE CANCE POLICY Elderly people with cancer are being denied treatment which could prolong their lives, a team of doctors has claimed in a letter to The Lancet. The four doctors at Surrey's Royal Marsdjn Hospital found cancer victims over 70 responded to chemothkrapy as well as younger patients. Current practice witholds anti-cancer treatment from the elderly, they say. ——————————————————————————————————7/15— Headlines 300 Regional 331 SHOWING NOW AT YOUR CINEMA p610 Ch4 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:31:44 T ——————————————————————————— DROUGHT "NOT AS BAD AS 1976" England and Wales still has more water than in the 1976 drought, according to the watchdog which looks after ri6jrs. $hj National Rivers Authority verdict came as water chiefs complained they were facing the most extreme summku for 300 or 400 years. Groundwater resources were "holding up well" as a re3ult of heavy wintdr rain, said NRA officials. ——————————————————————————————————8/15— Headlines 300 Regional 331 APOLLO HOLIDAY CLUB SEE PAGE 277 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:34:13 ———————————————————————————— BEIJING EXPELS ACTIVIST WU American human rights activist Harry Wu has been expelled from China, hours after being sentenced to 15 years in prison for spying. Wu, 58, was taken into custody while trying to enter China from Kazakhstan. He had angered Beijing with claims researched during recent visits that China sold organs of executed criminals to transplant recipients. ——————————————————————————————————9/15— Headlines 300 Latest 302 HOLIDAYS .... SEE PAGE 200 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:23:13 ——————————————————————————— STRIKE HITS LONDON TUBE London Underground is hoping to run at least three out of four trains despite a strike over pay and conditions. Some 5,500 members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union were called on to stop work for 24 hours from midnight. $he main drivers' union Aslef djcidjd not to strike and will ballot members on an offer of 3% on pay and an hour less on the working week. ——————————————————————————————————10/15 Headlines 300 Travel 190 THE FAST WBY TO SELL YOUR CAR P395 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:13:29 ——————————————————————————— PROBE INTO ANOREXIC'S DEATH Police have announced a full inquiry into the death of an anorexic teenager whose parents claim a hospital ignored warnings that she was dangerously ill. Elizabeth "Tizzy" Dawson, 14, died at Macclesfield District General Hospital in Cheshire on August 3. She went into hospital when her weight dropped from 16st to about 11st after alleged bullying at school. —————————————————————————q————————11/15 Headlines 300 Regional 331 NEW" INTERACTIVE TALKBACK SERVICE SEE PAGE 398 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:14:01 ——————————————————————————— COR T MOVE BY ANIMAL EXPORTER An animal exporteb has launch d ci6il proceedings against 12 people to protect his bruin ss through th Essex port of Brightlingsja. Roger Mills, a director of Live Sheep $radjrs (Irelandr Ltd, said injunctions were bhink sought and also damagps. $he injunctions aim to stop shh 12 doing anything to injure thu company' export of live sheep or calv s. ——————————————————————————————————12/15 Headlines 300 Regional 331 FREE INDEX CARD NO+ AVAILABLE - p362 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:34:30 ——————————————————————————— STORMY OUTLOOK FOR MET MEN The Met Office has been rapped by the public spending watchdog for failing to meet key performance targets. Customer satisfaction standards for the commercial service had been missed k6en though the Met claimed to have exceeded them, said the National Audit Office. And sample surveys of customkrs had ignored the biggest single commercial user — the Civil Aviation Authority. ——————————————————————————————————13/15 Headlines 300 Wjathkr 102 FOR GREAT THOMSON HOLIDAYS SEE P289 News focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:45:10 ——————————————————————————— MURDER CHARGE BOY ESCAPES A 14-9ear-old murder suspect is on the run after escaping from custody when he was allowed on a shopping trip. Despite the serious charge hj was being held in an "open" hostel awaiting trial because there were no secure places available anywhere in Britain. The boy, who cannot bj named, fled from a social worker in south London after being charged with killing a man of 20. ——————————————————————————————————14/15 Headlines 300 Regional 331 +HAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 News focus Latest Regional TS PlusP319 Teletext 319 Aug25 02:47:49 ——————————————————————————— STOLEN BOORS SOLD BY VOLUME More than 10,000 books stolen by one man from libraries, cathedrals and churches nationwide are up for auction. Duncan Jjvons, 50, recently freed from a 15-month jail term for thkft, was able to tell police where 40,000 others were stolen from and they were returned But the remainder, amas3ed o6ju 30 years at his home in Halesworth, Suffolk, went unclaimed. ——————————————————————————————————15/15 Headlines 300 Regional 331 SEND A PERSONAL MESSAGE PAGE 388 News focus Latest Regional TV Plus