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Bus bombed in London (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Areas of Central London are still sealed off after an explosion ripped a double decker bus apart last night near Aldwych. Our reporters Lisa Costello and Paul Maurice have been on the scene and report on...
Sea Empress disaster (1996)
- Genre
- News report
Fears of an environmental disaster off West Wales are growing after the last crew members were lifted off the stricken oil tanker Sea Empress. Houses in Milford Haven overlooking the scene have been...
Sea Empress disaster (1996)
- Genre
- News report
Time’s running out to stop a crippled oil tanker, Sea Empress, sinking off Milford Haven in Wales. Helicopter crews are braving appalling weather in an attempt to get a salvage team back onto the Sea...
Sea Empress disaster (1996)
- Genre
- News report
Sky’s Martin Lowe says oil’s gushing out of the stricken oil tanker Sea Empress again. The tanker is aground off Milford Haven in Wales. Salvage efforts are being hampered by poor weather conditions.
Sea Empress disaster (1996)
- Genre
- News report
The oil tanker Sea Empress is aground off Milford Haven in Wales and salvage efforts to prevent an environmental disaster are being hampered by poor weather. People have also been evacuated from the local...
Laurence Olivier Awards with Dame Judi Dench winning a double (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Dame Judi Dench won an unprecedented double at last night’s Olivier Awards scooping prizes for best actress and also best actress in a musical. London News’ Petroc Trelawny was at the awards and reports...
George Mitchell on IRA violence (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Former US senator George Mitchell has been in London, and condemns the IRA’s resumption of violence and the London Docklands bombing, calling for a fresh ceasefire. Mitchell is still optimistic about the...
British Gas sees profits slump (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
British Gas end of year results revealed a major profits slump. Paul Chapman reports. Contributions from British Gas Chairman, Richard Giordano, who is unrepentant about his pay arrangements; outgoing chief...
Parliamentary report: Scott Report, Northern Ireland and Sea Empress disaster (1996)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary correspondent Robert Allen reports from Westminster, where Tony Blair attacks John Major (both heard) during Prime Minister’s Question Time after Chancellor Kenneth Clarke admitted his...
Conservative MP Peter Thurnham resigns party whip (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Bolton MP Peter Thurnham has resigned the Conservative Party whip, ostensibly over the Scott Report into arms sales to Iraq. John Major’s majority is now only two and party reaction was mostly hostile....