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Proposal to let children leave school at 14 (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Brian Ging reports on the row sparked off by education and Employment Secretary Gillian Shephard’s ideas of letting fourteen-year-olds leave school and go out into the workplace. Debate on vocational...
Max Cotton on the Nolan Report (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Political correspondent Max Cotton reports on the findings of the Nolan Report into standards in public life. Contributions from Leader of the House, Tony Newton; shadow Leader of the House, Ann Taylor;...
Peacekeeping in Bosnia (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Another UN safe area, Zepa, has been captured by the Bosnian Serbs. Washington correspondent Simon Marks has been following events through the day, as British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind engages in...
Parliament debates on Bosnia (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Mark Demery reports from Westminster, where Parliament has been debating the issue of the war in the former Yugoslavia. Contributions from former Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd; shadow Defence Secretary,...
£55 million Lottery money for Royal Opera House (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
National Lottery organisers announced today that £55 million out of £62 million available for the arts should go to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. The Arts Council has denied that the opera is...
Bosnia embargo lifted by USA (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Simon Marks reports on a vote in the Senate and criticism by President Bill Clinton after Senators voted overwhelmingly to lift the arms embargo in place against the Bosnian Muslims. White House officials...
Bosnian Serb combat action (1995)
- Genre
- Speech
United Nations spokesman Alexander Ivanko says the Serbian forces have kidnapped a number of Moslem men following military action at Zepa in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnian PM requests NATO assistance (1995)
- Genre
- Speech
Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic appeals for NATO airstrikes after the town of Bihac came under fire.
Major and Chirac together over Bosnia (1995)
- Genre
- Speech
UK Prime Minister John Major says Britain and France are now united in their policy towards Bosnia. Mr Major met French President Jacques Chirac at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
Islamic group rally in Trafalgar Square (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech; Vox pop
Nick Wood reports on a rally by the radical Islamic group Hisb’ut Tahrir in Trafalgar Square. The group which wants to establish an Islamic state is Britain’s fastest growing political party, but has...