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  • Rottweiler savages young boy (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    A five-year-old boy has been savaged by a Rottweiler dog as he cycled with his parents near his home in Birmingham. The child was dragged from his bicycle and had to have twenty-one stitches in his arms,...

  • Margaret Thatcher in row with Edward Heath (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Following Edward Heath’s outburst against Margaret Thatcher and her European policies, the Prime Minister claims the Conservative Party is behind the manifesto. John Fraser reports.

  • Peter Brooke on Edward Heath comments (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    This afternoon, Edward Heath said he had had no reaction to demands by some Conservatives for the party whip to be removed from him. Its the usual gang, he said, and he denied that his attacks on...

  • Barry McGuigan confirms end of his boxing career (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Barry McGuigan’s boxing career came to an end last night when he announced his retirement following a defeat by Londoner, Jim McDonnell. The Irishman suffered a badly cut right eye early on in the...

  • Funeral of Don Revie (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    Football celebrities, former Leeds players and fans have been paying their last respects to former club and England manager Don Revie at his cremation in Edinburgh. Mourners included many of the players...

  • Douglas Hogg on crack cocaine threat to Britain (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Home Office Minister Douglas Hogg is warning that the fight against the drugs barons who have targeted Britain as a market for crack cocaine will be no easy task. Hogg has just returned from the United...

  • German minister on defence (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    German Foreign Office spokesman, Jurgen Chrobog claims the door is now open for totally scrapping short-range nuclear missiles. He says the East-West talks on conventional weapons in Vienna could start the...

  • Elderly woman attacked by Rottweiler dog (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    A Rottweiler dog which savaged a 75 year-old woman has been destroyed. As Emma Paterson reports, this is the latest in a series of attacks by dogs of the breed. Nelly(?) Williams, the victim in this case,...

  • Soviet journalist expelled from Britain (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    The expelled Soviet journalist, Igor Peskov left for home today, challenging the Government to substantiate the spying allegations against him. Peskov, who worked for the Tass news agency in Britain, was...

  • Dustin Hoffman in his new role of Shylock (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    American film actor Dustin Hoffman opens on the West End tonight, as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. Hoffman has won four oscars, one of them for his current hit, Rain Man, but this is his first-ever...