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Kidnapper given 15 year jail sentence (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the sentencing of John Warrington to 15 years imprisonment for the kidnap of millionaire’s wife Margaret Smith for ransom. Mrs Smith comments on her ordeal. Stephanie West reports. Includes sound...
London Underground improvements (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report from the launch of of the London Underground’s project to refurbish 145 Tube trains and on calls for more public finance for improvements after London Transport announced large operating losses....
Militant MP Terry Fields investigated (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on an inquiry into the actions of Labour Militant MP Terry Fields, whose controversial ways are causing disarray in the Labour Party. With archive clip of Fields in the Commons; comment from Labour...
G7 summit underway in London (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Press conference
Peter Murphy reports on the agreements so far at the G7 summit in London with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to arrive tomorrow to ask for financial aid for his economic reforms. UK Foreign Secretary...
Outcomes of G7 summit (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the outcomes of the G7 summit in London with an 8 point plan agreed. With British Prime Minister John Major on 2 of the issues- GATT world trade negotiations and the role of the UN. Peter Murphy...
Unemployment figures rise (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on a further rise in unemployment figures and the effect in the South East. Speakers are Employment Secretary Michael Howard; Labour Party employment spokesman Tony Blair; Bridget Rosewell, Managing...
X-ray machines at prisons (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on Home Secretary Kenneth Baker facing press questions on X-ray machines in prisons for security after touring the new Belmarsh Prison and following the IRA terrorist jailbreak from Brixton Prison...
Labour Party witch-hunt (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on reaction against a witch-hunt within the Labour Party against those not paying the poll tax (community charge) or supporting Militant Tendency, from a demonstration outside Liverpool Prison where...
Collapse of BCCI bank (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Report on the surprise announcement in the House of Commons of an inquiry into the collapse of bank BCCI, blaming of the Bank of England for not acting sooner and of the Government passing the buck. With...
Small businesses lose out in BCCI bank collapse (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the adverse effect of the collapse of bank BCCI on small businesses in Southall who have taken on loans on BCCI securities. Includes interviews with Southall chamber of commerce President Paul...