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New Year celebrations in London - Restrictions mean fewer arrests (1994)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Vox pop
Ian Fenn reports from the New Year celebrations in Trafalgar Square, London, where the new tight restrictions on revellers saw just fifty-four arrests, twenty-nine of them for drunkenness, as a huge crowd...
BMA to rule on aborted foetuses (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
David Kermode reports on a decision by the British Medical Association (BMA) on whether to allow doctors to create babies using eggs from aborted human foetuses. Research shows the technique is now possible...
Sharon Dalson, mother who killed children, sent to Rampton (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Crook reports from the Old Bailey in London after a mother was sent to Rampton secure hospital for life after admitting the manslaughter of her two young children. Twenty-four year-old Sharon Dalson from...
Sharon Dalson, mother who killed children, sent to Rampton (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
David Kermode reports on the sentencing of a young mother at the Old Bailey in London after she was sent to Rampton secure mental hospital for life after admitting the manslaughter of her two young children....
Tim Yeo says he will not resign (1994)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press statement by Tim Yeo, Environment Minister, in which he says he has no intention of resigning over his extra-marital affair with Conservative councillor, Julia Stent, as a result of which he fathered a...
John Patten on new school discipline guidelines (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
George Matheson interviews Education Secretary, John Patten about the release of new guidelines for setting out harsher punishments for disruptive school children. The package - part of Prime Minister, John...
Archbishop Carey on diplomatic row with Sudan (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Mark Phillips reports from Lambeth Palace on a statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, following a diplomatic row between Britain and the Sudan. The Sudanese Ambassador has been ordered...
US gun control proposals (1994)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Paul Woodley reports from the United States where the gun lobby is gearing up for the most serious onslaught yet upon its right to operate unhindered, following a pledge from President Bill Clinton to...
John Patten on changes to National Curriculum (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Education Secretary, John Patten on changes to the National Curriculum following proposals by Government education advisor, Sir Ron Dearing, who has recommended reductions in school tests and...
Death of Brian Johnston - Tony Lewis reaction (1994)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary; Tribute
Telephone interview with former England cricket captain and commentator, Tony Lewis, on the death of BBC cricket commentator Brian Johnston at the age of eighty-one. His work spanned more than half a...