Lesson 10.
Section 1.
Task 1. News summary 1.
Here's the news at 11:30.
Thousands of people have marched through the centre of Corby in Northamptonshire to protest against plans to close the steel works, the town's major employer.
The marchers demonstrated outside the local British Steel Corporation's headquarter where union leaders are talking about closure plans with the management.
Hospital waiting lists in the south west of England have gone up by a quarter in the last five years.
While the number of doctors, nurses and other staff have increased, the demand on service has grown even faster.
The EEC is to give another 13.1 million pounds to Britain's poorer areas.
The aid from the regional development fund includes 13.5 million pounds for Northern Ireland and 10 million pounds for industrial improvement and road works in the north of England.
In a report on rabies controls, Kent County Council has said that 17 dogs, 5 cats,
2 rabbits and 2 hamsters have been landed illegally at Channel ports in the first 9 months of this year.
This was seven more than in the same period last year.
A derailed coal train at Thirsk in North Yorkshire has disrupted rail services between Newcastle and the south of England.