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GLC budget and council rate increase (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the Greater London Council budget and rate increase to fund the council’s additional spending programme. Includes council meeting speeches by GLC Finance Chairman John McDonnell; Conservative...
CBI meets with Government to lower bills (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on leaders of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) meeting with the Government to appeal for energy bill cuts for industries which use electricity. Speakers are Industry Secretary, Patrick...
Health services privatisation row (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on proposed changes to education, health and social services in the UK under the Conservative Government, including the privatisation of some departments. Speakers are Prime Minister Margaret...
Bermondsey by-election result (1983)
- Genre
- Election coverage; News report; Speech
Live coverage of the Bermondsey by-election results. SDP-Liberal Alliance candidate Simon Hughes wins by a huge majority. Includes speeches by Hughes and Labour candidate Peter Tatchell. Male ITN reporter...
French explosives row during Mitterrand visit (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the planting of explosives by a security official at the French ambassador’s residence in central London, in order to test British security cover during the visit of President Francois Mitterrand...
Keith Hampson MP acquittal (1984)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the trial acquittal of Conservative MP, Dr Keith Hampson, after being accused of indecent assault in a London gay bar. Male reporter not identified.
Queens Dragoon Guards receive Sword of Peace (1984)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Report on Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Ferguson receiving the Wilkinson Sword of Peace on behalf of the Queen’s Dragoon Guards at a ceremony at Cardiff Castle, for their peacekeeping work in the Lebanon....
Miners’ strike - NUM links with Libya (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock condemning the NUM union financial connections to Libya in the miners’ strike and the progression in the row between NUM President Arthur Scargill and Kinnock....
New police computer system (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Scotland Yard’s information room and the computer system that the police hope will replace it. Includes interview with Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Colin Sutton. Male reporter not...
Abbeystead waterworks disaster (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Abbeystead disaster and aftermath as an interim Health and Safety Executive report is published and inquests on the victims open today. A water pump exploded during a visit by forty-two local...