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Taxi driver dies after mugging (1994)
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- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Mark Phillips reports on the death of Freddy Franks, London taxi driver, from a heart attack after teenage muggers who hired his cab tried to steal his mobile phone. Franks was due to retire from his job....
Rail unions consider strike action after pay offer rejected (1994)
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- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Jason Kaye reports on a proposed series of one day rail and underground strikes threatening London. The 3 main rail unions have met to discuss a two percent pay offer and while the Transport and Salaried...
15th Commonwealth Games end in Canada (1994)
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- News report; Vox pop; Speech
Glyn Perkins reports on the end of the fifteenth Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The event has received a mixed reception with lurid headlines about drug abuse and rows over...
IRA announces ceasefire - reaction in Belfast (1994)
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- News report; Vox pop; Interview
Shane Glynn reports on reaction amongst residents in Belfast following the announcement of an IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland. The news was greeted with flag waving marchers in nationalist areas although...
Signal workers dispute - March in Blackpool (1994)
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- News report; Speech; Vox pop
Shelly Flack reports on a demonstration in Blackpool organised by the RMT union to show support for the striking rail signalmen, organised as the TUC conference takes place in the town this week. Includes...
Jet crashes while landing near Pittsburgh killing all 131 on board (1994)
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- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Washington correspondent Simon Marks reports from the United States where teams are investigating an air crash. All 131 people on board US Air flight 427 died when the plane smashed into a wooded ravine...
IRA ceasefire - army adopt low key approach (1994)
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- News report; Vox pop; Interview
David Blevins (Downtown Radio) reports on the first effects of the IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland. The army in Belfast has already adopted a less visible image on the streets but the move has produced a...
John Major initiative on crime (1994)
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- News report; Speech; Vox pop
Peter Deeley reports on a new campaign by Prime Minister John Major to combat crime. Setting out his platform on law and order earlier today he said a partnership with the public is the key to fight crime....
Carol Wardell, building society manager, murdered (1994)
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- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Max Cotton reports on a police hunt in Warwickshire for a gang of armed robbers after the murder of a Woolwich building society manageress in a £15,000 raid. 38-year-old Carol Wardell was abducted from...
Landslide victory for Labour in Shadwell (1994)
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- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Election coverage
Max Cotton reports from the Shadwell local council by-election in Tower Hamlets, where the British National Party fielded a candidate and the Anti-Nazi League demonstrated outside. He asks locals what they...