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Commentary on Toxteth riots (1981)

Genre: News report

Paul Davies commentates from the scene of the Toxteth riots in Liverpool.

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Riot commentary (1981)

Genre: News report; Interview; Special

Unedited series of clips on riots. With male speaker (not identified) on the further riots across the country; Paul Davies commentating as bombs are thrown at police and people heard shouting.

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Report on the crisis in British prisons. Prison Officer’s Association District Secretary at Strangeways Prison, Peter Hancocks(?) and Prison Warder Brian Baldwin, comment on conditions at the prison and...

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Geoffrey Howe gives mini budget (1981)

Genre: News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate

Report on the mini Budget announced by Chancellor Sir Geoffrey Howe. Includes excerpts from his Budget speech at the House of Commons. Also comment from: TUC Chairman Alan Sapper; shadow Chancellor, Peter...

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Peter Tatchell on far left tendencies (1981)

Genre: News report; Press conference

Report on Peter Tatchell being endorsed as the Labour Party Parliamentary candidate for Bermondsey. Mr Tatchell defends himself in a press conference against accusations of extremism. Female reporter not...

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Army band funding cuts (1981)

Genre: News report; Music; Interview

Report on the government proposals to cut funding for army bands. Conservative MP Toby Jessel comments. Includes band music with comedy (from a show?). Male reporter not identified.

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Conservative conference - EEC relations (1981)

Genre: News report; Speech

Report on a speech by UK Foreign Secretary and current President of the EEC Council of Ministers, Lord Carrington (Peter Carington) to the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool (with excerpts) about the...

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Cricket match to improve race relations (1981)

Genre: News report; Interview

Report on the Leslie Walker Trophy Match, a cricket match at Lords between police of Brixton and the West Indian cricket team, revived after 8 years to improve relations between police and the local...

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Oxford report into Toxteth riots (1981)

Genre: News report

Report on the Oxford Report by Merseyside Chief Constable Kenneth Oxford, into the riots in Toxteth, Liverpool. The report accuses community leaders of taking part in deliberate provocation of the police in...

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Manchester police committee rift (1981)

Genre: News report; Interview

Report on the rift between Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable, James Anderton, and the local police committee, and partial healing as Anderton presented the report on the Moss Side riots today. With...