From: evansg@uproar.enet.dec.com (Gwyn Evans)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: VNS: Fri  8-Jan-1993
Date: 8 Jan 93 12:12:58 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


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VNS MAIN NEWS:                                    [Tom Povey, VNS UK News Desk]
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    Here is the News at 07:00 GMT on Friday 8-January-1993
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    UK News
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    FT-SE = 2816.5
    Exchange Rate for UK pound = $ 1.5345  = Dm 2.5120

    In the Shetland Isles, the weather continues to be very bad, hampering
    work to contain the oil spill from the tanker which went aground earlier
    in the week. The tanker has still not broken up but oil continues to
    pour from it. Islanders have put a rock barrier between two islands to
    try and prevent the oil from damaging some salmon pens.

    Britain and Argentina have agreed to strengthen ties despite continued
    dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

    Staff at the TSB (Trustee Savings Bank) are to strike today in protest
    over the number of redundancies in the past year.

    A survey says that the new council tax bills will be kept low and
    roughly equivalent to the current community charge (poll tax) for a
    house with two people in it.

    House prices are reported to have fallen by an average of 7.5% over last
    year, twice the fall of 1991. However, the Halifax Building Society says
    that prices may stabilise in the spring and even start to rise again.

    A 14 year old boy is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in the
    back with a kitchen knife by another boy while sitting in his desk at
    school near Peterboro.

    European News
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    There has been a fierce exchange fire between Serb and Muslim forces
    around Sarajevo.

    World News
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    The ultimatum for Iraq to remove its anti-aircraft missiles from the air
    exclusion zone in southern Iraq expires at 10.30 GMT tonight. There is
    currently no clear indication as to whether Iraq will comply with the UN
    resolution.

    An Australian aid worker has been shot and killed in northern Iraq
    following a dispute over the distribution of fuel supplies. There are no
    indications that government forces were involved.

    {News courtesy of the BBC}


    Local Weather
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    A damp but clear start. A mainly dry and bright day but rain by the
    evening. High 7C/45F. Unsettled, wet and very windy over the weekend.

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| Gwyn Evans  | evansg@uproar.enet.dec.com |  Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK  |
| DESISCo - Digital Equipment Service Industries Solutions Company Ltd |
|  Views expressed and statements made are mine and not those of DEC   |
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