EXHIBIT 99.2


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                  PRESS RELEASE

             NTL INCORPORATED AND COMCAST UK CABLE PARTNERS LIMITED
           ANNOUNCE THE CLOSING OF THE SALE OF COMCAST UK'S INTEREST
                               IN BIRMINGHAM CABLE


     New York,  New York (October 28, 1998) - NTL  Incorporated  (Nasdaq:  NTLI;
Easdaq: NTLI.ED) and Comcast UK Cable Partners Limited (Nasdaq: CMCAF) announced
today that Comcast UK had completed the sale of its interest in Birmingham Cable
Corporation  Limited to Telewest  Communications  plc, pursuant to the agreement
announced on August 17, 1998.  Telewest paid 127.5 million  pounds  sterling for
Comcast UK's share in  Birmingham  Cable and for certain  subordinated  debt and
fees owed by  Birmingham  Cable to  Comcast  UK. A further  2.5  million  pounds
sterling  is  payable  when  the  amalgamation  between  Comcast  UK  and an NTL
subsidiary becomes effective.

     A shareholders'  meeting with respect to the  amalgamation is scheduled for
Thursday, October 29, 1998 and it is anticipated that the amalgamation will take
place shortly thereafter.


                                    ********


     For further  information,  contact:  In the U.S.:  John F. Gregg,  Managing
Director -  Corporate  Development,  Michael A.  Peterson,  Director - Corporate
Development,  or Richard J. Lubasch, Senior Vice President - General Counsel, at
(212) 906-8440; in the U.K.: Bret Richter, Director - Corporate Development,  at
(0171) 227-8700 or Alison Smith, Group Communications, at (01252) 402662; or via
e-mail at investor_relations@NTLI.com.