Brian Redhead in Manchester and John Timpson in London
At 7.0 and 8.0 News and more of Today, including latest news from Montreal on the build-up to the 1976 Olympic Games, which open on Saturday; Today's Papers; at 7. 25* and 8.25* VHF Regional News and Weather; and Thought for the Day at 7.45*
English Regions: see column 5