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WHAT HAPPENED ON 14th May 2006?
13th May 2006
Man charged with raping girl 11
A 31-year-old man has been charged with twice raping a girl who was 11 at the time of the attacks. Russell Tovey appeared before magistrates in Cheltenham on Saturday accused of two counts of rape. Mr Tovey from Cinderford in the Forest of Dean was remanded in custody until a hearing at Gloucester Crown Court later this month. The victim who was just 11 & a half when the alleged offences occurred cannot be named for legal reasons.
14th May 2006
Blair takes stand on animal tests
Tony Blair has defended animal testing and accused anti-vivisection extremists of stooping to "appalling" depths. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph he said companies with links to animal testing may be allowed to keep details of their shareholders secret. Mr Blair said he would also sign a pro- animal testing petition in a stand against a "tiny group of extremists". He said threats against GlaxoSmithKline shareholders showed why those in medical research had to be protected.
14th May 2006
Blair 'rattled' over immigration
Tory leader David Cameron has accused Prime Minister Tony Blair of being "rattled" over immigration foreign prisoners & human rights laws. In fierce Commons exchanges Mr Cameron also repeated his claim these issues showed the government's "paralysis". The PM acknowledged there was "far more" to do but said Mr Cameron had opposed many key security measures. Ministers are under fire after an immigration chief said he did not know how many illegal immigrants there were.
13th May 2006
Brown & Blair in pensions deal
A deal on pensions has been agreed between Tony Blair & Gordon Brown following months of wrangling the prime minister has confirmed. Under the agreement the link between the state pension & earnings will be restored - probably in 2012. There is understood to be a deal on raising the state pension age to 68 by 2050. More details are being discussed. The Lib Dems welcomed the deal as a "step forward" but warned it would not spell the end of means-testing.
14th May 2006
Blair takes stand on animal tests
Tony Blair has defended animal testing and accused anti-vivisection extremists of stooping to "appalling" depths. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph he said companies with links to animal testing may be allowed to keep details of their shareholders secret. Mr Blair said he would also sign a pro- animal testing petition in a stand against a "tiny group of extremists". He said threats against GlaxoSmithKline shareholders showed why those in medical research had to be protected.
14th May 2006
Blair 'to amend human rights law'
Tony Blair is planning sweeping changes to the UK's human rights laws despite vehement criticism from civil liberty campaigners it is reported. The Observer says a leaked letter to Home Secretary John Reid suggests creating new laws which would allow the government to veto court rulings. It follows a judge's decision to block the deportation of nine Afghans who hijacked a plane to Britain. Civil rights group Liberty said plans to change the act were "sinister".
