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Police crackdown on acid house parties (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
A senior police officer is promising that more arrests will follow in the continuing crackdown on so-called acid house parties. Detective Chief Inspector David Easy, led a successful operation on Echoes, an...
Channel 4 won’t broadcast Commons (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Channel 4 has suspended plans to televise regular live broadcasts from the House of Commons because of restrictive regulations. Instead the channel will include occasional live coverage in news bulletins and...
Myra Hindley gains a degree in Humanities (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Child killer Myra Hindley has been awarded an Open University degree. She was awarded a BA in Humanities during a ceremony in the chapel of the prison where she is being held in Kent. Her solicitor Andrew...
Television preacher Jim Bakker sentenced (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Disgraced television preacher Jim Bakker finally learned his punishment yesterday - 45 years in prison and £300,000 in fines for swindling his followers of almost £2.5million. Bakker founded the PTL...
Thatcher stands against Commonwealth on South Africa sanctions (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Shadow Foreign Secretary George Foulkes on Great Britain Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s separate communique against sanctions on South Africa at the Commonwealth conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia....
Museum entrance fees resisisted (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
David Wilson, Dierctor of the British Museum on why he is resisiting introducing entrance charges despite a need to raise funds-they have a shortage of 150 staff. He calls for more money from the government...
Britain against sanctions on South Africa (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Foreign Secretary John Major on Britain’s lone stance in the Commonwealth against sanctions on South Africa. He says they are against apartheid but other methods are more effective. Male interviewer not...
Julie Ward inquest returns verdict of murder (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
John Ward speaking from Nairobi following the inquest finding that his daughter Julie was murdered whilst on safari in Kenya. He calls for a new investigation to find her killers with the assistance of...
Bruce Kent on reports US Cruise missiles to be stationed in the UK (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Former CND General Secretary Bruce Kent with supporters outside the MOD in Whitehall following reports American Cruise missiles are to be stationed in the UK. Kent argues the country should not be taking in...
Conviction of John Dunne for the murder of Lorraine Benson (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Crook reporting on the Old Bailey conviction of John Dunne for the rape and murder of Lorraine Benson near Raynes Park railway station in London. Includes an interview with father Michael Benson, arguing...