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  • Four arrested after RUC foils plot to kill NI Tory (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Dominique Harvie reports on the attempted assassination in Northern Ireland of a senior Conservative politician. Four INLA terrorists have been arrested by the RUC at the house of Dr Laurence Kennedy after...

  • Sunday trading debate (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Peter Murphy reports from Westminster on the controversial issue of Sunday trading in the UK. Supermarket chains, Tesco, Safeways, Asda, and Sainsbury’s have confirmed they will be opening on Sunday in the...

  • William Kennedy Smith rape trial (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Paul Woodley reports on the rape trial of Senator Edward Kennedy’s nephew William Kennedy Smith which starts today in Palm Beach, Florida. He’s accused of raping a woman on 30/03/91 at the Kennedy family...

  • Police sergeant murdered in London (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Emma Howard reports on the death of police sergeant Alan King in East London after a stabbing incident. A hunt is underway for a man called Peter Grenfell. The speakers include Superintendent Terry...

  • Smithfield market facelift (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on a radical facelift for London’s Smithfield meat market to fall in line with European standards of hygiene. Includes interviews with Norman Wood, the Corporation of London’s Superintendent for...

  • William Kennedy Smith rape trial (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Paul Woodley reports on the rape trial of Senator Edward Kennedy’s nephew William Kennedy Smith in Palm Beach, Florida and decision not to allow evidence of other women who claim sexual assault by him....

  • Robert Maxwell fraud investigation (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    James Bays reports on an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into a vast amount of money that’s disappeared from Mirror Group Newspapers. It’s alleged to have been siphoned off by the late...

  • PC Blakelock murder convictions quashed (1991)

    Genre
    News report

    Tim Crook reports from the Court of Appeal in London following the acquittal of the three men (Winston Silcott, Mark Braithwaite and Engin Raghip) convicted of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock in the...

  • Tiffany jewellers refit (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Mark Phillips reports back from Tiffany and Co of Old Bond Street in London after a major refit and expansion of the jewellers. Includes interview with Rosa Monkton, Tiffany and Co. Presenter in studio (not...

  • Government rejects contempt changes (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Paul Rowley reports from Westminster on Government rejections for a change to the law on contempt of court after Labour MP Greville Janner was named during the Leicestershire child abuse trial, accused of...