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  • 10 pits to close, future of 21 in balance (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Des Fahy reports from Westminster on Commons proceeding where the Government backing down on its plan to close 31 coal pits. British Coal has been told to shut down 10 but must wait until after a statutory...

  • Miners rally at Westminster (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Simon Israel reports from Westminster on a mass rally attended by hundreds of miners as Parliament debates the future of coal pits. The Government has backed down on its plan to close 31 pits but British...

  • Narrow government win on pit closures (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Mark Phillips reports on a rowdy Parliamentary debate on the future of coal pits. The Government won the Commons vote approving its mine closure programme, after quelling a backbench rebellion. The Labour...

  • 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...

  • Reaction to Tomlinson report on NHS in London (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Speech; Interview; Parliamentary debate

    Peter Deeley reports on reaction following the publication of the Tomlinson Report on the future of London’s NHS hospitals. The recommendations include closing some of London’s most famous hospitals...

  • Reaction to Bart’s Hospital closure plan (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Vox pop; Press conference; Speech

    Julie Sedgwick reports on reaction from Londoners following the announcement of the possible closure of St Bartholomew’s (Bart’s) Hospital after the publication of the Tomlinson Report on the future of...

  • Dresden reconciliation service (1992)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Vox pop

    Catherine Field reports from Dresden in Germany following the official visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh for a service of remembrance at Kreuzkirche Cathedral aimed at...

  • Lamont sees economic green shoots (1992)

    Genre
    Speech

    Quote from Chancellor Norman Lamont’s speech at the 1991 Conservative Party conference in Blackpool where he says: it is clear that Britain is coming out of recession and confidence is returning, the green...