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Major on pessimistic messages about the economy (1993)
- Genre
- Speech
Extract of a speech by Prime Minister John Major to businessmen at a conference in London. He criticises economic pessimists for talking the country down.
Drug convictions overturned amid police corruption and racism claims (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Angela Rippon FM Drivetime show report on the quashing by the Court of Appeal of the drug convictions of Rennie Kingsley, Ida Oderinde, Dennis Tulloch and Everard Brown, due to evidence given by the Stoke...
US drops food aid in Bosnia (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview for IRN Billboard programme with Britain’s senior UN Commander in Bosnia, Brigadier Roderick Cordy-Simpson following US air drops on two Eastern Bosnian towns including Cherska, which...
Young offender institutions to tackle juvenile crime (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports on Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke’s proposals to lock up persistent juvenile criminals in new institutions, due to be up and running within two years, where...
Arrest of two men for Harrods bomb attack (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tanya Hines reports from the scene of yesterday’s police raid on a house in Walford Road, Stoke Newington and subsequent arrest of two men in connection with the Harrods bomb attack, after Scotland Yard...
Brian Mawhinney defends increase in prescription charges (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Health Minister Brian Mawhinney defends the government’s decision to increase prescription charges by 50 pence to £4.25 per item, a 13 percent rise and almost eight times the inflation rate. Mawhinney...
Opposition protest to increase in prescription charges (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports on opposition to the government’s decision to increase prescription charges by 13 percent to £4.25. Includes shadow Health Secretary David Blunkett says the...
Call for ban on carrying of knives in Scotland (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Des Fahy reporting on Labour MP David Marshall’s brandishing of a knife in the Commons to emphasize his call for the sale and carrying of knives to be banned in Scotland. Includes reprimand from Speaker...
Waco cult siege standoff (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Special; Speech
Paul Woodley update report after the shootout between armed agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and members of the Branch Davidian religious sect at their ranch headquarters in Waco,...
John Smith on need for constitutional change (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports from Westminster on Labour Party leader John Smith’s speech on the need for constitutional change, which represents a new direction for the party. Includes...