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WHAT HAPPENED ON 27th January 2001?
26th January 2001
BRITISH TEAM TO HELP IN QUAKE AFTERMATH
A 69-strong British rescue team has taken off for India to help in the aftermath of the earthquake. The team had been on standby at Brize Norton RAF base in Oxfordshire. It is due to land in Ahmedabad in the worst-hit region of Gujarat after an 11-hour flight. The rescuers include fire service and civil defence personnel & are taking heat-seeking equipment to detect people trapped in rubble.
27th January 2001
AVOID TRAVEL TO ZANZIBAR ` BRITISH GOVT
The Foreign Office is advising Britons to avoid non-essential travel to Zanzibar after violent clashes between police & protesters on the islands. Britons already visiting the popular tourist destination should stay indoors as the situation is "unstable & unpredictable" the Foreign Office said Up to 15 people are reported to have died in clashes over disputed elections Violence has been worst on Pemba the smaller of Zanzibar's two main islands.
27th January 2001
CELEBRITY DIETS "LACKING IN SUBSTANCE"
Medical experts say the food industry must halt a "never-ending stream of wild & conflicting health claims". The British Dietetic Association says the first few weeks of the year have produced an unprecedented number of celebrity-endorsed diets & foods. The association says their promises of weight loss usually lack any credible scientific substance. It says such claims leave the public confused & sceptical.
26th January 2001
ARAFAT AND BARAK IN "LAST CHANCE" TALKS
The Palestinian leader & Israeli Prime Minister will meet in Stockholm next week to try to advance peace talks before the Israeli elections. Yasser Arafat & Ehud Barak are to meet for a last-minute chance to agree on a final statement of the issues Palestinian officials said. It follows five days of talks between officials in the Egyptian town of Taba. Both sides say these have made progress but that an agreeement is not expected.
27th January 2001
AVOID TRAVEL TO ZANZIBAR ` BRITISH GOVT
The Foreign Office is advising Britons to avoid non-essential travel to Zanzibar after violent clashes between police & protesters on the islands. Britons already visiting the popular tourist destination should stay indoors as the situation is "unstable & unpredictable" the Foreign Office said Up to 15 people are reported to have died in clashes over disputed elections Violence has been worst on Pemba the smaller of Zanzibar's two main islands.
27th January 2001
REID HAS TALKS WITH N IRELAND MINISTERS
New Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid has had his first formal meeting with First Minister David Trimble & Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon. After the hour-long talks at Stormont Mr Trimble said there was "a window of opportunity" to resolve decommissioning and policing issues before an election. It would not take "much more progress" to "bed down" the peace deal he added. But Mr Mallon was less upbeat saying that "very substantial" work was needed
26th January 2001
BLACKMAN SUSPECT FACING VIOLENCE CHARGE
A Japanese property developer suspected of involvement in the disappearance of British bar hostess Lucie Blackman has been charged with a new crime. Joji Obara 48 is accused of sexual violence resulting in the death of an Australian woman in 1992. Obara already faces five charges of raping Japanese & foreign women. Miss Blackman 22 of Sevenoaks in Kent had been working as a bar hostess when she went missing in July.
27th January 2001
AVOID TRAVEL TO ZANZIBAR ` BRITISH GOVT
The Foreign Office is advising Britons to avoid non-essential travel to Zanzibar after violent clashes between police & protesters on the islands. Britons already visiting the popular tourist destination should stay indoors as the situation is "unstable & unpredictable" the Foreign Office said Up to 15 people are reported to have died in clashes over disputed elections Violence has been worst on Pemba the smaller of Zanzibar's two main islands.
27th January 2001
THAI POLICE PROBE MURDER OF BRITISH MAN
Police in Thailand are investigating the murder of a British man whose body was discovered in a hotel in the country the Foreign Office has said. The victim was found in the Kanchanaburi province on Saturday after flying into the country last week. The Sun newspaper said a couple were in custody after admitting to the murder. A Foreign Office official said the man's name would not be released until relatives had been informed.
26th January 2001
AUSCHWITZ EVENT REMEMBERS THE HOLOCAUST
About 1 000 Auschwitz survivors & relatives of victims have gathered at the former death camp in Poland to mark the 56th anniversary of its liberation. The participants included young Poles and Germans who laid flowers & said prayers at a memorial to the 1.5m people who died in the camp. There were no Jewish people present as it is the Sabbath. The event commemorated Holocaust Day which is also being marked in Britain.
27th January 2001
AVOID TRAVEL TO ZANZIBAR ` BRITISH GOVT
The Foreign Office is advising Britons to avoid non-essential travel to Zanzibar after violent clashes between police & protesters on the islands. Britons already visiting the popular tourist destination should stay indoors as the situation is "unstable & unpredictable" the Foreign Office said Up to 15 people are reported to have died in clashes over disputed elections Violence has been worst on Pemba the smaller of Zanzibar's two main islands.
27th January 2001
34 CHARGED AFTER MAJOR POLICE OPERATION
Police in South Yorkshire have charged 34 people with a total of 60 offences after a major operation recovered drugs weapons & stolen cars. Drugs ` mainly heroin ` with a street value of £4 000 knives a CS gas canister & two stolen cars were recovered in the operation in Doncaster The operation codenamed Alcatraz also recovered stolen vehicle licences. The men & women charged have all been released until a later date.
26th January 2001
WATER CANNONS TEAR GAS DISPERSE DEMO
Riot police have used water cannons tear gas & rubber pellets to disperse over 200 anti-capitalist demonstrators protesting at the World Economic Forum. The protesters were involved in a tense stand-off with police for an hour -and-a-half before the water cannons were turned on. One person was injured. The demonstrators were protesting at increasing globalisation in commerce. Some 3 000 business leaders are at the summit in Davos Switzerland.
27th January 2001
AVOID TRAVEL TO ZANZIBAR ` BRITISH GOVT
The Foreign Office is advising Britons to avoid non-essential travel to Zanzibar after violent clashes between police & protesters on the islands. Britons already visiting the popular tourist destination should stay indoors as the situation is "unstable & unpredictable" the Foreign Office said Up to 15 people are reported to have died in clashes over disputed elections Violence has been worst on Pemba the smaller of Zanzibar's two main islands.
27th January 2001
34 CHARGED AFTER MAJOR POLICE OPERATION
Police in South Yorkshire have charged 34 people with a total of 60 offences after a major operation recovered drugs weapons & stolen cars. Drugs ` mainly heroin ` with a street value of £4 000 knives a CS gas canister & two stolen cars were recovered in the operation in Doncaster The operation codenamed Alcatraz also recovered stolen vehicle licences. The men & women charged have all been released until a later date.
