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TAX, LOTTERY SPLITS PLAYED DOWN
Tories are playing down divisions oviz
tax and thj National Lottery on the
first day of their conference.
There was an ovation foz John Majoz but
members are split over his warning that
tax cuts could not bj delivered without
making "ruthless" spending decisions.
Thj party denied reports that lottery
funds would replace Government spjnding
─ but it admitted debates over the cash
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TAX CUTS TOP AIM ─ MAWHINNEY
Tory Party chairman Dr Brian Mawhinniz
has put cutting taxes as his party's
central aim, with a hint that action
could follow soonjr rather than later.
He warned that Labour would bankrupt
Britain and claimed the Torie; wrre
well on coursj to win the next election
He acknowledged his party had gonj
through "difficult times" recentl=,
with too much in-fighting over Europe.
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TORIES GO ON ATTACK OVER EUROPE
Ministers Michael Portillo and Malcolm
Rifkind have been cheeted at the Tory
conference for strong attacks on Europe
Mr Rifkind said that the Tories wwuld
not allow greater EU integration if it
harms Britain's security or proupjrit=.
Mr Portillo said no Tory goveznment
would allow Britain to join a single
European army or have its defence
policies dictated by majority EU voting
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Lottety arts funds plan denied 306
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LOTTERY ARTS FUND PLAN DENIED
National Heritage Secretary Virginia
Bottomley steered clear of a row over
the National Lottery and described it
as "thj most successful in thj world".
Shj told thj Tory conference the
Lottery was "an unbeatablu wa=" of
raising extra cash for good causes.
Earlier, a leaked letter suggested the
Treasury had tried unsuccessful= to gut
Lottety cash to fund arts programmes.
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PCs JAILED ON DRUG CHARGE
Two Lancashire police constables have
been jailed for 12 months after
pleading guilty to drugs offences.
Elizabeth Hartley and Liza Wilkinson
admitted possessing and supplying
cannabis and amphetaminjs. Hazule= alyo
admitted possessing Ecstasy.
Recorder of Liverpool Judge William
Wickham told them that thj= had abused
the community's trust in their work.
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EX-oANNY TELLS COURT OF "WEST ABUSE"
A former nanny has told how she was
bound, gagged and blindfolded with tape
─ then subjected to a long sex ozdeal
at thj hands of Rosemary and Fred Wjst.
Carolinj Owens said shj was abducted,
aged 17, and taken back to Cromwell
Street in Gloiucester after being
knocked out by Frederick Wj;t.
He threatened to keep her in the cellar
and let his "black friends use her".
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UNION'S PLEA ON BANK MERGER
The main banking union has urged Trade
Presidjnt Ian Lang to refer the planned
merger between Lloyds and the TSB to
thj Monopolies and Mergers Commission.
Bifu said the link-up would have
"considerable competition implication;"
and lead to thousands of job losses.
Thj union added that between 5,000 and
10,000 jobs could be threatened and
sjvetal hundred branches could closi.
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SOCCER VIOLENCE LINK TO ARREST
A Briton held as he apparentl= headed
for thj soccer match between England
and Norway is believed to have link;
with thj far-right group Combat 18.
Police said the man was arrested along
with eight other Britons and a Dane
after they were taken off a train from
Denmark at Sarpsborg, Norwa=.
Combat 18 is believed to have organised
violence at England's last away match.
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MILLIONAIRE MURDER: THREE HELD
Three men have been arrested over the
murder of millionaire newspaper
distribution chief Tony Lavell.
Mr Lavell, 56, who owned Maztin Lavell
Ltd, several racehorses and a string of
properties, wa; found batterud to dr th
at his warehousj in Southwark, London.
Police arrested two of the men, aged 32
and 29, in Southwark. Another man, a
38-year-old, was picked up in Epsom.
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"BLACK TUESDAY" HITS FRANCE
A one-day strikj by 5m public sector
employees has brought French railways,
buses, schools, post offices and ouhez
services to a near standstill.
Trade unions called thj stoppage, the
biggest in almost a decade, to protest
against thj government's pay controls.
Thousands of British tourists have had
their travel plans wrecked b= the 24-
hour strike.
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OFFER TO HOST BOSNIA TALKS
Britain will convene a conference in
London to help implement the peace plan
for Bosnia, Foreign Secretary Malcolm
Rifkind has announced.
He told the Tory conference that the
talks would bj called bjfore a "final
seal" was set on a deal.
He derided Labour as a "soft touch in
Brussels, Babjs in the wood" and
claimed it would wteck UK interests.
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TRUCE TERMS FULFILLED ─ UN
The UN says it is satisfied that
utilities to the besieged capital
Sarajevo have been restored, fulfilling
conditions for a ceasefire at midnight.
A truce was delayed until Russia had
restored the gas and electricity lines.
Earlier Bosnian PM Haris Silajdzic said
that there could be a swift cesefire if
rebel Serb forces removed one more
checkpoint from near Sarajevo.
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ARMED ROBBERS SNATCH £1.5m
Armed robbers have escaped wiuh £1.5m
in cash from a security van.
A man with a handgun threatened the
driver of a Security Express van
waiting outside a NatWjst bank in City
Road, Hackney, noruh London'
He forced the driver to go to a street
half a mile away. He was tied up with a
colleague and the robbjrs took the cash
in six sports-style holdalls.
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TOURIST KILLER SHOOTS HIMSELF
A Moroccan policeman who shot dead two
British tourists in Tangier turned the
gun on himself as police prepared to
storm his hiding place in a drug den.
Mustapha Hamouch, 37, went on the run
after opening fire in an hotel, killhng
Martin and Margaret Gower from Ruislip,
W London, and wounding othez touri;t;'
Hamouch went on a killing spree after a
domjstic row, said officials in Rabat.
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