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27 results found for '"Simon Hobbs"' in Contributors.
Brixton Against Robbery crime prevention scheme (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Hobbs reports on a youth crime prevention initiative in Brixton, South London, named Brixton Against Robbery (BAR). The project was set up in the aftermath of the Brixton riots in 1981 and has won the...
Primary school reform (1992)
- Genre
- Interview
Simon Hobbs interviews Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke on an inquiry report demanding a shake up of primary school teaching methods. The report has called for traditional teaching methods to return, and...
Operation Piper preventing child prostitution (1992)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Vox pop
Vice officers from Westminster’s Juvenile Protection Unit, Street Offences Squad and British Transport Police are searching the West End of London for at risk children in Operation Piper, intended to curb...
Labour success in Woolwich in general elections (1992)
- Genre
- Election coverage; Interview; News report
Report on the Labour Party success in the general elections as the gap was closed on Conservative Party MP Peter Bottomley and they overturned the last two SDP MP’s in Britain as John Austin Walker beat...
Bomb in London and police shot in Yorkshire (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Simon Hobbs reports on a police hunt for two suspected IRA gunmen who murdered special constable Glenn Goodman in Yorkshire. Police aren’t saying whether they are linking the killing with a bomb explosion...
Royal coverage condemned (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Vox pop; Interview
Simon Hobbs reports on newspaper coverage about the state of the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales (Prince Charles and Princess Diana). The reporting has been condemned by the Press Complaints...
Bernie Grant predicts a riot in London (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Simon Hobbs reports on a House of Commons speech by Tottenham Labour MP, Bernie Grant (excerpt heard), claiming riots are set to break out in London, which has angered politicians and community leaders. He...
Victoria Street bomb (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Hobbs reports in the aftermath of a bomb blast in Victoria Street, Westminster, London. The device exploded just before midnight, near the Houses of Parliament, as MPs were leaving the Commons having...
John Allen on redundancies following Daf Leyland receivership (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
The announcement of British redundancies at the commercial vehicle manufacturer Leyland Daf, which is going into receivership following the insolvency of Daf’s Dutch parent company. Simon Hobbs...
Maastricht Treaty referendum (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Press conference
Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher calls for a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty at a news conference at Westminster following a telephone poll in favour of one. She also comments on the situation...