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Church holds special Clowns’ Service (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Dalston’s Holy Trinity Church, officially recognised since 1959 as the spiritual home of clowns, hosted the 50th annual Clowns’ Service over the weekend. The service is organised by the Clowns...
Fire fighters contest service cuts (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
A hundred fire fighters told the Government today that cuts in funding for the Fire Service in London will put lives at risk. They handed in a petition with over a hundred thousand signatures at the...
Teaching skills needed to improve education (1996)
- Genre
- Speech
The Government’s Chief Inspector of Schools, Chris Woodhead, believes too many schools are letting down their pupils. He identifies teachers’ knowledge, expectations, planning abilities, discipline and...
Education Secretary on schools report (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
The Chief Inspector of Schools Chris Woodhead has concluded that standards need to be raised in about half of primary schools and two-fifths of secondary schools. Some in the teaching profession lay the...
NUT spokesman on schools report (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Union leaders as well as teachers are questioning the conclusions reached by today’s report by the Chief Inspector of Schools Chris Woodhead. John Bangs, Head of Education for the National Union of...
OFSTED response to schools report (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Mike Tomlinson, Director of Inspection at OFSTED, points out that some schools are achieving comparatively good results - poor performance cannot be simply a matter of resources. This follows report released...
Greycoat Hospital School for Girls standards high (1996)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
One of those schools identified in the recent report by Chris Woodhead, Chief Inspector of Schools as improving standards is the Greycoat Hospital School for Girls in Victoria. Senior teacher Neil Ritchie...
Nigel Griffiths on British Gas split (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
British Gas has denied that Chief Executive Cedric Brown will get a multi-million pound payout when he retires in April. His job is disappearing as part of a restructuring plan which will split the company...
Angry British Gas customers should go elsewhere (1996)
- Genre
- Interview
Energy Minister Tim Eggar says that customers angry at Cedric Brown’s reported pay-off by British Gas as he retires as a re-organisation takes place will be able to take their custom elsewhere.
Cedric Brown on retirement announcement (1996)
- Genre
- Press conference
British Gas chief Cedric Brown has announced his retirement as the company is being split in two with his position being axed, but he will stay on the company’s payroll for another year as a consultant....