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  • Queen Elizabeth gate unveiled at Hyde Park (1993)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop

    Report from London on the unveiling of the Queen Elizabeth Gate in Hyde Park, to commemorate the Queen Mother. The Queen (her daughter) did the opening. Prince Michael of Kent gives a speech on the reasons...

  • Justice system reforms proposed (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on reaction to the Royal Commission report set up after several miscarriages of justice, which calls for sweeping changes to the legal system. Comment from Home Secretary Michael Howard; Tory MP Sir...

  • Trade agreements to increase jobs (1993)

    Genre
    Speech

    Statement from Prime Minister John Major on likely future increase in British employment as a result of agreements at G7 summit world trade meetings (GATT talks) in Tokyo, Japan.

  • Trade agreements at Tokyo summit (1993)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech from US President Bill Clinton on the trade agreements on manufactured goods made today at a G7 summit (GATT talks) in Tokyo, Japan which Clinton claims will create jobs for Americans, and his hopes...

  • Terror suspect banned from the UK (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Labour Party Northern Ireland spokesman Roger Stott on the case of Northern Irish student John Matthews who has been banned from the British mainland, although found innocent of bombing...

  • Derek Bentley pardon legal ruling (1993)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press interview with Iris Bentley on the High Court ruling former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker erred in law in not giving her brother Derek Bentley a posthumous pardon. Bentley was hanged for murder of a...

  • John Major accepts libel damages (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the libel allegations against the New Statesman and Scallywag publications by Prime Minister John Major and Westminster caterer Clare Latimer in articles about their private lives. The New...

  • Clare Latimer on libel case (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Downing Street caterer Clare Latimer, from her North London home, on the settlement with New Statesman publication after she and Prime Minister John Major brought a libel case over articles...

  • British Rail worker battered to death in street robbery (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the murder of British Rail worker Stephen Donelan in a street robbery for 20 pounds in London and sentencing of his 16-year-old killers Marlon Manning and Wole Oyelowo. Detective Sergeant John Ball...

  • Oxleas wood saved from destruction (1993)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the Government u-turn on plans for a London river crossing which would have destroyed Oxleas Wood, following protests and EC threatening action. With interview clips with Transport Minister John...