P136 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                               * Dec - First case of AIDS diagnosed  in the UK.  * 8 Dec - Arthur Scargill becomes  leader of the National Union of  Mineworkers.  * 9 Dec - Michael Heseltine announces  a £95million aid package for the inner  cities.  * 12 Dec - England is snowbound with  record temperatures of -18C recorded.  * 19 Dec - An opinion poll shows that  Margaret Thatcher is now the most  unpopular postwar British prime  minister and that the SDP-Liberal  Alliance has the support of up to 50%   Next       Prev       Home        End