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Neil Kinnock visits homeless shelter (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a visit by Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock to the Bayswater Family Centre for the homeless in west London (16/05/88). Includes a conversation with a mother living in bed and breakfast...
Prince Philip on pollution (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh has used a Tidy Britain conference to criticise Britain’s attitude to pollution and encourage everyone to play their part in preventing pollution. Report by Dickie Arbiter...
SAS operations questioned (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Kevin Murphy reports on a lively Prime Minister’s Question Time in the House of Commons. Labour MP Ken Livingstone uses the protection of parliamentary privilege to name two SAS officers (bleeped out here)...
Academic freedom debated by Lords (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Des Fahy reports on a defeat today for the government in the House of Lords over part of its education reform bill, on proposals which would limit academic freedom, which has received widespread opposition...
Campaign for Homes in Central London (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Margaret Shiels reports on a report commissioned by a group calling itself the Campaign for Homes in Central London, which alleges that public sector services in London are in danger of being adversely...
Chelsea football fans acquitted (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Taylor reports on the collapse of a court case at Knightsbridge Crown Court, London, against a group of Chelsea football hooligans known as the Headhunters, due to the alleged falsification of police...
NUS vote on unions merger (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Ben Brown reports from Hull on the National Union of Seamen (NUS) conference where delegates are due to debate whether to strengthen their industrial muscle by merging with another union. They will also vote...
Lesbians interrupt BBC news (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Linda Duffin reports on a protest at BBC Television Centre after four women breached security and disrupted the Six O’Clock News. The protest was against the implementation of the UK Government’s...
Drunken violence follows England vs Scotland match (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Mark Percy reports on violence caused by Scottish football fans in London following the defeat of their national side by England at Wembley. Police made nearly a hundred arrests and ninety people, including...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu attacked on South African radio (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Nigel Wrench reports from Johannesburg, where Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been the target of a sharp attack on the South African state-run radio. Archbishop Tutu is nearing the end of a lengthy trip to...