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26 results found for '"John Allen"' in Contributors.
Rover to cut jobs (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Parliamentary debate
Simon Israel reports on Austin Rover announcing that 3,500 jobs are to be axed over the next three years at South Cowley and Llanelli and speculation it could be linked to the takeover by British...
Commonwealth report on climate change (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Allen reports on reaction by Shridath Ramphal, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, to a report on the effects of world climate change. The report comes a month before the Commonwealth leaders’...
Virginia Bottomley on acid house crackdown (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
IRN environment correspondent, John Allen interviews junior environment minister, Virginia Bottomley, about a call to local authorities to use their existing powers to crack down on illegal acid house...
Computer hacking a crime (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The Law Commission today published their report on computer misuse recommending a new crime of unauthorised access to a computer should be created. The report was brought forward by two months so legislation...
Donor skin aids burns victim (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Science correspondent John Allen reports on an operation on two-year-old Ferrial Syed from Southall, London, which used a pioneering new technique in plastic surgery. Skin from a patient who had died was...
Nature Conservancy Council breakup - Chairman interviewed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
John Allen interviews the chairman of the Nature Conservancy Council, Sir William Wilkinson, following the publication of their annual report. This is likely to be their final report, following the decision...
Helen Sharman on Juno mission (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Science correspondent John Allen interviews Helen Sharman, 26-year-old technology researcher, about being selected for the Juno mission and possibly getting to go to the Mir space station as the first Briton...
Tim Mace on Juno mission (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Science correspomdent John Allen interviews pilot Tim Mace about being selected for the Juno mission and possibly getting to go to the Mir space station as the first Briton in space as part of the...
British astronauts hoping to visit the Mir space station (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
John Allen interviews Major Tim Mace and Miss Helen Sharman on their training in the USSR to go into space to the Mir space station; what they are doing back in Britain; and what its like living in the USSR...
Margaret Thatcher on the environment (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
John Allen reports on a speech by UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, to the United Nations in New York (08/11/89), in which she warned of the environmental dangers threatening the world. She called for a...