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  • Tom Conti on plays and films (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Actor Tom Conti has been promoting a campaign to boost tourism in Scotland. London News reporter Brian Ging caught up with him to ask about his upcoming film and play, standards in British theatre and plays...

  • John Redwood’s new Tory think tank (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Brian Ging reports on John Redwood’s new Conservative Party policy think tank Conservative 2000 Foundation and his insistence of continued support for John Major despite standing against him in the...

  • Royal Yacht Britannia arrives for VJ day celebrations (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Alison Hodgkins reports on the arrival of the Royal Yacht Britannia to the Pool of London for the 50th anniversary VJ day celebrations. Likely to be one of the last of its engagement as it will be...

  • Cowden rail accident inquest verdict (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Paul Chapman reports back to the studio (reporter not identified) on the inquest at Tunbridge Wells into the rail crash at Cowden in Kent last year with open verdicts returned on three out of the five...

  • Tube dispute (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Vox pop

    ASLEF and the RMT are not happy with the revised pay offers and are planning strikes on the tube Tuesdays and Thursdays. Relations have worsened following a court injunction and it looks as if industrial...

  • Unemployment has risen slightly (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unemployment has risen for the first time in nearly two years. Ian Brinkley, an economist at the TUC on reasons for change, predicts trends for the future, what the Goverment can do to turn the trend round...

  • A level exams getting easier (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Dr Michael Halstead the Chief Executive of the University of Cambridge local examination syndicate on why the pass rate was going up and is now at 84% following a decade of improvement. A...

  • State of higher education (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Josh Hillman, an education specialist at the Institute of Public Policy Research on the debate over A level pass rates constantly increasing; the current state of the higher education system with number of...

  • Hindu temple in Neasden (1995)

    Genre
    Discussion; News report

    Paul Chapman tours the Shri Swaminarayan Hindu temple with volunteer Girish Patel. Craftsmen are putting the finishing touches to the record-breaking temple in the heart of Neasden in North London which is...

  • Female record climber dies on K2 (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Chris Kirkham reports that it seems increasingly likely that Alison Hargreaves, the first woman to conquer Mount Everest alone and without oxygen has died in an avalanche on the world’s second highest...