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2 Huddersfield Daily Examiner Thursday June 25 1992 Telephone Classified Advertising 431111 All other departments 430000 PEOPLE PARLIAMENT HOROSCOPE Satanic Verses author wants Rushdie makes dramatic plea in House talks with Iran to end death Salmon Rushdie: confident in Commons security Shadow Scottish secretary Donald Dewar said British Steel must be forced to take responsibility for the of dereliction and of contamination that they are leaving Mr Stewart insisted: commitment to Lanarkshire has been matched by EIGHT councils face poll tax cuts after the Commons backed a move to cap them by a majority of 58 despite abstentions by a handful of angry Tories Voting was 312 to 254 to approve an Order allowing Environment Secretary Michael Howard to cap expenditure on local authorities he regards as excessive spenders They are Tory-controlled Basildon and Hillingdon Tory-led Warwickshire Labour Greenwich Labour Lambeth Liberal Democrat Cheltenham and Gloucester and Gloucestershire which is under no overall control Cuts for poll-tax payers range from £5 in Hillingdon to £56 in Greenwich but ministers faced protests from Tories over capping of their councils Among those who did not vote for the Order Terry Dicks (C Hayes and Harlington) protested that ministers were preventing Hillingdon from raising the money to meet its obligation to house refugee children He warned he would tell the council it should the next arriving children in Folkestone in Mr constituency or in Wokingham Local Government Minister John seat But Mr Redwood insisted the assessment had been fair that all criticisms had been amply investigated and that 14m chargepay-ers stood to benefit from the move Shadow local government minister David Blun-kett protested: we are again with the Government preaching choice and denying it to the local COURT IN BRIEF the Sir to a to in of By Press Association Political Correspondents AUTHOR Salman Rushdie made an appearance at the House of Commons in a new bid to persuade the Government to open talks with Iran over the death sentence imposed on him by the late Ayatollah Khomeini He told MPs of all parties he also wanted other EC countries to exert pressure on his behalf Mr Rushdie in hiding for three-and-a-half years since Iran accused him of blasphemy against Islam in his book The Satanic Verses said it was the first time he had been able announce in advance that I was going to be in a given place at a given has been for security reasons impossible It is only because we have such great faith in the security available at the House of Commons that we are able to do it in this he said The author said he was beginning to take round-the-clock security philosophically and joked that pop stars like Madonna probably found protection from their fans more irksome have to watch my back for the moment but so do a lot of other people I suspect that Madonna has more trouble than I do in that he said THE Government has been urged to ban parents from smacking their children i Counter-productive and a dangerous way of child-rearing Baroness David claimed so-called was counter-productive and a dangerous way of child-rearing Speaking in a Lords debate on the way parents brought up their children she said: we want to produce self-discipline and reduce violence in society we must give parents a clear Calling for changes to be made to family law Lady David stressed: first step towards changing the current culture of British parenting which all too often relies on smacking or beating is for the Government to give a lead and use appropriate channels quite explicitly to discourage all physical TORY Sir Nicholas Fairbairn (Perth and Kinross) was at the centre of furious Commons exchanges when George Galloway (Glasgow Hillhead) accused him of staggering and his way from the chamber after Scottish question time clashes Speaker Betty Boothroyd said she did not need or picturesque Scottish Secretary Ian Lang rejected renewed demands for a constitutional referendum north of the border insisting the electorate had already their backs on separation and Junior Scottish minister Allan Stewart faced calls for the Government to increase aid to the area affected by the Ravenscraig closure The Government announced £9 7m towards a new freight village for Lanarkshire on the day the steel plant cast its last slab of metal HUDDERSFIELD magistrates have recorded the following decisions: Stephen McLoughlin Lonsbrough Flats Southgate Theft Committed to prison for 120 days Drunk and disorderly Fined £100 Robert Ian Crowther Holme Valley Caravan Park Thongsbridge Careless driving Fined £75 (4pts) with £20 costs Terence Furness Stoney Lane Honley and Paul Simon Phillips Roundway Honley Theft Each fined £100 with £1750 costs Jaswant Singh Khela Dewhurst Road Fartown Failing to stop after an accident and failing to report an accident Fined £160 (8pts) with £20 costs Malcolm John Brook Rose Avenue Cowlersley Making prohibited right turn Fined £50 with £20 costs Iain Gordon Parker Highgreen Lepton Driving with excess alcohol Fined £100 with £20 costs and banned from driving for 12 months Stephen John West Lower Grange Bradley Using vehicle without insurance or test certificate and driving without a licence Fined £125 (6pts) with £20 costs Graham Wilson Clare Hill Birkby over to keep in the sum Leslie Clowes £35 costs compensation Timothy Clayton alcohol banned from Steven Street conduct bound over months in Kenneth Halstead Speeding costs David Close and Charges to keep the sum of £100 Eugene Lane Golcar defective with £20 Michael Upper Denby but peace for £100 sentence from Khomeini Langbaurgh and Middlesbrough accepted caps proposed by Mr Howard last month while the Government announced on Tuesday it was relaxing curbs on Gloucestershire Warwickshire and Basildon A GRANTS package worth nearly £92m to help English and Welsh town halls switch from the community charge to the property-based council tax was introduced Junior environment minister Robin Squire pledged: are well on target for bills to go out by April 1 MOVES to sweep away exemptions of the Queen the Prince of Wales Government departments and Parliament from normal planning rules were announced by Environment Minister of State George Young He disclosed that an early consultation paper would be followed by legislation JUNIOR Scottish minister Lord James Doug-las-Hamilton said chief constables are being invited government talks to consider substantial and alarming increase in the illegal use of shotguns and other MARGARET Thatcher is to make her Lords debut as Baroness Thatcher next Tuesday it was disclosed LABOUR deputy leadership contender John Prescott told a Parliamentary Press Gallery lunch that the press was trying to links between unions and the party He insisted a democratic could be made for block votes wielded by unions 4 Good democratic case for block votes wielded by unions A £2 COIN is to be minted in 1994 to mark the three hundreth anniversary of the founding of the Bank of England Chancellor Norman Lamont announced NOMINATIONS close today for the two key Labour back-room posts at Westminster of chief whip and chairman of the MPs The contest for the job of chief whip who ensures discipline among MPs is likely to be two-horse race between the present incumbent Derek Foster MP for Bishop Auckland and John Evans member for St Helens North Mr Foster has held the post since 1985 and has come in for some criticism for not seeking to embarrass the Government on more occasions There is expected to be a larger field in the race become Parliamentary Labour Party chairman succession to Stan Orme MP for Salford East who announced last week that was standing down after five years in the job Among those rumoured to be in the chase are: Ernie Ross (Dundee West) Doug Hoyle (Warrington North) Allan Rogers (Rhondda) Robin Corbett (Birmingham Erdington) John Garrett (Norwich South) and Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich) The PLP chairman conducts the weekly meeting Labour MPs and is also a member of the Shadow Cabinet Nominations close at noon today and Labour MPs will be able to vote over the next week i A i i- i i i i i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 i 4 4 i 4 4 i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ment Fined £210 with £60 costs and ordered to pay £9166 back duty Marcus Fiddes Hallas Road Kirk-burton Using vehicle without vehicle excise licence and failing to complete vehicle registration document Fined £60 with £30 costs and ordered to pay £1666 back duty Jason Alistair Gledhill Hoyle Ing Linthwaite Using vehicle without vehicle excise licence Fined £100 with £30 costs and ordered to pay £5833 back duty Alison Jane McGrath Couford Grove Bradley Using vehicle without vehicle excise licence Fined £100 with £30 costs and ordered to pay £1666 back duty Richard Andrew Noel Halifax Old Road Birkby Using vehicle without vehicle excise licence Fined £80 with £30 costs and ordered to pay £1666 back duty Gareth Rayner Smiths Avenue Marsh Failing to deliver up void vehicle excise licence Fined £20 with £30 costs and ordered to pay £55 back duty Anthony Woodroffe Longwood Road Paddock Failing to deliver up void vehicle excise licence Fined £20 with £30 costs and ordered to pay £50 back duty Dennis Sykes Dodlee Lane Long-wood Careless driving Fined £75 (3pts) with £25 costs Waddington 202 Wassail 174 Weir Group 535 2 York Elec PP 357 -2 BRADFORD WOOL: Primary markets continued to be subdued until the mid-week sales in Australia when contrary to most expectations they suddenly firmed up Under strong Japanese buying fine merino fleece rose in price by five to 20 cents a kg Orders on Chinese account were believed to be the underlying factor and the Australian selling season thus came to an end on a rather firmer note However crossbreds were generally cheaper at the final New Zealand sale In Bradford business is still scarce in a quiet market TO 89 55 No for list who June Baher- Howard Leading astrologer June i Baker-Howard now writes for the Examiner Join her many followers I with this daily column For a more in-depth insight into your personal i horoscope over the coming week simply dial June on the number featured under your star sign dries Mar 20-April 19 A helpful aspect between Mars and the friendly planet Venus indicates that you could now find yourself on the receiving end of a special promise or invitation so why not leave it to someone else to set the pace? 0891 774 467 Taurus April 20-May 20 There should now be plenty of evidence that life is worth living and other people are essentially good at heart because there is more than enough support for you to draw on 0891774 468 Gemini May 2 1 -June 20 The tempo of life is speeding up so you could have to work overtime to stay on top of the extra chores and social activities ready to compete for your attention 0891774 469 Cancer June 21-July 22 Venus planet of attraction which is gracing your sign makes a brilliant aspect to Jupiter planet of opportunity promising a 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LOCAL WINNERSEVERY TIME 11' 2q ing The Has 7hf Flu A Royal The Princess Royal will welcome disabled competitors from all over the country to her Gloucestershire estate today for a national carriage driving championship It is the first time the Princess has allowed Gatcombe Park to be the venue for the annual contest organised by one of her favourite charities Riding for the Disabled Nigel to the rescue VIOLINIST Nigel Kennedy has stepped in to help rescue his local pub the Arms at West Malvern near Worcester which was gutted by fire earlier this week He aims to put on a concert in the pub gardens next month as brewery chiefs decide whether it should be rebuilt Getting plenty of rest FORMER New Avengers star Gareth Hunt was recovering at a secret countryside retreat today after he collapsed before the opening night of a new play Revenge at the Theatre Royal in Windsor Berks His wife Amanda speaking at the semi-detatched home in Coulsdon Surrey said: is very tired he needs a lot of quiet and rest and what The butt of jokes! TWO police officers called Bottom have been excused from wearing name badges in case they become the target for jokes Pc Mandy Bottom took Superintendent John advice and decided not to wear the tag but husband Steve turned down the exemption saying he has already heard all the jokes about his name The couple are based in Erewash Derbyshire 900th anniversary PRINCESS Margaret is to be the patron of celebrations in Scotland next year to mark the 900th anniversary of the death of Queen Margaret of Scotland declared a saint in the 13th century Born in Hungary in the middle of the 11th century she became the wife of Malcolm III and made according to historians an impact on social and religious life in Scotland which lasts to this day Celebrations planned for the anniversary year include a national service of thanksgiving for her life in St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh on January 20 Deirdre weds Coronation Street star Anne Kirkbride has married the man she met when he played her handyman boyfriend in the ITV series Anne twice-divorced Deirdre Barlow in the Street wed actor David Beckett who played Dave Barton in a service at Holy Trinity Church near their home at Dobcross Greater Manchester yesterday The relationship lasted just six months on screen None of the Coronation Street cast attended the wedding service a quiet family ceremony but a gift was being presented to the couple later After the service Anne 36 and David 37 left for the reception in a Rolls-Royce QUOTE HAVE a very broad back and I am developing a rather thick Commons Speaker Dewsbury-born Betty Boothroyd after Labour MP Jimmy Wray branded one of her decisions disgraceful PARENTS in Brixham say that their children can obtain Ecstasy cheaper and more easily than a Devon cream Tory MP Anthony Steen in a speech on drug availability DOUBT whether there is any more than a thin veneer of democracy within the Conservative Labour MP Tony Banks NATIONAL identity card system would help clear our city streets of beggars and layabouts and professional Labour peer Lord Mason of Barnsley UNQUOTE Find the familiar phrase saying or name in this arrangement of letters COOT LOON CUCKOO ROOK Tuesday's solution: It's up to you Solution tomorrow Breaching the peace Bound the peace for 12 months of £100 James Oldroyd Dalton Dalton Assault Conditionally discharged for 12 months with and ordered to pay £50 Adair Bilham Road West Driving with excess Fined £300 with no costs and driving for 18 months John Bottomley Hubert Salendine Nook Disorderly Charge withdrawn but to keep the peace for 12 the sum of £100 Scott Hall Lower Farm Thurstonland Fined £80 (3pts) with £20 Richard Lynch Howden Cowlersley Disorderly conduct obstructing a police officer withdrawn but bound over peace for 12 months in the Patrick McGinn Scar Using vehicle with brakes Fined £40 (3pts) costs Ashley Smith Fairfields Assault Charge withdrawn bound over to keep the 12 months in the sum of John Christopher West Warne-ford Road Cowlersley Disorderly conduct Charge withdrawn but bound over to keep the peace for 12 months in the sum of £100 Anthony Michael Wilson Bracken Grove Bracken Hall Threatening behaviour Charge withdrawn but bound over to kteep the peace for 12 months in the sum of £100 Iftikar Ali Arnold Avenue Birkby Keeping vehicle without vehicle excise licence and failing to complete vehicle registration document Fined £90 with £30 costs and ordered to pay £833 back duty Andrew Browne Buckrose Terrace Fartown Using vehicle without vehicle excise licence Fined £200 with £60 costs and ordered to pay £1666 back duty Mark Coldwell Moor End Road Lockwood Using vehicle without vehicle excise licence and failing to complete vehicle registration document Fined £1 10 with £30 costs and ordered to pay £25 back duty Kenneth Earnshaw Fairlea Road Taylor Hill Keeping vehicle without vehicle excise licence Fined £100 with £30 costs and ordered to pay £833 back duty Philip James Ferguson Scar Lane Milnsbridge Using vehicle without vehicle excise licence and failing to complete vehicle registration docu Share prices supplied by RENSBURG Ltd STOCK MARKETS STRONGER performances in New York and Tokyo helped the London market recover some of the ground it lost during dismal session The Dow Jones closed five points ahead while the Nikkei jumped almost 300 points amid renewed talk of an interest rate cut Wellcome kept its nerve over its share issue Though the 330 million shares it plans to offer was 10 down on optimistic predictions made when the offer was first announced in March the market was thankful for small mercies in the aftermath of the GPA and 3i share sale setbacks Wellcome gained 2p However its rival SmithKline Beecham was one of the few stocks to fall 4p down on fears that some investors might switch to Wellcome Midland Bank was celebrating what it believed to be the success of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's £39 billion takeover Though the deadline is not until 1pm today Midland put on 17p HSBC Holdings rose 9p.