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WHAT HAPPENED ON 29th December 1996?
28th December 1996
NITROGEN DIOXIDE 1pm Sat 28 Dec
London
| Air | Level | |
| Quality | (ppb) | |
| URBAN sites | ||
| Bexley | Very Good | 21 |
| Bloomsbury | Very Good | 26 |
| Brent | Very Good | 22 |
| Camden Kerbside - - | ||
| Earls Court | Very Good | 32 |
| Eltham | Very Good | 19 |
| Haringey Roadside | Very Good | 15 |
| Hillingdon | Very Good | 18 |
| North Kensington | Very Good | 23 |
| Sutton Roadside | Very Good | 35 |
29th December 1996
EMPLOYEES COULD STILL FACE LONG HOURS
The hopes of private sector employees that they will be protected from having to work more than 48 hours a week have been stalled until after the election. The Department of Trade & Industry says the possibility of legislation before then is possible but "unlikely" The European Court has said the UK must introduce a maximum 48-hour working week & rights to three weeks' holiday The TUC said ministers had breached the spirit of the European ruling.
29th December 1996
SOCIAL WORKERS MAY ACT ON HEART OP BAN
Social workers may intervene to ensure a baby girl receives a heart transplant against her parents' wishes. Birmingham social services said they would be considering whether to seek a High Court treatment order for seven- month-old Nimi Panesar. Nimi's elder sister Nicky had a stroke after undergoing the same operation four years ago. Nimi's parents feel unable to offer the necessary care should her op go wrong.
28th December 1996
THE AITC'S FANTASY DIARY FOR 1997
The Association of Investment Trust Companies has put together an unlikely diary for 1997: *January - Investment trust discounts to narrow to 1% & no-one launches a new trust. *February - Fund managers donate their six figure annual bonuses to Comic Relief. *March - Britain joins the ERM. *April - Conservative landslide win in "Fools Day" election.
29th December 1996
EMPLOYEES COULD STILL FACE LONG HOURS
The hopes of private sector employees that they will be protected from having to work more than 48 hours a week have been stalled until after the election. The Department of Trade & Industry says the possibility of legislation before then is possible but "unlikely" The European Court has said the UK must introduce a maximum 48-hour working week & rights to three weeks' holiday The TUC said ministers had breached the spirit of the European ruling.
29th December 1996
TORIES WILL WIN ELECTION SAYS MAJOR
The Prime Minister has pledged a Conservative victory in the General Election warning Britain's future must not be put at risk under Labour. In his New Year message Mr Major said 1997 would be a "watershed year" in which people would face a choice of two futures at the polls. They could vote for an economically- sound Britain under the Tories he said The alternative was the "untried & unrealistic" alternative of Labour.
28th December 1996
The contention that state dependent
pensioners in Britain live in luxury compared to most of the world is drivel and downright patronising. The state pension in Britain is lower than in most of our European neighbours mainly as a result of not relating pension increases to earnings. As a member of the G7 it is a disgrace that we treat our pensioners so shabbily. Kenneth Armitage Kesgrave Suffolk
29th December 1996
EMPLOYEES COULD STILL FACE LONG HOURS
The hopes of private sector employees that they will be protected from having to work more than 48 hours a week have been stalled until after the election. The Department of Trade & Industry says the possibility of legislation before then is possible but "unlikely" The European Court has said the UK must introduce a maximum 48-hour working week & rights to three weeks' holiday The TUC said ministers had breached the spirit of the European ruling.
29th December 1996
WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY NOT ENDED IN '66
The "White Australia" immigration policy was dropped in name only in 1966 ` documents released by Canberra show. The then Australian government of Prime Minister Harold Holt publicly abolished the White Australia policy. But the cabinet believed its policy should still aim at "homogeneity". The ministers decided that the changes "should not be the means of giving rise to new admissions of non-Europeans in large numbers."
28th December 1996
UK WEATHER FORECAST FROM 28 Dec
| min max(c) | min max(c) |
| London | Newcastle |
| Sat | 2 | 4 | Lt Rain | Sat | 2 | 6 | Rn Shr |
| Sun | -2 | 3 | Sun Int | Sun | 2 | 6 | Lt Rain |
| Mon | 2 | 4 | Rn Shr | Mon | 2 | 4 | Lt Rain |
| Tue | 0 | 3 | Rn Shr | Tue | 0 | 4 | Rn Shr |
| Wed | 0 | 4 | Rn Shr | Wed | 0 | 3 | Rn Shr |
| Manchester | Plymouth |
| Sat | 1 | 5 | Lt Rain | Sat | 0 | 4 | Sun Int |
| Sun | -4 | 4 | Sleet | Sun | -5 | 2 | Sun Int |
| Mon | 1 | 5 | Lt Rain | Mon | -2 | 4 | Lt SnSh |
| Tue | -1 | 4 | Lt SnSh | Tue | -1 | 4 | SleetSh |
| Wed | -1 | 3 | Lt SnSh | Wed | -1 | 5 | Lt SnSh |
| C | = | -4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 |
| F | = | 25 | 32 | 39 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 90 | 97 |
29th December 1996
EMPLOYEES COULD STILL FACE LONG HOURS
The hopes of private sector employees that they will be protected from having to work more than 48 hours a week have been stalled until after the election. The Department of Trade & Industry says the possibility of legislation before then is possible but "unlikely" The European Court has said the UK must introduce a maximum 48-hour working week & rights to three weeks' holiday The TUC said ministers had breached the spirit of the European ruling.
29th December 1996
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SUSPECTS INCREASING
The total of alleged illegal immigrants detected in the UK increased by 40% last year according to the Home Office Illegal entry action was initiated against 10 381 people in 1995 compared with 7 480 the previous year. However only 3 020 of them were removed or voluntarily left Britain ` a 7% decrease on 1994's figure. The largest single category of illegal entrant remained those who gained entry by deceiving an official on arrival.
