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WHAT HAPPENED ON 26th January 2001?
25th January 2001
DOCTORS TO BE OFFERED NHS SALARY OPTION
A scheme aimed at attracting more GPs into deprived areas has been announced by Health Minister Susan Deacon. From April some family doctors will have the option of being salaried employees of the NHS instead of running their own surgeries. The changes are to help recruit & retain doctors in areas where GPs might not choose to set up practices. Five trials which have been running in Edinburgh Glasgow Aberdeen & Ayrshire are to be made permanent.
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.
26th January 2001
RAPIST JAILED FOR 10 YEARS FOR ATTACK
A West Lothian man who repeatedly raped a young mother in her home then attempted to murder her has been jailed for 10 years. The High Court in Edinburgh heard how Douglas Connell 21 watched his 19- year-old victim crawl to a neighbour's home for help after the attack. Lord Penrose described the attack as horrendous & of the "utmost gravity". Connell admitted repeatedly raping & attempting to murder the woman at her home last September.
25th January 2001
UK JOBS AT RISK AS LUCENT SHEDS 10 000
UK-based jobs with Lucent the world's biggest maker of telecommunications equipment are under threat after it announced it is shedding 10 000 posts. The company which has 107 000 staff worldwide lost £696m in the first three months of its financial year. A spokeswoman said about 1 000 jobs were expected to go in Europe. But it is not yet known how that will affect Lucent's staff at Malmesbury & Swindon in Wilts and Ascot in Berks.
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.
26th January 2001
WEBSITES DO NOT PROTECT PRIVACY ` STUDY
Many websites fail to protect users' privacy according to researchers. A survey of 750 websites by pressure group Consumers International found that many fell short of international standards on data protection. Researchers looked at retail financial and health sites. They found that two-thirds attempted to collect personal details & most did not give customers a choice about being added to company mailing lists.
25th 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.
26th January 2001
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR MAKES PLEA TO YOUNG
A survivor of the Holocaust has urged young Scots to remember the magnitude of the Nazi atrocity & ensure it never happens again. Rabbi Ernest Levy was transported from his Budapest home at the age of 19 to the Auschwitz concentration camp. He will give personal testimony at a Holocaust Memorial Day service at Edinburgh's Usher Hall on Saturday ` the first of its kind in Scotland. Rev Levy is cantor of the Giffnock & Newlands synagogue.
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.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.
26th January 2001
NEW WORKPLACE GUIDELINES FOR NHS STAFF
Health minister Susan Deacon has announced plans to make NHS managers deliver family-friendly policies & crack down on workplace bullying. The minister explained six new guidelines to improve working conditions for NHS employees during a conference in Edinburgh. The guidelines included proposals to improve training & strengthen equal opportunities policies. They seek to develop facilities for unions & monitor staff performance.
25th January 2001
UK TROOPS EXTEND SIERRA LEONE TRAINING
The Government has announced plans to extend British troops' training of the Sierra Leonean army by eight months until the end of September. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said the move would help make the West African state's army "self-sufficient". The British military presence will remain at around 600 at any time. British troops have made an "important contribution to stability in Sierra Leone" Mr Hoon added.
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.
26th January 2001
NUMBER OF CASES OF TB ON THE INCREASE
Cases of tuberculosis rose by more than 10% last year to the highest rate since 1983 according to official figures. Data from the Public Health Laboratory Service showed there were 6 797 cases of TB in England & Wales in 2000 compared to 6 144 in 1999. There has been a 34% rise in the lung disease since 1987. Experts said many victims had recently moved to the UK from places with high rates of the disease.
