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WHAT HAPPENED ON 17th September 2003?
16th September 2003
MONDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw came under pressure to make a statement on reports he advised Tony Blair against sending troops to Iraq days before war began. The Culture Secretary said the Hutton Inquiry's outcome would only affect the BBC charter review if there was a "clear & direct" link between the two The governance of the Corporation would be looked at Tessa Jowell said. In response to Conservative taunts Miss Jowell said the UK was making good progress in its 2012 Olympic bid.
17th September 2003
I NEVER SAID GOVERNMENT LIED ` GILLIGAN
The BBC's Andrew Gilligan never meant to accuse the Government of lying about the dangers posed by Iraq's weapons he has told the Hutton inquiry. The allegation he had intended to make in his 6.07am broadcast in May was one of "spin" & not fabrication he said. He had made this distinction clear in later articles in the press and to the Foreign Affairs Committee he added. Mr Gilligan said intelligence stating that Iraqi arms could be used within 45 minutes was real though "unreliable".
17th September 2003
GILLIGAN SORRY FOR SUSAN WATTS E-MAIL
BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan has apologised for naming Dr David Kelly as a source for colleague Susan Watts in an e-mail to MPs. Speaking to the Hutton Inquiry into the scientist's death Mr Gilligan said he had been "under enormous pressure". "I simply was not thinking straight so I really want to apologise " he said. BBC director general Greg Dyke earlier told the inquiry that the e-mail to three members of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee was "not acceptable".
16th September 2003
POLICE DENY MAN HELD OVER LINDH MURDER
Police have denied reports that a man had been arrested over the murder of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh. Sweden's biggest daily newspaper Expressen earlier said a man had been detained in a lunchtime raid. Ms Lindh died in hospital after being stabbed in a Stockholm department store days before a crucial referendum in which Swedes rejected joining the euro. On Monday police said the killer's motive was a mystery & it was not clear if the timing was a coincidence.
17th September 2003
I NEVER SAID GOVERNMENT LIED ` GILLIGAN
The BBC's Andrew Gilligan never meant to accuse the Government of lying about the dangers posed by Iraq's weapons he has told the Hutton inquiry. The allegation he had intended to make in his 6.07am broadcast in May was one of "spin" & not fabrication he said. He had made this distinction clear in later articles in the press and to the Foreign Affairs Committee he added. Mr Gilligan said intelligence stating that Iraqi arms could be used within 45 minutes was real though "unreliable".
17th September 2003
GILLIGAN SORRY FOR SUSAN WATTS E-MAIL
BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan has apologised for naming Dr David Kelly as a source for colleague Susan Watts in an e-mail to MPs. Speaking to the Hutton Inquiry into the scientist's death Mr Gilligan said he had been "under enormous pressure". "I simply was not thinking straight so I really want to apologise " he said. BBC director general Greg Dyke earlier told the inquiry that the e-mail to three members of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee was "not acceptable".
16th September 2003
MONDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER
MPs rejected a Lord's Local Government Bill amendment that would have exempted well-off councils from passing proceeds of house sales to areas in greater need Local Government Minister Nick Raynsford said the proposal was unfair. The Government was defeated when the Lords backed a move giving the Northern Ireland Secretary power to exclude ministers from the devolved assembly. Voting was 129 to 117 during the Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission) Bill's committee stage
17th September 2003
I NEVER SAID GOVERNMENT LIED ` GILLIGAN
The BBC's Andrew Gilligan never meant to accuse the Government of lying about the dangers posed by Iraq's weapons he has told the Hutton inquiry. The allegation he had intended to make in his 6.07am broadcast in May was one of "spin" & not fabrication he said. He had made this distinction clear in later articles in the press and to the Foreign Affairs Committee he added. Mr Gilligan said intelligence stating that Iraqi arms could be used within 45 minutes was real though "unreliable".
17th September 2003
BACKBENCHERS SHARE FEES FURY WITH BLAIR
Anger about university tuition fees has dominated a private meeting between Tony Blair & his own backbenchers. The Prime Minister urged Labour MPs to focus on Government domestic priorities such as health & the economy. "We need to show what we have done what we will do to build a modern stronger fairer country " he told them However concerns about controversial tuition fees for university students dominated the questions which were subsequently flung at him.
16th September 2003
MONDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw came under pressure to make a statement on reports he advised Tony Blair against sending troops to Iraq days before war began. The Culture Secretary said the Hutton Inquiry's outcome would only affect the BBC charter review if there was a "clear & direct" link between the two The governance of the Corporation would be looked at Tessa Jowell said. In response to Conservative taunts Miss Jowell said the UK was making good progress in its 2012 Olympic bid.
17th September 2003
I NEVER SAID GOVERNMENT LIED ` GILLIGAN
The BBC's Andrew Gilligan never meant to accuse the Government of lying about the dangers posed by Iraq's weapons he has told the Hutton inquiry. The allegation he had intended to make in his 6.07am broadcast in May was one of "spin" & not fabrication he said. He had made this distinction clear in later articles in the press and to the Foreign Affairs Committee he added. Mr Gilligan said intelligence stating that Iraqi arms could be used within 45 minutes was real though "unreliable".
17th September 2003
GILLIGAN SORRY FOR SUSAN WATTS E-MAIL
BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan has apologised for naming Dr David Kelly as a source for colleague Susan Watts in an e-mail to MPs. Speaking to the Hutton Inquiry into the scientist's death Mr Gilligan said he had been "under enormous pressure". "I simply was not thinking straight so I really want to apologise " he said. BBC director general Greg Dyke earlier told the inquiry that the e-mail to three members of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee was "not acceptable".
16th September 2003
MONDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw came under pressure to make a statement on reports he advised Tony Blair against sending troops to Iraq days before war began. The Culture Secretary said the Hutton Inquiry's outcome would only affect the BBC charter review if there was a "clear & direct" link between the two The governance of the Corporation would be looked at Tessa Jowell said. In response to Conservative taunts Miss Jowell said the UK was making good progress in its 2012 Olympic bid.
17th September 2003
I NEVER SAID GOVERNMENT LIED ` GILLIGAN
The BBC's Andrew Gilligan never meant to accuse the Government of lying about the dangers posed by Iraq's weapons he has told the Hutton inquiry. The allegation he had intended to make in his 6.07am broadcast in May was one of "spin" & not fabrication he said. He had made this distinction clear in later articles in the press and to the Foreign Affairs Committee he added. Mr Gilligan said intelligence stating that Iraqi arms could be used within 45 minutes was real though "unreliable".
17th September 2003
TUESDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER
The US military in Iraq seemed to have "no idea" how to run the place said Conservative peer & former Foreign Secretary Lord Hurd of Westwell. He said it was "extraordinary" that the UK would place its troops under such a command considering all the experience of the UK in the region. In the Commons Home Office minister Hazel Blears said there were over 2m DNA records on the national database. Labour MP Joyce Quin said pensioners across England must get free bus travel
16th September 2003
FOURTEEN WOUNDED IN IRAQ GRENADE ATTACK
Thirteen Iraqis & one Albanian soldier have been injured in a grenade attack in the northern Iraq city of Mosul according to French reports. A grenade was thrown at a group of Albanian soldiers outside the city's town hall on Monday afternoon a US army spokeswoman told the agency AFP. Iraqi forces were later able to defuse what was described as a "crude" second bomb found at the site. Albania has under 100 troops in the coalition of over 30 nations in Iraq.
17th September 2003
I NEVER SAID GOVERNMENT LIED ` GILLIGAN
The BBC's Andrew Gilligan never meant to accuse the Government of lying about the dangers posed by Iraq's weapons he has told the Hutton inquiry. The allegation he had intended to make in his 6.07am broadcast in May was one of "spin" & not fabrication he said. He had made this distinction clear in later articles in the press and to the Foreign Affairs Committee he added. Mr Gilligan said intelligence stating that Iraqi arms could be used within 45 minutes was real though "unreliable".
17th September 2003
BBC "WILL LEARN LESSONS" FROM KELLY
BBC director of news Richard Sambrook has told the Hutton inquiry that the corporation will take "a number of lessons" from the David Kelly affair. Mr Sambrook was questioned by counsel about Andrew Gilligan's report that a dossier on Iraqi arms was exaggerated. He said it was clear any report that set out serious allegations should be carefully scripted in advance. He stressed that anonymous sources were used every day in political journalism but it was unusual in a case like this.
