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Kenneth Clarke on extra money for NHS (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Rowley speaks to Health Secretary Kenneth Clarke about the real significance of the Chancellor’s autumn statement for the NHS. He denies the increase in expenditure will be used up by the proposed...
Steve Jones show (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Musician David Justin Hayward, best known as a singer, guitarist and composer in the rock band The Moody Blues is interviewed by Steve Jones about his career and music. Includes excerpt of The Tracks of My...
Pornography protest at WH Smith (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Simon Israel reports on anti-pornography protesters invading a branch of WH Smith, and clearing out the top-shelf magazines. Clare Short MP who led the demonstration explains their campaign to get the...
Tube system to extend to Docklands (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Margaret Shiels reports on the go-ahead being given to a Jubilee Line Underground extension to the Docklands area, partly financed by developers. Includes interviews with Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson...
Unemployment at new low (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Employment secretary Norman Fowler on the number of unemployed falling, he warns that unemployment could rise again if wage demands due to high inflation aren’t curbed. Speaking to Paul Rowley for Update...
Arts awarded budget boost (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Arts Minister Richard Luce denies that the government is doing a u-turn by putting more money into the arts after figures were released today showing an increase of £66 million over the next 2 years....
Top up loans for students (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
The Education Secretary John MacGregor on top up loans for students that should be in place by next September to supplement grants. On negotiations with banks to administer the scheme and getting the bill...
Peer claims AIDS only a threat to high-risk groups (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Lord Kilbracken, a member of the Parliamentary group investigating AIDS, speaks to Simon Bowden about his claims that statistics show heterosexuals outside high-risk groups have little risk of catching AIDS...
Ferranti group at risk of takeover (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Ferranti, the British electronics group, has admitted that its troubled US division ISC, has made a loss of more than 176 million. ISC, which is being investigated for fraud, may have exposed its parent...
South African government terrorism (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
ANC representative Freni Ginwalla calls for action by the Foreign Office to new evidence that the South African government bombed the ANC’s London office in 1982 and says government terrorism is still...