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Bonington on death of Nick Escort (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Mountain climber and explorer Chris Bonington describes the events that led up to the death of fellow explorer Nick Escort while climbing K2 in the Himalayas. Bonington explains why mountain climbers such as...
Eric Moonman on Normansfield psychiatric hospital (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP Eric Moonman discusses details of a report outlining poor conditions at Normansfield psychiatric hospital. Moonman says there is a widespread problem with such hospitals in Britain and that the...
Tony Smythe on Normansfield Hospital inquiry (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Tony Smythe of MIND on the low standards of British psychiatric hospitals. Smthye calls for the Government to invest more money in the area and for the public to have a greater awareness of the problems. The...
Ian Martin on Hillingdon Council (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Human rights activist Ian Martin on a family being sent to the Foreign Office by Hillingdon Council, having arrived from Kenya. Martin says the council has behaved irresponsibly and it should have found a...
Terry Dicks defends actions of Hillingdon council (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Hillingdon Borough councillor Terry Dicks defends the actions of the council after it sent an immigrant family to the Foreign Office in a taxi. Dicks says the family should have arranged housing before...
National Front in Hillingdon (1978)
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- Interview
Community Relations Officer for Hillingdon, Charan(?) Rai(?), on councillor Terry Dicks supporting a move to allow the National Front to use council premises. He says allowing the National Front access will...
Norman Fowler on abolition of road tax (1978)
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- Interview
Shadow Transport Secretary and Conservative MP, Norman Fowler on Government plans to abolish road tax. Fowler says abolition will increase the price of petrol and hit rural communities harder than urban...
Abolition of road tax - Threat to jobs (1978)
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- Interview
Clive Williams of Swansea Driving Licence Centre (DVLA?), on possible administrative job losses as a result of plans to abolish road tax. Williams is worried about the jobs in the 84 regional offices across...
Edward Pochin on conditions at Aldermaston Nuclear Plant (1978)
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- Interview; News report
Inquiry author and radiation expert Edward Pochin on conditions at the Aldermaston Nuclear plant after it was found that three women had high levels of plutonium in their bodies. Pochin says improvements...
Launch of Daily Star newspaper (1978)
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- Interview; Music; News report
Company Chairman Victor Matthews expresses his delight at the successful launch of new national newspaper the Daily Star. Editor Derek Jameson defends the use of photographs of topless women to sell...