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5 results found for '"Chris Roberts"' in Contributors.
Postal strike continues in some areas (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Chris Roberts interviews Tex Tobin(?), Manchester Union of Communcation Workers (UCW) leader, about a continuation of the postal workers dispute in Manchester and other towns and cities despite a decision by...
Alex Higgins breaks ankle in fall from window (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Snooker star Alex Hurricane Higgins is recovering from a broken ankle this afternoon, after falling from a second-floor window at his Manchester apartment in the early hours of this morning. He was...
Risley Remand Centre returns 300 prisoners to cells (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Prison officers at the Risley Remand Centre in Warrington, Cheshire are threatening to take industrial action following last week’s riots. They are angry at the decision by the authorities to move more...
Strangeways prison riots background (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Chris Roberts reports on the background to the Strangeways Prison riots. Speakers are Father Noel Proctor (riot broke out at end of his church service); George Elliott, Prison Officers Association; worried...
Recap of Strangeways Prison riot (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Chris Roberts looks back on the twenty-five-day long Strangeways Prison riot and siege. The Reverend Noel Proctor, Prison Officers’ Association member John Bartell, Strangeways governor Brendan O’Friel,...