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Ms John also shared her thoughts in calls with Tony Benn and Dennis Skinner before she died in July

Ms John also shared her thoughts in calls with Tony Benn and Dennis Skinner before she died in July. But Mr Livingstone remained the firm favourite.The MP for Brent East will use some of the money from the sale of the house, on the market and under offer for pounds 59,950, to entertain a group of pensioners from Barry in London later this week. Arts and music programmes are watched by only 34 per cent of viewers, according to the survey, children’s programmes by 16.8 per cent and programmes for minority groups by 7 per cent.On the diversity of viewing habits, the report said: “This clearly demonstrates that there is no such thing as a `typical’ viewer … In a survey of the viewing habits of more than 1,300 people it emerged that there were virtually no common strands that could define viewers as a group. Asked which genres of television they watched – such as sport, films, news, drama etc – the respondents registered 846 different combinations.
The most popular genres were films, watched by choice by 79 per cent of respondents, news by 70 per cent, light entertainment and comedy by 62 per cent and factual programmes by 61 per cent. The end came with little fuss in a lengthy report for the BBC drawn up by the management consultants ECON, who examined the prospects for BBC digital services. THE DEMISE of “the typical viewer” was declared yesterday.

After decades of broadcasters drawing up schedules to appeal to the typical viewer, they now accept that there is no such animal. “It is an enlightened move but even having one of these machines introduces problems,” said Neil Hayward, golf services secretary of the English Golf Union. “If somebody is half- skilled in the use of it, I would be unsure what the legal implications might be. “It’s certainly enlightened and not something I’ve heard of before,” he added.However, Grange has done much to guard against this;heart specialists at nearby Whiston hospital were consulted before the purchase, and staff will be trained in the how to use the machine.. You must have somebody on hand to use it.”David Neill of insurance broker Carrick Neill, a specialist in golf insurance based in Edinburgh, agreed that the club “could be creating a problem” by establishing the potential for inadequate use of the equipment. GOLFERS AT a course in Merseyside can chip away at their handicaps safe in the knowledge that help is at hand should they suffer heart problems while out on the fairway.

“We have one or two active 70-year-olds, but our own average age is around 55,” said Grange’s Bob Golver. “That is an at-risk group but cardiac arrest can happen to anyone.”Praise for the club from the English Golf Union and several golf insurers came with an attached warning yesterday. The pounds 2,500 machine, which helps to resuscitate a cardiac arrest victim by electronically jolting the heart back into action, was bought after one of the club’s members died within sight of the clubhouse.
Since the average age of a British golf club member is 51, every club runs that risk. The pounds 600-a-year Grange Park, St Helens, is believed to be the first club in Britain to buy a potentially life-saving defibrillator.

The Commission referred the case to the court in March this year.. But if the court does finds against the UK government, Parliament will be obliged to change the law to ensure that the same situation is not repeated.Yesterday’s hearing resulted from a complaint lodged in 1994 with the European Commission of Human Rights, which has already ruled that the two boys were denied a fair trial and has complained that the tariff was not set by a judicial body. “It seems to be a case,” said Mr Sexton, “that will never go away as far as Denise is concerned. But she will do whatever she can to make sure that James is not forgotten.”Robin Makin, lawyer for James’s father, Ralph Bulger, added: “I think that it is a landmark to have had a say before the court of Human Rights”.Ms Fergus’s expenses for the visit were paid for by ITN and Mr Bulger did not appear because he was unable to fund the visit to France.The court is expected to rule on the case before Christmas, although it will not have a direct effect on the release date of the convicted killers. They have also been traumatised by the events, said Mr Lee.Lawyers for Thompson and Venables, both aged ten at the time of their conviction, have argued that they were denied a fair trial in November 1993 because proceedings were held in an adult court. However, Mr Lee added: “There is no way anybody is looking for a retrial.

That would be unthinkable.”In July 1994 the then Home Secretary, Michael Howard, ruled that the boys, sentenced to be detained indefinitely, should serve at least 15 years – seven years more than recommended by the trial judge.Mr Sexton added that he thought it was important that the court had now recognised that victims’ rights were important. I am pleased that the UK is continuing to fight the appeal.”
The decision to permit James Bulger’s parents to have their say at the case – restricted to a private hearing by a ruling by the court last month – heralds a move towards the kind of justice associated with Islamic courts where views of the families of victims are taken into account, according to Ms Fergus’s solicitor, Sean Sexton.Laurence Lee, the solicitor representing Jon Venables, who was convicted along with Robert Thompson of the killing, said that while he sympathised with the parents of the toddler, he also asked the public to consider the feelings of the Mr and Mrs Venables. Her appearance at the European Court of Human Rights was hailed by lawyers as a “landmark” event in legal history. After a two-hour hearing at the court in Strasbourg, Denise Fergus, who has remarried since James’s death, said she had attended “because I felt my son James should be represented”. Reading from a hand-written statement on the court steps, Ms Fergus said: “I am pleased to have heard the argument before the court. THE MOTHER of the murdered toddler James Bulger yesterday made a plea at a European court case brought by lawyers claiming that her son’s killers were denied a fair trial.