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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,...