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WHAT HAPPENED ON 25th May 2006?
24th May 2006
Blair & Bush to hold US talks
Tony Blair is to fly to Washington for talks with US President George W Bush the White House has announced. The meeting will take place on Thursday and the new Iraqi government & Iran's nuclear ambitions will be on the agenda Mr Bush's chief spokesman says. Downing Street said the UK prime minister would also make a speech on foreign policy during his visit. It comes after Mr Blair visited Iraq to mark its first full-term government since the 2003 US-led invasion.
25th May 2006
State pension age to rise to 68
The state pension age is to rise to 68 from 2044 as part of government proposals to strengthen pension provision in the UK. The link between the state pension & earnings will also be restored within the next Parliament Pensions Secretary John Hutton said. A new savings scheme will be set up with automatic enrolment for staff & compulsory employers' contributions. Mr Hutton said the changes would secure the future of the state pension system.
25th May 2006
Soham recommendations 'taken on'
About two thirds of the recommendations made by the inquiry in the wake of the Soham murders have been "substantially" implemented the government has said. In a written ministerial statement Home Secretary John Reid said work on the other conclusions was under way. Sir Michael Bichard's inquiry came after police & social workers failed to inform officials of past complaints against murderer Ian Huntley. Guidelines on sharing such information are among the measures now in place.
24th May 2006
Israel captures Hamas commander
Israeli forces have captured the leader of Islamic group Hamas' military wing in the West Bank in a raid in Ramallah. Israel accuses Ibrahim Hamad 41 of masterminding a string of suicide bombings including attacks on cafes and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Hamas took over Palestinian government in March after winning parliamentary elections in January. It launched some of the biggest attacks against Israel but it has been holding an informal truce for 15 months.
25th May 2006
State pension age to rise to 68
The state pension age is to rise to 68 from 2044 as part of government proposals to strengthen pension provision in the UK. The link between the state pension & earnings will also be restored within the next Parliament Pensions Secretary John Hutton said. A new savings scheme will be set up with automatic enrolment for staff & compulsory employers' contributions. Mr Hutton said the changes would secure the future of the state pension system.
25th May 2006
UK attacked over terror flights
Ministers are failing to meet their legal duties to investigate claims that the CIA is flying terror suspects through the UK say MPs & peers. Parliament's joint committee on human rights says the government should take "active steps" to find out more details about certain flights. The appeal comes in a damning report which also accused the UK of trying to undermine the absolute ban on torture. The government insists there is no evidence of secret prisoner flights.
24th May 2006
Insurance man admits £10m fraud
Thousands of clients have been left out of pocket after an insurance broker in Midlothian fraudulently sold £10m worth of policies. John Kirke Walker from Penicuik had admitted misleading staff at his 100- strong Eskbank firm by pretending firms were underwriting policies. Tribune Risk & Insurance Services was liquidated on 10 December 2003. Walker's sentence was deferred on Wednesday for background reports at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
25th May 2006
State pension age to rise to 68
The state pension age is to rise to 68 from 2044 as part of government proposals to strengthen pension provision in the UK. The link between the state pension & earnings will also be restored within the next Parliament Pensions Secretary John Hutton said. A new savings scheme will be set up with automatic enrolment for staff & compulsory employers' contributions. Mr Hutton said the changes would secure the future of the state pension system.
25th May 2006
600 posts to go at NHS hospitals
An NHS trust accused by the health secretary of failing to manage its budget effectively has confirmed it is to cut 600 staff posts. Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust revealed the cuts as part of its cost-reduction plan to help make £33m in savings. Bosses of the trust which employs about 10 000 staff said they hoped the number of actual job losses would be "substantially less" than 600. Everything would be done "to minimise the impact on patient care" they said.
