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WHAT HAPPENED ON 25th January 2001?
24th January 2001
TORIES WANT ENERGY MINISTER TO QUIT CND
Energy minister Peter Hain has refused to quit anti-nuclear group CND after Tories accused him of double standards. Shadow trade & industry secretary David Heathcoat-Amory demanded the new minister quit CND or give up anything to do with the nuclear industry. But Mr Hain said he had no intention of quitting the pressure group. He said he was "100% behind" Labour's energy policy but admitted Government policy was at odds with that of CND.
25th January 2001
MINERS The first advertising campaign to recruit miners in Scotland in 20 years has been unveiled. Longannet Mine in Fife is looking for 130 staff after a Government cash injection of £17.7m. MUSIC Spice Girl Mel C has been forced to cancel her UK & Ireland solo tour due to start on Sunday because of a throat infection. She hopes to reschedule the dates in May.25th January 2001
HEAVY SWELL DELAYS BID TO FLOAT TANKER
Heavy seas are delaying attempts to refloat the stricken oil tanker off the Galapagos islands. Ecuadorean navy divers working to attach cables to the tanker to refloat it will not now try to tow it away until Friday. About 1m litres of oil & diesel fuel have spilled into the sea. The Ecuadorean government has begun legal proceedings against the captain crew & owners of the tanker.
24th January 2001
HINDUJA DENIES DOME GIFT BOUGHT FAVOURS
Indian tycoon Srichand Hinduja has denied asking for political favours in return for British citizenship. "I have not asked anybody to give any favour to me whether it is Peter Mandelson or anybody else " he said. Mr Mandelson resigned as N Ireland Secretary over claims he intervened to help Mr Hinduja who donated £1m to the Dome to secure a UK passport. Speaking in India Mr Hinduja denied any link between the gift & passport.
25th January 2001
MINERS The first advertising campaign to recruit miners in Scotland in 20 years has been unveiled. Longannet Mine in Fife is looking for 130 staff after a Government cash injection of £17.7m. MUSIC Spice Girl Mel C has been forced to cancel her UK & Ireland solo tour due to start on Sunday because of a throat infection. She hopes to reschedule the dates in May.25th January 2001
MEN SHOT IN LEGS IN N IRELAND ATTACKS
Three men are being treated in hospital for gunshot wounds after paramilitary- style shootings in Northern Ireland. A 28-year-old man was bundled into a car in Rathcoole Belfast and driven to New Mossley where he was shot in both legs. A second man was abducted by two men in a car in Carrickfergus & shot in the lower leg. And a 19-year-old youth was shot in both legs in north Belfast.
24th January 2001
ROCK GUITARIST IS PRESERVED AS DINOSAUR
US scientists have discovered a new dinosaur in Madagascar ` with a little help from Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler. The Utah University team named the 70m- year-old two-metre-long bucked-teeth dinosaur Masiakasaurus Knopfleri. Researchers said they were inspired by Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler. "Whenever we played Knopfler's music we tended to find more fossils of this creature & it became a running joke " said team member Scott Sampson.
25th January 2001
MINERS The first advertising campaign to recruit miners in Scotland in 20 years has been unveiled. Longannet Mine in Fife is looking for 130 staff after a Government cash injection of £17.7m. MUSIC Spice Girl Mel C has been forced to cancel her UK & Ireland solo tour due to start on Sunday because of a throat infection. She hopes to reschedule the dates in May.25th January 2001
EVENTS MARK 100 YEARS SINCE VERDI DEATH
Italy is starting a year of events to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. As well as celebrating his music Italy will remember the central role Verdi played in uniting the country. His music will be performed in other countries throughout the weekend. The Pope has paid tribute to the composer describing his works as "expressing great values linked to the Christian liturgy".
24th January 2001
MIRACLE ESCAPE CESSNA HIT MOUNTAIN PEAK
Four people had a miracle escape from a crash ` even though their light plane smashed into a mountain top. The aircraft disappeared from the radar screen in bad weather at about 1.30pm. The crash is the second in Scotland involving a Cessna in recent weeks. A plane with two people on board went missing in the Highlands en route to the Western Isles last month. The latest alert ` at 3 000 feet ` involved helicopters from RAF Lossiemouth RAF Boulmer & HMS Gannet
25th January 2001
MINERS The first advertising campaign to recruit miners in Scotland in 20 years has been unveiled. Longannet Mine in Fife is looking for 130 staff after a Government cash injection of £17.7m. MUSIC Spice Girl Mel C has been forced to cancel her UK & Ireland solo tour due to start on Sunday because of a throat infection. She hopes to reschedule the dates in May.25th January 2001
ELDERLY CARE PLANS IN "TOTAL CONFUSION"
The Scottish Executive has been accused of leaving its intentions for care for the elderly in complete confusion. Yesterday the Executive appeared to make a U-turn promising to bring in free personal care for all. The SNP called the statement a con trick and Tory health spokeswoman Mary Scanlon also criticised the move. She said: "This is a delaying tactic which has been acknowledged by Alzheimer's Scotland and care of the elderly is in total confusion."
24th January 2001
SICK PUPPY SAVED AFTER KNIFE SWALLOWING
A puppy has had surgery to remove a 15- inch bread knife he swallowed as his family prepared Christmas dinner. An X-ray showed the knife was almost as long as Kyle an 18-inch six-month-old collie-Staffordshire Bull Terrier Cross owned by Eva Oliver of Leeds. The operation took an hour & Kyle is recovering at an animal hospital. "Dogs eat things all the time but I have never seen anything like this in a dog " said vet Dr Ann Draper.
25th January 2001
MINERS The first advertising campaign to recruit miners in Scotland in 20 years has been unveiled. Longannet Mine in Fife is looking for 130 staff after a Government cash injection of £17.7m. MUSIC Spice Girl Mel C has been forced to cancel her UK & Ireland solo tour due to start on Sunday because of a throat infection. She hopes to reschedule the dates in May.25th January 2001
BISTRO CHAIN WITH RECEIVERS AFTER CRASH
The Pierre Victoire restaurant chain has gone into receivership ` for the second time. The current owners Edinburgh based firm Voila bought the restaurant chain from its founder Pierre Levicky when it went bust two year ago. The new owners today blamed their financial troubles on dramatic changes in the marketplace. The restaurants employ more than 150 staff across the UK ` with around 50 of them in Scotland.
24th January 2001
FINGER TECHNIQUE POINTS THE WAY AHEAD
Surgeons in Aberdeen are studying a technique to "regrow" amputated fingers by stretching the bone. The Ilizarov method was first developed 50 years ago in Siberia & surgeons in the west began using it in the mid 1980s in leg lengthening procedures. Aberdeen Royal Infirmary's plastic surgery & orthopaedics departments will become the first in the UK to use the technique for hand surgery. A team of Russian specialists are to train the ARI surgeons.
25th January 2001
MINERS The first advertising campaign to recruit miners in Scotland in 20 years has been unveiled. Longannet Mine in Fife is looking for 130 staff after a Government cash injection of £17.7m. MUSIC Spice Girl Mel C has been forced to cancel her UK & Ireland solo tour due to start on Sunday because of a throat infection. She hopes to reschedule the dates in May.25th January 2001
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