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Hammersmith and Fulham Council gamble with millions (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Nicky Broyd reports for the AM programme on the Labour leader of Hammersmith and Fulham Council Mike Goodman breaking his silence over claims the authority is facing losses of up to £60 million as a...
Widows pensions reinstated following legal battle (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Jane Winter of the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) on a successful test case where 4 widows won back their rights to a pension following withdrawal under social security reforms in April. The CAB and Child...
Dr Higgs fights for professional future following Cleveland child sex abuse scandal (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Caroline Beck reports on Dr Marietta Higgs, consultant at the centre of the Cleveland child sex abuse scandal seeking a high court injunction against the Northern Regional Health Authority to stop them...
Computer sieze unlocks drug dealer assets (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Chief Customs Investigation Officer Douglas Tweddle tells George Matheson how his Customs and Excise team were able to crack the computer code of London drug dealer Ronald French giving them access to his...
Parkinson’s disease benefit (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Playwright Richard Hope-Hawkins speaks to Eleanor Parkinson for the AM programme on a benefit to be launched at Pineapple Studios in London to help actor Terry Thomas, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease,...
Salaman Rushdie death threat leads to record book sales (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Demand is outstripping supply of Salman Rushdieâs controversial novel The Satanic Verses following issuing of the death threat. Oni Bhattacharya? speaks to 2 booksellers (not identified) who comment on...
Duke of Edinburgh makes speech on environmental issues to Britain’s scientists (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Oni Bhattacharya reports on a speech to British scientists by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on the need to take action on environmental issues, fossil fuels and the exploitation of the forests and oceans...
Report blasts Kenneth Clarke and Edwina Currie over salmonella fiasco (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Health Secretary Kenneth Clarke and his former junior minister Edwina Currie have been criticised by an all-party commons committee report over their roles in the salmonella-infected eggs fiasco, Peter...
Concorde 20th birthday celebrations in France (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Eleanor Parkinson reports from Toulouse on the celebrations marking the 20th birthday of Concorde, the world’s first and only commercial super-sonic plane in Toulouse, France and plans for a successor....
Working group to investigate fear of crime (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Kevin Murphy interviews Home Secretary Douglas Hurd on the study group he has set up to investigate fear of violent crime, headed by Chief Executive of Channel Four Television Michael Grade. Believes fear...