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American envoy deaths in Bosnia (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Washington correspondent Simon Marks reports that the accidental deaths of three US diplomats by landmine on a road outside Sarajevo has reopened a debate in the USA about whether America should be involved...
VJ Day celebrations (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Petroc Trelawny reports on VJ Day celebrations from the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. He discusses events, and talks to Captain Phil Jackson of the Scots Guard about the celebrations, the...
GNVQs under question (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Today’s figures for the new vocational qualifications, the GNVQs show a doubling in the number of students awarded GNVQs, but also showed a low percentage of finishers, is this due to a big drop out rate?...
GNVQs under question (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
One of the biggest critics of the new vocational GNVQ awards has been professor Alan Smithers of Manchester University. Here he voices his interpretation of today’s figures which showed a low percentage...
Fleet Street demise (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Fleet Street was once the nerve centre of British journalism. Now the departure of the Press Association, the country’s biggest news agency, leaves just one tiny office belonging to a Scottish paper....
Attacks on Jewish community (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Brian Ging reports that London’s Jewish community is on the alert following yesterday’s bomb attack on a commuter bus in Jerusalem which killed six people and injured more than a hundred. British Jews...
Manchester aircraft fire recalled (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Lizzie Knight reports on the disaster exactly ten years ago when fifty-four passengers leaving Manchester Airport for Corfu died when their aircraft caught fire. Survivors Deborah Warley, Michael Loftus and...
Water shortages for one in three in Britain (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Only one of the ten water companies is pledging to pay compensation to its customers because of the drought. Yet one in three people in England are now experiencing some sort of water restriction. Alison...
Invisible asthma poster (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Brian Ging reports on the National Asthma Campaign’s invisible poster at Vauxhall Cross in London- it will become visible as particles stick to it to highlight the risk of asthma which has become...
Lord White dies at 72 (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Obituary
Leyla Daybelge reports on the death of a larger than life buccaneer of the business world, Lord White, co-founder of the Hansen group, who died in Los Angeles after several weeks in hospital. Includes...