Parked lorry sparks security alert in Whitehall

Title

Parked lorry sparks security alert in Whitehall

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

17 Aug 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:44

Description

David Kermode reports on a security alert near Downing Street in London at 6.30am this morning when a Birmingham lorry driver parked in Whitehall just across the road from the Prime Minister’s residence. Dennis Wadsworth ran out of petrol just yards from where the IRA launched a mortar bomb attack on Downing Street in 1991. The lorry was turned into a twisted wreck following a controlled explosion by Scotland Yard’s anti-terrorist squad. Includes interviews with Dennis Wadsworth; unidentified male refuse collector (clearing explosion debris); Chief Superintendant Paul Nicholas, British Transport Police; Mark Bishop, Association of British Insurers. For Drivetime show.

Contributors

David Kermode; Mark Bishop; Dennis Wadsworth; Paul Nicholas

Keywords

London; Motor vehicles; Truck drivers; Terrorism; Police; Metropolitan Police; Scotland Yard; Safety; Security breaches; Whitehall; Drivetime (radio programme); Downing Street; Dennis Wadsworth

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