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Brain Mawhinney on air pollution (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Transport Secretary Brian Mawhinney reacts to a Royal Commission report on environmental pollution. Includes excerpt of his speech to a conference on air quality today calling for positive work on the...
Chancellor’s mini-budget - Reaction (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Malcolm Brown reports on the Chancellor’s mini-budget. Kenneth Clarke’s decision to use duty on drinks, cigarettes, and petrol to balance the books has not gone down well with the industries involved and...
Chancellor’s mini-budget - Reaction to speech (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary correspondent Max Cotton reports on Chancellor Kenneth Clarke’s mini-budget (08/12/94). His decision to use duty on drinks, cigarettes, and petrol to balance the books has not gone down well...
Northern Line underground network upgrade - Reaction (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Brian Ging reports on an upgrading of London’s Northern Line underground rail network. Five hundred million pounds has put into new trains with the money being raised in an unusual way, with the builders...
Knife attack at Birmingham department store (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Interview
Olivia MacLeod reports on a police investigation into a frenzied knife attack in Birmingham where a 30 year-old local man has been arrested in connection with the incident. About 15 people were slashed...
Myra Hindley appeals for release - TV documentary (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Chris Chambers reports on a Channel 4 television documentary (Witness) which will report on a plea by Moors murderer Myra Hindley for her release. Hindley has now spent nearly thirty years in jail and is...
London buses privatised (1994)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Brian Ging reports on the privatisation of London’s buses. The Government has announced that nearly two hundred and fifty million pounds has been raised by the sale. Includes reaction from London Transport...
Duchess of York gives speech in Washington DC (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Connie Lawn reports on a speech to the Press Club by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, while on a visit to Washington DC. She is questioned about a possible reconciliation with her husband, Prince Andrew,...
Sinn Fein and UK Government hold talks - Impasse over IRA weapons (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Malcolm Brown reports on talks between British Government officials and Sinn Fein following the announcement of an IRA ceasefire. However the Government has made it clear that the IRA’s weapons stockpile...
John Major speech on EU fraud (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Olivia MacLeod reports on the launch of a new offensive against interference and fraud in the European Union by the UK Prime Minister, John Major. Speaking at the beginning of the European Summit in Germany...