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asks woolley:A. Health Secretary Alan Milburn recently announced that he planned to reinstate hospital matrons, and it's hoped that they'll make a significant difference in the cleanliness of
01:00 Sun 15th Apr 2001asks Su Smith:A. Specifically, to bring London to a standstill on 1 May. Q. How is it going to be done A. Planned events include mass cycle rallies, protests at the World Bank offices in the
01:00 Fri 13th Apr 2001asks Riley:A. Tony Blair, along with John Prescott and other Government ministers, has been visiting rural areas and having pub lunches in country inns in order to reinforce the message that 'the
01:00 Thu 12th Apr 2001asked Riley A. In the UK, the accepted definition of a recession is 'two successive quarters of quarter-on-quarter negative growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).' In layman's terms, this translates
01:00 Fri 06th Apr 2001A. The Kyoto Protocol is an international climate treaty to halt climate change. Under the agreement, the developed countries of the world are to commit to reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and
01:00 Fri 30th Mar 2001A. On 26 March a new law was introduced that enables 'PostComm', the new Post Office regulator,to give licences to other companies enabling them to deliver post costing less than 1. Q. What other
01:00 Mon 26th Mar 2001 A. Yes, the 15-year-old space station which has been beset with problems finally ended its life crashing safely into the Pacific Ocean. During its 15 years it travelled over 2.2 billion miles,
01:00 Fri 23rd Mar 2001A. There is an underlying belief that the foot and mouth outbreak is a crisis which is not of their own making. That's why Prince Charles, and the Duke of Westminster have funnelled 1m between them
01:00 Fri 16th Mar 2001A. Political analysts predict that the next general election will fall on 3 May 2001. Their calculations are based the government's scheduling of the budget and various other voter-grabbing
01:00 Wed 07th Mar 2001Q. What is foot and mouth disease A. Foot-and-mouth is an infectious viral disease that causes small blisters called vesicules to erupt around the feet and mouth of an animal. The earliest signs
01:00 Wed 28th Feb 2001By Christina Okoli Why does the government want to register known drug dealers Plans to introduce a register of known drug dealers were announced by the prime minister Tony Blair at the Labour
01:00 Thu 22nd Feb 2001No, the number of British teenagers experimenting with legal and illegal drugs has actually fallen slightly since 1995, according to a survey by the World Health Organisation. The survey found that
01:00 Tue 20th Feb 2001by Oliver Goggi FOLLOWING months of litigation it appears Napster has finally been brought to its knees. The ruling by a Californian court to stop trading in copyrighted material means that although
01:00 Tue 13th Feb 2001By Anna Tobin THE international pharmaceutical business and western governments have been accused by Oxfam of restricting the supply of key medicines to the earth's most in need countries. The
01:00 Mon 12th Feb 2001GOVERNMENT ministers and healthcare professionals are preparing for an emergency summit to address the fall in public confidence in the National Health Service, and the possibility of a sudden drop in
01:00 Tue 06th Feb 2001 BRITAIN'S Chief Inspector of Schools Mike Tomlinson is expected to highlight worsening behaviour in our secondary schools in his upcoming first annual report. Tomlinson took over from the
01:00 Tue 06th Feb 2001By Oliver Goggi THE days of downloading free music from the net could soon be over as Napster tells of its intention to charge users for its service. Napster's chief executive, Hank Barry,
01:00 Tue 30th Jan 2001By Anna Tobin A MOTION to overturn government legislation that has allowed the morning after or emergency contraceptive pill to be sold in chemists without prescription, has been defeated in the
01:00 Mon 29th Jan 2001By Oliver Goggi THE House of Lords has voted in support of Government plans to legalise tests on stem cells, an area of research bringing hope to sufferers of Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's and
01:00 Tue 23rd Jan 2001By Christina Okoli Ten years after she was ousted from Downing Street, Lady Margaret Thatcher, who may no long hold much political influence, is still seen as an inspirational figure by the British
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