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WHAT HAPPENED ON 23th January 2001?
22nd January 2001
ARRESTA 21-year-old man has been
arrested in connection with a break-in at the constituency office of Foreign Secretary Robin Cook in Livingston earlier this month. APPEAL Radio One's DJ Spoony is to appear on BBC1's Crimewatch on Wednesday in an appeal for information on the murder of Damilola Taylor. OCTOPUS Florence the octopus based at Fakenham Garden Centre Norfolk has had eight babies. Staff are expecting another 30 births if all the eggs laid before Christmas hatch.
23th January 2001
MUSEUM AND GALLERY ENTRANCE TO BE FREE
Entrance fees to all national galleries and museums in England are to be scrapped the BBC has learned. The Government is to announce the move after Culture Secretary Chris Smith won a concession from the Treasury. Previously institutions which charged entrance fees would have faced high VAT bills when opening for free. The move safeguards institutions such as the National Gallery which feared it would have to introduce charges.
23th January 2001
ITV BEATS BBC IN NEWS RATINGS BATTLE
ITV's reinstated News At Ten had almost double the viewers of the BBC's Ten O'Clock News in their first head-to- head battle unofficial figures suggest ITV had 8.1m viewers & the BBC 4.3m early figures from Barb show. The BBC claimed its longer bulletin had contained more "quality" than its rival ITV's news began late after following straight on from Who Wants to be a Millionaire? but ITV said the move was "acceptable to the regulator".
22nd January 2001
SEARCH ON FOR BEST TEACHERS IN THE LAND
The search for the best teachers in England Wales & Northern Ireland is under way in the 2001 Teaching Awards. Nominations for the awards can be submitted by children or colleagues but they must be supported by the school. Lord Puttnam chairman of the awards' trustees said: "These awards celebrate the vital role teachers play in every community up & down the country." Nomination forms are available from the web site www.teachingawards.com.
23th January 2001
MUSEUM AND GALLERY ENTRANCE TO BE FREE
Entrance fees to all national galleries and museums in England are to be scrapped the BBC has learned. The Government is to announce the move after Culture Secretary Chris Smith won a concession from the Treasury. Previously institutions which charged entrance fees would have faced high VAT bills when opening for free. The move safeguards institutions such as the National Gallery which feared it would have to introduce charges.
23th January 2001
KEEGAN WINS DAMAGES OVER BETTING CLAIMS
Former England manager Kevin Keegan has accepted "very substantial damages" after bringing a libel action against News Group newspapers. The deal was agreed in an out-of-court settlement after Keegan launched the High Court action. The action centred on News of the World reports concerning allegations of betting on the eve of England matches. "Today has been a great day for us " Keegan said leaving the court.
22nd January 2001
GOVT DENIES MANDELSON PASSPORT CLAIMS
The Government has denied that Peter Mandelson "pulled strings" to help an Indian tycoon gain a UK passport. Tories have demanded an explanation over the Northern Ireland Secretary's involvement in Srichand Hinduja's case. He got a passport soon after loaning #1m to the Millennium Dome which Mr Mandelson was in charge of at the time. The Prime Minister's official spokesman said Mr Mandelson had merely referred Mr Hinduja's claim to the Home Office.
23th January 2001
MUSEUM AND GALLERY ENTRANCE TO BE FREE
Entrance fees to all national galleries and museums in England are to be scrapped the BBC has learned. The Government is to announce the move after Culture Secretary Chris Smith won a concession from the Treasury. Previously institutions which charged entrance fees would have faced high VAT bills when opening for free. The move safeguards institutions such as the National Gallery which feared it would have to introduce charges.
23th January 2001
GALAPAGOS SLICK IS "SLOWLY MOVING AWAY"
The oil slick affecting the Galapagos Islands is slowly moving away to the north Ecuador's government has said. But environment minister Rodolfo Rendon warned the slicks "could change direction" in strong variable currents. Ecuador's president Gustavo Noboa has declared a state of emergency. The fuel tanker Jessica ran aground
22nd January 2001
FRENCHWOMAN HEADS FOR FINAL FRONTIER
A French woman astronaut is in training in Moscow for a mission on a Russian spacecraft which will take her up to the new International Space Station. Claudie Andre-Deshays will join the ten-day flight in October aboard a new module which will serve as an emergency escape craft for the new space station. She has already been up to the Russian Mir space station in August 1996. "I dreamed of becoming an astronaut as a child when I watched the first man landing on the Moon on TV " she said.
23th January 2001
MUSEUM AND GALLERY ENTRANCE TO BE FREE
Entrance fees to all national galleries and museums in England are to be scrapped the BBC has learned. The Government is to announce the move after Culture Secretary Chris Smith won a concession from the Treasury. Previously institutions which charged entrance fees would have faced high VAT bills when opening for free. The move safeguards institutions such as the National Gallery which feared it would have to introduce charges.
23th January 2001
STATION MARKS FIRST RADIO TRANSMISSION
The world's oldest surviving radio station has been reopened to mark the centenary of the first long-distance radio transmission. Inventor Guglielmo Marconi received a Morse signal on The Lizard in Cornwall from the Isle of Wight 100 years ago. The transmission laid the foundations for the development of radio & TV. The National Trust recreated the transmission at the Cornwall station which has been fully restored.
