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28,816 results found for all records.
Botulism warning on hazelnut yoghurts (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Britain’s Chief Medical Officer is warning people not to buy any brand of hazelnut yoghurt, because of the risk of contracting botulism. Ten people are still seriously ill in hospital after eating...
Diplomat’s wife escapes gunfire in Beijing (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
The home of a British diplomat in Beijing has been hit by machine gun fire. A stray bullet shattered a window of a flat in the diplomatic compound. Pat Farr, the wife of a naval attache, was in the...
Jimmy Knapp on rail strikes (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Rail workers have voted for industrial action on both British Rail and the Underground. The National Union of Railmen (NUR) held three separate ballots for its members. They voted nearly two to one in...
Kegworth air disaster - hospital staff praised (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The Kegworth air disaster occurred on 8 January 1989, when British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway near Kegworth, Leicestershire. The official health...
Margaret Thatcher on Europe (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the European elections, and on the common European market, some of the controls on which, she feels are damaging. Thatcher criticises Labour Party policies on inflation,...
Douglas Hurd on television programming (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd has admitted that his plans for the future of television will mean more rubbish on our screeens. The slip came during an interview with LBC, which followed his House of...
HMS Hood survivor on the Bismarck as a war grave (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
One of the two remaining survivors of HMS Hood, sunk by the German warship Bismarck, says the wreck of the mammoth German vessel should be left where it lies. The Bismarck has been discovered by the US...
Foreign Secretary on Hong Kong and boat people (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe has strongly hinted that Hong Kong may be forced to turn back thousands of Vietnamese boat people unless urgent action is taken now. Sir Geoffrey has been telling the...
Metropolitan Police public relations (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
London’s top police officer has stoutly defended members of his force against accusations that they have become increasingly rude and unhelpful. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Peter Imbert told the...
Commissioner Imbert on freemasons in Metropolitan Police (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Peter Imbert, on allegations in a book entitled, Inside the Brotherhood, by Martin Short, that freemasons hold a disproportionate influence...