GOOD MORNING THE NEWS
SUMMARY NOW TEN THIRTY.  .  
THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER JOHN
PRESCOTT IS TO ANNOUNCE PLANS TO
HOLD REFERENDUMS FOR ENGLAND'S
FIRST REGIONAL ASSEMBLIES.  
THEY'LL BE HELD NEXT YEAR IN THE
NORTHEAST THE NORTHWEST AND
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE.   THE
DIRECTLY ELECTED ASSEMBLIES
COULD HAVE POWERS OVER AREAS
SUCH AS PLANNING HOUSING JOB
CREATION AND TOURISM AND WILL BE
FUNDED BY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL TAX
PAYMENTS.   POLICE IN
LONDONDERRY ARE QUESTIONING TWO
MEN ABOUT A BOMB FOUND AN OF VAN
ABANDONED OUTSIDE THE CITY
YESTERDAY.   THE MEN AGED
THIRTY THREE AND TWENTY FOUR
WERE ARRESTED THIS MORNING.  
ARMY BOMB DISPOSAL EXPERTS MADE
SAFE THE DEVICE WHICH CONTAINED
TWELVE HUNDRED POUNDS OF
EXPLOSIVES PACKED INTO TWO
BARRELS.   POLICE BELIEVE THE
BOMB WAS ABOUT TO BE USED IN AN
ATTACK BY DISSIDENT BUT SAY THEY
HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THE INTENDED
TARGET.   MEANWHLE THE ULSTER
UNIONIST LEADER DAVID TRIMBLE
FACES A CHALLENGE TO IS
LEADERSHIP TONIGHT OVER
RESTORING POWER SHARING IN
NORTHERN IRELAND.   MR TRIMBLE
IS BACKING CAUTIOUS ENGAGEMENT
WITH REPUBLICANS.   THE
UNIONIST HARDLINERS ARE OPPOSING
THE MOVE AND WANT TO CHANGE
PARTY POLICY.   THE UNITED
NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
REFUGEES HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN
ABOUT A BRITISH PLAN TO PROCESS
ASYLUM SEEKERS IN COUNTRIES
OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION.  
BELIEVES IT COULD LEAD TO THE
CREATION OF REFUGEE CENTRES LIKE
THE ONE AT SONG GAP NEAR CALAIS
WHICH WAS SHUT DOWN EARLIER THIS
YEAR.   THE UNHCR BELIEVES SUCH
CENTRES WILL BECOME MAGNETS FOR
REFUGEES PEOPLE SMUGGLERS AND
THOSE INVOLVED IN ORGANISED
CRIME.  .  .   IRAN HAS
REJECTED OUT IN DEMANDS FOR
PEOPLE ARRESTED DURING SIX
NIGHTS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY
DEMONSTRATIONS IN TEHRAN TO BE
FREED.   THERE WERE REPORTS OF
GUNSHOTS LAST NIGHT NEAR THE
SCENE OF THE PROTEST.  
PRESIDENT BUSH HAS WELCOMED THE
DEMONSTRATIONS AS A POSITIVE
DEVELOPMENT BUT OFFICIALS IN
IRAN CONDEMNED WHAT THEY CALLED
FLAGRANT INTERFERENCE IN THEIR
COUNTRY.   MILITANT GROUPS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST ARE TO MEET THE
PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER TO
DISCUSS NEW CEASEFIRE PROPOSALS
. BUT ISRAEL SAYS ITS FORCES
WILL CONTINUE TARGETING WHAT IT
CALLS TICKING BOMBS MILITANTS
WHO WANT TO CARRY OUT SUICIDE
ATTACKS.   LEADERS ON BOTH
SIDES ARE COMING UNDER RENEWED
PRESSURE FROM THE UNITED STATES
TO IMPLEMENT THE ROADMAP TO
PEACE.   THE MAN ACCUSED OF
ORGANIZING THE BALI NIGHTCLUB
BOMBINGS LAST OCTOBER HAS GONE
ON TRIAL IS YEAR.   THE SUSPECT
KNOWN AS MUKLAS IS THE THIRD
PERSON TO COME BEFORE THE COURT
OVER THE ATTACKS.   MORE THAN
TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE DIED IN THE
BOMBINGS MOST OF THEM WESTERN
TOURISTS.