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Miners strike - NUM special conference (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the NUM Special Delegate conference in Sheffield where they discussed the future of the miners’ strike and talks with the Coal Board. Includes speech by NUM leader Arthur Scargill. Male reporter...
Miners strike - NCB posts huge losses (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the National Coal Board announcing huge losses for 1983 and the impact the miners’ strike will have on future losses. Includes reaction from NUM leader Arthur Scargill. Male reporter not...
Miners strike - Anti-trade union laws (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on South Wales miners breaking the Government’s anti-trade union legislation by secondary picketing and refusing to pay the resulting penalty putting their entire assets at risk of seizure. Includes...
Doctor sent to jail for selling blood (1984)
- Genre
- News report
Report on sentencing in the trial of Dr Mark Patterson, John Harris, and Leslie Dobson, for stealing blood from the NHS and selling it on the black market. Male reporter not identified (poss. Tim Crook).
RAF man blackmailed for information (1984)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the Old Bailey trial of RAF serviceman, Paul Davis, accused of giving classified information to a woman who seduced him and then blackmailed him. Male reporter not identified (poss. Tim Crook).
Drugs in British army camps (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on soldiers being charged with possessing illegal drugs, including LSD and cannabis, at British army camps in Germany. Includes interviews with Margery Hobson, mother of David Hobson, one of the...
York Minster fire (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the fire that destroyed the south transept at York Minster. Includes interviews with university researcher Tom Owen; Repair Trust Fund founder Major-General John Ward Harrison; Archbishop of...
Liverpool council no longer faces bankruptcy (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Liverpool City Council overcoming the threat of bankruptcy following their three month battle with the Government over their budget. Includes comment from council leader John Hamilton; Liverpool...
Miners strike - Fundraising stopped by police (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on miners and their supporters being stopped from fundraising by the police during the miners’ strike with five men arrested. Includes interviews with Chairman of the GLC Police Committee Paul...
Margaret Thatcher on foreign relations (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s speech at the Annual Dinner of the European Atlantic Society. She speaks about her government’s success in foreign affairs. Male reporter not identified.