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75 results found for '"Leicestershire"' in Keywords.
Radio Trent launch (1975)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male spokesman (not identified) on the launch of Radio Trent (03/07/75) - the 13th local commercial radio channel. The station’s wavelength will cover Nottinghamshire, into Leicestershire...
Geoff Coggan on prisoners’ demonstrations at Gartree (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Geoff Coggan, Secretary of the National Prisoners’ Movement, explains the reasons for prisoner demonstrations at Gartree Prison. Coggan claims that prisoners are being drugged to keep them under control...
Protest demonstration against National Front meeting (1979)
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- Interview
Unidentified male senior police officer (poss. Alan Goodson, Chief Constable of Leicestershire) on injuries caused to police officers by anti-National Front demonstrators (outside Islington Town Hall?)....
Image of the police (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Alan Goodson, Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police, about the need to maintain the traditional image of the British police officer, but also for an effective police response to rising...
VIP medical records found on Leicestershire tip (1981)
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- Interview
Local newspaper reporter Eddie Hudson on finding the medical records (from a Harley Street clinic) of prominent individuals on a rubbish tip in Leicestershire. The records included information on former...
General election - Thatcher at Weetabix factory (1983)
- Genre
- Election coverage; News report; Speech
Report on visits by Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 02/06/83 to Leicestershire during campaigning in the 1983 General Election. Includes details of a visit to the Weetabix...
Miners strike - Ian MacGregor view (1984)
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- Interview
Ian MacGregor, head of the National Coal Board, is interviewed on the miners’ strike action. He is dismissive of what he sees as the usual appeal by some leaders to raise the emotional temperature. The...
Miners strike - Background to dispute (1984)
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- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Mark Easton provides background information on the miners’ dispute. He explains that when Ian MacGregor was made head of the National Coal Board, he brought with him plans that would change the mining...
Centre Radio - Closing down bulletin (1984)
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- Music; News bulletin; Special
Actuality of the closing down of Centre Radio in Leicester on 06/10/83, with Tony Cook reading the one o’clock news on the decision to shut down. Includes music.
Dawn Ashworth murder (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the hunt for the killer of Leicestershire teenager Dawn Ashworth. Includes press conference with David Baker, policeman leading the case, who describes the suspect; Dawn’s parents, Robin and...