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WHAT HAPPENED ON 24th February 2001?
23th February 2001
BRITISH TRADE GAP REACHES RECORD HIGH
Britain's trade gap with the rest of the world hit a record high of £28.7bn last year official estimates reveal. The Office for National Statistics says the gap with non-EU countries widened to £2.8bn in December from £2.3bn. The monthly trade gap with EU states was little changed at £100m. Some analysts suggest the widening trade gap which occurs when payments for imports exceed exports income may have been caused by a US slowdown.
24th February 2001
HAULIERS COUNTING COST OF LIVESTOCK BAN
Livestock hauliers across Scotland are facing massive financial losses as their lorries are brought to a standstill amid foot-and-mouth fears. Yesterday the ministry of agriculture announced a total ban on the movement of all livestock throughout Britain. Phil Flanders of the Road Haulage Association says the ban could put some hauliers out of business. The chief executive of livestock auction AMN Brian Pack has called on the ban to be lifted on abattoirs.
24th February 2001
SEVEN-DAY BAN ON BRITAIN'S LIVESTOCK
UK livestock is at a virtual standstill after the Government imposed a seven- day ban on the transport of animals that could carry foot-and-mouth disease All abattoirs & livestock markets in England & Wales will also be shut. The disease has been found at six farms in Essex & Northumberland. Exclusion zones have been imposed on farms in the Isle of Wight Bucks & Gloucs. About 600 farms from Aberdeenshire to the Isle of Wight are being probed.
23th February 2001
SOCCER CLUB TO FACE FINANCIAL CHARGES
The Football Association is set to announce charges against Chesterfield FC for alleged financial mismanagement. If found guilty the club could be fined have points deducted or even be relegated to a non-league division. Chairman Darren Brown says the club has done nothing wrong. He will have 14 days to appeal against any charges. The allegations include the payment of non-contract bonuses to players & falsifying gate receipts.
24th February 2001
HAULIERS COUNTING COST OF LIVESTOCK BAN
Livestock hauliers across Scotland are facing massive financial losses as their lorries are brought to a standstill amid foot-and-mouth fears. Yesterday the ministry of agriculture announced a total ban on the movement of all livestock throughout Britain. Phil Flanders of the Road Haulage Association says the ban could put some hauliers out of business. The chief executive of livestock auction AMN Brian Pack has called on the ban to be lifted on abattoirs.
24th February 2001
VETERANS MARK ANNIVERSARY OF GULF WAR
Two children carried laurel branches as a sign of peace as they led a march in London to mark the 10th anniversary of the Gulf War. About 80 Gulf War veterans & victims' relatives walked from Westminster Abbey to the Cenotaph to lay wreaths. The National Gulf War Veteran & Families Association called for more financial & medical help for members. It said the Government had refused to recognise illnesses linked to the war.
23th February 2001
HUGE POST-HATFIELD RAIL DELAYS REPORTED
New figures show that only 20% of trains on the two main London-Scotland lines arrived on time in the four weeks after the Hatfield crash last October. For the three months until January GNER managed to run 47.3% of trains on time & Virgin West Coast just 24.9%. Speed restrictions maintenance work and flooding caused major disruption. But 80% of trains are now running to normal timetables the Strategic Rail Authority said.
24th February 2001
HAULIERS COUNTING COST OF LIVESTOCK BAN
Livestock hauliers across Scotland are facing massive financial losses as their lorries are brought to a standstill amid foot-and-mouth fears. Yesterday the ministry of agriculture announced a total ban on the movement of all livestock throughout Britain. Phil Flanders of the Road Haulage Association says the ban could put some hauliers out of business. The chief executive of livestock auction AMN Brian Pack has called on the ban to be lifted on abattoirs.
24th February 2001
CULLODEN BATTLE LETTERS FETCH £6 000
Two rare letters containing eye-witness accounts of the Battle of Culloden are to remain in Scotland after an anonymous buyer paid £6 000 at auction. The letters chronicle the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite rebels by the English-led Hanoverian Army in April 1746. The letters discovered in the back of a cupboard in a house in Ayr were sold at Shapes Auctioneers in Edinburgh. They were addressed to Rev John Warden a minister from Campsie Stirlingshire.
