BBC World Service - Witness History

Bradford riots

It is 10 years since riots engulfed the city of Bradford in the North of England

We hear from a survivor from the 1988 Piper Alpha oil rig disaster that killed 167 people

In 1985 the Royal couple made their first joint visit to America

How ex-US Marine Ron Kovic became a peace activist after being paralysed in Vietnam

In 1975 he became the first African-American man to win the tennis tournament.

How a gypsy singer called Camaron de la Isla revolutionised the world of flamenco

In the 1960s, British mercenaries joined the fighting in Yemen's civil war

The six-year-old boy caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between Miami and Havana

President Kennedy's emotional visit to Ireland shortly before his assassination in 1963

In June 1997 the Soufriere Hills volcano erupted on the Caribbean island of Montserrat