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Geoffrey Howe defends London yuppies (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe defends the so called Dockland Yuppies of London on a visit to the Isle of Dogs Enterprise Zone. He dismisses claims by local residents that the young and rich have squeezed...
Kings Cross Underground fire inquiry conclusions (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
A review of the Kings Cross Underground fire disaster inquiry, the arguments the inquiry has heard and the issues raised. Over 100 recommendations have been made. Includes report as the disaster unfolded by...
Kings Cross Underground fire inquiry conclusions (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Richard Dallyn interviews Chairman and Managing Director of London Underground Dr Tony Ridley about the conclusions and recommendations found by the King Cross Underground fire inquiry. He avoids taking...
Douglas Hurd accepts identification card (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd accepts an identification card issued by publicans from his Oxfordshire constituency to combat underage alcohol consumption. He says he endorses the scheme but is against a...
Moscow Communist Party conference (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev hopes the Communist Party conference in Moscow will accept changes to make perestroika unstoppable (excerpt of speech- through interpreter?). John Alcock reports on whether...
Police question M50 motorists over Marie Wilks murder (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Police cordon off the M50 motorway, question 4000 motorists and stage a reconstruction of events following the murder of pregnant mother Marie Wilks near Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire a week ago. Richard...
Soviet-Western relations (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
John Fraser interviews Secretary General of NATO Lord Carrington, Peter Carington, who retires from the post this week, about Soviet and Western relations and the considerable changes during the 4 years he...
Klosters avalanche set off by royals (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Hans Dieter Kirchhofer, a Swiss magistrate has said in his report that the avalanche that killed Major Hugh Lindsay and crushed the legs of Patricia Palmer-Tomkinson in Klosters, Switzerland was set off by...
Violent crime in the UK (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd is interviewed at a special conference in London on violent crime. He blames the rise in violence in market towns on the young and affluent seeking excitement and believes...
School bus blast in Northern Ireland (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The bombing of a school bus full of children in Northern Ireland by the IRA has prompted outrage- Northern Ireland Education Minister Brian Mawhinney and Ulster Unionist MP James Molyneaux react. Its...