oldest patient to undergo such surgery. Essex teenager Leah Betts dies in hospital four days after slipping into a coma due to taking an ecstasy tablet whilst drinking large amounts of water, sparking a media crusade, backed by Leah's father and stepmother, against the drug and those supplying it. 17 November Launch of the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observatory including a Long Wave Spectrometer built in the UK. The Today newspaper is discontinued after nine years in circulation. 20 November – "An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales" an episode of Panorama, is broadcast on BBC One in which Diana, Princess of Wales, is interviewed by Martin Bashir. She discusses her adultery, depression and bulimia, her children, the media and the future of the monarchy in candid detail. An estimated 22.78 million watch the broadcast, the all-time record for a UK current affairs programme. 22 November – Rose West is found guilty of murdering ten women and children, including her 16-year-old daughter Heather and seven-year-old stepdaughter Charmaine, after a trial at Winchester Crown Court. She is sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that she is never released. 24 November – The spy James Bond returns to U.K. cinemas six years after Licence to Kill, for the seventeenth film GoldenEye, with Irish actor Pierce Brosnan playing the part of Bond, filmed at the newly created Leavesden Studios. 28 November – Budget: Chancellor Kenneth Clarke cuts the basic level of income tax to 24p in the pound. 30 November – President of the United States Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland. December 2 December – "Rogue trader" Nick Leeson is jailed for six-and-a-half years in Singapore on a double fraud charge relating to the recent financial collapse of Barings Bank. 8 December – Head teacher Philip Lawrence is murdered in London. 10 December – Joseph Rotblat wins the Nobel Peace Prize. 13 December – A riot takes place in London. 20 December – The Queen writes to the Prince and Princess of Wales three years after their separation, urging them to divorce as soon as possible. 29 December – The Conservative majority now stands at a mere five seats following the defection of MP Emma Nicholson to the Liberal Democrats. 30 December – Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands matches the lowest temperature UK Weather Record at −27.2 °C (−17.0 °F). Undated Contingent fee litigation permitted in the Courts of England