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WHAT HAPPENED ON 6th December 2000?
5th December 2000
LOUTISH TEENS FACING ALL-NIGHT CURFEWS
The Government is to introduce new powers to impose all-night curfews on children aged 16 & under. The measures part of the Police & Criminal Justice Bill will keep youths off the streets in a bid to fight loutish behaviour in problem areas. The Police Superintendents' Association welcomed the plans to be announced in the Queen's Speech on Wednesday. Earlier the Government said the Speech would "attack crime at every level".
6th December 2000
DRIVE TO TACKLE LAWLESSNESS UNVEILED
Measures to tackle crime & stem "yob culture" have been unveiled in what could be the last Queen's Speech before a general election. The proposals for England & Wales were designed to "modernise & improve law enforcement" the Queen told MPs. There are plans to extend child curfew schemes to nine to 15-year-olds & to curb alcohol drinking in the street. A Bill limiting the right of defendants to trial by jury is to be reintroduced.
6th December 2000
CRIME-FIGHTERS EMPOWERED SAYS BLAIR
New anti-crime measures will give police the powers they need & people the chance to get back their communities Tony Blair has told MPs. He said the Queen's Speech included proposals which showed the Government was "tough on crime at every level". The changes planned in the legislative programme "required in return individual responsibility" he said. Crime had doubled under the Tories but fallen under Labour he added.
5th December 2000
ENGLAND CRICKET STAR COLIN COWDREY DIES
Former Kent & England cricket captain Lord Cowdrey of Tonbridge has died at home after a long illness aged 67. Dazzling stroke play & superb slip fielding marked Colin Cowdrey as one of England's greatest post-war players. He took over the captaincy of his country in 1959 & led the team off and on for the next 10 years. In 1963 Cowdrey famously went out to bat against the West Indies' pacemen with his broken arm in plaster.
6th December 2000
DRIVE TO TACKLE LAWLESSNESS UNVEILED
Measures to tackle crime & stem "yob culture" have been unveiled in what could be the last Queen's Speech before a general election. The proposals for England & Wales were designed to "modernise & improve law enforcement" the Queen told MPs. There are plans to extend child curfew schemes to nine to 15-year-olds & to curb alcohol drinking in the street. A Bill limiting the right of defendants to trial by jury is to be reintroduced.
6th December 2000
BILL ON HUNTING OFFERS THREE OPTIONS
The Government is to introduce its long-awaited Bill on hunting with dogs it was confirmed in the Queen's Speech. The Bill will have three choices for MPs to decide in a free vote not on party lines. The first will propose an almost total ban; the second will involve compulsory regulation with licences; the third will be voluntary self-regulation. The law would apply to foxhunting in England & Wales.
5th December 2000
WEDNESDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER
Prime Minister Tony Blar has called for some "common sense" to be injected back into the rail network. After weeks of chaos on the railways Mr Blair admitted at Commons question time that it was a "serious situation". Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy asked whether John Prescott should stay in charge of environment & transport after the next general election. Mr Blair sidestepped the query & highlighted extra spending on transport
6th December 2000
DRIVE TO TACKLE LAWLESSNESS UNVEILED
Measures to tackle crime & stem "yob culture" have been unveiled in what could be the last Queen's Speech before a general election. The proposals for England & Wales were designed to "modernise & improve law enforcement" the Queen told MPs. There are plans to extend child curfew schemes to nine to 15-year-olds & to curb alcohol drinking in the street. A Bill limiting the right of defendants to trial by jury is to be reintroduced.
6th December 2000
CHANCELLOR SIGNALS FAMILIES TAX CUTS
Chancellor Gordon Brown has signalled tax cuts for families in the run-up to the next General Election. Mr Brown said he aimed to raise the new #8.50p children's tax credit to £10 a week equivalent to a 2.5p income tax cut for the average family. He questioned Tory plans to cut tax at a meeting of Labour's National Policy Forum at the party's Millbank base. He said the proposed cuts would put the stability of the economy at risk.
5th December 2000
LOUTISH TEENS FACING ALL-NIGHT CURFEWS
The Government is to introduce new powers to impose all-night curfews on children aged 16 & under. The measures part of the Police & Criminal Justice Bill will keep youths off the streets in a bid to fight loutish behaviour in problem areas. The Police Superintendents' Association welcomed the plans to be announced in the Queen's Speech on Wednesday. Earlier the Government said the Speech would "attack crime at every level".
6th December 2000
DRIVE TO TACKLE LAWLESSNESS UNVEILED
Measures to tackle crime & stem "yob culture" have been unveiled in what could be the last Queen's Speech before a general election. The proposals for England & Wales were designed to "modernise & improve law enforcement" the Queen told MPs. There are plans to extend child curfew schemes to nine to 15-year-olds & to curb alcohol drinking in the street. A Bill limiting the right of defendants to trial by jury is to be reintroduced.
6th December 2000
CRIME-FIGHTERS EMPOWERED SAYS BLAIR
New anti-crime measures will give police the powers they need & people the chance to get back their communities Tony Blair has told MPs. He said the Queen's Speech included proposals which showed the Government was "tough on crime at every level". The changes planned in the legislative programme "required in return individual responsibility" he said. Crime had doubled under the Tories but fallen under Labour he added.
5th December 2000
STRESSED TEACHER GETS £250 000 PAY-OUT
A teacher who suffered two breakdowns and was forced to retire early due to stress has been awarded over £250 000. Jan Howell 51 won £254 362 after Newport County Borough Council in south Wales admitted liability in January. She was forced to retire in 1996 due to the pressure of dealing with 11 pupils with special educational needs & a boy already expelled from two schools. Mrs Howell said she received no support from the school which was not named.
6th December 2000
DRIVE TO TACKLE LAWLESSNESS UNVEILED
Measures to tackle crime & stem "yob culture" have been unveiled in what could be the last Queen's Speech before a general election. The proposals for England & Wales were designed to "modernise & improve law enforcement" the Queen told MPs. There are plans to extend child curfew schemes to nine to 15-year-olds & to curb alcohol drinking in the street. A Bill limiting the right of defendants to trial by jury is to be reintroduced.
6th December 2000
BILL ON HUNTING OFFERS THREE OPTIONS
The Government is to introduce its long-awaited Bill on hunting with dogs it was confirmed in the Queen's Speech. The Bill will have three choices for MPs to decide in a free vote not on party lines. The first will propose an almost total ban; the second will involve compulsory regulation with licences; the third will be voluntary self-regulation. The law would apply to foxhunting in England & Wales.
