Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England • 2

Mbfc I Fears of 19 per cent Standard Reporter 1 by Ian Glover-James The Army has refused to say whether the soldier was a time member of the to say apart Crack BUILDING societies could soon be free to charge competitive mortgage Interest and that would mean about 18 or 19 per cent In present circumstances Mortgage rates would be free to find their own competitive Special Air Services regiment which often carries out often But in London a spokesman at the Weather Centre said the capital was not really all that it just felt that way FROM LONDON training exercises Brecon Beacons Last year two SAS men one a major died from a major coed from exposure INTENSE cold and strong winds today dashed hopes of sliding' gently into a warm spring Hie cold spell caused by high easterly winds from Siberia has come after one of the warmest February for many years It caught the country level if the Building' Societies abandoned Association abandoned its THE BODY of a 26-yeair- old London soldier was recovered from blizzard-swept Welsh mountains today Search teams had been looking for the Lance Corporal In the Territorial Army a married man-sinee he failed to check in after a night navigation exercise More than 130 troops and four helicopters searched for I Ley of recommending the terest rate Mr Leonard polic inter during tough exercises in the mountains The Army was "It Is very cold for March when you con sider that temperatures are not going to rise about AC or 4C whereas the average for the time of year is about 9C or IOC But not he said Williams the BSA chairman leeting of told the annual meeting criticised by the Brecon coro th ner after their deaths fear the nature of the exercises the Metropolitan Association of Building Societies today Special low-priced fares on selected trains yet all the speed and comfort of Inter-City: Seats are limited so first conie first served Book in advance at the latest by four the day before you travel Queues the soldier 'who was pact of a which set out man the About 40 soldiers started out on the six-mile exercise Two others who had lost their Rescuers said that although the soldiers on the current exercise were well equipped the weather yesterday was atrocious with sub-zero temperatures snow and high winds The body was found near an outdoor' education centre about two hours after the search resumed today and is being brought down man the mountainside i a But ISf Williams also chief general manager of the Nationwide Building Society did not see societies raising were rescued early today brought to safety' In poor bad weather the mortgage rate above its 15 per cent in the present short term unless there was a -further rise in the Bank of England's minimum landing rate GLASGOW £2400 RETURN tmions a a tor Mr Bob Scholey today He believed the societies would sweat it out? Meanwhile building society chiefs admitted today that there was little prospect of a cut in mortgage rates this year after a gloomy report on interest rates from the Bank strongly defended a pay rise due to him in April which will EDINBURGH £2400 RETURN per oent on the national basic plus 4-4 per cent for locally negotiated productivity was taken back for discussion at gram roots level by the 13 steel unions The committee met last night to consider collectively the response from all the tmions Involved and said they would be making a reply definite vein to the corporation but would not disclose what this was THE 10-man Iron and Steel Trades Co-ordinating Committee will resume pay talks with British Steel chiefs In London tomorrow Afternoon The talks were adjourned on Wednesday last week after boost his salary from £33000 a year to just over an increase of 12 per cent': -His boss at British Steel Sir Charles Villiers will get a salary increase of approximately 17 per cent from £41000 to The unions argued that a multi-union agreement on pay of England writes Bichard Northeoge Some societies are consider' ing reducing the number of loans they expect to give this and that could mean and conditions was worth It is believed the unions will be seeking a three-man com three days of hard bargaining in which the corporation stuck DUNDEE £2000 RETURN least "another four per-cent to British Steel and had asked mittee of inquiry to consider their case: Other options open to its 14-4 per cent yoffeT £48000 a year under the deal settled nearly a year ago Mr Scholey said: have for 15 per oent national basic plus 47 per cent through locally negotiated productivity deal are far mediation arbitration or ballot of the workforce British chief negoti- in response to a mi document on pay and conditions This offer 10 been sitting on a bloody pay iceberg for PERTH £2800 RETURN i i i i Last wave to ABERDEEN £3200 I 1 i -3 V-1 A I '-4 i i 4 RETURN an throughout Britain and North Europe turned away from the pm Mid tuned into Caroline The IB Amigo gave many of INVERNESS £3500 RETURN by Steve Doughty THE battered rust-streaked Ml Amigo was the last symbol of the broadcasting revolution that deposed the top DJs their big break Tony Blackburn was one of ths light Programme and pioneers The Radio One dice jockey BRISTOL £950 RETURN the era of commercial radio Dubbed Queen of the radio -she began her broadcasting life in Easter back nostalgically today very sad to hear the snip has gone I spent two years aboard It could be very uncomfortable in bad weather The studio was high above the waterline and really rocked 1964 as Radio Caroline South For a few weeks she vn no avv ttwwmv CARDIFF £1200 RETURN about I had to be etraed into my seat or I would -been thrown around the broadcast in tandem with Radio Caroline North Then she was on her own From the moment she anchored a few miles off the Frinton coast the 274 ton 150 foot ship introduced hit pop records 34 hours a day DJs with American-etyle patter and catchy jingles Pop fans In their thousands Capital Radio DJ Dave Cash another pirate product began his career on Radio London LEEDS £1350 RETURN nearby Caroline LIVERPOOL £1500 RETURN MANCHESTER The Olyrnpia77offersgolfballtyplngforswiftand smooth operation The machine has a noise-absorbing cover an easy to change ribbon cassette and automatic paper movements It has numerous useful £1500 Continued from Page 1 the deck with the canary features and an elegant modem design nfi Send for more information today Itfe RETURN under his arm I thought: i got him next? 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