Italy signed Gianluigi Lentini for £13,000,000 and is almost double the previous national record of £8,400,000 that Liverpool paid for Stan Collymore last year. The rising wealth of football in England since the creation of the Premier League four years ago is reflected in the fact that Shearer became the country's most expensive footballer back in 1992 for a fee of £3,600,000 - less than a quarter of his latest fee. 11 August - Alan Shearer makes his debut for Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium, where they lose 4–0 to Manchester United in the FA Charity Shield. 17 August - On the first day of the English league season, David Beckham scores a spectacular goal from inside his own half as Manchester United beat Wimbledon 3–0 at Selhurst Park. 16 October - 37-year-old Dorset lorry driver Stuart Morgan is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of French student Céline Figard, whose body was found in Worcestershire ten months ago. 17 October - It is reported that England footballer Paul Gascoigne has assaulted his wife Sheryl. 22 October - Chelsea FC Vice-Chairman Matthew Harding dies in a helicopter crash in Cheshire on his way home from a Football League Cup game at Bolton Wanderers. 31 October - Ridings High School in Halifax is closed down due to severe disorder that left the local education authority feeling that pupil and staff safety could not be guaranteed. 19 November - Former England manager Terry Venables, currently chairman of Portsmouth F.C., accepts an offer to coach the Australia national football team. 29 November - John West, younger brother of serial killer Fred West, is found hanged at his Gloucester home. Mr West, 54, was on trial for the rape of two young women - including Fred's daughter Ann-Marie. 1 December - Lee Harvey, a 25-year-old Alvechurch man, is stabbed to death in a reported road rage attack on a country lane near Redditch in Worcestershire. 7 December - Sir John Gorst, 68-year-old Conservative MP for Hendon North in London, announces his resignation, leaving his party without a majority in the House of Commons. 9 December - A jury at Stafford Crown Court finds Horrett Campbell guilty on all seven counts of attempted murder relating to the Wolverhampton nursery machete attack five months previously. Campbell, 34, was scheduled to be sentenced in March. 19 December - Lee Harvey's girlfriend Tracie Andrews is charged with