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  • Tuna wars - Cornish trawler warned over nets (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Marc de Leuw reports on the latest in the tuna wars – a dispute between the UK and Spanish governments over fishing rights. The Alice Louise, a Cornish trawler fishing for tuna in the Bay of Biscay, has...

  • Tuna wars - Cornish MPs view (1994)

    Genre
    Interview

    Martin Young interviews Liberal Democrat MP for Cornwall North, Paul Tyler, about the tuna wars – a dispute between the UK and Spanish governments over fishing rights. Cornish trawlers have been cleared...

  • Tuna wars - Alice Louise ordered back to port (1994)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Malcolm Brown reports on the latest in the tuna wars – a dispute between the UK and Spanish governments over fishing rights and the types of nets used. The Alice Louise, a Newlyn-based Cornish trawler...

  • Estonia ferry disaster - search operation continues (1994)

    Genre
    Speech; Interview

    4 related cuts. 822 people from the sunk ferry, Estonia are missing, presumed dead; only 144 are known to have survived. 1: Estonian President, Lennart Meri thanks Sweden and Finland for their part in the...

  • Estonia ferry disaster - survivors’ accounts (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    826 people are believed to have died in the Estonia ferry accident, including Briton, John Manning. 138 passengers and crew, including Briton, Paul Barney(?), were rescued and are being treated in...

  • Swedish inspectors uncover ferry faults (1994)

    Genre
    Interview

    Swedish maritime inspectors are reviewing up to ten incidents which could have led to tragedies like the Estonia ferry disaster and inspecting all ferries travelling to Sweden. In each case there were...

  • Sole British survivor tells of Estonia ferry sinking (1994)

    Genre
    Interview

    The lone British survivor, 35 year-old Paul Barney, describes clinging to a lifeboat and watching the Estonia ferry go down. Interviewer not heard.

  • Ferry safety tested (1994)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Transport Secretary, Brian Mawhinney speaks to press following a demonstration of a test on the safety of the doors on a roll-on-roll-off ferry about the results of a Marine Safety Agency investigation into...

  • Ferry safety tested (1994)

    Genre
    Interview

    Director of the British Chamber of Shipping, Admiral Sir Nicholas Hunt on the findings of the report by the Marine Safety Agency into the safety of roll-on-roll-off ferries following recent disasters. He...

  • Cruise ship fire and rescue effort (1994)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Victoria Smith reports on the fire on cruise liner Achille Lauro off East Africa and the rescue operation. The liner has been beset by problems including a Palestinian hijack in 1985. 2 people are reported...