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06:06 PAN-1/LON
Good morning from PA News. Here are the main stories we are covering at home and
abroad, Tuesday September 11.
INDUSTRY TUC: Tony Blair today sought to ease fears over his controversial
plans to increase private sector involvement in public services. With file
pictures. 1415 Mr Blair addresses conference - staffing for pictures.
POLITICS Tories: Both camps in the Tory leadership battle were insisting they
were confident of victory as the deadline for votes from Conservative members
passed today.
With file pictures.
With factfile.
FARM Pigs: Foot-and-mouth restrictions were today being lifted on more than
1,400 farms in one of the counties worst hit by the disease.
POLICE Superintendents: Home Secretary David Blunkett was today expected to
give senior police officers more details of his plans for reform of the
service.
1000 Mr Blunkett addresses conference - staffing for pictures.
PRISON Asylum: A sit-in by asylum seekers at a detention centre has been
brought to a peaceful end, the Prison Service said.
EU Camp: Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel will today urge a French court to
close the Sangatte refugee camp in a bid to stem the tide of asylum-seekers
slipping into Britain illegally.
COURTS Lockerbie: New evidence has emerged which could throw doubt on the
conviction of Libyan Abdelbaset Al Megrahi, found guilty of murder for his part
in the Lockerbie bomb blast, it was reported today.
POLICE Prescott: Lawyers were today deciding whether Deputy Prime Minister
John Prescott should be prosecuted for punching a protester during the general
election campaign.
ENVIRONMENT Poison: A region's worst floods for a century have left a legacy
of contamination on farmers' fields, a leading academic has revealed.
ULSTER Talks: US President George Bush's special envoy to Northern Ireland was
today preparing to meet the province's politicians in a bid to sound out their
views on revitalising the peace process.
With file picture.
US Mitchell: Good Friday agreement broker George Mitchell today expressed
confidence in the Northern Ireland peace process - but warned all sides that
political leadership was needed urgently.
POLITICS Missile: Labour MPs could face deselection if they vote in favour of
President George Bush's controversial missile defence programme, a veteran
backbencher warned today.
DEFENCE Arms: Hundreds of anti-capitalist activists were today joining with
human rights campaigners to protest against a Government-backed arms fair.
HEALTH Boy: Doctors who will treat a 10-year-old boy who suffered severe burns
in Sierra Leone after he was tortured by rebels were today revealing how they
will tackle his injuries.
1100 press conference for Issa Kamara at Eastern Daily Press, Norwich -
staffing for pictures.
POLITICS Rimington: British secret services targeted union leaders during the
miners' strike, it emerged today.
EDUCATION Teachers: Teachers enjoy a higher public approval rating than any
other professionals apart from doctors and nurses - but young people are far
less likely to see them in such an exalted light, a survey showed today.
POLICE Footballer: An international footballer has been charged with dangerous
driving and failing to provide a breath test after he was stopped by police, it
emerged today.
ACCIDENT Lagoon: A man accused of the manslaughter of three children who died
when a car plunged into a lake is due to appear in court today.
HEALTH Ice: Ice in drinks served in holiday resorts is frequently contaminated
with faeces and dangerous to health, researchers warned today.
COURTS Grave: A man was due in court today charged with plundering the final
resting place of a wartime RAF fighter pilot who crashed on remote farmland.
POLICE Farm: A 39-year-old man was due in court today in connection with the
murder of a businessman who was found shot dead at his farmhouse.
COURTS Murder: A 27-year-old man will appear in court today charged with the
murder of a man stabbed outside a tube station.
SHOWBIZ Awards: BBC1 soap EastEnders had a clean sweep at the TV Quick Awards
last night, picking up five trophies while arch rival Coronation Street took
home none.
SHOWBIZ Mercury: Electronic chill-out duo Zero 7 are favourites to take
tonight's highly valued Mercury Music Prize after initially entering the field
as outsiders.
With file pictures. 1800 staffing awards for pictures.
ENVIRONMENT Europe: Road and air transport continue to put pressure on the
environment despite efforts by politicians to curb exhaust pollution, according
to a European Union report published today. Embargoed to 0900 Tuesday.
With factfile.
ENVIRONMENT Livingstone: Mayor of London Ken Livingstone was today backing
moves to encourage more use of electric vehicles in cities. Embargoed to 0800
Tuesday.
With file picture.
HEALTH Asthma: More people are suffering from asthma in the UK than ever
before, according to an independent audit today.
COURTS Watch: A Rolex robber is due to be sentenced today for stealing a
£10,000 timepiece from former England footballer Gary Mabbutt.
POLICE Messages: A police force is turning mobile phone technology against
criminals with the launch today of a new text message service aimed at cutting
crime against businesses.
SHOWBIZ Moulin: Nicole Kidman's movie Moulin Rouge has high kicked its way to
the number one spot in the box office ratings after its first weekend on general
release in the UK.
HEALTH Nights: Night shifts put the body under chronic stress leading to a
potentially fatal increase in abnormal heart rhythms, scientists said today.
ENVIRONMENT Coral: Some of the world's most precious and beautiful habitats
are threatened by dynamite, fishing and pollution, it is reported today.
HEALTH Fertility: Painters, decorators and DIY enthusiasts could be damaging
their fertility levels, scientists said today.
With factfile.
DEATH Lake: Post mortem tests were today due to take place on the body of a
13-year-old boy pulled out of a boating lake.
FIRE Couple: A £20,000 reward was today offered for information about an arson
attack at a hotel which killed an elderly couple. Embargoed to 0700 Tuesday.
ROYAL Pen: The fountain pen used by Edward VIII to sign away his life as King
was being sold at auction today.
With picture.
CONSUMER Bank: A bank that claimed to clear cheques in under six seconds has
been told its adverts were misleading by regulators. Embargoed to 0001 Wednesday
September 12.
SOCIAL Separation: Children are less emotionally damaged by their parents'
separation if they have a close relationship with their grandparents, new
research showed today. Embargoed to 0001 Wednesday September 12.
SALE Whisky: An unlabelled bottle of 60-year-old malt whisky was today
expected to fetch a world record price when it goes under the hammer.
1030 staffing Glasgow sale for pictures.
With factfile.
SHOWBIZ Play: Thousands of theatre fans will have a chance to shape a West End
play in a huge writing project over the Internet from today.
JAPAN Rape: A US airman charged with raping a Japanese woman in the car park
of a popular Japanese tourist district denied committing the crime today,
telling a court that the two had consensual sex.
US Fashion: It's September. Time to think - spring.
(with AP pics)
US Hijack: A teacher and community school official has been arrested over a
30-year-old airline hijacking after investigators matched his fingerprints to
those left on a can of drink found on the plane.
Today's duty editors:
News: Teilo Colley 0207 963 7146.
Pictures: Martin Keene 0207 963 7155.
Diary:
LONDON: Sentence of Damien Burke for snatching £10,000 Rolex watch from former
England footballer Gary Mabbutt. Blackfriars Crown Court.
LONDON: Defence Systems Equipment International arms fair to September 15.
Excel Centre, Canning Town. Activists from the Campaign Against Arms Trade are
expected to mount a protest and are meeting at the Kier Hardie Recreation
Ground, Canning Town, at 0930. Contact CAAT 0207 2810297.
BEDFORD: Courtney Barker, driver of a car in which three children drowned
after it plunged into a lake, is due in court for the first time charged with
their manslaughter. Bedford Magistrates Court.
0900 WARWICKSHIRE: Police Superintendents' Association annual conference (to
September 13). Chesford Grange Hotel, near Warwick. Contact Chief Supt Kevin
Morris pager 07641 106 327.
1030 GLASGOW: A single bottle of Macallan malt whiskey is expected to fetch a
world record price when it is auctioned at McTear's auction house, Skypark, 8
Elliot Place, G3. Contact 0141 221 4456.
1050 LONDON: London Mayor Ken Livingstone is handing over the keys to 15 zero
emission electric vehicles as part of a sustainable mobility programme.
Commonwealth Club, Northumberland Avenue.
1200 LONDON: Ballots deadline for final selection of new Tory leader.
1100 NORWICH: Press conference for Issa Kamara, the 10-year-old African boy
who was burned alive by rebel fighters. Eastern Daily Press, Prospect House,
Rouen Rd, Norwich. Contact Mike Souter, on 01603 759379, 01603 758116. Issa will
be present for a short period to answer questions
1800 LONDON: Launch of new Christmas card collection by Leonard Cheshire - the
UK's largest disabled care charity. Cards designed by artists such as Sir Paul
McCartney, Beryl Cook and Raymond Briggs. Portal Gallery, 43 Dover Street,
Piccadilly. Contact Leon Thompson 020 7802 8248.
CITY
Finals: Paterson Zochonis, Redrow, Surfcontrol (Q4), Transeda, Ultimate
Leisure Group.
Interims: Afa Systems, Amey, Axon Group, BBA Group, Boosey & Hawkes, Capital &
Regional, Conister Trust, Friends Provident, Johnson Service Group, Kerry Group,
Next, Paterson Zochonis, Peterhouse, Roxboro Group, SMG, TT Electronics, Wyevale
Garden Centres, XTL Biopharmaceuticals.
AGMs: Topps Tiles.
ATTENTION FEATURES EDITORS
The following features will be sent today, Tuesday September 11
FILM Burke: Kathy Burke's skill at playing the downtrodden and unglamorous has
won her a place in the nation's affections - a place set to be reaffirmed with
her latest role playing a put-upon wife opposite Lee Evans in The Martins,
opening at cinemas on Friday, September 14. But, as she tells Eileen Condon, she
has no problems identifying with the women she plays. With pictures.
POP Kylie: She has just won an award for her services to mankind and now pop
princess Kylie Minogue is looking to secure the No 1 spot with her new single
Can't Get You Out Of My Head, released on Monday September 17. Martin Evans
meets up with the former Neighbour and hears what she thinks about chart rival
Victoria Beckham. With pictures.
POP Beckham: Last year Victoria Beckham was involved in a chart showdown with
Sophie Ellis Bextor and lost. This time her single Not Such An Innocent Girl,
released on Monday, September 17, is going head to head with Kylie Minogue. Phil
Gould hears what an understandably nervous Posh Spice thinks about her latest
chart battle and how her England captain husband David has helped her to pursue
a solo career. With pictures.
SOCIAL Gossip: Tom Cruise has backed a campaign to stamp out gossip. Sick and
tired of the constant speculation over his sexuality, it seems the star is
taking a stand. A movie has also been made about the destructive nature of
gossip. But isn't it time we all came out of the closet? Juicy gossip and
scandalous rumours add spice to a dreary day and we all secretly love being in
the know. So lend an ear as Lesley Richardson uncovers the etiquette of the
perfect gossip. With picture.
(NEWSFEATURE) SHOWBIZ Naff: As poodle permed Charlene Mitchell in Neighbours,
Kylie Minogue seemed destined to be a five-minute wonder. But more than a decade
on she is not only still here but has reinvented herself as the princess of pop.
With a new single out next week, she has also ventured into film production,
helping to finance the British short film Subterrain. As Sherna Noah reports she
is far from being the only celebrity to shed their naff image to become A-list -
just think of the likes of John Travolta, George Michael and even Madonna. With
pictures. (In file, Monday September 10).
end
xxx
08:02 AFP/PAR
The 1000 GMT news advisory
Sept 11 (AFP) - Duty editor: Claire Rosemberg
Tel: Paris (33-1) 40.41.45.86
TOP WORLD NEWS STORIES
KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban orders new offensive after reports
opposition sources commander Ahmad Shah Masood has been killed in a
suicide bomb attack
JERUSALEM: Israeli tanks pound sectors of the encircled
Palestinian West Bank town of Jenin, apparently to block suicide
bombers from getting into Israel.
SYDNEY: An Australian federal court judge overrules a government
decision to turn away more than 400 asylum seekers.
LILLE, France: A French court considers a request by Eurotunnel
to close a holding centre in France for asylum seekers.
NAHA, Japan: A US airman charged with raping a Japanese woman in
a parking lot in Okinawa pleads not guilty at the opening of his
trial
FILING PLANS BY REGION
-- EUROPE --
France-Britain-camp
LILLE, France
Amid growing concern about the build-up of Asian migrants around
the French port of Calais, the operators of the channel tunnel to
Britain go to court in a bid to close down a Red Cross holding
centre where hundreds of asylum-seekers are housed.
500 words 1330 GMT
Britain-Tories
LONDON
Voting draws to a close in the two-way fight to lead Britain's
opposition Tory party, but whoever wins will have to heal deep
divisions over Europe and its Thatcherite legacy.
600 words 1030 GMT by Kevin McElderry
We will also move: Britain-Tories-Clarke,profile
Britain-Tories-Smith,profile
Germany-politics,lead
BERLIN
German Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping, embroiled in a scandal
over using official flights to visit his girlfriend, faces new
parliamentary committee hearings.
550 words 1100 GMT by Deborah Cole.
Germany-economy,lead
BERLIN
German Finance Minister Hans Eichel presents the government's
2002 budget to parliament with a call to stick to austerity
policies.
600 words 1100 GMT by Michael Adler
Norway-vote
OSLO
Conservatives promising lower taxes and higher spending of
Norway's oil riches voice confidence they will soon take power after
the country's long-ruling socialists suffered their worst election
in nearly a century.
600 words 1015 GMT by Christopher Boian. Graphic
Britain-unions,lead
BRIGHTON, England
British Prime Minister Tony Blair seeks to quell a trade union
revolt over his plans to step up the use of private firms running
public services as the once-cosy relationship between unions and the
Labour Party sours.
550 words 1100 GMT by Daniel Rook
Ukraine-EU,lead
YALTA, Ukraine
EU officials say Ukraine needs to establish its full democratic
credentials in next March's parliamentary elections but invites Kiev
to make its first appearance at a European conference next year.
550 words 1045 by Ania Tsukanova
WTO-China-Taiwan
GENEVA
A dispute over access by foreign companies to China's life
insurance market appeared to remain as the final hurdle facing the
country's entry to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as talks
resumed here on Tuesday.
600 words 1500 GMT
Estonia-death-alcohol,2ndlead
TALLINN
Furore erupts in Estonia as the toll from a batch of bootleg
drink laced with poisonous methyl alcohol rises to 33 with 62 people
hospitalized.
450 words 1130 GMT
FAO-report
ROME
Food security worldwide is deteriorating due to droughts,
flooding and other natural disasters, the UN food agency says in an
annual report issued less than two months before a key food summit.
500 words moved
Turkey-prison-bomb
ANKARA
A controversial reform in Turkish jails threatens to spark new
tensions as the government warns of tough action against inmates on
a hunger strike following a suicide bombing claimed by a far-left
underground group, the chief organizer of the protest.
650 words 1200 GMT by Sibel Utku
Austria-EU
VIENNA
A year after EU sanctions were lifted, Austria feels "just like
everyone else".
600 words 12H00 GMT by Robert Koch
-- MIDDLE EAST --
Mideast,lead
JERUSALEM
Israeli tanks pound sectors of the encircled Palestinian West
Bank town of Jenin in what the army says is a move designed to block
suicide bombers from getting into Israel.
750 words 1230 GMT by Chris Foley. Pictures.
-- AFRICA --
Zimbabwe-summit,lead
HARARE
Southern African leaders meet for a second day on Zimbabwe's
long running political crisis while rights activists call for
independent observers to monitor the government's commitment to curb
violence.
600 words 1200 GMT by Griffin Shea
Zimbabwe-politics,analysis
HARARE
Zimbabwe's main opposition party deals a crushing blow to
President Robert Mugabe after winning a crucial mayoral election in
the country's second city of Bulawayo, ahead of presidential
elections scheduled for next year.
600 words 1230 GMT
Nigeria-unrest
JOS, Nigeria
An uneasy calm settles on the Nigerian city of Jos where three
days of Christian-Muslim violence over the weekend left more than
165 dead and 928 wounded.
600 words moved by Ola Awoniyi. Pictures
We will also file: Nigeria-unrest-chrono. Graphic
Nigeria-rights
ABUJA
In a first for Nigeria, President Olusegun Obasanjo puts himself
in the dock, submitting to questions under oath as a witness at the
country's human rights panel.
600 words 1230 GMT
-- BUSINESS, FINANCE --
Stocks-Europe,lead
LONDON
European share prices bounce back after Wall Street steadies and
investors bet that a recent volley of frantic selling had been
overdone.
600 words 1030 by Mark Rice-Oxley
ECB-rate-forex
FRANKFURT
After cutting its key rates just two weeks ago, the European
Central Bank looks unlikely to ease monetary policy again later this
week, despite a call by the head of the International Monetary Fund
for further cuts in European interest rates in face of overwhelming
global economic uncertainty.
600 words 1200 GMT by Simon Morgan
Japan-ratings,2ndlead
TOKYO
Global ratings agency Standard and Poor's cuts its ratings
outlook for Japan's long term local and foreign debt citing concerns
over Tokyo's tardy reforms and ineffective economic policies.
600 words 1030 GMT
Japan-Mitsubishi,3rdlead
TOKYO
Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. will slash its earnings
forecast for the current financial year due to losses in its mobile
phone and semiconductor businesses.
500 words moved
Australia-aviation,lead
SYDNEY
The Australian government is blamed for hastening the collapse
of Ansett as efforts continue to find a buyer for the crippled
airline amid warnings that time is running out.
650 words moved by Jack Taylor
-- AMERICAS --
Colombia-US
BOGOTA
US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives amid an intensified
war against drug trafficking as part of President Andres Pastrana's
controversial Plan Colombia.
500 words moved by Pablo Rodriguez
Peru-health
LIMA
A government commission in Peru will investigate charges the
government of ex-president Alberto Fujimori engaged in forced
sterilization of men and women, resulting in 30 deaths, Health
Minister Luis Solari said.
500 words moved by Franklin Cornejo. Pictures. Expect update
OAS,lead
LIMA
The Organization of American States' two-day summit meeting
opened here with a call for foreign ministers from 34 member nations
to adopt a charter making democracy the rule across the Americas.
550 words moved by Ricardo Uztarroz. Pictures. Expect update
-- ASIA --
Afghan-Masood,2ndlead
KABUL
Afghanistan's opposition is adamant that commander Ahmad Shah
Masood is alive despite reports of his death following a suicide
bombing by Arab extremists linked to the Taliban and Osama bin
Laden.
700 words 1230 GMT by Said Mohammad Azam
Afghan-fighting,5thlead
KABUL
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia launches a military
offensive north of Kabul following unconfirmed reports of the death
of opposition commander Ahmad Shah Masood, resistance sources say.
600 words 1300 GMT by Said Mohammad Azam
Australia-boat,4thlead
SYDNEY
An Australian federal court judge overrules a government
decision to turn away more than 400 asylum seekers.
650 words by Jack Taylor 1030 GMT
Madcow-Japan,2ndlead
TOKYO
The Japanese agriculture ministry holds emergency talks to
discuss the country's first case of suspected mad cow disease, as
reports suggest imported animal-based feed might be to blame.
700 words 1130 GMT by Miwa Suzuki. picture
Madcow-Japan-risk
TOKYO
Reports of what is believed to be Japan's first case of a cow
with mad cow disease do not appear to have put the country's
consumers off their beef with many confessing to ignorance about the
seriousness of BSE.
700 words moved by Nao Kaneko
We have also moved: Stocks-Japan-Madcow,lead
Japan-US-trial,2ndlead
NAHA, Japan,
A US airman charged with raping a Japanese woman in a parking
lot protests his innocence as he pleads not guilty at the opening of
his trial in the capital of Japan's sub-tropical Okinawa island.
700 words moved by Shino Yuasa
Asia-EU-trade,lead
HANOI
Asian and European ministers agree to a statement in favour of
the launch of a new round of world trade negotiations, according to
a copy of the declaration seen by AFP.
650 words moved by Chris Otton
China-US-economy,lead
BEIJING
Chinese Finance Minister Xiang Huaicheng expresses confidence
that China's economy can maintain strong growth of at least seven
percent this year despite a global economic turndown.
550 words moved by Robert J. Saiget
China-AIDS,lead
BEIJING
A court in China awards up to 1.2 million dollars to the family
of a woman who died after contracting the HIV virus from a hospital
blood transfusion, raising the prospect of an avalanche of similar
claims.
600 words moved by Cindy Sui
Japan-budget-reform,lead
TOKYO
Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi faces stiff resistance
to his cost-cutting pledge as budget requests from loss-making
public corporations far exceeded limits set by the reformist
leader.
500 words moved by Shingo Ito
Fiji-vote,2ndlead
SUVA
Fiji's new prime minister heads for a showdown with his arch
rival deposed in last year's coup, as he hints he will ignore a
constitutional requirement to include him in his cabinet.
600 words moved by Michael Field
Indonesia-Timor-refugees
JAKARTA
The UN's refugee agency presses Indonesia to pass tougher
sentences on the killers of three of its staff but is confident
about the planned repatriation of East Timorese refugees from
neighbouring West Timor.
600 words moved by Bronwyn Curran
SriLanka-Norway
COLOMBO
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels say President Chandrika
Kumaratunga's survival pact with a Marxist party seriously
jeopardises Norway's efforts to broker peace.
620 words 1100 GMT
Bangladesh-vote,lead
DHAKA
Former US president Jimmy Carter is to help monitor the upcoming
Bangladesh elections as political violence leaves 10 more dead.
600 words 1100 GMT by Nadeem Qadir. Pictures
India-Kashmir-women
SRINAGAR, India
Women in Indian Kashmir cover their heads amid violent threats
from a shadowy militant group to enforce its campaign for a strict
Islamic dress code in the Muslim-majority region.
550 words moved by Izhar Wani. Picture
SKorea-US
SEOUL
The United States sends a new ambassador to South Korea at a
critical point in the Korean reconciliation process.
550 words moved
NKorea-military,lead
SEOUL
North Korea threatens to end a moratorium on missile test
launches, saying Japan's test of a satellite launcher was a threat
to peace.
500 words moved
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14:09 BBC-GNS/LON
Two aircraft have crashed into the World Trade Centre in New York. Both towers are billowing smoke. The first impact happened shortly before two o'clock; another plane hit the surviving tower a few minutes ago. Eyewitnesses say both planes were passenger aircraft -- the first a jet, and the other propeller-driven. There are no details yet of casualties.
14:12 PA/LON
Schedule update
US Plane: Two aircraft slammed into the World Trade Centre in New York today.
Story running. PA's New York reporter is en route.
PICTURES: videograbs running. AP pix soon.
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111412 SEP 01
14.12 PA/LON
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BRITONS TELL OF TRADE CENTRE TERROR
By PA News reporters
Britons in New York today told how the World Trade Centre was ablaze after two
planes crashed into the twin towers.
James Winter, 30, a British worker living in an apartment close to the centre,
said he had been woken by a huge bang at around 8.50am local time.
"I was in bed and there was a huge explosion. The whole building rattled and
shook.
"I ran to the window and there was smoke billowing from the south side of one
of the towers. Everyone in my building was panicking and running around."
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14.13 PA/LON
IPE Brent surges as second explosion rocks tower
LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - IPE Brent crude oil futures
surged over half a dollar on Tuesday afternoon after a two
explosions rocked the U.S. World Trade Center, traders said.
"Now that is looks like there is a second explosion this has
raised the possibility of a terrorist attack and the market is a
bit spooked by that," said one trader.
By 1309 GMT October Brent, which expires on Thursday, was 45
cents higher at $27.90 a barrel, jumping from around $27.30 a
barrel before news hit of two planes stricking the World Trade
Center in quick succession.
The NYMEX floor was evacuated after the explosions, brokers
said.
Live television showed images of both towers of the World
Trade Centre in flames.
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Another explosion ripped through the building live on TV.
Eye witness Winston Mitchell shouted: "It's exploding right now. We've got
people running up the street."
TV stations showed film of a second plane flying into the burning World Trade
Centre.
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111413 SEP 01
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SLUG: 2-Plane Witness
Mr Winter, from Darlington, Co Durham, who works in one of the World Trade
Centre towers, added that shortly afterwards there was a second explosion which
also shook his building.
"Everybody is saying that this a terrorist attack and everyone around here is
panicking.
"It will have been really busy with people arriving for work in the financial
district. It is just unbelievable that this is happening. Both towers have been
taken out. I just can't believe this is happening."
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111414 SEP 01
14.30 PA/LON
SLUG: US Plane; Lead (2)/Full
JETS SMASH INTO WORLD TRADE CENTRE
By Hugh Dougherty, PA News, in New York
Two airliners smashed into the World Trade Centre in New York within minutes
of each other today causing hundreds of casualties.
Eyewitnesses said the aircraft appeared to have been deliberately flown into
the landmark building's twin 110-storey towers.
Two United Airlines jets, one a Boeing 737, had earlier been hijacked,
according to reports.
The FBI said it was investigating the reports.
Witnesses were just describing the horror of the first impact when another
passenger plane appeared from the south smashing into the second tower as smoke
and flames billowed from the first tower.
CNN showed live coverage of the second crash, which happened just before 9am
local time.
US officials said the horrifying incident appeared to be a terrorist attack.
James Winter, 30, a British worker living in an apartment close to the centre,
said he had been woken by a huge bang at around 8.50am local time.
"I was in bed and there was a huge explosion. The whole building rattled and
shook.
"I ran to the window and there was smoke billowing from the south side of one
of the towers. Everyone in my building was panicking and running around."
Another explosion ripped through the building live on TV.
Eye witness Winston Mitchell shouted: "It's exploding right now. We've got
people running up the street."
TV stations showed film of a second plane flying into the burning World Trade
Centre.
Mr Winter, from Darlington, Co Durham, who works in one of the towers, added
that shortly afterwards there was a second explosion which also shook his
building.
"Everybody is saying that this a terrorist attack and everyone around here is
panicking.
"It will have been really busy with people arriving for work in the financial
district. It is just unbelievable that this is happening. Both towers have been
taken out. I just can't believe this is happening."
Large holes were visible in sides of the twin towers. The tops of the towers
were obscured by smoke.
Thousands of pieces of what appeared to be office paper came drifting over
Brooklyn, about three miles from the tower, one witness said.
The World Trade Centre towers were struck by bombers in February 1993.
The centre bombing killed six people and injured more than 1,000 others.
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14.30 World Trade Centre in flames after 2 planes crash into twin towers
NEW YORK (AFX) - Two planes deliberately crashed into the twin towers of New
York's World Trade Center, causing multiple explosions that left at least six
people dead and 1,000 injured, media reported.
The FBI said the explosion was the result of foul play and was investigating
reports of a plane hijacking prior to the blasts, CNBC reported.
A witness reported a "sonic boom" as a commercial passenger jet collided
into the north tower of the 110-story building between the 80th and 85th floor.
Within minutes another commercial plane ploughed into the south tower, with
television footage showing flames and smoke billowing across the New York
skyline.
The first plane was teetering towards the tower before it "embedded in the
building," New York resident Jeanne Yurman said.
The World Trade Center consists of two 110-story skyscrapers and are New
York's tallest towers.
About 40,000 people work inside the two-building center; more than 150,000
people enter the complex every day for business and pleasure.
On February 26, 1993, a terrorist bomb exploded in building number one's
lower level.
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A 26-year-old British banker, who works near the World Trade Centre, said he
heard both the planes hit the buildings as he worked at his computer.
The banker, who does not want to be named, told PA News: "I had just got into
the office and was on the telephone when I heard a big boom and the windows in
the building started shaking.
"I ran across the office and looked out of the window and saw smoke and
flames billowing out from one of the World Trade Centre buildings.
"I didn't see the second plane hit but I heard it and there is a huge hole in
the side of the building with smoke and flames pouring out of it.
"The emergency services were on the scene within minutes and there are people
streaming out of the bottom of each building.
"But it looks so bad that I don't know how many people would be able to get
out if they were in the offices above where the plane hit.
"One of the planes has hit about three quarters of the way up the building
and the other around two thirds of the way up.
"So there'll be between 20 and 30 floors of office space where people could
have been inside and working.
"I just don't know how they are going to get out.
"The whole thing is just absolutely unbelievable. Everyone has stopped work
and is watching TV to find out what has happened.
"A lot of the people who work in the offices around here will know people who
work in the World Trade Centre buildings so are waiting to hear news that they
are OK."
He said the first thing he had done was telephone his family and friends to
say he had not been hurt in the attack.
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BOMBING `BEARS HALLMARKS OF ORGANISED TERRORISTS'
By Sam Greenhill, PA News
Terrorism experts said today's extraordinary attacks in the United States bore
all the marks of a well-organised paramilitary group.
As President George W Bush announced the FBI, CIA and national security
experts were throwing all their resources at hunting down those responsible,
experts said there were a number of suspects.
Two planes crashed at the World Trade Centre and one near the Pentagon,
prompting Americans to evacuate public buildings across the country.
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine denied an early report it
was behind the attacks.
The group blames Americans for "siding" with Israel in the escalating Middle
East conflict but has never committed an atrocity on this scale.
Osama Bin Laden - the world's most wanted terrorist - will also be high on the
list of suspects.
But Professor Paul Rogers, of Bradford University's Peace Department, warned
against assuming Middle East extremists were behind the tragedy.
He said: "We've been here before. With Oklahoma, everybody assumed it was
Middle East, then it turned out to be home-grown Timothy McVeigh.
"Again with the pipe bomb in Atlanta, it turned out to be domestic."
The World Trade Centre has been targeted before, and was the scene of a
massive van bomb that killed several people in February 1993.
Prof Rogers said: "Since it is such a prestige building and has been attacked
before, the symbolism is very strong.
"It suggests a well-organised paramilitary group is involved seeking to
inflict great financial and psychological harm on the United States.
"The World Trade Centre is hugely symbolic. It is a giant financial complex
with great psychological and political prestige."
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111509 SEP 01
His voice cracking with emotion, the clearly stunned premier continued: "We are
going to have to come together and fight it together and eradicate this evil
completely from our world."
Mr Blair was speaking at the TUC Congress in Brighton where he had been due to
deliver a speech on public services.
But he told delegates that in the circumstances his words would be
inappropriate and he should return to London at once.
Mr Blair will chair a meeting of the Cabinet's emergency "Cobra" committee
at No 10 this afternoon.
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, Home Secretary David Blunkett and Defence
Secretary Geoff Hoon have been summoned to attend, said No 10.
Mr Blair ended by again inviting union activists to join with him in
"offering our deepest sympathies" to the American people and expressed "shock
and outrage" at what had happened.
The Prime Minister walked briskly out of the conference centre on Brighton's
seafront to be driven back to Downing Street in his official Daimler.
The delegates stood and applauded Mr Blair after his speech which left the
congress in a state of complete shock.
Mr Blair had prepared a speech tackling issues such as the controversy over
extending private sector involvement into the running of public services.
Copies of the 11-page speech were being circulated to journalists minutes
before Mr Blair told delegates that he had to return to London.
The Prime Minister did not make his speech but said he would make copies
available to delegates.
Earlier they gasped in horror when TUC president Bill Morris broke news of the
attacks on the World Trade Centre to the gathering.
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111538 SEP 01
An eye witness to the collapse of the second twin tower told CNN: "We saw the
second World Trade Centre disappear from the skyline, it collapsed before our
eyes in a plume of ash and debris."
CNN said there were unconfirmed reports of a plane down in Pennsylvania.
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15.52 BAA says all flights to US from its UK airports suspended
LONDON (AFX) - BAA PLC said all flights to the US from its UK airports have
been suspended in the aftermath of the apparent terrorist attack on New York's
World Trade Centre and reports of similar incidents at the Pentagon and Capitol
Hill.
BAA operates seven UK airports, including Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted.
"US airspace has been closed and therefore there are no flights from our
airports to the USA," said a BAA spokeswoman.
"We're asking all passengers to check with their airlines before departing
for the airport."
She said flights to non-American destinations are proceeding.
The spokeswoman added that BAA has taken urgent measures to beef-up its
security "over and above what the Department of Transport, Environment and the
Regions demands."
At 3.44 pm shares in BAA were down 81 pence, or 13 pct, at 537.
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Tuesday, 11 September 2001
STORY: ++WTC Attack - NEW Two airlines hit World Trade Centre
LENGTH: 2:37
FIRST RUN: 1400
RESTRICTIONS: No US networks
TYPE: English/Nat
SOURCE: ABC
STORY NUMBER: 314854
DATELINE: NY, 11 Sep 2001
SHOTLIST:
1. Various aerial shots of tower on fire
2. Wide shot of smoke billowing from tower over the top of adjacent tower
3. Closer shot same
4. Wide shot second plane hits other tower
5. Mid shot fire in second tower
6. Various of towers ablaze
7. Wide shot New York skyline with World Trade Centre towers ablaze
STORYLINE:
Two planes crashed into the upper floors of both World Trade Centre towers minutes apart on Tuesday in a horrific scene of explosions and fires that left gaping holes in the 110-storey buildings, causing them to collapse.
There was no immediate word on injuries or fatalities in the twin disasters, the first of which happened shortly before 9 a.m. (1300 GMT) and the second around 9 a.m.
President George W. Bush said Tuesday that the crashes were "an apparent terrorist attack on our country."
In Washington, officials said the FBI was investigating reports of plane hijackings shortly before the crashes.
Then came news from Washington itself of a third explosion at the Pentagon.
A senior government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the agency is pursuing reports that one or both of the planes which hit the World Trade Centre were hijacked and that the crashes may have been the result of a suicide mission.
The source stressed that the reports are preliminary and officials do not know the cause of the crashes.
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CRASH NYORK Two planes crash into World Trade Centre
Dharam Shourie
New York, Sep 11 (PTI) Two planes crashed one after the
other into the upper floors of both towers of the World
Trade Centre here Tuesday and US President George W Bush
described it as "an apparent terrorist attack."
There was no immediate word on casualties in the twin
disaster which left gaping holes in the 110-storey
buildings.
Fire and thick black smoke were seen billowing out of the
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111458 Sep 01
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Iraqi TV reports World Trade Centre explosion
Text of report by Iraqi TV on 11 September
Two planes crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade
Centre in New York today. World television networks are now
carrying footage of the building with its upper floors on
fire without giving details about the cause of the incident
or the death toll. Power and gas supply was cut off to the
110-story building in an attempt to save scores of citizens
locked in the building. Fire spread to a nearby building.
In a subsequent report, news agencies said one of the planes
was hijacked without mentioning the side that hijacked it.
Six people have been reported dead and 1,000 wounded. News
agencies said US President Bush Jr will give a speech in a
short while on the incident.
Source: Iraqi TV, Baghdad, in Arabic 1400 gmt 11 Sep 01
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111502 Sep 01
THOUSANDS FEARED DEAD IN US TERROR STRIKES
By Hugh Dougherty, PA News, in New York
Thousands were feared dead today after terrorists launched an astonishing and
brutal attack on the American nation, demolishing the twin towers of New York's
World Trade Centre and striking at the heart of the US military machine.
Suicide bombers seized three airliners and crashed them into the WTC and the
Pentagon in Washington, a car bomb blew up outside the State Department in the
US capital. There were reports that a fourth plane had also been hijacked.
The first strike was against the WTC. A jet smashed high up into one of 110
storey towers where tens of thousands of people work every day.
As horrified witnesses described the terrifying scenes, a second jet was
filmed by CNN slamming into the second tower lower down, bursting into flames
and leaving another gash in the landmark building.
Smoked poured from the two towers. Eye-witnesses reported seeing bodies
plunging from the buildings as the flames spread out of control.
Within hours, both towers had collapsed, sending clouds of dust billowing down
the streets of Manhattan and across the harbour, altering the most famous
skyline in the world forever.
A stunned US president George Bush promised a "full-scale investigation to
hunt down and find those folks who committed this act.
"Terrorism against our nation will not stand," he said.
The scenes of unbelievable destruction, beamed live around the world on TV,
were thought to have been caused by Middle Eastern terrorists.
Abu Dhabi television reported it had received a call from the Democratic Front
for the Liberation of Palestine claiming responsibility for crashing two planes
into the twin WTC towers, which were the target of Islamic extremist bombers in
February 1993. The claim was later denied.
The West Wing of White House was evacuated after the attack on the Pentagon in
Washington.
President Bush was in Sarasota, Florida, reading to a classroom full of
children when his chief-of-staff Andrew Card whispered into his ear.
The president briefly turned sombre before he resumed reading.
He then flew back to Washington for an emergency meeting of the National
Security Council
CNN reported that one of the planes was an American Airlines Boeing 767 that
took off from Boston. The plane can carry up to 300 passengers.
Joe Trachtenberg told CNN that he was watching the scene from a high point on
his building when the second crash took place about 18 minutes later.
"The first tower was smoking hard. Then there was another plane, and before
we knew, it just kamikaze went straight into the other tower. There was a mass
explosion and windows flying. It was horrible."
A senior government official said the FBI is pursuing reports that all of the
planes were hijacked and that the crashes were the result of suicide missions.
An eyewitness said the first plane appeared to hit one of the skyscraper's
twin towers about 20 floors from the top.
Another he said it appeared that the first plane lined up on the tower before
crashing.
Jeanne Yurman, told CNN she was watching TV when she heard what she thought
was a sonic boom. "I thought it was Concorde," she said.
James Winter, 30, a British worker living in an apartment close to the centre,
said he had been woken by a huge bang at around 8.50am local time.
"I was in bed and there was a huge explosion. The whole building rattled and
shook.
"I ran to the window and there was smoke billowing from the south side of one
of the towers. Everyone in my building was panicking and running around."
Mr Winter, from Darlington, Co Durham, who works in one of the towers, added
that shortly afterwards there was a second explosion which also shook his
building.
"Everybody is saying that this a terrorist attack and everyone around here is
panicking.
"It will have been really busy with people arriving for work in the financial
district. It is just unbelievable that this is happening. Both towers have been
taken out. I just can't believe this is happening."
British Prime Minister Tony Blair described the attacks as "the most terrible
shocking event".
Mr Blair offered his "deepest condolences" to President Bush and the
American people and said the attacks were acts of "fanatics who are utterly
indifferent to the sanctity of life".
World travel was thrown into chaos. Many US-bound flights had already left the
UK when American officials decided to close all US airports.
Officials at other America-serving UK airports, including Heathrow and
Gatwick, were trying to cope with the travel backlog.
These airports, too, would have had passengers already in the air and heading
for America, with hundreds of others due to travel later today.
The US has been the target of several terrorist attacks in recent years.
In August 1998, two of its embassies in Tanzania and Kenya were bombed,
killing 224 people.
The US blamed the attack on Osama Bin Laden, the son of a Saudi oil baron who
has a #3 million price on his head.
As a teenager, he fought in Afghanistan's "holy war" against the Soviet
army.
Ironically, it was America's CIA who provided him with missiles and arms.
But he then turned his anger on America, and in recent years he has been
linked to the 1993 bomb attack on the World Trade Centre.
In desperation at the embassy attacks, America fired missiles into suspected
Bin Laden camps in Afghanistan. But Osama still appeared at the wedding of his
son Mohamed, one of his 13 children.
Middle East extremists were also blamed for a suicide attack in October 2000
on a US warship in the Yemen port of Aden, which killed 17 US servicemen.
In 1996, at a US barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 19 Americans were left
dead and 500 people were injured in another bombing.
Some of Bin Laden's cohorts were jailed for the 1993 WTC attack.
General Richard Myers, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that
prior to the crash into the Pentagon, military officials had been notified that
another hijacked plane had been heading from the New York area to Washington.
He said he assumed that hijacked plane was the one that hit the Pentagon,
though he could not be sure.
A woman eyewitness told CNN of the plane crashing into the Pentagon: "A
commercial plane came in. It was coming too fast, too low and then I saw the
fire that came up after that."
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111607 SEP 01
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title.)
Stephen Evans, BBC North America Business and Economics Correspondent, was on
the ground floor of one of the World Trade Centre Towers at the time of the
attacks.
"There was a huge bang, it felt to me like somebody dropped a skip full of
rubbish, a great container full of rubbish from a great height in the yard which
separates the two huge towers which are the World Trade Centre," he told the
BBC.
"The building physically shook. It's one of those where you think, well
something's happened on a building site.
"That's the way it is. But seconds later, there were two or three similar
huge explosions and the building literally shook."
He said people began streaming out of the building - at which point "smoke
appeared everywhere as if a mist had settled on the building".
"We all streamed out, some people running, some people crying, nobody really
screaming," he said.
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111612 SEP 01
I LOOKED UP AND TRADE CENTRE TOWERS WERE GONE
By Hugh Dougherty, PA News, in New York
I stared death in the face today and lived.
I was 200 yards from the World Trade Centre an hour after the first blast when
it collapsed.
There was a huge bang followed by utter silence, which seemed to last forever
and then smoke and debris flew down the street.
Seconds before the blast a subway train had rattled beneath me and a team of
police had walked towards the emergency services barricade.
People were running, trying to outpace the huge black cloud but failing.
I saw one man with a bloody wound to his head fall and was covered by the
cloud.
I hid in a doorway unable to see even in front of my eyes, which were filling
with black debris.
And as I stood something whistled past my head and landed with a crash.
Beside me a man was trying to kick in the door to gain shelter but it would
not give and he stood crying, beating his fists against the glass.
Further away in the silence someone was crying for help, at first loudly and
then whimpering.
As I walked south from the Trade Centre on Trinity Street, people were
huddling in doorways, many crying.
One man was having a conversation on his mobile phone as if nothing had
happened, saying: "I'll be home soon."
As the soot cleared slightly I heard a jet overhead, apparently very low amid
the silence.
I walked down Broadway, New York's main thoroughfare, and a man walked up to
me and said, crying: "Have you seen my kids? Have you seen my kids?"
There were literally thousands of people on the move, many trying to get to
the Staten Island ferry.
A convoy of police was stationary, one, a young officer, was crying.
I walked further away from the blast and could see the air begin to clear and
realised as I looked up that the World Trade Centre I had been standing beside
an hour ago was gone.
All around me people were standing encased in white dust, many desperately
shouting into phones that were not working.
Further on there was debris on the roads, a smashed window and a man with
blood pouring from his forehead. Beside him, a detective was screaming:
"Medic."
People were standing in knots on corners and eeriest of all was the silence in
the air, broken only by the scream of sirens.
I walked under the Brooklyn Bridge and above me a thick mass of people were
streaming across.
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111618 SEP 01
A man who had been in the World Trade Centre before the planes crashed into it
told CNN: "There was a big explosion, some guy came out, his skin was all off,
I helped him out.
"I saw 13, 14 people jumping out of windows."
He added: "Ten minutes later, the second building went off, it just blew up,
a big explosion, people started running, there was chaos everywhere."
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Night schedule for Tuesday September 11
US Plane: Thousands were feared dead today after terrorists launched an
astonishing and brutal attack on the American nation, demolishing the twin
towers of New York's World Trade Centre and striking at the heart of the US
military machine. 4th lead now running. Story to be updated on home and fgn
files as events unfold. PA New York correspondent Hugh Dougherty is at the scene
and has filed first-person colour piece. Other sections running - see separate
schedule update.
PICTURES: In file; plus graphics.
See also CITY Market: European shares plummeted following the World Trade
Centre plane crashes.
See also US Plane Blair: Prime Minister Tony Blair today expressed shock and
outrage at the terrorist attacks in the United States and called on democracies
to come together to fight what he described as "the new evil" in the world
(supersedes INDUSTRY TUC). INDUSTRY TUC nightlead.
The conference adjourned for the day after Mr Blair's speech.
PICTURES: in file.
INDUSTRY TUC Pay: Privatising public services could widen the pay gap between
women and men, the leader of the Equal Opportunities Commission warned today.
POLITICS Asylum: Eurotunnel today lost its legal bid for the immediate closure
of the Sangatte refugee camp near Calais.
PICTURES: graphic moved.
PRISON Asylum: A sit-in by asylum seekers at a detention centre has been
brought to a peaceful end, the Prison Service said.
See also AUSTRALIA Refugees on PA foreign service.
COURTS Lockerbie: The father of one of the Lockerbie victims today said
reported new evidence about safety at Heathrow Airport before the bombing
re-affirmed the need for a full public inquiry into the disaster.
FARM Pigs: Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett today outlined strict new
conditions for the movement of animals in a bid to prevent the spread of
foot-and-mouth disease this autumn.
Lead takes in FARM Pigs Scotland: Scotland was today given disease free status
more than six months after the first confirmed case of foot-and-mouth disease
north of the border.
POLITICS Tories: Voting in the Tory leadership contest closed today with both
camps insisting they were confident of victory. With factfile.
POLITICS Hague: Tory leader William Hague is paying another penalty for
political defeat - his lifesize waxwork has been ejected from Madame Tussaud's.
PICTURES: photos of William Hague's waxwork being removed from Madame Tussauds
moved this morning.
ULSTER Violence: Loyalists tonight demanded that a "peace wall" be erected
at the flashpoint Ardoyne Road in north Belfast to protect them from
republicans. Nightlead ran at 1539.
ULSTER Talks: US President George Bush's special envoy to Northern Ireland was
today preparing to meet the province's politicians in a bid to sound out their
views on revitalising the peace process.
PICTURES: filers moved.
ULSTER IRA: American politicians were urged today to get tough with Sinn Fein
over the IRA's links to terrorist organisations in Colombia and around the
world. See also CUBA Adams on PA foreign.
US Mitchell: Good Friday agreement broker George Mitchell today expressed
confidence in the Northern Ireland peace process - but warned all sides that
political leadership was needed urgently.
POLICE Superintendents: Wardens with the authority to detain suspects will
become key members of an extended "police family", Home Secretary David
Blunkett said today. Nightlead ran at 1506.
PICTURES: in file.
HEALTH Home: A terminally ill man who won his fight to die at home is today
returning to his flat for the first time in eight months.
POLITICS Missile: Labour MPs could face deselection if they vote in favour of
President George Bush's controversial missile defence programme, a veteran
backbencher warned today.
DEFENCE Arms: Hundreds of protesters today began demonstrations against a
Government-backed international arms fair.
PICTURES: now.
HEALTH Boy: A 10-year-old African boy who suffered horrific burns after being
tortured by rebel fighters in his war-torn homeland was today in Britain
preparing to undergo surgery.
PICTURES: in file.
FUNERAL Family: A police officer who bludgeoned three of his family to death
with a claw hammer killed them in a "five-minute period of insanity" a former
colleague said at his funeral today.
POLICE Footballer: England captain David Beckham has been asked to provide
security camera footage after a fellow footballer was arrested for motoring
offences close to his luxury apartment, it emerged today. Nightlead ran at
1544.
PICTURES: with filer of Mark Kennedy.
COURTS Lagoon: A man who was driving a car in which three children drowned
after it plunged into a lake appeared before magistrates today. Courtney Barker,
22, who faces three counts of manslaughter sobbed as he walked into court with
girlfriend Claire Armstrong, the children's mother.
ENVIRONMENT House: An estate of new houses which generate their own
electricity and then sell any surplus back to the National Grid was officially
opened today.
INDUSTRY Mine: The only coal mine in the world owned by its workers today
sealed its biggest ever contract, helping secure 400 jobs. Tower Colliery in
Hirwaun, south Wales, has won a contract to supply 500,000 tons of coal to
Aberthaw power station every year for the next three years.
SHOWBIZ Graduate: Dallas star Linda Gray was today preparing for her role as
Mrs Robinson in the West End version of The Graduate - and revealed that she has
hardly thought about the famous nude scene yet.
COURTS Grave: The case against a man charged with plundering the final resting
place of a wartime RAF fighter pilot who crashed on remote farmland has been
delayed for two weeks, Ministry of Defence Police said today.
COURTS Crash: An Army major accused of causing three deaths by dangerous
driving was unaware there had even been an accident behind him, a court heard
today.
POLICE Speeding: A senior policeman whose car was caught in a speed trap will
not face prosecution, a force spokesman said today.
SHOWBIZ Mercury: Electronic chill-out duo Zero 7 are favourites to take
tonight's highly valued Mercury Music Prize after initially entering the field
as outsiders.
PICTURES: filers moved. Staffing awards from 1800 for pictures.
SHOWBIZ Awards: BBC1 soap EastEnders had a clean sweep at the TV Quick Awards
last night, picking up five trophies while arch rival Coronation Street took
home none.
PICTURES: in file with graphic.
TRANSPORT Rover: MG Rover today showed off its new luxury high-performance
sports car for the first time ahead of its launch next summer. The wraps came
off the MG X80 at the Frankfurt Motor Show which opened with a press preview day
today. Embargoed to noon.
PICTURES: in file.
ENVIRONMENT Europe: Road and air transport continue to put pressure on the
environment despite efforts by politicians to curb exhaust pollution, according
to a European Union report published today. With factfile.
ENVIRONMENT Livingstone: Mayor of London Ken Livingstone was today backing
moves to encourage more use of electric vehicles in cities. Embargoed to 0800
Tuesday.
PICTURES: filers moved.
COURTS Watch: A "talented" teenage footballer, who ironically targeted
former England player, Gary Mabbutt during a #10,000 Rolex mugging in broad
daylight, narrowly escaped custody today.
TRANSPORT Garages: Motorists believe they get ripped off to the tune of
millions of pounds a year by garages, a new study out today revealed. Embargoed
to 0001 Wednesday.
ULSTER Search: Detectives searching for the bodies of two Belfast boys missing
for nearly 27 years have interviewed a relative of the pensioner questioned
about their disappearance, it emerged tonight. Nightlead ran at 1553.
PICTURES: in file.
COURTS Governor: A school governor was today cleared of a charge of kidnapping
a 10-year-old girl at a play park.
ROYAL Pen: The fountain pen used by Edward VIII to sign away his life as King
today fetched #5,750 at auction.
PICTURES: in file.
ROYAL Coin: The design of a #5 coin to commemorate the Queen's Golden Jubilee
was being unveiled today. Embargoed to 0001 Wednesday September 12
PICTURES: in file.
TOURISM Crowds: Some of England's top tourist destinations are facing severe
congestion problems as more and more visitors are using cars to travel to
attractions, it was revealed today.
ACCIDENT Pupils: Twenty pupils were today taken to hospital after their school
bus collided with a council lorry.
CONSUMER Bank: A bank that claimed to clear cheques in under six seconds has
been told its adverts were misleading by regulators. Embargoed to 0001 Wednesday
September 12.
SOCIAL Separation: Children are less emotionally damaged by their parents'
separation if they have a close relationship with their grandparents, new
research showed today. Embargoed to 0001 Wednesday September 12.
RAIL Restore: Rail chiefs should restore key train links and return major
towns to the rail network, a report from passenger groups urged today. Embargoed
to 0001 Wednesday.
RECORDS Duke: A series of gaffes and diplomatic blunders marked the Duke of
Edinburgh's 1966 tour of Texas, according to secret papers released today.
COURTS Lauren: Advisory to CSEs and news desks: Not for publication: The jury
in the trial of Tracey and Craig Wright, who are jointly accused of killing
six-year-old Lauren Wright, has not sat today at Norwich Crown Court because a
juror was unwell.
The jury will not be sitting tomorrow because the judge is hearing legal
submissions. The trial is scheduled to resume on Thursday.
FOREIGN
AUSTRALIA Refugees: A judge today ordered the Australian government to admit
hundreds of Afghan refugees it has put on a boat to a Pacific island. The
government is to appeal. Meanwhile another boatload of refugees has run aground
on an Australian reef.
PICTURES: in file
ISRAEL Violence: Truce talks between Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat will not
take place today after Israeli tanks laid siege to a West Bank town.
US Whitney: An emaciated-looking Whitney Houston pulled out of last night's
Michael Jackson New York concert at the last minute as the US wondered why the
diva is so thin
PICTURES: in file
AFGHANISTAN Massood: The ruling Taliban launched a major offensive today after
denying they carried out the assassination attempt on opposition leader Ahmed
Shah Massood who may be dead.
ZIMBABWE Land: President Mugabe was today hosting talks with African leaders
over the land crisis.
JAMAICA Britons: Three Britons - one a woman with 11 pounds of cocaine
strapped to her body - were arrested on drugs charges in Montego Bay as they
were about to board flights to London.
CUBA Adams: Cuba says it is looking forward to Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams'
visit to the revolutionary isle this month.
PROVISIONAL NEWS DIARIES FOR THE FOLLOWING 48 HOURS
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 12
BELFAST: Date for full judicial review of the abortion law in Northern Ireland
to be announced at the High Court.
LONDON: Duke of Westminster to attend 4th World Congress on Conductive
Education, hosted by Scope. Queen Mary and Westfield College, Mile End Road,
London E1. Contact 029 2089 1251.
LIVERPOOL: Sentencing of Everton soccer star Danny Cadamarteri, who was found
guilty of assault after punching a young woman in a late night fracas.
0900 LONDON: Investigation report launched by Commission for Health
Improvement into heart and lung transplantation. St George's Healthcare Trust,
Finsbury Tower, 103-105 Bunhill Row, London EC1. Contact 020 7448 9439.
0945 LONDON: Launch of world design team competition for Diana, Princess of
Wales Memorial Fountain. Meet Tom Corby in car park east of West Carriage Drive,
Hyde Park, opposite Serpentine Gallery. Contact 020 7298 2031.
1215 LONDON: National final of the Young Engineer for Britain competition.
Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, Islington. Contact Johnny Perkins 020
7861 3166.
1300 CUMBRIA: Funeral of Donald Campbell. St Andrew's Church, Coniston.
1710 LONDON: Result of Conservative Party leadership election ballot
announced. Mountbatten Room, QE2 Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster
SW1. Contact 020 7984 8100.
1650 SOMERSET: The Prince of Wales opens the Wardroom at The Royal Naval Air
Station and attends the King George's Fund for Sailors cocktail party at The
Royal Naval Air Station. Contact Amanda Foster 0207 925 0795.
1000 WORCESTERSHIRE: Start of ACPO Drugs Conference 2001: What works What
Doesn't Work, What looks promising. Chateau Impney Hotel, Worcestershire.
Contact Valentine Murombe-Chivero on 020 7227 3406.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13
LONDON: One-day conference convened by Professor Ian Philip, the "tsar" for
old people's services. The Paragon Hotel, 47 Lilley Road, London SW6 1UD.
Contact 01423 781 515.
SOUTHAMPTON: Sentencing of Gurdial Singh, who pleaded guilty to three charges
of possessing counterfeit Benson & Hedges cigarettes. Southhampton Magistrates
Court.
SALISBURY: Green Party autumn conference to be addressed by Ken Livingstone.
Contact Spencer Fitz-Gibbon 020 7561 0282.
0930 LONDON: GMC case of Dr Ambrose Sakkadas, of Mid-Glamrogan, who is accused
of providing false information when seeking employment. 44 Hallam Street, W1.
Contact 020 7915 3720.
0930 LONDON: Operation London Soldier starts to recruit 1,000 new soldiers
from across London. Parachute drop on to Horse Guards and Apache helicopter
display. Contact Helen Marriott 020 8744 2630.
1000 LONDON: Commission for Health Improvement press conference on heart and
lung transplants at St Georges hospital in Tooting, following an investigation
into death rate of 80%. CHI, 103-105 Bunhill Row, London EC1. Contact Lorna
Hamblin 0207 448 9210.
1100 LONDON: Launch of survey by Family Rights Group of 180 grandparents
raising their grandchildren. Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, County Hall,
Westminster. Contact 020 7923 2628.
1300 SALISBURY: Green Party autumn conference (to Sept 16). The Arts Centre.
Contact Spencer Fitz-Gibbon 020 7561 0282.
1100 OXFORD: National Probation Service conference to test the effectiveness
of restorative justice at reducing crime. Contact Meriel Swain on 01865 846
324.
ATTENTION FEATURES EDITORS - These features were sent today, Tues Sept 11:
FILM Burke: Kathy Burke's skill at playing the downtrodden and unglamorous has
won her a place in the nation's affections - a place set to be reaffirmed with
her latest role playing a put-upon wife opposite Lee Evans in The Martins,
opening at cinemas on Friday, September 14. But, as she tells Eileen Condon, she
has no problems identifying with the women she plays. With pictures.
POP Kylie: She has just won an award for her services to mankind and now pop
princess Kylie Minogue is looking to secure the No 1 spot with her new single
Can't Get You Out Of My Head, released on Monday September 17. Martin Evans
meets up with the former Neighbour and hears what she thinks about chart rival
Victoria Beckham. With pictures.
POP Beckham: Last year Victoria Beckham was involved in a chart showdown with
Sophie Ellis Bextor and lost. This time her single Not Such An Innocent Girl,
released on Monday, September 17, is going head to head with Kylie Minogue. Phil
Gould hears what an understandably nervous Posh Spice thinks about her latest
chart battle and how her England captain husband David has helped her to pursue
a solo career. With pictures.
SOCIAL Gossip: Tom Cruise has backed a campaign to stamp out gossip. Sick and
tired of the constant speculation over his sexuality, it seems the star is
taking a stand. A movie has also been made about the destructive nature of
gossip. But isn't it time we all came out of the closet. Juicy gossip and
scandalous rumours add spice to a dreary day and we all secretly love being in
the know. So lend an ear as Lesley Richardson uncovers the etiquette of the
perfect gossip. With picture.
(NEWSFEATURE) SHOWBIZ Naff: As poodle permed Charlene Mitchell in Neighbours,
Kylie Minogue seemed destined to be a five-minute wonder. But more than a decade
on she is not only still here but has reinvented herself as the princess of pop.
With a new single out next week, she has also ventured into film production,
helping to finance the British short film Subterrain. As Sherna Noah reports she
is far from being the only celebrity to shed their naff image to become A-list -
just think of the likes of John Travolta, George Michael and even Madonna. With
pictures. (In file, Monday September 10).
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