P127 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                  * 22 July - Production of the Ford  Cortina ends after 20 years and five  incarnations (the final two of which  were virtually identical). The  Cortina's successor, the Sierra, will  be built at Dagenham and in Belgium,  though in slightly lower volumes as  the smaller Escort is now Ford's  strongest-selling car.  * 22 July - Exclusion zone around the  Falklands is lifted.  * 22 July - Margaret Thatcher rejects  calls in parliament for a return of  the death penalty for terrorist  murder.     100-Contents 101-Headlines   Next       Prev       Home        End