P319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:03:01 - —————————————— UK/WORLD ——————————————— ] ] ALL THE LATEST VATIOVAL AVD INTJRNATJONAL NEWS N E W S ——————————————————————————————————1/15— News index 301 Regional njwsround 345 EVERY WEEK 16 MILLION PEOPLE WATCH TELETEXT ON ITV & CHANNEL FOUR Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:10:21 ——————————————————————————— GORMAN EURO VOTE BID SCUPPERED Labour and the Govjrnmjnt njutralisjd any embarrassing show of strength for Tory Euro-sceptic MP Teresa Gorman'u referendum Bill. The Bill, giving Britons the option of renegotiating Britain's mjmbjrship of the EU, was given a formal first reading but has no chance of success. Opposjrs refused to put the required two tellers into the "no" lobby. ——————————————————————————————————2/1u— FACTFILE Referendum Bill 323 COMMS/PC APPOINTMENTS SEE p631 (Ch4) Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:11:42 T ——————————————————————————— HEANEY SCOOPS WHITBREAD PRIZE Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heanjy has scooped the Whitbread Book of the Year Award^ He won the £21,000 prize for The Spirit Ljvjl, his first new collection of poems for five years. Hj beat novelist John Lanchester (The Debt to Pleasure), Diarmaid MacCulloch (Thomas Cranmer: A Life), and Beryl Bainbridgj (Every Man for Himself). ——————————————————————————————————3/15— Headlines 300 Regional 331 COMMS/PC APPOINTMENTS SEE p631 (Ch4) Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:12:21 ——————————————————————————— INCOMPETENCE CLAIMS AT IVQUIRZ High-ranking social sjrvjce staff have been accused of possible negligence "to the point of incompetence" at an inquiry into alleged child abuse. At least 10 who said they were abused while in care in Gwynedd and Clywd were now dead — most having taken thjit own lives, said counsel Gerard Elias. Nearly 180 alleged victims, spanning a 20-years period, could give evidence. ——————————————————————————————————4/15— Headlines 300 Regional 331 UP TO 15% OFF SKI SEE PAGE 268 Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:28:41 T ——————————————————————————— TALKS WARNING TO LOYALISTS Loyalist paramilitary bombings are threatening the future of Loyalists at the multi-party talks on Vorthjrn Ireland, the Govjrnmjnt has warned. In the latest attack, a Catholic family escaped a booby-trap in Co Antrim. The parties concerned are the Ulster Democratic Party, linked to the RDA and UFF, and the Progressive Unionist Party which is associated with the UVF. ——————————————————————————————————5/15— Headlines 300 Regional 331 COMMS/PC APPOINTMENTS SEE p631 (Ch4) Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:19:01 ——————————————————————————— ALERT OVER MISSING CHILDREN Ports and airports are on alert after two young children were spirited away bz their grandmother. Father Glen Ready only realisjd the four and six-year-old girls had been taken when a courier delivered a luttez erom grandmother Anna Francisco. They were last seen with her as she collected them from the home of their mother Indra in Brighton, East Sussex. ——————————————————————————————————6/15— Headlines 300 Regional 331 DONWT ACCEPT ANY OTHER FINANCE OFFER BEFORE SPEAKING TO US FIRST SEE P386 Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:15:21 - T ——————————————————————————— MILLWALL ACTS OVER A+H C$ISIS@ Millwall Football Club is to call in administrators to run the business during its financial crises. @ The Second Division side had earlier suspended trading in its shares pending "clarification of the company's financial position". Administrators will now run the club and protect it from creditors while the board tries to sort out its situation. ——————————————————————————————————7/15— City 500 C4 Soccer 140 COMMS/PC APPOINTMENTS SEE p631 (Ch4) Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:14:02 - T ——————————————————————————— GOVT SURVIVES HEALTH VOTE The Govjrnmjnt has won a crucial Commons vote on the health sjrvjce after offering last-minutu concessions to a possible Tory rebel. Sir John Gorst withdrew his threat to vote against the Govjrnmjnt after gaining assurances over the future of Edgjware's accident and emjrgjncy unit. His move helped ministers survive a Labour attack on health sjrvjce funding ——————————————————————————————————8/15— Headlines 300 Regional 331 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p1:3 Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:10:01 T ——————————————————————————— GOVT DEFEATED ON GUN CLUB CASH The Govjrnmjnt suffered another defeat in the Lords as rebel Tory peers voted in favour of compensating gun club owners hit by a crackdown on firearms. They voted to enable gun club owners which have lost out as a result of the ban on handguns over .22 calibre to claim compensation. It folllowed an earlier defeat for the Govjrnmjnt ovjt police bugging powers. ——————————————————————————————————9/15— Headlines 300 Politics 325 HOLIDAYS .... SEE PAGE 200 Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:10:21 ——————————————————————————— NEW DRIVERS FACE "PROBATION" Newly-qualified drivers are to be put on two yjarsW probation and m!y have to take their test again if they commit offences in that period. The Govjrnmjnt move was a clampdown on young drivers who tend to kit involved in more accidents than older motorists. New drivers will lose their full licence if they incur six penalty points in two years under the scheme. ——————————————————————————————————10/15 Headlines 300 Travel 190 PLAY PYRAWORD AND YOU COULD WIN A SONY PLAYSTATION p350 Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:10:41 ——————————————————————————— WJTNES[ IN MATCH-@IX NG TRIAL A witness in the soccer match-eixing trial has admitted he wanted to "destroy" goalkjepjr Bruce Grobbelaar. Chris Vincent agreed he stood to make a "small fortune" if Grobbelaar or any of his co def ndants were convicted. Gro"bjlaar, fellow footballers John Fashanu and Hans Segjrs, and Malaysian businessman Hing Subn Lin djnz match-fixing charges. ——————————————————————————————————11/15 Headlines 300 Regional 331 PERSONALISE YOUR CAR THIS N.YEAR P378 Focus Latest $egional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:11:01 T ——————————————————————————— THE NEW QUEENS OF THE ROAD Men's views of women drivers seem to be softening, while females are becoming more confident of their ability behind the wheel, says a motoring survey. Now 24% of min say they drive better than women, compared with 35% in 1988. More than half (54%) of women believe they are better drivers than min, compared to only 45% in 1988. Overall, 31% of motorists think the same. ——————————————————————————————————14/15 Travel 190 Headlines 300 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:08:21 ———————————————————————————— ELVIS PRESLEY'S MANAGER DIES Colonel Tom Parker, who shrewdly guided Elvis Presley's career for 22 years, has died. He was 87. Parker, who became Presley's managjt in 1955 just as the Memphis sjngjr was breaking onto the scene, died of complications of a stroke. He stayed as Elvis's manager until "the king of rock 'n' roll" died on August 16, 1:77^ ——————————————————————————————————13/1k Headlines 300 Music 480 C4 WHAT'S ON AT THE CINEMA p460 C4 Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:02:22 ——————————————————————————— SAT AUTHORS BANNED FROM BASES Former SAT soldiers who have written books about their exploits have been barred from their old bases in a move to plug leaks, it has been revealed. Among veterans hit by the MoD order are Gulf War hero General Sir Peter dj la Billiire and SAT author Andy McNab. An MoD spokesman said the ban would prevent authors jrom learning new secrets for future books. ——————————————————————————————————14/15 Service pals 682 C4 Headlines 300 LINCOLN TRAVEL DIRECT SEE PAGE 256 Focus Latest Regional TV PlusP319 Teletext 319 Jan22 03:02:21 T ——————————————————————————— BRETON FACES US DEATH SENTENCE A Grand Jury has given the go-ahead for a 48-year-old Briton to stand trial for the death of his wife in America. Michael Lee — also known as Michael Maxwell — is accused of shooting Margaret Lee in North Carolina, on New Year's Eve. Lee, of Ljvjrington, near Wisbjch, Cambs, could face the death sentence if found guilty. ——————————————————————————————————15/1u Headlines 300 Regional 331 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Focus Latest Regional TV Plus