Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph from Scunthorpe, Humberside, England • 35

news from across Britain ue Tuesday September 6 1994 Russia rides high and low at air show 1 THE two sides of Russia were starkly illustrated at the Farn-borough air show The new multimillion pound Ml 55 spyplane from Russia was shown for the first time while a Russian woman Heft) sold souvenirs to finance their visit to the show AIRPORT PRICES: Report warns there are better deals in the high street Duty-free perfume at ill pifi r- Flying can be hazardous to your health AIR travel can be bad for your health a new report warned today Holiday Which? claimed air passengers were not just suffering from the familiar symptoms of swollen ankles and jet lag air laden with cigarette smoke or other fumes on a poorly ventilated plane is uncomfortable and can particularly affect people with allergies asthma or chronic the magazine said The magazine claimed although healthy people would not suffer from the lack of oxygen people with respiratory heart or neurological problems could suffer Holiday Which? is calling for more research into the effects of air recirculation on health AIR passengers may be better off buying dutyfree perfume in their local high street rather than at airports the consumer magazine Holiday Which? said today The magazine found that a 50ml spray bottle of Amarige was cheaper at Superdrug than it was at most British Airports Authority duty-free shops The high street store was charging £24 while the same bottle at airport shops Alpha and Allders was up to 49 pence more expensive BAA said the stores were contracted to give a minimum 21 per cent discount off the recommended price but despite this Amarige was generally found to be cheaper at non-BAA airports and on planes by Paul Cohen UK NEWS staff Holiday Which? acting editor Anna Fielder said: you want to pay less for perfume better off buying duty-free on the plane than at the airport or even on the high street but clearly well worth checking the prices in the high street shops first" A BAA spokesman said they were already aware that a small number of fragrances were available at discounted prices in the high street But the spokesman added: commissioned researchers to look into this trend and we will obviously look at our prices again if it continues anyone is not happy with a purchase at a BAA airport they can return the item to us free of charge for a full refund" Car crash makes Steve Mr Angry HENDON: Radio 1 breakfast DJ Steve Wright was 'Mr Angry' after he swerved to avoid another car and smashed into a tree The Audi car was written off in the crash which happened on the A4155 just south of Hendon Berks at about 840am but the vehicle which caused him to swerve did not stop A BBC spokesman Mr Wright who is on leave this week walked away unhurt from the accident although he was later fitted with a neck-brace collar after a hospital check up detected signs of whiplash rang in this morning he was laughing about said a BBC spokesman is just glad that nobody is seriously injured" Lonely winner WATERLOOVILLE: Schoolboy Michael Biddell had no trouble beating the competition in his annual fun run he was the only one who took part Red-faced race organisers who had expected more than 150 joggers for the mile-long course at Waterlooville Hampshire were forced to hand over the gold medal when the seven-year -old sprinted home Houdini howler WALSALL: A budding escapologist had to be rescued by the fire brigade when a daring party trick went painfully wrong Paul wrists swelled to twice their normal size when he was unable to slip out of a pair of handcuffs in front of an amazed crowd in Walsall West Midlands law LEEDS: Hannibal the Cannibal took a GCSE law exam and got a starred grade A But this candidate was not the famous star of the film The Silence of the Lambs but a 32-year-old mum from Leeds formerly called Rosalind Yockney who changed her name by making a statutory declaration Role reversal BOURNEMOUTH: Pensioner Frank Parris has tied the knot with his former bridesmaid Frank and Muriel Towers both 79 of Bournemouth Dorset first walked up the aisle together in 1938 when Frank married her late best friend May Blooming secret POOLE: A schoolboy has found the secret of growing giant sunflowers watering them with lemonade Ten-year-old James Leonard of Poole Dorset first discovered the magic formula after having no luck with water He now has three monster 13ft sunflowers to his name Tragic life-giver LEEDS: A caring schoolboy who was killed in a road accident is still giving hope to others after his death Nine-year-old Nicky Fox from Leeds West Yorkshire who insisted on carrying a donor card has donated his organs and given new life to six people SISTER ACT Maxene Andrews one of the wartime singing group The Andrews Sisters poses with a bellboy in the lobby of the Casino in Deauville Normandy She is in France for the American Film Festival which invited wartime personalities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the allied landings Player on death charge FOOTBALLER James Kelly was appearing in court today charged with murder Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Kelly 21 his brother John 22 both from Walton Merseyside and a third man Kevin Atkinson 21 of Liverpool were appearing before magistrates in the city They were accused of the murder of 26-year-old Peter Dunphy who was attacked outside the Bradford Hotel in Liverpool on Sunday Kelly signed for Wolves in a £100000 deal in 1992 and has played seven First Division games Dad sees family die A FATHER who saw the horrific car crash which killed his wife and children was today trying to recover from the shock of his ordeal Ian Wace 31 from Putney south-west London was driving his Mercedes car behind a Range Rover driven by his wife Joanne 34 when the accident happened near Thruxton The Range Rover lost control crossed the central reservation and smashed into a lorry The two children Guy four and Alicia 11 months were both killed instantly his wife died later in hospital Abbie hoaxer faces jail A HOAX caller who severely hampered the police hunt for baby Abbie Humphries today had the threat of a prison sentence hanging over him Father-of-three Adrian Brookes said prob lems with his marriage caused him to make the calls and ke was sorry for what he had done He claimed his wife was desperate for a baby after losing one 12 months previously Brookes 36 admitted wasting police time at Nottingham Magistrates Court and was bailed to appear for sentencing on October 6 THE of us share the common hope and objective of seeing a permanent end to violence here Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew after peace talks with Irish Foreign Minister Dick Spring SHEFFIELD: A former engineer has passed his first GCSE at the ripe old age of 84 Sheffield widower Tom Barthorpe who left school at 1 3 with no qualifications says he now intends to study for an A Level i a Insp Edward Robertson of Hampshire police after Ian Wace watched his wife and two children die in a car crash at Thruxton Hampshire should say absolutely positively and clearly that we are not neutral we are on the side of the signal workers and we back them 150 per Left-wing Labour MP Peter Hain at the TUC conference demanding his party back the striking signal workers wedding video was ruined because crying all the way through it Bride Gail Richards after her escaped convict brother was arrested outside the church in Bilston West Midlands by plain-clothes police officers Wace had to be pulled from the children because he did not want to leave them LONDON: A rusting 1937 Jaguar SSI 00 which was used by roosting chickens for nearly 25 years was sold at an auction for £62000 The car was bought by a Canterbury hop farmer who died In 1971 when it was put away In a barn When restored the Jaguar could bo worth around £100000 11 I.