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72 results found for '"Robert Allen"' in Contributors.
Londoners on CJD and eating beef (1995)
- Genre
- Vox pop
Robert Allen interviews Londoners outside a MacDonald’s restaurant in King Street, Hammersmith, on the scare over Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (so-called Mad Cow disease or BSE) and the connection with eating...
Tony Blair on private utilities (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Robert Allen reports on a speech by Labour leader, Tony Blair, to an audience of industry leaders at a conference in London called Regulating in the Public Interest; calls for a tougher regulation system for...
NHS wage dispute settled by trust managers and local unions (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Robert Allen reports on the pay deal apparently reached between NHS and trust managers and the leaders of fourteen health unions to stop planned strikes in hospitals. The dispute was sparked in February when...
New wages planned for NHS (1995)
- Genre
- News report
Robert Allen is on the line from the Department of Health and reports (to unidentified studio reporter) on the NHS nurses pay dispute and negotiations today which are expected to lead to a deal very shortly.
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...
Railtrack poor safety record to be exposed (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Robert Allen reports on a leaked Government memo warning of the danger of another Clapham-style train disaster and about the poor safety record of Railtrack. includes interviews with Labour transport...
Brent Spar oil rig u-turn (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Robert Allen interview with Heinz Rothermund, Shell, on the decision by the oil company to drop its plans to sink the Brent Spar oil rig in the Atlantic after pressure from environmentalists.
Millennium projects (1995)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Robert Allen reports on the potentially successful bidders for money for projects to celebrate the arrival of the year 2000. Millennium Commission’s Chairman Stephen Dorrell announces the potential...
Rail privatization - Public opposition (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Robert Allen reports on anger over the privatisation of the railways which could cost the Government 25 marginal seats at the next election, following an opinion poll showing the public is against the...
Thatcher signs memoirs following TV interview controversy (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Robert Allen reports on the first public signing of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s second autobiography, The Path to Power and Beyond, which has been overshadowed by a BBC television interview...