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28,816 results found for all records.
TUC meet chancellor over Tory government policies (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with TUC General Secretary Len Murray on his meeting with Chancellor Geoffrey Howe, in which he put forward members’ concerns over jobs, public expenditure cuts and the divestiture of public...
Edward Heath on Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with former Prime Minister Edward Heath on the investigation which will need to be carried out into the Fastnet yacht race disaster on 14/08/79, after his boat was one of the few to reach the...
Survey on Special Patrol Groups (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with researcher (Tony Binigon?) on the survey into the role of Special Patrol Groups, set up as an anti-crime force to support police at community level, but which he argues have developed as a...
Plymouth return after Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Dave Loyn reports on the Fastnet yacht race disaster, as the last few yachts return to Plymouth today. Includes interviews with race organisers spokesman Roger Ware; surviving yachtsmen Ernest Dewar and...
Majorca death of Caroline Thorpe (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with George Thorpe on the Spanish inquest into the death in Majorca of his 21-year-old daughter Caroline Thorpe, which found she committed suicide although witness evidence and the pathologists...
Majorca death of Caroline Thorpe (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with George Thorpe, who is to call on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for an inquiry into the death in Majorca of his 21-year-old daughter Caroline Thorpe, after the Spanish inquest found she...
Rural discrimination over petrol supply (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a farmer arguing that oil companies are discriminating against country people by controlling the supply of petrol to rural garages. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
Prospects of settlement in Post Office dispute (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a trade union spokesman on prospects of a settlement in the continuing Post Office dispute over wages and grade restructuring, and the daily loss of revenue to the PO from the cessation of...
BR corporate plan (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with spokesman on the British Rail corporate plan, which confirms future passenger fare increases in line with inflation and rises in fuel costs and wages. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
British Rail fare increase (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Male interviewee (not identified) calling on British Rail to reinvest in commuter lines into London and on the planned passenger fare increase. Interviewer not heard.