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7,185 results found for all records.
Sunday trading debate (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Peter Murphy reports from Westminster on the controversial issue of Sunday trading in the UK. Supermarket chains, Tesco, Safeways, Asda, and Sainsbury’s have confirmed they will be opening on Sunday in the...
William Kennedy Smith rape trial (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on the rape trial of Senator Edward Kennedy’s nephew William Kennedy Smith which starts today in Palm Beach, Florida. He’s accused of raping a woman on 30/03/91 at the Kennedy family...
Greville Janner on Leicestershire child abuse case (1991)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
House of Commons speech by Labour MP Greville Janner, about the Leicestershire child abuse trial, which heard claims he’d sexually abused an orphan boy. Janner denies the allegation and condemns the...
Joseph Cicippio freed (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Press statement by Joseph Cicippio following his release by the pro-Iranian Revolutionary Justice Organisation, after being held hostage in Beirut for over five years.
William Kennedy Smith rape trial (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on the rape trial of Senator Edward Kennedy’s nephew William Kennedy Smith in Palm Beach, Florida and decision not to allow evidence of other women who claim sexual assault by him....
Kenneth Baker in contempt of court (1991)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
House of Commons speech by Home Secretary Kenneth Baker following opposition calls for his resignation after being found guilty of contempt of court at the Appeal Court in London. The ruling followed...
Terry Anderson release delayed (1991)
- Genre
- Speech; Special
Video featuring last American hostage in Beirut, Terry Anderson, where he criticises the foreign policy of the United States and Israel. The video, released by Islamic Jihad, coincides with the supposed...
Government rejects contempt changes (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Paul Rowley reports from Westminster on Government rejections for a change to the law on contempt of court after Labour MP Greville Janner was named during the Leicestershire child abuse trial, accused of...
William Kennedy Smith rape trial (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Press conference
Paul Woodley reports on the rape trial of Senator Edward Kennedy’s nephew William Kennedy Smith in Palm Beach, Florida where the alleged victim has been giving evidence. Includes testimony by the alleged...
50th anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbour (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Marc de Leuw reports on the fiftieth anniversary of the Japanese air attack on the American naval base of Pearl Harbour in 1941. Includes archive recordings of US Presidents Franklin D Roosevelt and Harry S...