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Lottery jackpot dreams (1996)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Gamblers angling for the thirty five million pound UK National Lottery jackpot plan how to spend their winnings.
Engineering works on Tube (1996)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Paul Chapman has been on the streets, getting Londoners’ reactions to the announcement of major engineering works on London Underground.
Blizzard causes havoc in USA (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Vox pop
One of the worst snow storms this century is bringing havoc to America’s east coast. Airports, schools, colleges, and museums are closed and US government workers due to return to work after being laid off...
Newbury by-pass (1996)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Louise Whitefield reports on protests against the planned Newbury by-pass in Berkshire; includes interview with female protester and sounds of chainsaw, demonstrators shouting and police warning them.
Myra Hindley may be released (1996)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Interviews with unsympathetic members of the public about proposals to free Moors Murderer, Myra Hindley. Interviewer not identified.
Natwest Tower blaze (1996)
- Genre
- Vox pop
An investigation is underway into the cause of a blaze at one of London’s major landmarks, the NatWest Tower in the City of London. About five hundred workmen renovating Britain’s second highest office...
VCs plan levy on students (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
University Vice-Chancellors have unveiled plans for an emergency levy on students after accusing the Government of abandoning its commitment to quality further education. The plan for a £300 flat fee runs...
Funeral supermarket (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Tomorrow, a cash-and-carry coffin shop will be launched in East London. Funeral supermarkets have been around on the continent for some time, but it’s the first time the idea has been brought to Britain....
Major Nick Clark on defusal of German bomb (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
A World War Two bomb in a boating lake at South Norwood was made safe by an army disposal team shortly after ten o’clock yesterday morning. It took the men of 33 Engineering Regiment from Walden Essex,...
Jean Knowlson jailed for feeding pigeons (1996)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
South London pensioner Jean Knowlson has been sent to Holloway prison for the second time because she refused to obey a court order that banned her from feeding pigeons outside her home. Nick Wood has...