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WHAT HAPPENED ON 24th May 2006?
23th May 2006
Doctors attack 'bogus' therapies
Some of Britain's leading doctors have urged NHS trusts to stop using complementary therapies & to pay only for medicine "based on solid evidence". The group raised concerns that the NHS is funding "unproven or disproved treatments" like homeopathy. One doctor told the Times the NHS was funding "bogus" therapies when patients struggled to get drugs like Herceptin. But Prince Charles has said "proven" therapies should be integrated with conventional medicine.
24th May 2006
Amnesty aims to fight knife crime
A five-week amnesty aimed at tackling knife crime across Britain - the first of its kind in a decade - has begun. Until 30 June people can hand in knives at police stations in England Scotland and Wales without fear of penalty. But police have warned that once the amnesty is over tough action will be taken on those found armed with knives. However some families of victims of knife crime have questioned the effectiveness of an amnesty calling instead for tougher sentencing.
24th May 2006
'Super-casino' shortlist set out
A shortlist of eight possible sites for Britain's first Las Vegas-style "super- casino" has been announced. Of 27 applicants Wembley Stadium & the Millennium Dome in London Cardiff Blackpool Manchester Newcastle Sheffield & Glasgow are on the list. Only one site will eventually get the go-ahead for a super-casino with unlimited jackpots. A further 16 licences for small & large casinos with jackpot limits of #4 000 will also be granted.
23th May 2006
Panel backs drug-injecting rooms
Special rooms where heroin users could legally inject drugs should be trialled in the UK a panel of experts has said. The independent group said allowing users to inject in a safe & hygienic environment would improve their health and reduce the risk of fatal overdoses. The panel including health workers & senior police officers highlighted the successful use of such rooms worldwide. However the Home Office has argued "drug consumption rooms" could increase localised drug dealing & crime.
24th May 2006
Amnesty aims to fight knife crime
A five-week amnesty aimed at tackling knife crime across Britain - the first of its kind in a decade - has begun. Until 30 June people can hand in knives at police stations in England Scotland and Wales without fear of penalty. But police have warned that once the amnesty is over tough action will be taken on those found armed with knives. However some families of victims of knife crime have questioned the effectiveness of an amnesty calling instead for tougher sentencing.
24th May 2006
Calls made after TV murder appeal
Police have received 25 calls following an appeal on BBC One's Crimewatch for information about the murder of special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri. The programme showed a reconstruction of the night the 29-year-old was stabbed outside her home in Wembley north London on 11 May. Detectives appealed for information about a 13-inch kitchen knife & an R- reg Rover seen near the murder scene. But a police spokesman said none of the calls had thrown up any new leads.
23th May 2006
Greenhouse gas increase in Wales
Wales is the only part of the UK where carbon emissions are rising figures have revealed. Research by BBC Wales' Week In Week Out programme found emissions rose by 0.2% since 1990 despite assembly government targets to reduce climate damage. Carbon emissions have been cut in England Scotland & Northern Ireland. First Minister Rhodri Morgan said Wales' "booming economy" had increased pollution as transport was necessary for people to get to work.
24th May 2006
Amnesty aims to fight knife crime
A five-week amnesty aimed at tackling knife crime across Britain - the first of its kind in a decade - has begun. Until 30 June people can hand in knives at police stations in England Scotland and Wales without fear of penalty. But police have warned that once the amnesty is over tough action will be taken on those found armed with knives. However some families of victims of knife crime have questioned the effectiveness of an amnesty calling instead for tougher sentencing.
24th May 2006
Eight held in anti-terror raids
Eight people are being held following an anti-terrorist police operation across England to target people they suspect of plotting attacks abroad. The raids which began at 0300 BST & involved 500 officers are believed to relate to activities in Iraq. Nineteen properties were raided & 10 arrests were made but two people were later released. The police forces involved are Greater Manchester West Midlands Cleveland Metropolitan Police & Merseyside.
23th May 2006
Tories revamp disability policies
Dozens of disability groups are being asked to help the Conservatives redraft their policies at a series of seminars. Conservative leader David Cameron & shadow disability minister Jeremy Hunt have launched the first of these looking at health & social services. Mr Hunt says he wants organisations for disabled people to be at the forefront of policy making. Future events will focus on benefit reform housing education & transport.
24th May 2006
Amnesty aims to fight knife crime
A five-week amnesty aimed at tackling knife crime across Britain - the first of its kind in a decade - has begun. Until 30 June people can hand in knives at police stations in England Scotland and Wales without fear of penalty. But police have warned that once the amnesty is over tough action will be taken on those found armed with knives. However some families of victims of knife crime have questioned the effectiveness of an amnesty calling instead for tougher sentencing.
24th May 2006
Ambassador in Afghan plane fire
UK ambassador Stephen Evans escaped injury after a military transport plane he was travelling in caught fire at an airstrip in southern Afghanistan. A number of Britons on board the Hercules C-130 were injured - none seriously - when the plane burst into flames on landing near Lashkar Gash. It is not known if gunfire or a burst tyre were responsible. All 27 people on board were "safe" officials said. The ambassador was due to visit reconstruction programmes in the area.
23th May 2006
Iranian paper banned over cartoon
Iran's government has suspended a state-owned newspaper after it ran a cartoon that provoked riots among the country's minority Azeri community. The cartoon in the Iran newspaper depicted a cockroach speaking Azeri widely spoken in north-west Iran. Police used tear gas on angry Azeris protesting outside government offices in the city of Tabriz. Iran's press supervisory board banned the newspaper indefinitely and both cartoonist & editor were arrested.
24th May 2006
Amnesty aims to fight knife crime
A five-week amnesty aimed at tackling knife crime across Britain - the first of its kind in a decade - has begun. Until 30 June people can hand in knives at police stations in England Scotland and Wales without fear of penalty. But police have warned that once the amnesty is over tough action will be taken on those found armed with knives. However some families of victims of knife crime have questioned the effectiveness of an amnesty calling instead for tougher sentencing.
24th May 2006
Eight held in anti-terror raids
Eight people are being held following an anti-terrorist police operation across England to target people they suspect of plotting attacks abroad. The raids which began at 0300 BST & involved 500 officers are believed to relate to activities in Iraq. Nineteen properties were raided & 10 arrests were made but two people were later released. The police forces involved are Greater Manchester West Midlands Cleveland Metropolitan Police & Merseyside.
23th May 2006
Brazil state's prison revolts end
Revolts in 70 jails in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo have come to an end after spawning four days of violence in which at least 81 people died. Police are patrolling Sao Paulo city after gangs apparently directed by prison inmates attacked police stations and banks and torched dozens of buses. The state government refused a federal offer to send in 4 000 elite troops. The unrest was triggered when hundreds of imprisoned members of a gang were sent to maximum-security prisons.
24th May 2006
Amnesty aims to fight knife crime
A five-week amnesty aimed at tackling knife crime across Britain - the first of its kind in a decade - has begun. Until 30 June people can hand in knives at police stations in England Scotland and Wales without fear of penalty. But police have warned that once the amnesty is over tough action will be taken on those found armed with knives. However some families of victims of knife crime have questioned the effectiveness of an amnesty calling instead for tougher sentencing.
24th May 2006
Scots hunt for foreign criminals
A team of detectives has been set up in Scotland to track down foreign criminals released without being considered for deportation. Up to 20 specialist police & immigration officers are working on the nationwide operation out of Cathcart Road police station in Glasgow. A total of 1 019 foreign prisoners were wrongly freed by the Home Office. Up to 100 could have been released in Scotland but officials have not been able to confirm the precise numbers.
23th May 2006
Greenhouse gas increase in Wales
Wales is the only part of the UK where carbon emissions are rising figures have revealed. Research by BBC Wales' Week In Week Out programme found emissions rose by 0.2% since 1990 despite assembly government targets to reduce climate damage. Carbon emissions have been cut in England Scotland & Northern Ireland. First Minister Rhodri Morgan said Wales' "booming economy" had increased pollution as transport was necessary for people to get to work.
24th May 2006
Amnesty aims to fight knife crime
A five-week amnesty aimed at tackling knife crime across Britain - the first of its kind in a decade - has begun. Until 30 June people can hand in knives at police stations in England Scotland and Wales without fear of penalty. But police have warned that once the amnesty is over tough action will be taken on those found armed with knives. However some families of victims of knife crime have questioned the effectiveness of an amnesty calling instead for tougher sentencing.
24th May 2006
Abortion level at all-time high
The number of abortions carried out in Scotland has reached an all-time high. New figures show that 12 603 pregnancies were terminated in 2005 the highest level since abortion was made legal in 1967. The NHS health board areas with the highest rates of termination were Tayside & the Lothians. The lowest rates were found in Argyll and Clyde Orkney Shetland & the Western Isles according to health service statisticians.
23th May 2006
Victims may decide inmates' fate
Victims of crime could be given a say on whether offenders should be freed from jail under plans being considered by Home Secretary John Reid. It comes amid increasing concern that the rights of offenders are being given too much prominence & controversy over the early release of criminals. In a speech to the Parole Board Mr Reid said victims or their advocates were to be appointed to parole boards. He said victims' voices "must be heard more clearly".
24th May 2006
Amnesty aims to fight knife crime
A five-week amnesty aimed at tackling knife crime across Britain - the first of its kind in a decade - has begun. Until 30 June people can hand in knives at police stations in England Scotland and Wales without fear of penalty. But police have warned that once the amnesty is over tough action will be taken on those found armed with knives. However some families of victims of knife crime have questioned the effectiveness of an amnesty calling instead for tougher sentencing.
24th May 2006
Convicted rapist followed woman
A convicted rapist who was spotted by a CCTV operator as he followed a teenager has walked from court. David McMillan stalked his victim for several minutes in Perth before chasing her as she ran away from him. At Perth Sheriff Court a sheriff conceded he could not sentence him for what he might have done. He was instead tagged & set a curfew for 12 months. The CCTV operator was aware McMillan had served a jail sentence for the rape of a pensioner several years ago.
23th May 2006
Greenhouse gas increase in Wales
Wales is the only part of the UK where carbon emissions are rising figures have revealed. Research by BBC Wales' Week In Week Out programme found emissions rose by 0.2% since 1990 despite assembly government targets to reduce climate damage. Carbon emissions have been cut in England Scotland & Northern Ireland. First Minister Rhodri Morgan said Wales' "booming economy" had increased pollution as transport was necessary for people to get to work.
24th May 2006
Amnesty aims to fight knife crime
A five-week amnesty aimed at tackling knife crime across Britain - the first of its kind in a decade - has begun. Until 30 June people can hand in knives at police stations in England Scotland and Wales without fear of penalty. But police have warned that once the amnesty is over tough action will be taken on those found armed with knives. However some families of victims of knife crime have questioned the effectiveness of an amnesty calling instead for tougher sentencing.
24th May 2006
Haul of hard drugs 'decreasing'
Less heroin & cocaine was captured in 2004 than the previous year in England and Wales despite more hard drugs seizures the Home Office has revealed. Hauls of 4.6 tonnes of cocaine & 2.1 tonnes of heroin were down 33% & 21% on 2003's figures the department said. But police & customs officers made 7 895 individual seizures of the drugs - 14% more than in 2003. Ministers said the rise in conviction rates for dealing hard drugs showed how successful their policies had been.
