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INF summit achievements (1987)
- Genre
- News report
Andrew Manderstam reports on the treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces disarmament (INF) at the start of the summit in Washington DC but little progress...
Kings Cross Underground fire (1987)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; News report; Press conference; Trailer
LBC AM breakfast programme, with Paul Woodley and Peter Deeley, following the King’s Cross underground station fire disaster in London (18/11/87) where 31 people died. Reports by Lindsay Taylor; Mark...
Kings Cross Underground fire (1987)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; News report
LBC AM breakfast programme, with Paul Woodley and Peter Deeley, following the King’s Cross underground station fire disaster in London (18/11/87) where 31 people died. Interviews with Andrew Lee,...
Reagan and Gorbachev New Year messages (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Mark Percy reports on televised New Year messages by US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (excerpts heard), televised directly to the USSR and USA. Both leaders are pledging to seek...
Windscale accident papers released (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Lindsay Taylor reports on the official release of secret papers held at the public record office in Kew under the thirty-year rule, revealing that the Penny Report into the Windscale nuclear plant fire in...
High Court ruling on Cavendish spy book (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Linda Duffin reports on the decision of The Observer and the Sunday Times to go ahead today with the publication of the latest controversial spy memoirs, Inside Intelligence, by former MI6 officer, Anthony...
Margaret Thatcher landmark (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report by Linda Duffin on a press conference (excerpts heard) outside No. 10, Downing Street, London (03/01/88), featuring UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, on the event of her becoming Britain’s...
Stroke victim dies due to NHS shortages (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Eve Conway reports on the case of stroke victim, Naomi Dixon(?), who died after she was shuttled between hospitals for seven hours in a desperate hunt for a bed. Her husband, Norman Dixon(?), from...
Shooting at Northamptonshire school (1988)
- Genre
- News report
Early reports of a shooting incident at Ferres Comprehensive school in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire. Later reports revealed that two teachers, Michael Cousins and Jean Lucas, and two pupils, Ronald...
Alliance policy document redraft (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Rowley reports on a controversial policy document produced by the two leaders of the SDP â Liberal Alliance, Robert Maclennan and David Steel. They were forced to redraft their strategy paper...