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  • IRA terrorists prison breakout (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Malcolm Kemp from his hospital bed, he was shot by two IRA suspects, Nessan Quinlivan and Pearse McAuley, who broke out of Brixton Prison and attempted to commandeer his car. Kemp describes...

  • Firefighters killed in Bow blaze (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the death of two firefighters in a fire in a warehouse in Bow, and the investigation into how the men were killed. With comment from MP for Bow and Poplar Mildred Gordon; divisional fire officer...

  • Apartheid sport ban over for South Africa (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the readmission of South Africa into international sport lifting a ban due to apartheid, they have been allowed into next year’s Olympic Games and back to the International Cricket Council (ICC)...

  • Objections to health reforms in the NHS (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with NHS Support Federation’s director Julia Schofield on the job losses and the reforms underway in the NHS, following their placing of a full-page advertisement in The Observer newspaper...

  • Aftermath of Gulf war (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Report on the movement of allied troops into Turkey as part of a quick reaction force to any Iraqi attacks on Kurds after the end of the Gulf war; possible US military action against suspected nuclear...

  • Poor state of the economy (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on reaction to the poor inflation figures, half percent cut in interest rates and Government statement that the economy will recover. Comment from Economic Secretary to the Treasury, John Maples;...

  • Labour MP imprisoned for not paying poll tax (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Militant Labour Party MP Dave Nellist on the case and sentencing of fellow rebel MP Terry Fields who refused to pay his poll tax (community charge) as a protest against the charge, and has been sentenced to...

  • Turkish embassy besieged by Kurdish protesters (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on a siege by Kurdish demonstrators at the Turkish Emabassy in Belgravia in London against the killing of protesters in Turkey which ended in arrests. Protesters heard chanting. With comment from...

  • Dutch fail to convict IRA terrorists (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Chairman of the Conservative Party Northern Ireland Committee Ivor Stanbrook who condemns the Dutch legal system for not prosecuting four people suspected of being IRA terrorists. Male...

  • Brixton prison terrorist breakout (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Tim Locke reads the IRN 14.00 news focusing on the breakout from Brixton Prison of two IRA terrorists, Nessan Quinlivan and Pearse McAuley with questions over security being asked. Helen Costello reports...