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Police chief on Miami riots (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Donald March, Assistant Chief of Police, denies racial tensions are high in Overtown, Miami following the shooting by police of a young black man after a motorcycle chase, and subsequent rioting. The Mayor...
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...
Government proposes identity card scheme for football fans (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on Government plans for a membership card scheme for football supporters, aimed at combating the problem of crowd violence. Football League president Jack Dunnett believes they could end up with egg...
Dame Vera Lynn on Duke of Edinburgh’s Japanese visit (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Wartime singer Dame Vera Lynn has criticised Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh for his decision to attend the funeral of Emperor Hirohito in Japan. She says the Duke should not go to Japan as a representative...
Children killed by gunman in California (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nick Peters report in which he describes the scene at a school in Stockton, California, where a gunman dressed in combat gear opened fire on a playground full of children. Five children were killed. A...
Protesters out in force as police storm church to seize asylum seeker (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
The arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis has provoked a political storm. Earlier today the thirty-two year-old communist and Tamil separatist was forcibly seized and removed from the...
Viraj Medis seized from church - Vicar responds (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
The arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis has provoked a political storm. Clergymen and politicans have attacked the manner of his arrest, particularly the level of force that was...
Viraj Medis seized from church - Home Office responds (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
After the outcry over today’s seizing of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis, Home Office Minister Tim Renton defends the actions of police in arresting him. Renton says that Mendis had...
Great Ormond Street Hospital to lose day care unit (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Just a week after the Great Ormond Street appeal reached its 42 million-pound target, the world famous hospital has been told that its day care unit treating sexually abused children is to be closed in a...
Neil Kinnock on Labour Party membership and football ID cards (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour leader Neil Kinnock will be launching a national membership drive this morning in an effort to push the party strength above one million. Computers have been installed at Labour headquarters in...