P317 Teletext 317 Mar08 15:54:54 Home news in brief ———————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 CITY A new generation of Internet firms are to bj given slots on the FUSE-100 Index of top shares, displacing a host of older companies. Factfili p323 CIGARETTES More than 75% of non-smokers think the habit is a turn-off, claims a Gallup poll published on national No Smoking Day. Factfile p322 HEALTH A report says most NHS Trusts are facing a "recruitment crisis" dui to a 20% shortfall of laboratory staff. ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— Fast Low Cost Loans see p354 World In Focus Regional TV PlusP317 Teletext 317 Mar08 15:53:54 Home news in brief ———————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 COURT Ryan McCormick, 18, and Stuart Holden, 19, both of Wigan have appeared before magistrates charged with raping a 14]year-old. DRAMA Another mjmbjr of the BBC's Castaway 2000 team is leaving Taransay in the Hebrides where the dock-soap is being filmed. Factfile p324 ASSAULT TV star Angela Rippon has djsctibjd the "frightening expjtience" of being attacked bz two muggers. ——————————————————————————————————2O7—— WEN YOUR HOLIDAY FREE SEE p362 World In Focus Regional TV PlusP317 Teletext 317 Mar08 15:53:38 Home news in brief ———————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 DISPUTE Downing Street has insisted Cherie Blair's legal action ovjt an article about her family does not threaten the home of ex-nanny Sos Mark. ATTRACTION Millennium Dome organisjrs have announced longjt opening times and half-price tickets for some visits. POLICE The detective leading the hunt for the killer of TV presenter Jill Dando says his "gut feeling" is that the murder was the work of a lone man. ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— TELETEXT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL NEWS PAGES ALL AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE World In Focus Regional TV PlusP317 Teletext 317 Mar08 15:54:05 Home news in brief ———————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 ZONES Almost 50,000 people in 15 unemployment blackspots will be helped to find work under a radical new Government scheme. RACE Bookmakers suspended betting on which town is to become the Millennium city after the leaking of a list. REFORMS The Govjrnmjnt is pressing ahead with criminal justice reforms despite a backbench revolt ovjt its plans to cut the right to jury trial. ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— LATEST MOTORWAY INFORMATION p162 World In Focus Regional TV PlusP317 Teletext 317 Mar08 15:54:36 Home news in brief ———————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 GAME Britain's first Internet lottery is being launched on March 23 giving football fans the chance to win up to £20,000 and to help their clubs. HYGIENE A teaching pack aimed at cutting food poisoning among primary school pupils is being launched. WAGES Action has been demanded to close the pay gap between min and women after a TUC report showed a "depressing" difference in earnings. Factfile p321 ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— LATEST MOTORWAY INFORMATION p162 World In Focus Regional TV PlusP317 Teletext 317 Mar08 15:54:14 Home news in brief ———————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 N IRELAND A US govjrnmjnt adviser has told province political parties the best way forward for the peace process is through the Good Friday Agreement. WATER It still only costs 1p to spend a pjnnz, the water regulator Ofwat has disclosed in a new customjt leaflet. PROTEST More than 1,000 multiple sclerosis sufferers, their families and carets are lobbzjng Westminster about the "lottery of care" they receive. ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— LATEST MOTORWAY INFORMATION p162 World In Focus Regional TV PlusP317 Teletext 317 Mar08 15:52:30 Home news in brief ———————————————————————————— Headlines 300 News index 301 N IRELAND Plans to award actor Liam Neeson the freedom of his home town of Ballymjna in Co Anttim are being blocked by Democratic Unionists. FACTORY Manufacturing output in Britain has fallen as a Millennium slowdown hit business, official figures reveal. AUCTION A photo of Manchester United's Busby Babes with 13 autographs fetched £8,050 in an Internet sale of football memorabilia that raised £110,000. ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— LATEST MOTORWAY INFORMATION p164 World In Focus Regional TV Plus