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3,214 results found for all records.
John Smith on Major’s handling of European affairs (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference
Labour leader John Smith says that Prime Minister John Major must address some of the problems arising through his having caused offence in Europe.
No pardon for Derek Bentley (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference
Home Secretary, Kenneth Clarke rejects calls for a posthumous pardon for Derek Bentley, saying that the jury had evidence to support the conviction. Bentley was hanged forty years ago for murdering a police...
Derek Bentley refused a pardon (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference
Derek Bentley’s sister, Iris, vows to continue the fight to clear his name after Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke rejected calls for a posthumous pardon. Bentley was hanged in 1953 for murdering a police...
Gordon Brown on leaked Bundesbank report (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference
Shadow Chancellor, Gordon Brown comments on a leaked report from the Bundesbank. He says it raises serious questions about the Government’s version of the events surrounding Britain’s withdrawal from the...
Ross Perot in presidential race (1992)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Press conference; Vox pop
Paul Woodley reports on Ross Perot’s re-entry into the US presidential election. Includes extracts of Perot’s press conference, and vox pop with members of the New York public.
Heseltine on coal mine closures (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press statement from President of the Board of Trade, Michael Heseltine on planned 31 coal mine closures and the redundancy payments scheme he is setting up.
Scargill reacts to pit closures (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press statement from NUM leader Arthur Scargill in which he compares recent coal mine closure proposals of 31 pits to vandalism.
Human rights abuses in Yugoslavia (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Press statement by State Department spokesman Richard Boucher about mounting evidence of human rights abuses including mass killings and torture in the former Yugoslavia during the Balkans war.
Paul Condon on Metropolitan Police appointment (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Press statement by Paul Condon following the announcement of his appointment as Metropolitan Police Commissioner to succeed Sir Peter Imbert who will retire in 1993.
Tomlinson report on NHS in London (1992)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Press statement by Sir Bernard Tomlinson following the publication of his report on the future of London’s NHS hospitals. The recommendations include closing some of London’s most famous hospitals...