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Evening News Saturday March 13 1999 5 Phone Comment Line: (01223) 43 44 50 Britain and the World Confidential folder reported to have been found roadside Scotland medical records dumped Soap star Ross recovering EASTENDERS star Ross Kemp who was struck down with malaria after a trip to Africa is responding well to treatment his doctors said The 34-year-old actor who plays hardman Grant Mitchell is being cared for in the private Princess Grace Hospital in London Thumbs-down for Cilia CHRIS Evans and Cilia Black are the stars people would most hate to date according to a new poll The Virgin Radio boss and Blind Date host beat Dale Winton Jeremy Beadle Vanessa Feltz and Jo Brand in the NOP poll which was carried out to mark the start of Sky One show Dating Hell which claims to look at the darker side of dating funeral date FORMER Radio 2 disc jockey Adrian Love's funeral will take place on Thursday at Crawley West Sussex Mr Love died on Wednesday aged 54 A lifelong asthma sufferer and heavy smoker Mr Love had suffered a second collapsed lung following incomplete recovery from a car accident a year ago By PA News reporter Liam in bar fracas ROCK star Liam Gallagher was allegedly involved in a scuffle in a trendy bar which ended in a man being taken to hospital with slight facial injuries The Oasis frontman is alleged to have been involved in a "pushing and shoving" argument on with a man inside Bar Cuba in London's Kensington High Street shortly after arriving with friends War reporter dies AWARD-winning former ITN reporter Jeremy Hands best known for his coverage of the Falklands War has died The 47-year-old ex-war correspondent died suddenly on Thursday night at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital WEEKEND BIRTHDAYS SCOTLAND: Confidential medical records about the Queen and other members of the Royal Family have been discovered dumped at the side of a road it emerged today The file also contained details of security arrangements of past Royal visits and the blood types and medical details of members of the family The confidential folder is reported to have been discovered beside a road on the seafront at Ayr Strathclyde Police said an inquiry had been launched into the find can confirm that we are in receipt of historical health board documents the contents of which we are not in a position to said a spokesman the document is not recent there is obvious concern as to how it came to be in the public A police insider said it was suspected that the documents may have been weeded out for destruction The folder contained 70 pages many of them marked about 10 members of the Royal Family including the Queen and the Duchess of Gloucester The file also gives information about 27 royal visits in the past eight years with names of approved doctors and consultant specialists on standby in case of emergencies One report marked Protection of Members of the Royal Family First Aid Arrangements was produced by the Scottish Home and Health Department It was produced in consultation with the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department of the Metropolitan Police The head of the Royal Medical Household and the Chief Medical Officer were also consulted The unnamed man who found the documents: believe what I was reading It listed details of 27 Royal visits over eight years and I now know the blood types and other medical details of 10 members of the Royal Family of the letters had marked clearly across the top and bottom of the pages were also names of approved doctors and consultant specialists on standby during all the visits in case of emergencies Although it relates to past visits much of the information would apply to future A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: far as we are concerned it is a police Home from home Prince Charles on his official visit to Uruguay is greeted by bagpipes at the entrance of the Anglo-Uruguayan Institute in the capital Montevideo At the prince's side is Uruguay's education minister Vamandu Fau TODAY: Michael Checkland former director-general of the BBC 63 Lesley Collier ballerina 52 Neil Sedaka singersongwriter 60 TOMORROW: Michael Caine actor 66 Prince Albert of Monaco 41 Pam Ayres poet 52 Jasper Carrott comedian 54 Rita Tushingham actress 57 joy for balloon bid Michael Caine space on Tuesday and kept within the 26th parallel following the strict rules set down by the Chinese Government after the Swiss-registered balloon received permission to enter the country The pilots came within 25 miles of straying into forbidden territory and were warned three times by Chinese air traffic control during the 14-hour flight over the country Richard Branson has sent a congratulatory e-mail to Jones and Piccard saying: off to you for an incredibly bold flight really does look like you could do it this attempts in much of its airspace The Breitling Orbiter 3 is flying at about 40mph but is expected to increase that to about l35mph if as planned it picks up a subtropical jet stream south of Hawaii on Tuesday The team hope that the jet stream will sweep them high over Mexico and the Caribbean Jones 51 from Erlestoke in Wiltshire and Piccard 41 a psychiatrist were unable to talk to mission control in Geneva overnight because of poor weather conditions but they have communicated by e-mail The pair entered Chinese air PACIFIC OCEAN: The crew of Breitling Orbiter 3 the only round-the-world balloon attempt still airborne were celebrating today after passing the halfway point of their planned voyage British pilot Brian Jones and his Swiss colleague Bertrand Piccard reached the mark 171 degrees east flying at 29000ft above the Pacific Ocean at about 3am UK time The pair have already completed the most difficult part of their marathon by diverting around large parts of China which had banned any further balloon 1770: Fat man Daniel Lambert was born in Leicester his adult weight was 7391b and his waist measured 102 inches When he died it took 20 men to lower his coffin into the grave 1781: Astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus 1894: The first professional striptease took place at the Divan Fayonau Music Hall in Paris 1927: The lance ceased to be an official weapon in the British Army 1935: The driving test was introduced into Britain 1998: The controversial Bill to ban hunting with hounds failed Payouts after baby deaths MacLine Education Alliance Education Alliance Macintosh Teachers to vote on pay by results UK: Teachers are to be balloted on action to block Government plans to introduce payment by results Members of the National Union of Teachers will vote after Easter on whether to boycott changes to the existing appraisal scheme The move follows surveys of 30000 teachers heads and deputies in England and Wales which showed rejection of Government proposals for payment by results and the use of appraisal for performance-related pay Government must not ignore the message these surveys said Doug McAvoy NUT general secretary profession rejects its proposals which are based on bad advice and a failure to understand the nature of education in the past payment by results will damage education Our action will £20000 each with legal costs also being met Solicitors acting for families whose children died or were brain-injured after complex heart surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary say there are more than 80 further claims The investigation was ordered after an earlier inquiry which ruled that BRI surgeon James Wisheart and Dr John Roylance the former chief executive should be struck off Surgeon Janardan Dhasmana was banned from operating on children for three years BRISTOL: Twenty-eight families of children who died in the Bristol heart babies tragedy have settled compensation claims totalling more than £560000 Further payouts likely to total tens of millions of pounds are in the pipeline The public inquiry on Tuesday will investigate the worst scandal in the 50-year history of the NHS The NHS Litigation Authority which oversees the claims 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