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WHAT HAPPENED ON 7th December 2000?
6th December 2000
COHEN SAYS US AND UK AGREE ON EU FORCE
The US & Britain are in "complete agreement" about the dangers posed by an EU rapid reaction force US Defence Secretary William Cohen has said. Speaking to the BBC Mr Cohen repeated earlier comments on the threat to Nato of a "duplicative" planning body. But he said his fears were "entirely consistent with the British position". Earlier British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said Britain would never take part in a force that damaged Nato.
7th December 2000
BLAIR STANDS FIRM ON BRITAIN'S EU VETO
Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted that Britain will not yield to pressure to give up its veto in crucial areas. Arriving at the EU summit in Nice he said the UK had "no go" areas where its veto could not be challenged. He said one of these was tax where the British position was "quite clear". Meanwhile Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has said that the re-weighting of votes among the 15 EU member states was the key issue to be resolved at the summit.
7th December 2000
GREEN FUELS COULD SPELL DEATH FOR BIRDS
The sharp decline in Britain's sparrow and starling populations could be due to unleaded fuels experts have said. According to the British Trust of Ornithology sparrows in London have halved over the last five years while starlings are down by 61% nationwide. It believes two chemical components of unleaded petrol could be responsible. However it is unclear if the chemicals are directly affecting the birds or the invertebrates on which they feed.
6th December 2000
COHEN SAYS US AND UK AGREE ON EU FORCE
The US & Britain are in "complete agreement" about the dangers posed by an EU rapid reaction force US Defence Secretary William Cohen has said. Speaking to the BBC Mr Cohen repeated earlier comments on the threat to Nato of a "duplicative" planning body. But he said his fears were "entirely consistent with the British position". Earlier British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said Britain would never take part in a force that damaged Nato.
7th December 2000
BLAIR STANDS FIRM ON BRITAIN'S EU VETO
Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted that Britain will not yield to pressure to give up its veto in crucial areas. Arriving at the EU summit in Nice he said the UK had "no go" areas where its veto could not be challenged. He said one of these was tax where the British position was "quite clear". Meanwhile Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has said that the re-weighting of votes among the 15 EU member states was the key issue to be resolved at the summit.
7th December 2000
PUBLISH LIMITS TO EU UNITY ` JOHN MAJOR
Ex-Prime Minister John Major has urged the EU Commission to publicise its maximum ambitions on integration to end uncertainty over a Euro-superstate. He spoke as EU states met at the Nice summit to discuss expansion & limits on members' veto powers. Mr Major also advised Tony Blair not to concede too many British veto powers. Nice would not be the last summit & some "negotiating fat" needed to be kept in reserve he told BBC Radio.
6th December 2000
SUMMIT ON FURTHER EU INTEGRATION URGED
Germany & Italy have issued a joint call for an EU summit in 2004 to discuss "the further development of European integration". The call comes in a confidential paper sent to France current holder of the EU presidency and leaked to The Times. Shadow Foreign Secretary Francis Maude called it "a bombshell that shows the true agenda at the heart of Europe". The Foreign Office has insisted that it contains nothing new.
7th December 2000
BLAIR STANDS FIRM ON BRITAIN'S EU VETO
Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted that Britain will not yield to pressure to give up its veto in crucial areas. Arriving at the EU summit in Nice he said the UK had "no go" areas where its veto could not be challenged. He said one of these was tax where the British position was "quite clear". Meanwhile Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has said that the re-weighting of votes among the 15 EU member states was the key issue to be resolved at the summit.
7th December 2000
BURGLARY Police have ruled out any sinister motive behind a theft at the local office of Foreign Secretary Robin Cook in Livingstone West Lothian. A computer & TV-video unit were stolen. COURT Tracey Rochester 31 scarred when her nipple went black & fell off after breast reduction surgery is suing Newcastle-upon-Tyne NHS Trust. BALLOT Workers at the BMW factory in Cowley where the new Mini will be built are to hold a new ballot on a two-year pay deal narrowly rejected last week. The deal offers rises of at least 10%.6th December 2000
ARAB BODY APPEALS OVER BANNED PAPERS
An organisation representing Arab journalists has appealed to Moroccan Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi to lift a ban imposed on three papers. The secretary-general of the Cairo- based Arab Journalists' Union called on Mr Youssoufi to take a stand on behalf of press freedom in his country. The three banned papers are Le Journal Demain & Al-Sahifa al-Jadida. They were shut down after publishing allegations about an attempted coup
7th December 2000
BLAIR STANDS FIRM ON BRITAIN'S EU VETO
Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted that Britain will not yield to pressure to give up its veto in crucial areas. Arriving at the EU summit in Nice he said the UK had "no go" areas where its veto could not be challenged. He said one of these was tax where the British position was "quite clear". Meanwhile Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has said that the re-weighting of votes among the 15 EU member states was the key issue to be resolved at the summit.
7th December 2000
PUBLISH LIMITS TO EU UNITY ` JOHN MAJOR
Ex-Prime Minister John Major has urged the EU Commission to publicise its maximum ambitions on integration to end uncertainty over a Euro-superstate. He spoke as EU states met at the Nice summit to discuss expansion & limits on members' veto powers. Mr Major also advised Tony Blair not to concede too many British veto powers. Nice would not be the last summit & some "negotiating fat" needed to be kept in reserve he told BBC Radio.
6th December 2000
THURSDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER
Britain will support moves to limit the right of EU states to use their policy vetoes at next month's Nice summit Foreign Secretary Robin Cook indicated. In a Commons debate on Europe ahead of the summit he said: "There are some areas where we want to see majority voting because in those areas Britain will do well out of majority voting." But he insisted the Government would not accept majority voting on major domestic issues like taxation policy.
7th December 2000
BLAIR STANDS FIRM ON BRITAIN'S EU VETO
Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted that Britain will not yield to pressure to give up its veto in crucial areas. Arriving at the EU summit in Nice he said the UK had "no go" areas where its veto could not be challenged. He said one of these was tax where the British position was "quite clear". Meanwhile Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has said that the re-weighting of votes among the 15 EU member states was the key issue to be resolved at the summit.
7th December 2000
BRITAIN N KOREA OPEN DIPLOMATIC TIES
Britain has opened diplomatic relations with North Korea for the first time since the hardline Communist state was created more than 50 years ago. "I welcome today's establishment of diplomatic relations " Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has said. The two governments were due to sign a memorandum of understanding at the Foreign Office in London. Pyongyang has established relations with Canada Italy & Australia.
6th December 2000
"After a year of kick-boxing training
I reckon I can take on any chap who contemplates pinning me up against the Aga with his hand on my hold-ups. On the other hand I might not choose to" TV presenter Vanessa Feltz. "At its best his batting was the sunshine in the day. He loved the game and the game loved him"John Major's tribute to the late Lord Cowdrey. "The Government currently spends about #12 000 of taxpayers' money a second" Shadow chancellor Michael Portillo.
7th December 2000
BLAIR STANDS FIRM ON BRITAIN'S EU VETO
Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted that Britain will not yield to pressure to give up its veto in crucial areas. Arriving at the EU summit in Nice he said the UK had "no go" areas where its veto could not be challenged. He said one of these was tax where the British position was "quite clear". Meanwhile Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has said that the re-weighting of votes among the 15 EU member states was the key issue to be resolved at the summit.
7th December 2000
FRANCE
A court has ordered the city of Strasbourg to return a painting by Gustav Klimt to an Austrian Jewish family who sent it to France for safe keeping in 1938. CUBA The island is cutting phone links with the US next week after US firms failed to pay a 10% tax imposed in October on calls between the countries. SWITZERLAND Ministers have said they believe the country should join the United Nations. Voters rejected UN membership in a 1986 referendum but a new vote may now take place in 2003.
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.
7th December 2000
BLAIR STANDS FIRM ON BRITAIN'S EU VETO
Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted that Britain will not yield to pressure to give up its veto in crucial areas. Arriving at the EU summit in Nice he said the UK had "no go" areas where its veto could not be challenged. He said one of these was tax where the British position was "quite clear". Meanwhile Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has said that the re-weighting of votes among the 15 EU member states was the key issue to be resolved at the summit.
7th December 2000
PUBLISH LIMITS TO EU UNITY ` JOHN MAJOR
Ex-Prime Minister John Major has urged the EU Commission to publicise its maximum ambitions on integration to end uncertainty over a Euro-superstate. He spoke as EU states met at the Nice summit to discuss expansion & limits on members' veto powers. Mr Major also advised Tony Blair not to concede too many British veto powers. Nice would not be the last summit & some "negotiating fat" needed to be kept in reserve he told BBC Radio.
6th December 2000
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7th December 2000
BLAIR STANDS FIRM ON BRITAIN'S EU VETO
Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted that Britain will not yield to pressure to give up its veto in crucial areas. Arriving at the EU summit in Nice he said the UK had "no go" areas where its veto could not be challenged. He said one of these was tax where the British position was "quite clear". Meanwhile Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has said that the re-weighting of votes among the 15 EU member states was the key issue to be resolved at the summit.
7th December 2000
FOOD WATCHDOG'S NEW GUIDELINES ON PORK
The Food Standards Agency has published guidelines on cooking & storing pork after it was revealed one in 20 UK pig carcasses is infected with salmonella. All meat should be cooked thoroughly to ensure bacteria are killed off it said This is the first time that rates of salmonella in pigs millions of which are slaughtered each year have been properly quantified. The levels have been found to be higher than in cattle & sheep carcasses.
