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WHAT HAPPENED ON 26th January 1997?
25th January 1997
HOWARD PRESSED TO ACT OVER WHITEMOOR
The Liberal Democrats have backed calls for a public inquiry into the circumstances of a jailbreak by five IRA men & an armed robber. Alan Beith accused the Home Secretary of trying to avoid questions over who cut two fences to help the escape. The trial of the six men from Whitemoor in Cambs was halted when a judge ruled a newspaper report prejudiced the trial But a defence counsel said evidence showed "a major cover-up".
26th January 1997
PORTILLO ATTACKS LABOUR OVER BRITANNIA
Defence Secretary Michael Portillo has hit back at Labour's announcement that it will not pay for a new Royal Yacht. He said the Yacht would show the world "we still think highly of ourselves" claiming that Labour was "hopelessly confused" over the issue. And he accused Labour of reacting to "a few phone-in opinion polls". "We don't believe just in following public opinion. We believe in leading it " he told GMTV's Sunday Programme.
26th January 1997
RIOTERS BURN ALBANIAN STATE OIL OFFICES
Albanian rioters have set alight the state oil company Albpetrol depot in the southern town of Patos. The attack comes after demonstrators clashed with riot police in the capital Tirana over the collapse of a nationwide network of savings schemes. The Albanian Prime Minister earlier pledged compensation for the victims of the two failed pyramid investment funds The government is accused of using money from the funds for political ends
25th January 1997
CHARGE Retired postal worker Desmond Douglas 65 has been charged in hospital with the murder of his wife Patricia found dead in their Belfast home. He is recovering from stab wounds MISSINGA search has been mounted for a diver missing feared drowned in a flooded quarry in Snowdonia. One of his companions was being treated in a decompression chamber near Bryn quarry. MURDERA woman of 82 has been murdered in her home in Cowdenbeath. Police said Lucy Marshall was subjected to a violent & totally unprovoked attack.26th January 1997
PORTILLO ATTACKS LABOUR OVER BRITANNIA
Defence Secretary Michael Portillo has hit back at Labour's announcement that it will not pay for a new Royal Yacht. He said the Yacht would show the world "we still think highly of ourselves" claiming that Labour was "hopelessly confused" over the issue. And he accused Labour of reacting to "a few phone-in opinion polls". "We don't believe just in following public opinion. We believe in leading it " he told GMTV's Sunday Programme.
26th January 1997
RIOTERS BURN ALBANIAN STATE OIL OFFICES
Albanian rioters have set alight the state oil company Albpetrol depot in the southern town of Patos. The attack comes after demonstrators clashed with riot police in the capital Tirana over the collapse of a nationwide network of savings schemes. The Albanian Prime Minister earlier pledged compensation for the victims of the two failed pyramid investment funds The government is accused of using money from the funds for political ends
25th January 1997
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK AT WESTMINSTER
WEDNESDAYA new purpose-built Royal Yacht is to replace Britannia Defence Secretary Michael Portillo announced. Shadow Defence Secretary Dr David Clark challenged Mr Portillo: "Why have you rejected in such a cavalier manner the injection of private capital?" THURSDAY The Prime Minister insisted it was "very unlikely though not impossible" that European Union states could safely go ahead with a single currency at the start of 1999.
26th January 1997
PORTILLO ATTACKS LABOUR OVER BRITANNIA
Defence Secretary Michael Portillo has hit back at Labour's announcement that it will not pay for a new Royal Yacht. He said the Yacht would show the world "we still think highly of ourselves" claiming that Labour was "hopelessly confused" over the issue. And he accused Labour of reacting to "a few phone-in opinion polls". "We don't believe just in following public opinion. We believe in leading it " he told GMTV's Sunday Programme.
26th January 1997
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK AT WESTMINSTER
WEDNESDAYA new purpose-built Royal Yacht is to replace Britannia Defence Secretary Michael Portillo announced. Shadow Defence Secretary Dr David Clark challenged Mr Portillo: "Why have you rejected in such a cavalier manner the injection of private capital?" THURSDAY The Prime Minister insisted it was "very unlikely though not impossible" that European Union states could safely go ahead with a single currency at the start of 1999.
25th January 1997
Mrs E Skelton (21/1) is quite right to
say that road haulage costs would increase if that industry paid its proper level of road tax. But why shouldn't they pay for roads which they wear out? The railways have to pay for the upkeep of their tracks. Let's have fair competition. Ralph Ashmore Bourne Lincolnshire
26th January 1997
PORTILLO ATTACKS LABOUR OVER BRITANNIA
Defence Secretary Michael Portillo has hit back at Labour's announcement that it will not pay for a new Royal Yacht. He said the Yacht would show the world "we still think highly of ourselves" claiming that Labour was "hopelessly confused" over the issue. And he accused Labour of reacting to "a few phone-in opinion polls". "We don't believe just in following public opinion. We believe in leading it " he told GMTV's Sunday Programme.
26th January 1997
WE WON'T PAY FOR ROYAL YACHT - LABOUR
Labour has told the Queen it will not foot the £60m bill for a new Royal Yacht if it wins the General Election. Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown told the Palace on Friday the cash would not be in a Labour government's first budget. Buckingham Palace commented that the Queen regarded the new yacht as a national asset. "This is a political matter & something for the Government to address " a Palace spokesman added.
25th January 1997
WORLD CITIES REPORT FOR 24 Jan
| temps | noon | min | norm | weather |
| Prague | 0 | 0 | -1 | Sun Int |
| Rio de Jan | - | - | 29 | - |
| Riyad | - | 11 | 21 | Sunny |
| Rome | 17 | 6 | 11 | Sunny |
| Singapore | 31 | 24 | 30 | Sunny |
| Sydney | 23 | - | 26 | Cloudy |
| Tehran | - | - | 8 | Sun Int |
| Tokyo | 10 | 3 | 8 | Sunny |
| Toronto | 6 | -12 | -1 | Sunny |
| Trinidad | 29 | 19 | 30 | - |
| Vancouver | 7 | 1 | 6 | Sun Int |
| C= | -4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 |
| F= | 25 | 32 | 39 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 90 | 97 |
26th January 1997
PORTILLO ATTACKS LABOUR OVER BRITANNIA
Defence Secretary Michael Portillo has hit back at Labour's announcement that it will not pay for a new Royal Yacht. He said the Yacht would show the world "we still think highly of ourselves" claiming that Labour was "hopelessly confused" over the issue. And he accused Labour of reacting to "a few phone-in opinion polls". "We don't believe just in following public opinion. We believe in leading it " he told GMTV's Sunday Programme.
26th January 1997
DONALD ANDERSON
(Labour Swansea E) Q Which people do you most admire? A Young people I meet who volunteer for development projects in the Third World. Q Which MP outside your party do you most admire? A Peter Temple-Morris (Tory) David Alton (Lib Dem). >>>>> ```````````````````````````
