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WHAT HAPPENED ON 29th September 2003?
28th September 2003
UK ECSTASY USE ROCKETS IN FIVE YEARS
The number of people taking ecstasy in the UK has nearly doubled in just five years the United Nations has warned. Users now account for 2.2% of the population between 16 & 59 compared with 1% in 1991-2 the UN's Office on Drugs & Crime reports. After Australia & the Irish Republic Britain is the country with the third highest rate of use in the world. However the UN says amphetamine use in the UK has dropped probabaly as a result of people switching to ecstasy.
29th September 2003
STAY TRUE TO LABOUR VALUES BROWN SAYS
Labour's "road to social justice" will often be a hard one Chancellor Gordon Brown has warned the party. But only by being true to its values and objectives would Labour regain the public's trust he said in a 40-minute speech at its Bournemouth conference. With 28m people in work Britain was closer to full employment "than ever". "Have confidence in our principles. Labour is best when we are boldest when we are united " he concluded before receiving a two-minute ovation.
29th September 2003
PM DEFENDS IRAQ WAR MOVE AT CONFERENCE
The Prime Minister has defended his decision to take the country to war insisting that Britain had not been acting as "America's poodle". "Iraq has divided the international community it has divided the party the country families friends " he told his party's Bournemouth conference But those who disagreed needed to understand why he went to war & why he would do so again Mr Blair insisted Britain was acting against threats to global security he said.
28th September 2003
What People were saying on
"Could the club provide a silver receptacle with a few cigarettes for members who smoke but never buy their own?Entry in the Garrick Club's suggestions book
"David's not getting the award for being best-dressed but he's the best at undressing me."
"I would have preferred it if he had gone to Croydon."
29th September 2003
STAY TRUE TO LABOUR VALUES BROWN SAYS
Labour's "road to social justice" will often be a hard one Chancellor Gordon Brown has warned the party. But only by being true to its values and objectives would Labour regain the public's trust he said in a 40-minute speech at its Bournemouth conference. With 28m people in work Britain was closer to full employment "than ever". "Have confidence in our principles. Labour is best when we are boldest when we are united " he concluded before receiving a two-minute ovation.
29th September 2003
Allegations of human rights abuse at
the Yarl's Wood Immigration Centre are to be investigated by the Prison Ombudsman BBC R4's Today has learnt. A number of former detainees have claimed some guards used excessive force & kept people in a segregation unit for up to 72 hours without food. Centre manager Group Four denied the claims & backed its staff. The Bedfordshire centre reopened on Sunday for the first time since last year's riot & fire there.
