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39,247 results found for all records.
Small businesses lose out in BCCI bank collapse (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the adverse effect of the collapse of bank BCCI on small businesses in Southall who have taken on loans on BCCI securities. Includes interviews with Southall chamber of commerce President Paul...
Thatcher on USSR accepting reform (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Margaret Thatcher speaks to press on the changing climate in the USSR where reform is now being seen as desirable and inevitable.
John Major on citizen’s charter (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Prime Minister John Major House of Commons speech on the aims of the Citizen’s Charter programme he is introducing- to provide better public services.
Major denies prior knowledge in BCCI bank collapse (1991)
- Genre
- Speech
Prime Minister John Major House of Commons speech claiming he was completely unaware of fraud at BCCI bank and did not see audit accounts when he was Chancellor. BCCI has now collapsed.
Rail disaster investigation starts (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference on a recent rail disaster in which people died and denying money was put before safety or being on a single track was the cause, the investigation is now beginning. Male speaker not...
Unsafe water supply (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a police operation to let residents know water was unsafe to drink after a problem at a water treatment works in Buckinghamshire. Includes interviews with Chief Superintendent John Isaac; Three...
Economic recession may be ending (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Political correspondent Paul Rowley interviews John Maples, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, who says the latest monthly economic figures are encouraging, and the recession has bottomed out.
Conservative Party propaganda (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour campaigns co-ordinator, Jack Cunningham, attacks the Conservative Government for using taxpayers money to promote Conservative Party propaganda by advertising the Citizen’s Charter, and on their...
Policeman captures escapee from Broadmoor (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Eyewitness account by a policeman (not identified) of capturing an escapee from Broadmoor Hospital (possibly rapist James Wolfman Saunders). Female interviewer not identified
Sellafield nuclear waste dump (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on reaction to the results of a survey by UK Nirex which has concluded Sellafield is more suitable than Dounreay to house nuclear waste, and on safety concerns. Reaction from Chairman of the action...