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  • Sydney success for 2000 Summer Olympic Games (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report from the scene at Monte Carlo where the successful Sydney, Australia bid for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games is announced and on placings of the other bidders for the title of host city. Speakers are...

  • Paddy Ashdown on Manchester (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown’s keynote speech at the end of his Party conference in Torquay. He makes obvious references to crime and violence in the city which some say have harmed...

  • Keynote speech at Liberal Democrat conference (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Vox pop

    Report on the keynote speech given by Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown at the closure of the party conference in Torquay. Speakers are Paddy Ashdown and reaction from unidentified party delegates. Kevin...

  • Police reforms over discipline (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on new governmental reforms for the police service surrounding discipline. The Police Federation is seeking legal advice for a judicial review. Speakers are Chairman of the Police Federation Richard...

  • Legal cannabis crop harvest (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report from the scene as the first legalised cannabis crop in the UK for fifty years is harvested by pharmaceutical company Hemcore Ltd in Great Dunmow, Essex. It is to be used as hemp. Speakers are Saffron...

  • Alabama train derailment kills 47 (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the derailment of an Amtrak train in a swamp area near Mobile, Alabama, USA killing 47 people as it headed for Miami, Florida from Los Angeles, California. Speakers are British survivors Scottish...

  • White males sentenced for Asian murder (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the sentencing of two white males Mark Lee, 22 and Ricky Lee, 19 over the racially motivated killing of Asian taxi driver Fiaz Mirza. Speakers are Fiaz Mirza’s family friend Abdul Hakim(?);...

  • Queen Elizabeth II and Sydney 2000 Olympics (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; Music; News report; Phone-in; Vox pop

    Report on whether Queen Elizabeth II will open the 2000 summer Olympic Games in Sydney Australia as Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating wants the country declared a republic by 2001 as Manchester loses...

  • Nelson Mandela calls for end to economic sanctions (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on a speech (with excerpts) by African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela to the United Nations urging the end of economic and diplomatic sanctions against South Africa and reaction by the US and...

  • Bill Clinton at United Nations (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Report on US President Bill Clinton’s maiden speech as President to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA where he touched on the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie,...