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Nurses raise money for Third World charities (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report by Court correspondent Dickie Arbiter on Britain’s nurses raising money for three charities for the Third World: War on Want, Oxfam and the Save the Children Fund. SCF President Princess Anne on...
Margaret Thatcher address to the Conservative Party’s central council (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher addressing the Conservative Party’s central council at a conference in Buxton. Attacking the Labour Party under Neil Kinnock; on law and order; praises Chancellor Nigel...
British soldiers killed at IRA funeral (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the murder by an IRA mob of two British soldiers, Bob Howes and Derek Wood, caught up in the funeral cortege in Andersonstown, Belfast for Kevin Brady, an IRA member killed while attempting to...
British soldiers killed at IRA funeral (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the murder by an IRA mob of two British corporals, Bob Howes and Derek Wood, caught up in the funeral cortege for IRA member Kevin Brady in Andersonstown, Belfast. The victims’ Commanding...
US military deployment in Honduras (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report following the decision by President Ronald Reagan’s government to send battallions to Honduras as a military deployment exercise. A spokesman gives details of the training schedule the troops will...
Milltown Cemetery attack funeral (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the funeral of Thomas McErlean, one of three mourners killed chasing the Milltown Cemetery attacker. Sermon by Father Matt Wallace at St Peters Cathedral on the lack of prospects for young men in...
Ford decide against Dundee project (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Andrew Manderstam reports from Detroit on the last ditch attempt by a team of British trade unionists to convince the Ford Motor Company to go ahead with its proposed Dundee electronics plant, which has...
Israeli in court over leaking nuclear secrets to Sunday Times (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Peter Allen-Frost reports from Jerusalem on the trial of Israeli scientist Mordecai Vanunu, who revealed his country’s nuclear secrets to the Sunday Times newspaper in Britain and was then entrapped by...
Tony Benn to contest Labour leadership (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
After months of speculation, veteran left winger Tony Benn has announced he will challenge Neil Kinnock’s leadership of the Labour Party at its annual contest in the autumn with Eric Heffer as his...
Melanie Appleby diagnosed with cancer (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Gareth Furby reports on confirmation that Melanie Appleby, one half of the popular musical duo, Mel and Kim, has been diagnosed with cancer. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy. Pete Waterman, who...