The Daily Telegraph du lieu suivant : London, Greater London, England • 3

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18 1994 3 NEWS TOP WRITERS IN DAILY TELEGRAPH baby by fumes of In the Rovers: Doris with some of the 1970 regulars First lady of the Only William Roache (second left) who plays Ken Barlow still pops in for a pint Rovers Return dies at 95 By Victoria Combe Report Miss Diamond who is expecting her fifth child accused the Government of negligence never looked at the tissue of dead babies and they never looked to see if the antimony was she said am deeply horrified that they do this and I feel as a parent we have been grossly short-changed by the Government and by this Department of Miss Diamond said that she and her husband Mr Mike Hollingsworth had given The Cook Report researchers access to the mattress on which Sebastian was sleeping when he died and to tissue from his body Scientists had found high levels of antimony in both Three years ago Government-appointed researchers ruled out toxic gases from mattresses as a possible cause of cot deaths which claim the lives of around 400 babies each year However Miss Diamond said that the Government investigation had not been thorough and called for a new inquiry Dr Kenneth Caiman the Government Chief Medical Officer said he took the matter seriously But he added that he could not do anything until he had all the information and criticised The Cook Report for not releasing details earlier 'ANNE DIAMOND the television presenter said last night that she believed her cot death may have been caused by toxic fumes from a mattress She said she had received test results which showed her son Sebastian had high levels of toxic antimony when he died three years ago Miss Diamond learned the results yesterday and was close to tears when she appeared on Good Morning The tests showed that her four-month-old baby had been sleeping on a mattress made with fireproofing chemicals including antimony which are thought to be a possible cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome The link between baby mattresses and cot deaths was made public on The Cook Report last night and as a precaution Boots The Chemist and other shops have suspended sales of all cot mattresses The programme suggested that the Government was wrong to rule out a link between cot deaths and fire retardants Miss Diamond said on her breakfast programme: makes me very angry because when Sebastian died the Government knew cot death rules that could have might have saved his Speaking on The Cook 6 Annie Walker was the genteel social climber an icon of the proud petit-bourgeois tidiness which was subjected to such virulent cultural attack in the 1960s 9 Obituary: Page 31 DORIS SPEED who played Rovers Return landlady Annie Walker in Coronation Street for 23 years has died at the age of 95 writes Nigel Bunyan The actress died during an afternoon nap on Wednesday in the nursing home in Bury Greater Manchester where she spent the last 10 years of her life Miss Speed was in Coronation Street when it started on Dec 9 1960 and went on to appear in 1746 episodes bowing out in October 1983 She was made an MBE in 1977 and received the Pye Television award for outstanding contributions to TV two years later Granada filmed a special half-hour tribute yesterday It will go out immediately after Coronation Street at 8pm today The television company said in a statement: of Doris wonderful performance the character of Annie Walker became one of the legends of Coronation Street and British TV nation Street a real She once summed up Annie by saying: think a snob but I think she can accept the fact that she is working in a slum Miss Speed was born in Manchester on Feb 3 1899 Her father George Speed was a singer and her mother Ada an actress She toured with them from childhood The actress was found dead in her armchair by a staff member who went to collect her afternoon tea tray Mr Malcolm Kershaw owner of the Highbank nursing home said she had dozed off reading the novel To Sir With Love with a cigarette still burning at her side He added: remarkable was that she got up and put on her best dress and make-up It is something she never did unless she was expecting a guest Nobody was due to see her Yesterday and I wonder if she knew' what was going to She maintained a close link with the programme and William Roache who has played Ken Barlow since the first episode said: always thought Doris would go on forever She was the last of the great original Tony Warren creator of the series said: knew and admired her since I was 12 She was a superb actress and the most loyal of Ken Farrington who played son Billy said: was unique She had a wonderful sense of humour and made working on Coro BUY NOW FOR CHRISTMAS! ELWNOVTBER22nd Fatal canoe trip only basic IN THE MAGAZINE Georgina Howell on the restored glamour of Gucci Maureen Cleave on stories of lone twins John Sessions on his first experiences of love and life IN THE WEEKEND SECTION Marc Cleriot reveals the intrigues of an Eco-spy Jonathon Porritt in search of a woodland resting place Thane Prince with hot soup recipes Fred Whitsey with new ideas for evergreens IN ARTS BOOKS Jeremy Isaacs on a popular revolution in music Tom Bower on the pick of the spy books and free IN YOUNG TELEGRAPH A Lion King poster APPLIANCE PACKAGE Oven APL31 1727 Hob APL1 1601 260 Extractor APL2 1 1 121 ONLY £229-97 KTTCHENS BRITAIN'S BEST VALUE RIGID KITCHENS TWO who led a canoeing expedition in which four teenagers drowned trained as novices in the week before the disaster a jury heard yesterday Mr Tony Mann and Miss Karen Gardner achieved the British Canoe most basic level of personal proficiency and were not considered as potential instructors Mr Stephen Gynes a BCU qualified senior instructor and examiner who supervised their course said: is an encouragement test An eight-year-old could pass it with basic He told Winchester Crown Court that Miss Gardner 21 and Mr Mann 25 both gained one-star grades and were not among four of 20 people on the course recommended to go on to take courses The training was carried tout for the St Albans Activity Centre in Lyme Regis Dorset where the pair were working Mr Gynes said he Euphonium player on death charge A WOMAN member of a silver band was accused yesterday of the manslaughter of its trombone player Pollyanna Peate 33 of Runcorn Cheshire was charged at Northwich court with the manslaughter of Mr Brian Phillips 62 She was also charged with the theft of £7 and a Seiko quartz watch from Mr Phillips Mrs Peate a euphonium player with Frodsham Silver Band was remanded in custody until Monday Mr Phillips of Ince Cheshire a blacksmith at Ellesmere Port plant was found dead on Wednesday in his car The vehicle was parked in a lane on Frodsham Marshes close to the Mersey estuary in the early hours Mr Phillips had earlier attended the Frodsham regular Tuesday night practice and was reported missing by his wife Sybil when he failed to return home Mil 1 Wf'Irf Basra uM Doris Speed: off leaders back again Mr Gynes told the hearing he felt Mr Mann was probably competent to make the crossing but not Miss Gardner Under cross-examination he said the level of training for instructors at activity centres in the country at the time was and even now there were some centres which were questionable Stoddart 53 of the Launches West Lulworth Dorset Peter Kite 44 of Ormonde Road Richmond London and OLL Ltd of Ald-wych London each deny four counts of manslaughter OLL took over running the St Albans Centre from Active Learning and Leisure Ltd after the disaster in which Simon Dunne Claire Langley and Rachel Walker all aged 16 and 17-year-old Dean Sayer died Stoddart was manager of the centre and Kite was managing director of Active Learning and Leisure Ltd Fingertip of baby cut off by doctor By Jacqui Thornton THE parents of a five-day-old baby whose fingertip was cut off by a junior hospital doctor as she tried to remove a sticking plaster said yesterday that they planned legal action The doctor sliced Jamie index finger at the base of the nail as she used surgical scissors to cut through dressings holding a drip feed at Falkirk Royal Infirmary Stirlingshire A surgeon sewed the fingertip back using a metal pin to hold the bones together It will not be known for several days if it has been successful Mr Ian Mullen chairman of the Trust which runs the Royal Infirmary said: was a tragic accident It was one of those things which even with the best procedures happens from time to time in hospital have investigated the procedures involved and we do not believe there was any procedural though we gave him a generous Clark chose the music he planned to use An Angel Moves Too Fast to See by Rhys Chatham only two weeks ago It was scored for 101 guitars which he hoped to put on stage but when the Royal Ballet said this was amusing idea but too he settled on a slimmed-down version using a mere 28 The guitar players were also to serve as the set The completed eight-minute section will now feature in the Royal Dance Bites tour in January By Paul Stokes told the centre manager Mr Joseph Stoddart that the two had only passed the one-star qualification which Mr Stoddart understood The trial judge Mr Justice Ognall described it as very first rung on the ladder of personal Mr Gynes said he gave a safety leaflet to instructors telling them to take flares on sea-going trips that were not close to shore The Crown has said that the instructors on the fatal trip across Lyme Bay on March 22 last year were not carrying flares Four teenagers from Southway Comprehensive School Plymouth died and a further four their teacher and the two instructors were rescued after capsizing and drifting in the sea for hours The expedition had been attempting to paddle two miles from the Cobb at Lyme Regis to Charmouth and Driver banned for knotting tie at 96mph A DRIVER who knotted his tie as he travelled along a motorway at 96mph was banned from driving for a year and fined £2000 vpctprH av John Nally 42 had both hands off the wheel of his company Saab as he overtook an unmarked police car on the M40 Officers saw him knot his tie and smooth his collar Nally an American of White Rose Lane Woking Surrey was found guilty at Oxford Crown Court of dangerous driving He was banned fined and ordered to pay £500 costs after Judge Richard May told him: was an incredibly stupid and dangerous piece of Nally who works for a food company said in court yesterday: was steering with my knees I was comfortably in control of the vehicle drive very well The last accident I had was when I was 16 and I hit my He refused to comment after the hearing By Susannah Herbert Arts Correspondent and asked for a cancellation The Royal Ballet will now perform the ballet Hermann Schmermann in place of his work on Dec 1 6 7 10 and 14 Yesterday Mr Anthony Russell-Roberts the Royal administrative director said: will have probably wasted about £5000 on this We hoped start rehearsing in September he began in October He has been working very slowly and has not been able to use his rehearsal time SINGLE OVENS FROM ONLY £124-99 Blank score bars new ballet COME IN AND SEE OUR FULL RANGE OF 15 SINGLE ELECTRIC OVEN Mocca APL31 17 White APL3127 SHOPPING HOURS: MON 10-8 TUES 10-6 WED 10-6 THURS 10-6 FRI 10-8 SAT 9-6 OPEN SUNDAY 1 1-5 Romford open Sunday 1 1 -4 and Southampton open Sunday 1 0- 4 PHONE 081 -200 0200 FOR YOUR NEAREST STORE PRICE INFORMATION: Room prices are for rigid factory built units and are for cabinets and accessories as listed above and do not include tiles ornaments chairs etc More Built Under Oven Housing Unit 1000mm Full Height 1 12121) WasherDryer (APM 8720) THIS INTEGRATED WASHER DRYER FOR JUST THE Royal Opera House has cancelled a production of a new ballet by the radical choreographer and dancer Michael Clark only two weeks before its world premiere because the work is still unwritten The artiste whose penchant for on-stage nudity and outrageous flamboyance has divided critical opinion in the past was invited this summer to create a 25-minute ballet to be performed by the Royal Ballet and was offered a budget of £40000 But on Tuesday he said he had choreographed only eight minutes of the work I 1 WHEN YOU I SPEND £500 ON ANY KITCHEN drawer line base unit 600mm Hob Wall Unit 600 731 27) Hob (API 1 1601 260) Extractor (APL21 CURRENT IN-STORE PRICE £49999 product IW Offer applies to model APM 8720 Only one per customerhousehold Not transferable to any other any other Furniture ideas 7 CABINETS: IOOOmm Hi-Line Base Unit 2 1000mm "APPLIANCES: Oven (APL31 I Wall Unit 2 I.