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Moss Side riots - Hytner Tribunal (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Unidentified male speaker gives reasons why people may not attend the Hytner Tribunal which is providing an inquiry into the Moss Side riots. Male reporter not identified.
Fred Jones on British Council of Churches and Liverpool 8 (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Fred Jones, Chairman of Merseyside Police Federation, on the decision of the British Council of Churches to give a grant to the Liverpool 8 Defence Committee. Male interviewer not identified.
David Lane on interethnic relations (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
David Lane, Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, offers advice to Lord Scarman to the effect that radical changes of attitude are needed to improve relations between minority ethnic communities...
John Figueroa on cultural conflict (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Professor John Figueroa, who gave evidence to the Scarman Inquiry, on cultural conflict being a factor in the tension leading up to the Brixton disturbances. Male interviewer not identified.
Brixton Police play local West Indian community at the Oval (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified police spokesman on the resumption of the annual cricket match between the Brixton Police and the local West Indian community, at the Oval. Female interviewer not identified.
Lensworth Small on Police and community (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Lensworth Small, a solicitor representing some of the groups in the Scarman Inquiry, says crime in Brixton is not as bad as police make out. Male interviewer not identified.
Clive Thornton on urban regeneration (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Clive Thornton of the Abbey National building society wants different financial institutions to be responsible for regenerating deprived areas. Female interviewer not identified.
Michael Heseltine ducks questions about riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine refuses to make a statement or to commit himself in any way on the issue of riots (in Toxteth?). Male interviewer not identified.
Hytner Tribunal investigates riots on Moss Side (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Hytner Tribunal, which was set up to investigate the riots on Moss Side, Manchester. Greater Manchester Police Authority chairman, Councillor Peter Kelly tells the five-man tribunal that...
Underground fires at Aberfan (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the closure of a school in Aberfan - where 114 people died in 1966 as a result of a landslide - following the discovery of underground fires. Includes interviews with local education officer Eddie...