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Meeting in Brixton with Sinn Fein delegates (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a spokesman for the Brixton Defence Campaign defending a proposed meeting in Brixton featuring Sinn Fein delegates and on their ooposition to the Police and Criminal Evidence Bill. Male...
Police firearm proposals (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report on reaction to proposals relating to the increased use of firearms by police forces in Britain. It follows controversial moves by the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police James Anderton to arm...
Peace benefit over nuclear reactor (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a female performer (not identified â poss. Mari Wilson) about a peace benefit concert at the Apollo Victoria in London to protest against the building of the Sizewell B nuclear reactor in...
Figures on police firearms (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Frank Dobson, Camden Labour MP, about Home Office figures on the arming of the Metropolitan Police and discrepancies in the figures, particularly in the breakdown by London area. Female...
South London hospital closure (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about the threatened closure of the South London Hospital for Women and Children in Wandsworth, in exchange for improvements to St George’s Hospital in Tooting and on the campaign against it. 2...
CAB budget halved (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a Citizen’s Advice Bureau spokeswoman on the decision by Dr Gerard Vaughan, Minister for Consumer Affairs, to halve the organisation’s budget, allegedly motivated by claims of employees’...
60m takeover bid for Sotheby’s (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about a sixty million pound American takeover bid for troubled UK auctioneers, Sotheby’s. Female speaker and interviewer not identified.
Briton Carole Compton trial in Italy (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Pamela Compton, about the trial of her daughter, British nanny Carole Compton, in Livorno, Italy, over charges of attempted murder and arson. Male interviewer not identified.
Pit closures in Rhondda (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on the announcement of National Coal Board colliery closures in the Rhondda, South Wales. The condemned pits include the Ty Mawr / Lewis Merthyr Colliery. Speaking are: Paul Weston, Careers Officer,...
Len Murray on Howe’s budget (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with General Secretary of the TUC, Len Murray responding to Chancellor Sir Geoffrey’s Howe Spring Budget. Male interviewer not identified.