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Marketing drive for London (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Jeff Collins reports on an eight million pound marketing drive launched to promote London as a world tourist centre. It follows consultation with big business to design a new logo that companies can use in...
VCs plan levy on students (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
University Vice-Chancellors have unveiled plans for an emergency levy on students after accusing the Government of abandoning its commitment to quality further education. The plan for a £300 flat fee runs...
Male secretaries on the rise (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Reed Personnel Services say more and more employers are recruiting male secretaries - and what’s more, they are very happy with the results. Reporter Nick Wood speaks to Ian, a formerly unemployed graduate...
Funeral supermarket (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Tomorrow, a cash-and-carry coffin shop will be launched in East London. Funeral supermarkets have been around on the continent for some time, but it’s the first time the idea has been brought to Britain....
Royal security alert as Duke’s mobile phone tapped (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Royal security is back in the limelight, after a radio ham tapped Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh speaking to a mystery woman on his mobile phone. This is the fourth time a member of his family has been...
MPs call for pay review (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Scores of backbenchers from across the parliamentary divide have put their names to a Commons motion calling for a pay review which could double their salaries. They argue that the rewards of the job are...
Malcolm Rifkind speech to CBI (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Malcolm Rifkind, the UK Foreign Secretary, has given a speech to the CBI that was apparently designed to warn business leaders off Labour, alleging Blair misled the CBI over the Social Chapter. Speaking are:...
Ulster talks log jam (1996)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Robert Allen reports on Ulster talks going on in London between the Irish Foreign minister Dick Spring and Sir Patrick Mayhew at the Northern Ireland Office (they speak to reporters outside office)...
Major Nick Clark on defusal of German bomb (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
A World War Two bomb in a boating lake at South Norwood was made safe by an army disposal team shortly after ten o’clock yesterday morning. It took the men of 33 Engineering Regiment from Walden Essex,...
Jean Knowlson jailed for feeding pigeons (1996)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
South London pensioner Jean Knowlson has been sent to Holloway prison for the second time because she refused to obey a court order that banned her from feeding pigeons outside her home. Nick Wood has...