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The following events happened in the period when this vehicle was registered.

Sunday Trading Act 1994 comes into full effect, permitting retailers to trade on Sundays, though restricting opening times of larger stores to a maximum of eight hours between 10 am and 6 pm. This will have a significant social effect on shopping habits

Friday the 26th of August, 1994

Cash-for-questions affair: The Guardian newspaper reports that two Conservative MPs, Neil Hamilton and Tim Smith, took bribes from Harrods chief Mohamed Al-Fayed to ask questions in the House of Commons

Thursday the 20th of October, 1994

BBC1 television broadcasts the first episode of sitcom The Vicar of Dibley

Thursday the 10th of November, 1994

The first UK National Lottery draw takes place

Saturday the 19th of November, 1994

First meeting between the British government and Sinn Féin in more than 70 years

Friday the 9th of December, 1994

New domestic electrical appliances must be supplied with an appropriately fused pre-wired plug

Wednesday the 1st of February, 1995

Rumbelows, the electrical goods retailer and former sponsors of the Football League Cup, closes its 311 stores with the loss of more than 3,000 jobs

Tuesday the 7th of February, 1995

Sizewell B nuclear power station, the UK's only commercial pressurised water reactor power station, is first synchronised with the National Grid

Tuesday the 14th of February, 1995

The famous MG sports car brand, not seen on a volume sports car since 1980, is revived when the Rover Group unveils the new MGF sports car which will go on sale this autumn

Friday the 17th of February, 1995

Barings Bank, the UK's oldest merchant bank collapses following $1.4 billion of losses by rogue trader, Nick Leeson

Sunday the 26th of February, 1995

The Diary of Bridget Jones column first published in The Independent

Tuesday the 28th of February, 1995

The 50th anniversary of VE Day is celebrated across Britain

Monday the 8th of May, 1995

War in Bosnia and Herzegovina: British forces sent to Sarajevo to help relieve the Siege of Sarajevo

Sunday the 23rd of July, 1995

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