Results

14,859 results found for all records.

  • Labour leader John Smith dies (1994)

    Genre
    Speech; Interview; News report; Tribute; Vox pop

    Marc de Leuw reports from Labour Party headquarters in Walworth Road, London following the sudden and unexpected death of Labour leader John Smith from a heart attack this morning. Includes tributes from...

  • Labour leader John Smith dies (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Tribute

    Peter Murphy reports from Westminster on tributes by MPs from all parties following the sudden death of Labour Party leader John Smith from a heart attack yesterday. Includes announcement by Speaker Betty...

  • Voluntary code for tobacco advertising as complete ban ruled out (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Des Fahy reports from Westminister on the new voluntary code on tobacco advertising agreed by the government with the tobacco industry, and the failure of Labour MP Keith Barron’s private members bill...

  • IRA London bombing campaign (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Mark Phillips reports on the London bombing campaign of IRA terrorists Patrick Hayes and Jan Taylor, who have been sentenced to thirty years in prison for their attacks on Harrods, a Victoria to Ramsgate...

  • Israeli troops withdraw from Jericho (1994)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special

    The withdrawal of Israeli troops from the West Bank and most of the Gaza Strip. Peter Allen-Frost Drivetime show report from Jericho, with actuality of the celebrations as Palestinian police take over the...

  • Release on appeal of Eddie Browning for murder of Marie Wilks (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Nicky Broyd reports on the case of 41-year-old former bouncer and Welsh guardsman Eddie Browning, who has been freed on appeal after being jailed for life in 1989 for the M50 murder of pregnant 22-year-old...

  • Blackpool Tower centenary (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Alistair Clarke reports from seaside resort Blackpool, as it prepares to celebrate the centenary this weekend of its famous tower. Includes the town’s Deputy Tourism Director Jane Seddon on the resort’s...

  • Major in Scotland on Europe (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Moray Firth Radio reporter Katie MacDonald on Prime Minister John Major’s speech last night to the Scottish Conservative Party conference in Inverness. Includes extracts with Major calling for Britain to...

  • New safety measures to protect London police officers (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Press conference

    Chris Chambers reports on Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Condon’s announcement of new protective measures for police officers after a review following the murders of Constable Patrick Dunne and...

  • Preliminary hearing into Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 proposals (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Max Cotton reports from Heathrow’s Ramada Hotel on the preliminary hearing into the airport’s proposed Terminal 5 extension. Includes concerns and benefits in views from Peter Davis, head of a...