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  • Violent film legislation (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Des Fahy reports on the Conservative Party retreat over legislation to tighten up regulation of violent films, some amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill tabled by David Alton MP have been agreed including...

  • Elderly couple murdered and teens raped in Hounslow (1994)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference

    Chris Chambers reports on the abduction and rape of two teenage girls and murder of an elderly couple Madhavji Ambasna and Raliat Ambasna in a council flat in Benson Close, Hounslow. Detective Superintendent...

  • D-Day 50 year celebrations launched (1994)

    Genre
    Interview; Music; News report; Speech

    Mark Phillips reports as Prime Minister John Major launches celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the D-Day landings in Grosvenor Square. There are events planned all over the country. Includes speech...

  • Rifkind on Bosnia conflict (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Paul Woodley reports on Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind’s speech in New York criticising America for not supporting the increase in peacekeepers for Bosnia as requested by the UN, and on NATO air strikes...

  • Abolishing right to silence (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Des Fahy reports on a Parliamentary debate on the issue of abolishing a suspect’s right to silence to be included in the Criminal Justice Act 1994. Includes Commons speeches for and against by shadow Home...

  • Tower Colliery stays open (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Emma Jones reports on the British Coal turnaround at the Tower Colliery in South Wales which now won’t be closed but will be sold off. NUM Spokesman Kevin Williams, miner Phil White and NUM Lodge Secretary...

  • US friendly fire kills 26 (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Press conference

    Paul Woodley reports as a series of mistakes led to US friendly fire on two American helicopters flying over Iraq. The helicopters were mistaken for Iraqi aircraft defying the UN no-fly ban in the region. 26...

  • Patients refused treatment because of age (1994)

    Genre
    Parliamentary debate; News report

    Des Fahy reports on a Commons debate after Prime Minister John Major accuses Labour Party deputy leader Margaret Beckett of lying about reports of patients being refused hospital treatment because of their...

  • Serb forces attack Gorazde (1994)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference

    As Bosnian Serb forces are poised to capture the Muslim town of Gorazde, Bosnian Vice- President Ejup Ganic makes a plea for the UN to protect the supposedly safe zone; US President Clinton says the Serbs...

  • Women priests to be ordained in London (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Religious affairs correspondent Lawrence Spicer reports as the Church of England prepares to ordain its first women priests for London. The ordinations in St Paul’s Cathedral in London will be conducted by...