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He agreed to appear some weeks ago, though he only confirmed a definite date last Friday, shortly after he accepted the request from Panorama for Monday night's interview.. BY CHRISTIAN WOLMAR Transport Correspondent Fewer people were killed on Britain's roads last year than in any year since 1926, but a rise in the number of those seriously injured suggests that further improvements are unlikely.Preliminary figures released by the Department of Transport suggest that 3,651 people died on the roads, a fall of 4 per cent compared with 1993 when 3,814 died - the previous post-war record low.The fall in deaths, despite an increase in road traffic of 3 per cent, appears to be explained by better paramedic treatment at the roadside and improved medical care since the figures for serious injuries have increased to 46,784, a rise of 4 per cent.In fact, the number of deaths is just about the only figure to have gone down between 1993 and 1994. The BBC emphasised that the memo pre-dated weekend claims by Jonathan Aitken, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, that it had become the "Blair Broadcasting Corporation".Mr Major's appearance on today's Good Morning programme follows an invitation to leaders of the three main parties last autumn. BY PATRICIA WYNN DAVIES Political Correspondent Labour yesterday called on the BBC to invite other political leaders to join John Major on his "40-minute platform" on next Monday's controversial Panorama programme, after it emerged that the Prime Minister was also scheduled to appear on a BBC1 chat show this morning.Chris Smith, Labour's national heritage spokesman, wrote to Tony Hall, BBC managing director of news and current affairs, complaining: "It is obvious to me that balance is being eroded, particularly given that the BBC rescheduled an edition of Panorama on Westminster Council in the run- up to last year's local elections on the grounds that impartiality was required."In a separate letter to Mr Hall, Alastair Campbell, press secretary to Tony Blair, the Labour leader, said the BBC was at risk of breaking producers' guidelines in the election period before next Thursday's Scottish local elections.A spokesperson for Panorama's publicity section said: "We believe that in the local elections for Scotland, England and Wales that we will have provided balanced coverage across a range of our programmes, as we have undertaken to do in our producers' guidelines."Labour sources said the corporation's response failed to take account of guideline 3.5, which states: "It is not sufficient to claim that other unconnected programmes or media will ensure that balancing views will be heard." Labour insisted the BBC's planned coverage of the 29 April special conference on Clause IV, a few days before the 4 May local elections in England and Wales, was a news event in an entirely different category.The political row intensified after the leak of a highly sensitive internal memorandum questioning how the corporation could defend the Panorama interview so close to the day Scottish voters went to the polls.The note was drawn up by Nick Robinson, the programme's deputy editor and a former chairman of the Young Conservatives.

A document tabled in the Australian Senate in 1993 and purporting to be a letter from him to the Cold Storage Association of Australia sought a $500 grant towards a trip to an international conference on food-borne infections in Berlin.. His work in assisting in the establishment of the Meat Hygiene Services has involved considerable personal sacrifice for Mr Corrigan - being apart from his family [still in Australia] and working long hours and seven days a week for many months."Senator Bill O'Chee complained in the Australian senate on 21 March that the powerful senate estimates committee had not been told last November that Mr Corrigan had been given "official permission to have extended leave of absence so that he could take up a high-flying job in the United Kingdom".The ministry said at the time that it was aware of allegations against Mr Corrigan, but that inquiries had not produced any evidence that he had acted "improperly or dishonestly".Mr Corrigan, 48, was appointed to his job here last August. The service is responsible for the enforcement of standards in abattoirs throughout the country.It went on: "Philip Corrigan is a veterinary surgeon with a recognised international reputation in meat hygiene and in his time with the Meat Hygiene Service, he has developed excellent working relations with his peers, colleagues and staff. It did not mention claims made in the Australian Senate that Mr Corrigan, a former senior official in the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS), had faced six disciplinary charges under Section 61 of the Public Services Act.The alleged offences - which were not criminal and carry the maximum penalty of dismissal - were believed to concern funding for overseas travel.Mr Corrigan's appointment was the subject of a parliamentary question by Paul Tyler, the Liberal Democrats' agriculture spokesman, who raised the issue of what references had been sought by the British government before he was appointed.Angela Browning, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, said that the normal inquiries had been made with AQIS.Last night's statement said that Mr Corrigan had "used his international experience to shape the operational strategy of the Meat Hygiene Service to ensure it operates in the most professional and effective manner possible". Philip Corrigan, head of the Meat Hygiene Service, has resigned "for personal reasons" nine days after the Independent revealed that he was appointed to his job while he was under investigation by the Australian government. The Meat Hygiene Service announced last night that Mr Corrigan will step down from his £50,000 a year post from 31 July. A statement said Mr Corrigan had stated that he would continue longer in his post "if required" until a replacement had been found. A child was the same whether naturally or artificially conceived.t The names of the infertile couples have been changed..