P144 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                 * 15 December - The British colony of  Gibraltar gains a pedestrian link to  Spain, as the gates which separated  the two states are re-opened by the  Spanish government after 13 years.  * 23 December - More than 1,200 jobs  are lost in the West Midlands when the  Round Oak Steelworks closes after 125  years.  * 26 December - Time Magazine's Man of  the Year is given for the first time  to a non-human, the computer.     100-Contents 101-Headlines   Next       Prev       Home        End