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Pensioner lifeguard saves girl (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with eighty-year-old lifeguard, Jim Austin, about the rescue of ten-year-old Louise Davies from rough seas at Goodwick in West Wales. Jim says the girl only got into difficulty because she ignored...
Jimmy Knapp on BR rail fares rise (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Ronan Carroll interviews Jimmy Knapp, NUR, who has accused British Rail of misleading the public following reports that some season ticket fares may go up by twenty-five percent in 1990. Such a rise would be...
Increase in rat population in UK (1989)
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- Interview
Interview with Jake Mathias, Institute of Environmental Health, about a large increase in the rat population in the UK. He says the risk to the public is reaching crisis point and water authorities are being...
BHF on heart attack treatment (1989)
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- News report; Interview
Oni Bhattacharya reports on claims by the British Heart Foundation that doctors and ambulancemen could halve the number of heart attack deaths if they acted more quickly. They believe a combined response for...
Police urge shake-up in selection of leaders (1989)
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- Interview
Simon Irwin interviews Police Federation chairman, Alan Eastwood, following an article in Police magazine, which says police officers have lost confidence in their superiors after a number of policing...
Notting Hill Carnival organisational row erupts (1989)
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- News report; Interview
Oni Bhattacharya reports on the 1989 Notting Hill Carnival. A row has erupted between the current organisers (CEC) and the former committee (CAC), with the CEC anxious to prove they can provide a bigger and...
Record baking attempt in Essex (1989)
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- News report; Interview
Flora Botsford reports on the attempt by an Essex farmer to beat the world record for turning a field of standing wheat into a baker’s dozen ( thirteen loaves) of bread in the shortest possible time....
Oakdale colliery to close (1989)
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- Interview
Interview with Secretary of the NUM in Wales, Colin Tapper, on a decision by miners at the Oakdale colliery in the Sirhowy Valley to accept redundancy pay and the closure of their pit. He says the workers...
Victor Cracknell freed after kidnap ordeal (1989)
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- News report; Interview; Press conference
Report on the release of Surrey businessman Victor Cracknell, following his kidnapping after he was snatched from his home near Guildford by armed gunmen. Includes contributions from wife, Debbie Cracknell;...
Maxine Hong Kingston interview (1989)
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- Interview
Mark Smith interviews American author, Maxine Hong Kingston, on the Lunchtime Show. She speaks about her new novel, Tripmaster Monkey, and also about her cultural background and her writing.