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WHAT HAPPENED ON 23th January 2001?
22nd January 2001
TORIES CALL FOR MANDELSON EXPLANATION
The Conservative Party has called for a full explanation of the Hinduja brothers' bid for a British passport. Downing Street has admitted that Peter Mandelson spoke briefly to the Home Office about the application. Shadow cabinet office minister Andrew Lansley said: "Jack Straw must provide a full account of who made the decision about the Hinduja brothers. "Peter Mandelson must also provide a full account of his involvement."
23th January 2001
MUSEUM SET FOR MARATHON STAR WARS EVENT
British cinema-goers are to be given the chance to see all four Star Wars films in sequence for the first time. The National Museum of Photography Film & Television in Bradford West Yorkshire is expecting a sell-out for the nine-hour movie marathon. Bill Lawrence the museum's head of film said the Festival of the Force would be a "major film event". The screenings will take place at the museum on February 24 & 25.
23th January 2001
What People were saying on
"I've only been invited to dinner but I am going to get there early & hang around the gates so that they let me in for tea as well."
"If hunting with dogs is to be made illegal how about hunting with cats?"
"William Hague leads the most incompetent opposition in modern British history."
22nd January 2001
AIR CONTROLLER NUMBERS TO RISE BY 50%
The number of air traffic controllers being recruited each year is to rise by 50% from June it has been announced. National Air Traffic Services will raise its intake of trainee controllers from 120 to 180 a year. The service which is shortly to be part-privatised said the rise was to meet the continued growth in air travel The move follows concerns from MPs & controllers that workloads were becoming dangerously heavy.
23th January 2001
MUSEUM SET FOR MARATHON STAR WARS EVENT
British cinema-goers are to be given the chance to see all four Star Wars films in sequence for the first time. The National Museum of Photography Film & Television in Bradford West Yorkshire is expecting a sell-out for the nine-hour movie marathon. Bill Lawrence the museum's head of film said the Festival of the Force would be a "major film event". The screenings will take place at the museum on February 24 & 25.
23th January 2001
FRENCH NO LONGER IMPORTANT IN TURKEY
Officials at Istanbul international airport say French businessmen can no longer use the fast-track VIP hall. The airport administration chief said only official guests of the Turkish government could now enjoy that perk. The move is a sign of Turkey's outrage over the French parliament vote to recognise as genocide the 1915 deaths of Armenians under the Ottoman empire. Turkey disputes the number of deaths and denies that the killings were part of a deliberate policy of genocide.
22nd January 2001
BRIGADE CALLS FOR HELP IN STATION FIRE
Helpless firefighters have been forced to summon outside help after a storeroom blaze at their own station. Flames were spotted shortly before 8am at Boroughbridge fire station North Yorkshire but the crew could not reach the engines because of thick smoke. So colleagues at Ripon six miles away were called in to help. "Even with experts in fire safety & prevention things can still go wrong " said a brigade spokesman.
23th January 2001
MUSEUM SET FOR MARATHON STAR WARS EVENT
British cinema-goers are to be given the chance to see all four Star Wars films in sequence for the first time. The National Museum of Photography Film & Television in Bradford West Yorkshire is expecting a sell-out for the nine-hour movie marathon. Bill Lawrence the museum's head of film said the Festival of the Force would be a "major film event". The screenings will take place at the museum on February 24 & 25.
23th January 2001
TEACHER'S SON BEHIND SCHOOL LAPTOP PORN
A teacher's son downloaded hardcore porn onto a laptop computer his mother borrowed from her school for IT lessons Police were called in after the parents of Roberta Bridges 15 a pupil at Boston Spa Comprehensive School in West Yorkshire discovered the images. She had been using the school laptop to help cope with a medical condition. Headteacher Peter Sutton said the son had been using the laptop without his mother's knowledge over Christmas.
