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Resignation of GLC officer (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male Conservative (poss. Alan Greengross?) on the resignation of an unnamed male Labour colleague (from the Greater London Council?). He refers to allegations against unnamed officers in...
Tony Banks on abolition of GLC (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Greater London Council Chairman, Tony Banks is interviewed on the day of the GLC’s final meeting. He says he is not going to allow the Conservative Government to forget what they have done to democracy in...
John Gummer on the European butter mountain (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Common Market agiculture ministers’ plan to dispose of the EEC butter mountain. UK Agriculture Minister, John Gummer explains the problem to be addressed. Male reporter not identified.
Douglas Hurd on crime prevention seminar (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd talks about today’s crime prevention seminar, chaired by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Topics of discussion to be followed up include car crime, residential burglary, and...
Body of Alison Day found (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Detective Superintendent Eric Brown describes how a police underwater unit found the body of Alison Day in the River Lee navigational cut, Hackney, London. He appeals for witnesses. Male interviewer not...
Contract killings in London’s Sikh community? (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Report on what appears to be a series of attacks targeting moderate Sikh leaders in London. Peter Kimber reports from Southall, where shopkeeper and political activist Tarsem Singh Toor was fatally shot;...
Brian Eve’s killer sentenced (1986)
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- Interview; News report
Tim Crook reports on the sentencing of Trevor Lane, the 19-year-old who stabbed and killed 18 year-old Brian Eve at a party in Sutton. Brian’s parents, Anthony Eve and Pat (Eve?) express their feelings...
Murder of Sikh leader Tarsem Singh Toor (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Two interviews on the murder of Sikh community leader, Tarsem Singh Toor, in Southall, London. 1: Mr P.S. Khabra (i.e. Piara Singh Khabra), President of the Indian Workers’ Association, says he has no...
Ruby Ramsay murder (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Police spokesman, Mark Steele(?) on the murder of 83 year-old blind widow, Ruby Ramsay(?), who died of multiple injuries to her head and chest, in her flat in Fulham. He makes a general appeal for witnesses....
Two year-old girl killed by drink driver (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Two related clips on the sentencing of 70 year-old drink driver, Cyril Burt, whose car ploughed into a group of mothers and children, killing a two year-old girl, Janine Alexander, and injuring other parents...