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  • Marseille hijack ends violently (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Brian Ging reports on the conclusion to a 54 hour hijack of a French jet ending with the death of all the gunmen on board. Anti-terrorist police stormed the plane at Marseille Airport where it arrived early...

  • Meningitis outbreak in Rottingdean (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Dominic Waghorn reports on the case of five year-old Emma Harris, from Rottingdean, Sussex, who died on 26/12/94 at a hospital in Brighton after a Christmas Day outbreak of meningitis. Her friend, Alexandra...

  • Labour consider graduate tax (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Harry Beer reports on Labour Party proposals which would mean the introduction of a tax on graduates to help pay for tuition fees to help finance the increasing cost of higher education. If implemented it...

  • Slow start to Christmas sales (1994)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    Nick Wood reports from Selfridges department store in London’s Oxford Street, on a slow start to the post-Christmas sales. With bargains now available all the year round, it seems the winter sales have...

  • Former CIA officer Ames Aldrich convicted of spying (1994)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Jeff Collins reports on the case of former CIA officer Aldrich Ames who has been convicted of spying in the United States, selling American secrets to the Kremlin for nearly a decade. He is now serving life...

  • Doctor Joan Francisco murdered in north London (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Rob Tomlinson reports on a police investigation into the murder of a doctor at her north London home. Twenty-seven year-old Joan Francisco was found strangled at the foot of a flight of stairs in St John’s...

  • Search for missing men in Strangford Lough (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Vox pop

    Alison Hodgkins reports on the resumption of a search for two men missing after a speedboat accident which has already claimed three lives. A sixth man was rescued after swimming a mile in darkness and heavy...

  • Safety probe call after 16 hurt in bus collision (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Ken Odeluga reports on concern over the safety of London’s buses, after sixteen people were injured in a collision between two double deckers in Whitehall. No one was seriously hurt, but nineteen people...

  • Wildlife campaign launched in Holland Park (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    Lizzie Knight reports on the launch of a new conservation campaign in Holland Park, west London called Million for Wildlife. Includes contributions from Sir David Attenborough, broadcaster and president of...

  • Burglary at Lord Mishcon’s London home (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Rob Tomlinson reports on an investigation by Scotland Yard into a burglary at the London home of Lord Mishcon (Victor Mishcon), lawyer to Diana, Princess of Wales. The thieves assaulted Lady Mishcon (Joan...