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Conservative conference - Cecil Parkinson on transport policy (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Transport Secretary, Cecil Parkinson, during the 1989 Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. He responds to concerns over the costs of the Channel Tunnel and the privatisation of British...
San Francisco earthquake - eyewitness accounts and aftermath (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Oni Bhattacharya reports on the Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco, California. At least 270 people are known to have died with another 500 injured. A two-tier highway collapsed, buildings toppled,...
San Francisco earthquake - eyewitness account (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male eyewitness (not identified) during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco, California. He lives in Capitola near the epicentre in Santa Cruz and talks about his house and a...
Pools win for honeymoon couple (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Nicky Broyd reports on an £800,000 pools win for honeymooning couple Tony and Tracey Knowles. They were joint winners in a record £2.3 million Littlewoods payout along with Bob Wyer, retired scrap...
Geoffrey Howe launches attack on Thatcher (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on a speech by Deputy Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Howe, sacked as Foreign Secretary in the Cabinet reshuffle, where he delivers a coded attack on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s...
Liver found for Linda Prime (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with David Prime, father of two-year-old Linda Prime, who’s urgently in need of a liver transplant, after she was rushed to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge when a potential donor was found....
Chris Patten spells out green policies (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Murphy interview with Environment Secretary Chris Patten where he spells out his green policies and says who may be paying for it. Follows his keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference in...
Tony Newton on pensioners and allowances (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Murphy interviews Secretary of State for Social Security, Tony Newton, following a speech at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool where he said Britain’s pensioners are enjoying higher than...
Ann Taylor on seawater pollution (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Kevin Murphy interviews Labour Party environment spokeswoman Ann Taylor on Blackpool beach where she is trying to focus attention on water pollution and the poor state of Britain’s beaches. The interview...
Conservative conference - John Major on foreign policy (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Richard Dallyn interview with Foreign Secretary John Major where he talks about his address to the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. The speech concentrated on developments in Europe including...