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7 results found for '"Vickers"' in Keywords.
Historic medical murder cases (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Rodney Bennett examines the historic medical murder cases involving Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen in 1910, Dr Buck Ruxton in 1935, and Nurse Dorothea Waddingham in 1936. The report coincides with the sentencing...
Paul Vickers murder trial (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the background to the trial at Teeside Crown Court of surgeon Paul Vickers, after he was found guilty of murdering his wife, Margaret Vickers, in 06/79. Male reporter not identified.
Paul Vickers murder trial (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the background to the trial at Teeside Crown Court of surgeon Paul Vickers after he was found guilty of murdering his wife, Margaret Vickers, in 06/79. Male reporter not identified.
Britain opts for homemade tank over US rival (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
John Alcock interviews Chairman and Chief Executive of Vickers, Sir David Plastow, on a contract awarded by the UK Government to build a new battle tank.
Parliamentary debate on Vickers tank order (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Paul Rowley reports from Westminster on a parliamentary debate in which Defence Secretary George Younger announced that the contract to build a new series of tanks for the British Army was to be awarded to...
Fourth trident submarine contract (1992)
- Genre
- Speech
Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind announces the fourth Trident Nuclear Submarine contract has been awarded to Vickers’ shipyard at Barrow in Furness securing fifteen hundred jobs.
Swan Hunter loses bid to Vickers (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Rowley interviews Tyneside Conservative MP and member of the Commons Defence Committee Neville Trotter on why the committee has asked the National Audit Office to investigate the troubled Swan Hunter...