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WHAT HAPPENED ON 16th February 2001?
15th February 2001
WOMAN BREAKS DOWN IN HIV COURT CASE
A woman broke down in court as she told of how her boyfriend accused of knowingly infecting her with HIV admitted to her he had the virus. Anne Craig 34 wept as she explained how Stephen Kelly 33 had broken the news while they were living together in a flat in Ravenspark Street Glasgow. The mum-of-three said the relationship had continued since that time. The witness told the jury she carried on seeing the man because she did not want to die alone.
16th February 2001
24-HOUR COURT PLAN GETS GUARDED WELCOME
Civil rights campaigners & magistrates have given a guarded welcome to a proposal to introduce 24- hour courts in England ajd Wales. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens has backed the idea saying it would reduce delays. Civil rights group Liberty said speeding up the process would be useful ` but"not(at the expense of justice. The Magistrates' Association says non- standard hours may help recruitment.
16th February 2001
BULGER FATHER FEILS TO"BLOCK RELEASE
The father of murdered toddler James Bulger has failed in a High Court bid to block the killers' early release. Ralph Bulger sought to overturn Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf's ruling that Robert Thompson & John Venables be considered for parole soon. Lord Woolf ruled the 15-year minimum Tory Home Secretary Michael Howard set be cut to the eight years set at trial. Mr Bulger may now take the case to the European Court of Human Rights.
15th February 2001
ENGLISH OBESITY HAS TRIPLED SAYS REPORT
Levels of obesity in England have tripled in the last 20 years with one in five adults dangerously overweight according to the National Audit Office. The report said that in 1998 obesity caused more than 30 000 premature deaths costing the country £2.6bn. It warned England could reach similar levels to the US where a quarter of the population is obese. Almost two-thirds of people in England are clinically overweight or obese.
16th February 2001
24-HOUR COURT PLAN GETS GUARDED WELCOME
Civil rights campaigners & magistrates have given a guarded welcome to a proposal to introduce 24- hour courts in England ajd Wales. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens has backed the idea saying it would reduce delays. Civil rights group Liberty said speeding up the process would be useful ` but"not(at the expense of justice. The Magistrates' Association says non- standard hours may help recruitment.
16th February 2001
BETTER TOYS BOOST LEARNING SAYS STUDY
Children with the best educational toys and books prove the most successful _&jH466-F9PJ3vL116dajZ8 Now the Department of Education is to spend £6m setting up 150 toy libraries in the most deprived areas. Experts at the Institute of Education tracked the progress of 3 000 children from across England over five years. Those with good toys who went to the library regularly & whose carers read to them did better later at school.
15th February 2001
PHILIPPINES
Police at Manila airport have detained a Filipino woman who tried to board a Tokyo-bound flight carrying almost £22 000 worth of drugs. The 42-year-old had three packets of metamphetamine hydrochloride hidden in the heels of her black platform shoes. INDIA Investigators have arrived in the northern state of Uttaranchal to probe the killing of at least five elephants in the Jim Corbett National park. But officials say the mountainous & dense terrain in the almost 1 500 square km park is hampering their work.
16th February 2001
24-HOUR COURT PLAN GETS GUARDED WELCOME
Civil rights campaigners & magistrates have given a guarded welcome to a proposal to introduce 24- hour courts in England ajd Wales. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens has backed the idea saying it would reduce delays. Civil rights group Liberty said speeding up the process would be useful ` but"not(at the expense of justice. The Magistrates' Association says non- standard hours may help recruitment.
16th February 2001
£14m OF DRUGS SEIZED IN RAID ON HOUSE
Drugs with a street value of more than! #14m have been seized during a raid on a house in Cheshire. Police & forensic scientists found huge quantities of amphetamine sulphate at the property in Alderley Edge. A 49-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the raid. Greater Manchester Police said the arrest followed "a protracted inv%stigation" in tandem with the Cheshire police force.
15th February 2001
FOUR PEOPLE GUILTY OF RACIST MURDER
Four people including a 16-year-old boy have been found guilty of the racist murder of an Indonesian-born man Ex-merchant seaman Jan Passalbessi 48 was attacked by the gang at the Royal Gwent Hospital Newport south Wales. He had been taking his daughter for treatment Newport Crown Court heard. Emma Oates 19 of Newport Ashley Haynes 18 of no fixed abode Roger Talbot 21 of Cwmbran and 16-year-old Carl Rosser were all convicted.
16th February 2001
24-HOUR COURT PLAN GETS GUARDED WELCOME
Civil rights campaigners & magistrates have given a guarded welcome to a proposal to introduce 24- hour courts in England ajd Wales. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens has backed the idea saying it would reduce delays. Civil rights group Liberty said speeding up the process would be useful ` but"not(at the expense of justice. The Magistrates' Association says non- standard hours may help recruitment.
16th February 2001
MAKE OR BREAK ENCOUNTER AT MURRAYFIELD
Duncan Hodge kept his nerve to give Scotland a memorable draw against Wales in the Six Nations at Murrayfield. It came after the home side had trailed by 12 points with just five minutes of the match remaining. Late tries from James McLaren & Tom Smith completed a great escape for the Scots who were never in front & who missed four kicks at goal. The game was being seen as crucial to the two nations' hopes of salvaging anything from this year's tournament.
