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13 results found for '"Single mothers"' in Keywords.
Reaction to the dismissal of headteacher for being unmarried and pregnant (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Margaret Bramall, National Council of One Parent Families, on her anger at the dismissal of Margaret Jones - headmistress of Hedley Walter School in Brentwood, Essex - after becoming pregnant...
Artificial insemination (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified female speaker (from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service?) on artificial insemination and the procedures for acceptance onto the programme. She says that each case is evaluated on its merits...
Linda Bellos on her first 100 days in power (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the first one hundred days in power of Labour’s Linda Bellos, leader of Lambeth Council. Bellos discusses her background, and the daunting task of leading the council. Male reporter not identified.
Princess Diana on family values (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Princess Diana has been President of the charity, Barnardo’s for four years and speaking at the annual meeting in London she stresses the importance of traditional family values, a sentiment echoed by both...
Teenage mother denied bail (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press conference by Kenneth Green, lawyer for imprisoned teenage mother Tracey(?) Scott who stole from the shop she worked at, on the High Court decision to grant her a quick appeal but not bail and how she...
Young mother released from prison (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
James Bays reports on the release of teenage new mother Tracy(?) Scott from prison after appeal judges ruled her imprisonment by Judge James Pickles for theft was wrong, she will get 2 years probation...
Judge Pickles says Lord Lane is a dinosaur (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with controversial Judge James Pickles where he calls Lord Lane a dinosaur. Comes after Lord Lane overturned his prison sentence awarded to a new teenage mother Tracy(?) Scott for theft in an...
John Patten on new child maintenance laws (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
John Patten, Home Office Minister, is interviewed about plans for new laws to ensure that divorced husbands pay maintenance for their families. Male interviewer not identified.
Government claims girls get pregnant for housing (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a Government paper that claims teenage girls are getting pregnant simply to jump the housing queue. Shadow Social Security Secretary, Donald Dewar says ministers have got it wrong, and should admit...
Government claims pregnancies aimed at securing housing (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a leaked Government document which says benefit payments could be cut. Social Security Minister, Nicholas Scott says the issue needs to be dealt with due to a rise in single-parent families. Mary...