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  • Middle East peace talks to take place (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on American Secretary of State James Baker announcing Middle East peace talks will take place between Israel, Palestinians and its Arab neighbours Syria, Jordan and Lebanon in Madrid on October...

  • Fire on The Strand (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report from the scene after The Strand was closed after a fire at a derelict bank where homeless people are believed to be living; the adjacent Adelphi Theatre playing Me and My Girl had to be evacuated....

  • US congress reject new gun laws after massacre (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on the US Congress debate on the Second Amendment of the Constitution - the right to bear arms - following a massacre in Killeen, Texas where George Hennard drove his truck through Luby’s restaurant...

  • Brixton prison F-wing may close (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on talks about possible closure of Brixton Prison F-Wing (psychiatric wing) which has the highest suicide rate of staff and inmates in prison history. With comment from Terry McLaren from the Prison...

  • Aberfan disaster 25 year anniversary (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the 25 year anniversary of the Aberfan disaster in Wales where 116 children and 28 adults were killed. Includes interviews with Gaynor Madgewick who survived the tragedy which killed her brother...

  • Manslaughter at work investigated (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    The report Death at Work or Corporate Crime has found company executives get away with manslaughter. The report’s author David Bergman says there is no accountability; Louise Christian, a solicitor for an...

  • Mirror foreign editor accused of being Israeli spy (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech; Interview

    The Daily Mirror’s foreign editor Nick Davies denies he has been spying for the Israeli secret service Mossad as alleged by American author Seymour Hersh. MPs George Galloway and Rupert Allason - who...

  • Rape ruling sets precedent (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Interview

    Report on a ruling by Law Lords today that a woman can refuse sex with her husband following a case of attempted rape by a man of his ex-wife. With reaction from spokeswomen from Woman Against Rape Ruth Hall...

  • Pregnant woman injured in hit and run (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on a hit and run incident involving a 37 year-old pregnant woman, outside her home in Forest Hill, London. Patricia Levin’s husband Michael describes the moment he found his wife lying in the road,...

  • George Bush on USA and Middle East peace process (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    During a news conference in Washington, US President George Bush has made it clear that the United States will not exert pressure on any of the participants in the Middle East peace talks to find a...