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Purley rail crash (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Linda Duffin reports from Purley, South London on a serious train crash where locals rushed to help emergency services; and reaction from Transport Minister Michael Portillo. Includes eyewitness accounts...
Princess Diana visits Purley rail crash survivors (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Michael O’Neill reports on the visit of Princess Diana, Princess of Wales to survivors of the Purley train crash at South London’s Mayday University Hospital. Dr Cambere Hashami(?) says survivors are...
Glasgow Bellgrove rail crash (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech
Lynne Mennie reports on a train crash outside Bellgrove station in Glasgow after trains travelling in opposite directions were routed to the same track. British Rail General Manager John Ellis speaks to...
Increasing concern for rail safety (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Transport Secretary Paul Channon on concerns over rail safety and demands for more money to be spent on British Rail following 3 serious crashes in 3 months. The Clapham rail disaster public inquiry will be...
Letter from soldier asks forgiveness for killers (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Clare Carson reports from Portsmouth on the reaction of the mother of Stephen Cummins, a Portsmouth soldier murdered by the IRA, to a letter he wrote including a moving poem (which she reads out) and which...
Ken Russell on Lair of the White Worm (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Carol Allen interviews film director Ken Russell on his new spoof horror film Lair of the White Worm, based on a little known piece by Bram Stoker with plenty of nuns and phallic symbols and set in...
Semtex found ahead of Scarborough Conservative conference (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Michael O’Neill reports from Scarborough on the discovery of Semtex, guns and timing devices as used by the IRA ahead of a Conservative Party conference in woodland close to the town. Includes interviews...
Douglas Hurd on IRA threat to Conservative conference (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd is appealing for extra vigilance against the IRA but says a Conservative Party conference in Scarborough will go ahead despite the discovery of Semtex and weapons in wooodland...
Douglas Hurd on agreememtn with Swiss over drug dealing profits (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd on an agreement with the Swiss to ensure illicit profits from drug trafficking can be easily confiscated from Swiss bank accounts. Male interviewer not identified. For Update...
BMA critical of NHS review (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
British Medical Association director Dr John Dawson warns the review of the NHS could lead to AIDS sufferers and others with chronic illnesses being turned away from their local hospitals if local...