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WHAT HAPPENED ON 26th January 2001?
25th January 2001
HOSPITALS ADMIT TO GIVING AWAY ORGANS
Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool has admitted giving organs from living children to a drugs company which donated cash to its cardiac department. Thymus glands taken in heart operations were given to drugs company Aventis Pasteur for research from 1991 to 1993. Birmingham Children's Hospital says it also gave them to an unnamed firm in the early 1990s & received a cash sum A probe is under way at both hospitals into removal of dead babies' organs.
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.
26th January 2001
SHIPYARD BOSS QUITS AFTER CONTRACT LOST
The chief executive of Merseyside shipyard Cammell Laird has resigned after it lost a contract to re-build the Costa Classica Italian cruise liner The news that John Stafford had stepped down came as the firm said it had fallen into the red losing £3.5m for the six months to the end of October. In addition the aborted contract could cost the shipyard another £34m. The GMB union said it clearly showed the seriousness of the company's plight
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.
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.
26th January 2001
NEW CHILDCARE PROPOSALS TO HELP PARENTS
An independent commission on childcare has called for parents to be offered "generous financial support" in the first three years of their child's life The Childcare Commission also proposes 10 000 new childcare centres across the whole of the UK. It suggests a tax credit of £150 a tax allowance & higher child benefit to finance personal or paid childcare. The commission under former minister Harriet Harman made a year-long study.
25th 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.
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.
26th January 2001
NEW CANCER FIGURES ISSUED BY OFFICIALS
Health officials who have been studying cancer & leukaemia levels in south west Scotland say the area has slightly lower rates than elsewhere. The survey included the Dundrennan area near the Army firing range where depleted uranium shells are tested. Figures suggest cancer cases among the villgers there are similar to other parts of Dumfries & Galloway. The report by the Department of Public Health was called for by members of the regional council.
25th January 2001
ECUADOR TO REVIEW GALAPAGOS SHIP RULES
Ecuador is to review rules on shipping around the Galapagos Islands to prevent a repeat of the oil spill which nearly caused an environmental disaster. The government said tankers should be required to have double hulls to reduce the chance of leaks if they run aground The US coastguard said the 30-year-old tanker behind the spill would have been banned in international waters. It spilled at least 185 000 gallons of oil after running aground on January 16
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.
26th January 2001
TOWN COMES CLEAN ON LOVE-LETTERS SWIZZ
The Japanese organisers of an internationally recognised annual love- letter writing contest have admitted making up thousands of entrants. Officials in Futatsui Akita state have made up the number of entrants since the event began in 1994. This year the town said there were 5 000 entrants ` double the true figure Winning entries in previous years have been translated into Chinese & German and have been made into a TV drama.
25th 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.
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.
26th January 2001
FROGS' EGGS GIVE CLUE TO CANCER CAUSE
Frogs' eggs have given scientists a vital clue to what happens when cells turn cancerous it has been revealed. Researchers at the University of Dundee used the giant eggs of the African pipid frog in experiments to study genetic cancer triggers. They believe a molecule inside cells called geminin controls the important process of copying genes. Losing geminin altogether could be a crucial stage in the development of cancer the scientists believe.
