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WHAT HAPPENED ON 26th January 2001?
25th January 2001
SARAH TELEVISION PLEA SPARKS 270 CALLS
Detectives investigating the murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne received 270 calls after an appeal on Crimewatch UK. A distinctive clown-patterned curtain found during the investigation featured in an appeal on the BBC show last night West Sussex police said the owners of the curtain had now been traced & had been able to offer further information. Sarah's body was found alongside the A29 near Pulborough West Sussex two weeks after she disappeared on July 1.
26th January 2001
ENGLISH ELDERLY "MAY COLONISE" FOR CARE
A former member of the Sutherland Commission has warned Scotland could be colonised by middle-class English if free care for the elderly is provided. Lord Lipsey who produced a report rejecting the recommendations said Scotland cannot afford free long term care for the elderly. He said "there will be a tremendous problem" with English people realising that they can get free personal care. He claimed they will "be waited on at the expense of the Scottish taxpayer".
26th January 2001
SPANISH SAY BRITAIN SHOULD PAY FOR BSE
A Spanish farmers' union has said that Britain is responsible for cases of mad cow disease in other European countries and should be made to pay compensation. Local media reported that the head of the Asaja union Pedro Barato said the UK had been irresponsible to continue to export feed containing animal meal. Britain banned animal meal from cattle feed in 1988 because of BSE but carried on exporting it to Europe he said. The UK was at fault because it allowed EU farmers to buy the feed he added.
25th January 2001
ONE DEAD AFTER CAR BLAST IN NORTH SPAIN
A navy cook has been killed & two passers-by have been injured in a car bomb blast in northern Spain. No group admitted planting the bomb but reports said it bore the hallmarks of Basque separatist group Eta. The bomb exploded as the man started his car near a military compound in the Basque city of San Sebastian. Eta has admitted being behind the deaths of 23 people since it ended a 14-month truce in December 1999.
26th January 2001
ENGLISH ELDERLY "MAY COLONISE" FOR CARE
A former member of the Sutherland Commission has warned Scotland could be colonised by middle-class English if free care for the elderly is provided. Lord Lipsey who produced a report rejecting the recommendations said Scotland cannot afford free long term care for the elderly. He said "there will be a tremendous problem" with English people realising that they can get free personal care. He claimed they will "be waited on at the expense of the Scottish taxpayer".
26th January 2001
THOUSANDS FLEE GUINEA'S BORDER CONFLICT
Thousands of refugees are fleeing fighting along the borders of the West African state of Guinea. About 250 000 people are trapped between warring factions on the frontiers with Liberia & Sierra Leone The UN Refugee Agency says some people have not received food aid for months. A BBC correspondent says parts of southern Guinea have been turned into a wasteland with burnt-down villages and shell cases littering the ground.
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."
26th January 2001
ENGLISH ELDERLY "MAY COLONISE" FOR CARE
A former member of the Sutherland Commission has warned Scotland could be colonised by middle-class English if free care for the elderly is provided. Lord Lipsey who produced a report rejecting the recommendations said Scotland cannot afford free long term care for the elderly. He said "there will be a tremendous problem" with English people realising that they can get free personal care. He claimed they will "be waited on at the expense of the Scottish taxpayer".
26th 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.
25th January 2001
EMPTY PROMISES JIBE AFTER OAP CLIMBDOWN
Opposition parties insist pensioners have been offered empty promises by the Scottish Executive over long-term care. The Scottish National Party & the Conservatives are keeping up pressure after a climdown by minsiters. Labour's Tom McCabe outlined plans for free personal care ` just minutes ahead of an expected Holyrood defeat. Meanwhile Lib Dem Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace urged all MSPs to stick to their principles and stressed free care will be provided.
26th January 2001
ENGLISH ELDERLY "MAY COLONISE" FOR CARE
A former member of the Sutherland Commission has warned Scotland could be colonised by middle-class English if free care for the elderly is provided. Lord Lipsey who produced a report rejecting the recommendations said Scotland cannot afford free long term care for the elderly. He said "there will be a tremendous problem" with English people realising that they can get free personal care. He claimed they will "be waited on at the expense of the Scottish taxpayer".
26th January 2001
WOULD-BE STUDENTS FLOCK TO JOIN PRINCE
A record number of would-be students eager to share their college days with Prince William have been flooding St Andrews University with applications. The 18-year-old prince starts a History of Art degree course at the Scottish university in September. Its admissions service has received 9 212 applications for just 1 250 places ` up 44.4% on last year's 6 379. It is understood they are from an equal number of men & women.
25th January 2001
ERICSSON TO STOP MAKING MOBILE PHONES
Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson is to cease manufacturing mobile phones it has been announced. The world's third-largest mobile phone producer has reported a 75% rise in pre-tax profits but says the division making phones is making heavy losses. It has completed a deal which will see US firm Flexitronics handle supply & production of its mobile phones. Ericsson is to focus on technology & other parts of the business.
26th January 2001
ENGLISH ELDERLY "MAY COLONISE" FOR CARE
A former member of the Sutherland Commission has warned Scotland could be colonised by middle-class English if free care for the elderly is provided. Lord Lipsey who produced a report rejecting the recommendations said Scotland cannot afford free long term care for the elderly. He said "there will be a tremendous problem" with English people realising that they can get free personal care. He claimed they will "be waited on at the expense of the Scottish taxpayer".
26th January 2001
LET'S HELP ABOLISH POVERTY ` CHANCELLOR
Chancellor Gordon Brown has pledged Labour will target priority groups with a series of tax credits aimed at raising their incomes. Poorer pensioners & families with young children would be key targets he told a Fabian Society conference. Labour's vision was one of opportunity for all he said. "Let us become the generation that abolishes child & pensioner poverty " said Mr Brown.
