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Constituency split over Meyer’s Thatcher challenge (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Rebel Conservative MP, Sir Anthony Meyer faces an anxious Christmas before learning whether he will be re-adopted to fight his Clwyd North West seat at the next general election. The local party is split...
Leona Helmsley to be sentenced for tax evasion (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Billionairess Leona Helmsley is one of the richest women in America, but cheated the US Government out of millions of dollars in taxes. Found guilty on 33 counts, she will be sentenced later today. Paul...
Clapham rail disaster sparks change in British Rail (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Marc de Leuw looks back at the Clapham rail disaster one year ago today that left 35 people dead in one of the worst railway accidents in British history and at rail safety concerns and improvements under...
Journalist escapes prison (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
A journalist who was under threat of being sent to jail for protecting the source of a story he had written has had his case adjourned by a High Court judge. William Goodwin is going to the House of...
Michael Howard on water share certificates (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Stockmarket watchers are expecting quick profits of at least 20 per cent when water shares start trading tomorrow. Earlier today, the Government’s advisers, Schroders, announced that the sale was 5.7...
Ann Taylor on privatised water industry (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
While the Environment Minister Michael Howard has described the sale of the water industry as a triumph, shadow Water Minister, Ann Taylor says the fact some people stand to make a massive profit from...
Vietnamese boat people to be deported from Hong Kong (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
The Government’s decision to start forcibly deporting Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong has been widely condemned. 51 people have so far been put on a plane back to Vietnam by armed police. But...
Vietnamese boat people deported from Hong Kong (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd is to make a statement in the House of Commons later today about the forcible repatriation of Vietnamese boat people. Both Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have condemned the...
Forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the first repatriation of Vietnamese boat people from camps in Hong Kong. Governor of Hong Kong Sir David Wilson says sending the boat people back is the only choice open to the colony. Broadcast...
Possible trials for alleged war criminals (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Archer, Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary War Crimes Group on the Commons vote for trials of suspected Nazi war criminals living in Britain; what will happen next; problems that could arise including...