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Proposal to let children leave school at 14 (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Brian Ging reports on the row sparked off by education and Employment Secretary Gillian Shephard’s ideas of letting fourteen-year-olds leave school and go out into the workplace. Debate on vocational...
Health of the Nation (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report by Brian Ging on reaction to the Government’s White Paper, entitled the Health of the Nation. The targets are being met according to Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell and he says the issues of...
ASLEF votes for tube strikes (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Paul Chapman reports from an ASLEF news conference. 76 percent of members have voted in favour of industrial action over pay. General Secretary Lew Adams is delighted by the ballot result. He apologizes to...
London Transport on ASLEF strike action (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified female interviews Ann Burfutt, London Transport’s Director of Human Resources, about what she thinks of ASLEF’s vote in favour of industrial action on tubes.
Max Cotton on the Nolan Report (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Political correspondent Max Cotton reports on the findings of the Nolan Report into standards in public life. Contributions from Leader of the House, Tony Newton; shadow Leader of the House, Ann Taylor;...
Peacekeeping in Bosnia (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Another UN safe area, Zepa, has been captured by the Bosnian Serbs. Washington correspondent Simon Marks has been following events through the day, as British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind engages in...
Parliament debates on Bosnia (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Mark Demery reports from Westminster, where Parliament has been debating the issue of the war in the former Yugoslavia. Contributions from former Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd; shadow Defence Secretary,...
£55 million Lottery money for Royal Opera House (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
National Lottery organisers announced today that £55 million out of £62 million available for the arts should go to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. The Arts Council has denied that the opera is...
Diana Garnham on National Lottery funding of charities (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Diana Garnham, General Secretary of the Association of Medical Research Charities, on the distribution of National Lottery funds amongst charity groups. Female interviewer not identified.
New computer system for the Met (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
The Metropolitan Police has received a new computer system which will enable officers to look at reports of crimes logged in different parts of the capital. Eventually all of London will be covered by the...