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28,816 results found for all records.
Front bencher fired over Sky TV job (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Spencer interviews Austin Mitchell MP who has been fired from Neil Kinnock’s shadow cabinet as trade spokesman for taking a part time job with Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Television.
Viraj Mendis deported (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Neil McCafferty reports on a tape brought back by Father Henry West from Columbo, Sri Lanka in which Viraj Mendis, deported for living illegally in the UK for 15 years, says his life is now in danger. Father...
Ted Dexter appointment to TTCB (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Former England cricket captain Ted Dexter looks all set to become the new chairman of selectors at the TTCB. He’ll be nominated at the Test and County Cricket Board’s meeting next month. Dominic...
Guardian Angels leader speaks out (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
New York vigilante group The Guardian Angels, trying to set up in Britain, claim they’re being hounded out of the country. Margareat Shiels interviews leader Curtis Sliwa who says the bureaucracy is...
Football identity cards (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Paul Rowley reports at the handing in of a petition to a group of peers at the Houses of Parliament containing 30,000 signatures protesting the bill introducing identity cards for football supporters which...
Chatines banned by BT (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
MP Terry Lewis interview on his victory after a three year battle to have telephone chatlines banned due to people being financially ruined. British Telecom has bowed to public and political pressure and...
Sir Peter Imbert on The Guardian Angels (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Peter Imbert discusses the Guardian Angels, a vigilante group from the US coming over here to keep people safe on the Tube in London. Imbert states there are enough...
Child sex ring offenders jailed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Four London men - Alan Delaney, Victor Burnett, Colin Peters, Ernest Whittington - at the heart of Britain’s biggest organised child sex ring have been jailed for a total of 34 years at the Old Bailey....
Police warn off Guardian Angels (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
After a warning by Scotland Yard Commander Richard Monk, that the US vigilante group The Guardian Angels may do more harm than good, Simon Israel interviews leader Curtis Sliwa who says the message at the...
Princess Di visits US AIDS unit for babies (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reports from New York on the visit by the Princess of Wales, Princess Diana to Harlem Hospital’s AIDS unit for babies, her final duty on a 48-hour tour in New York. The woman in charge of...