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WHAT HAPPENED ON 15th December 2000?
14th December 2000
MONDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER
Tony Blair hailed the Nice summit of EU leaders as a success for Britain & said it had cleared the way for enlargement of the Union. However he told MPs it was time for the EU to find "a more rational way of decision making". Tory leader William Hague said the summit had produced "three major steps to a European superstate". The Nice Treaty would not be ratified by a future Tory government he added.
15th December 2000
FISHERMEN FEAR FOR JOB AFTER QUOTAS CUT
Fishing industry leaders say thousands of jobs will be lost as a result of the EU decision to slash fishing quotas. Martin Boyers Grimsby Fish Merchants' Association chief executive said: "For every fisherman's job that goes eight more shore jobs will follow." Head of Britain's National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations Barry Deas said it was a "terrible outcome". He said the EU had gone beyond the advice of international scientists.
15th December 2000
VIRGIN TO SPEND £2.6bn ON NEW AIR FLEET
Virgin Atlantic is to spend £2.6bn on six Airbus double decker planes nicknamed "superjumbos". The company has an option to buy a further six of the 550-seat A3XX aircraft which contain gyms play areas business centres & showers. The first order of the French-built planes is expected to be ready in 2006. Virgin Atlantic plans to fly the A3XXs on routes from Britain to the United States & the Far East.
14th December 2000
300 JOBS TO GO AS HOME BUILDERS MERGE
A merger between house building groups Bryant & Beazer will lead to 300 jobs being axed. The new firm to be called Domus Plc will have a combined workforce of 6 000 with a combined turnover of £1.5bn. The cuts will be made across the country & will include a number of administrative posts. Beazer's John Low is to be chief executive of the new group with Bryant's Peter Long as his deputy.
15th December 2000
FISHERMEN FEAR FOR JOB AFTER QUOTAS CUT
Fishing industry leaders say thousands of jobs will be lost as a result of the EU decision to slash fishing quotas. Martin Boyers Grimsby Fish Merchants' Association chief executive said: "For every fisherman's job that goes eight more shore jobs will follow." Head of Britain's National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations Barry Deas said it was a "terrible outcome". He said the EU had gone beyond the advice of international scientists.
15th December 2000
BRUSSELS ORDERS HEAVY FISH QUOTA CUTS
Scotland's fishermen will be hit by some of the biggest cuts since quotas were introduced 20 years ago. After 13 hours of talks in Brussels ministers decided North Sea cod quotas will be cut by almost 50% & other species are also affected. Fisheries Minister Rhona Brankin said it was the best possible deal because of the desperate state of some stocks. But fishermen's leaders said it was a bad deal which will see hundreds of jobs lost & many boats decommissioned
14th December 2000
AGENDA AT WESTMINSTER
Questions to Chancellor Gordon Brown will be followed by a motion on Public Accounts Committee reports in the Commons. The Lords will debate the Millennium Commission (Substitution of a Later Date) Order 2000 & the Apportionment of Money in the National Lottery Distribution Fund Order 2000. Peers will also discuss the Common European Policy on Security & Defence.
15th December 2000
FISHERMEN FEAR FOR JOB AFTER QUOTAS CUT
Fishing industry leaders say thousands of jobs will be lost as a result of the EU decision to slash fishing quotas. Martin Boyers Grimsby Fish Merchants' Association chief executive said: "For every fisherman's job that goes eight more shore jobs will follow." Head of Britain's National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations Barry Deas said it was a "terrible outcome". He said the EU had gone beyond the advice of international scientists.
15th December 2000
WATCHDOG URGES CAUTION OVER TUBE PLANS
The spending watchdog has urged caution on the Government as it plans to part- privatise the London Underground. Under the scheme the Tube's track would stay in public ownership but stations would be leased to companies bringing in £8bn for the network. But National Audit Office head Sir John Bourn said a decision should not be made "solely on the basis of numbers". "There are other important factors to be considered " he said.
14th December 2000
COFFEE "GUARDS SMOKERS AGAINST CANCER"
Coffee drinking may protect smokers against bladder cancer Spanish scientists have said. The team from the Carlos III Institute in Madrid found smoking coffee-drinkers were three times more at risk than non- smoking coffee drinkers. But smokers who did not drink coffee were seven times more likely to contract the disease. The study is published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
15th December 2000
FISHERMEN FEAR FOR JOB AFTER QUOTAS CUT
Fishing industry leaders say thousands of jobs will be lost as a result of the EU decision to slash fishing quotas. Martin Boyers Grimsby Fish Merchants' Association chief executive said: "For every fisherman's job that goes eight more shore jobs will follow." Head of Britain's National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations Barry Deas said it was a "terrible outcome". He said the EU had gone beyond the advice of international scientists.
15th December 2000
MEET ANDi ` THE WORLD'S FIRST GM MONKEY
Scientists have created the world's first genetically modified monkey it has been disclosed. The team from Oregon in the US said the breakthrough will speed up the development of new treatments for treating human diseases. Named ANDi for "inserted DNA" written backwards the monkey was given an extra gene while an unfertilised egg. Anti-vivisectionists condemned the research as "abhorrent".
