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WHAT HAPPENED ON 23th January 2001?
22nd January 2001
CONSORTIUM HAS EYE ON ITV NEWS CONTRACT
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB is to form part of a consortium which will bid to challenge ITN for the contract to supply news to ITV. It is joining forces with N Ireland independent TV contractor UTV US broadcaster CBS & Bloomberg & the Chrysalis group it has been announced. Each partner will take a 20% stake in the company bidding for the contract. They intend to approach the ITC & have asked ITV for an early meeting.
23th January 2001
USA Miami couple who disciplined their
11-year-old son by ripping off his toenails dropping a sledgehammer on his feet & making him eat his own vomit have been imprisoned for life. SPAINA law has come into force which may lead to the expulsion of around 30 000 illegal residents in a bid to stem the tide of illegal immigration. JAPAN Economics Minister Fukushiro Nukaga has become the latest cabinet member to resign after admitting taking around £70 000 from an insurance company involved in a scandal.
23th January 2001
SEGA MAY GIVE IN TO SONY'S DOMINATION
Japanese electronics company Sega says it may stop producing its Dreamcast console because of overwhelming competition from the Sony Playstation. It is making heavy losses after sinking hundreds of millions of pounds into the machines which went on sale in 1999. Sony has about 65% of the global games market while Sega has less than 10%. A spokesman said Sega could concentrate on developing games for other companies' machines in future.
22nd January 2001
DEPORTATION THREAT TO CRIMES SUSPECTS
War crimes suspects living in the UK could be stripped of their nationality before being deported it has emerged. Home Secretary Jack Straw is examining the scope of his powers under UK immigration & nationality legislation He is said to have been influenced by the example of the US which has taken action against Nazi crimes suspects. The move comes amid claims that 1 500 members of a notorious Ukrainian pro- Nazi military unit are living in the UK
23th January 2001
USA Miami couple who disciplined their
11-year-old son by ripping off his toenails dropping a sledgehammer on his feet & making him eat his own vomit have been imprisoned for life. SPAINA law has come into force which may lead to the expulsion of around 30 000 illegal residents in a bid to stem the tide of illegal immigration. JAPAN Economics Minister Fukushiro Nukaga has become the latest cabinet member to resign after admitting taking around £70 000 from an insurance company involved in a scandal.
23th January 2001
GAY COUPLE LOSE "EU RIGHT" TO BE FAMILY
A gay couple have lost a High Court battle to live in Britain as "a family" under European law. Belfast-born Nigel McCollum challenged the Immigration Service's refusal to let his Brazilian partner Renato Lozano into the UK as his same-sex spouse. His lawyer said this impeded Mr McCollum's right of free movement. Mr Justice Turner refused a judicial review. He said neither UK nor EU law made the couple a family.
22nd January 2001
TOURISTS "PAY TOO MUCH FOR INSURANCE"
Holidaymakers are paying up to four times the necessary amount for travel insurance according to a study. Up to 60% of the money paid in travel insurance premiums goes to travel agents as commission financial information firm Misys found. A family of four going to the US for two weeks were quoted £256 if they bought cover at one big UK operator. But a firm which paid less commission charged £61 & offered better cover.
23th January 2001
USA Miami couple who disciplined their
11-year-old son by ripping off his toenails dropping a sledgehammer on his feet & making him eat his own vomit have been imprisoned for life. SPAINA law has come into force which may lead to the expulsion of around 30 000 illegal residents in a bid to stem the tide of illegal immigration. JAPAN Economics Minister Fukushiro Nukaga has become the latest cabinet member to resign after admitting taking around £70 000 from an insurance company involved in a scandal.
23th January 2001
HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER SPARED JAIL SENTENCE
A hit-and-run driver who drove for over two miles with his victim's body caught in the sunroof has been sentenced to 160 hours' community service. Tadeusz Rogala 74 was hit by Craig Gant's car in Wakefield in 1999. Gant admitted careless driving failing to stop & driving without insurance. Magistrates in Wakefield also banned Gant 29 from driving for four years. They said they accepted he had been "traumatised" by the crash.
22nd January 2001
MINISTERS TO LOSE SCOTS SENTENCING ROLE
Laws are being drawn up in Scotland to end politicians' right to decide if prisoners serving life should be freed. The Executive says it is meeting the needs of European human rights law. Under current procedures the final decision on whether to free inmates in Scotland is made by justice ministers. In future a judge will set a "punishment period" on sentencing after which time the parole board will decide on suitability for release.
23th January 2001
USA Miami couple who disciplined their
11-year-old son by ripping off his toenails dropping a sledgehammer on his feet & making him eat his own vomit have been imprisoned for life. SPAINA law has come into force which may lead to the expulsion of around 30 000 illegal residents in a bid to stem the tide of illegal immigration. JAPAN Economics Minister Fukushiro Nukaga has become the latest cabinet member to resign after admitting taking around £70 000 from an insurance company involved in a scandal.
23th January 2001
PINOCHET FACING CHILEAN INTERROGATION
Ex-Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is to be interrogated over alleged crimes committed during his years in power. Questioning by Judge Juan Guzman comes just over a week after medical tests aimed at assessing whether Pinochet is fit to stand trial. He is to be questioned on what he knew about a military squad which killed more than 70 political prisoners. The squad has become known in Chile as the caravan of death.
