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MacGregor on NCB bribery allegations (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Reaction by National Coal Board Chairman Ian MacGregor to the motion by sixty Labour Party MPs calling for his suspension following allegations senior NCB officials attempted to bribe Leicestershire NUM...
TGWU change rules to avoid breaking new laws (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the decision at today’s meeting of the TGWU executive council to change the union’s rules to avoid sequestration and receivership of funds for failing to comply with the government’s new...
Ballot result in favour of NUM breakaway union (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the ballot result by mineworkers in Nottinghamshire and South Derbyshire in favour of a breakaway union. Includes reaction from Notts leader Roy Lynk, who is expected to be the General Secretary...
NUM receivership and assets siezure (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the continuing impasse over the NUM receivership and seizure of its eight million pound assets following the coal strike, to be discussed at the NUM executive conference today, with the question of...
NUM-TUC meeting over miners strike aftermath (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the meeting between the NUM executive and the TUC inner cabinet to discuss the reinstatement of miners sacked during the coal strike, the National Coal Board strategy over the the miners’ pay...
Threats against UDM members (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on alleged threats against members of the new breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers by miners at Westoe Colliery in Tyneside, including an alleged attempt to run down UDM leader George Hunter....
Martin Middlebrook on helicopter crash in Falklands War (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with historian Martin Middlebrook on his new book, The Falklands War, 1982 (first published as Operation Corporate) focusing on the incident in the Falklands War when a British helicopter crashed...
Winnie Mandela archive material (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Special; Technical
Nigel Wrench introduces two archive cuts featuring Winnie Mandela, wife of jailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela, where she is interviewed by Mike Hanna. The recordings includes brief biographical information on...
Nelson Mandela statue unveiled in London (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on the unveiling of a statue representing Nelson Mandela on London’s South Bank. Speaking are: Ken Livingstone, GLC leader; Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock; Oliver Tambo, ANC; Princess Zenani...
UK-US SDI agreement (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Defence correspondent Paul Maurice reports on British and American agreement over the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or Star Wars programme. Speaking are: Caspar Weinberger, US Secretary of Defence;...