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Margaret Thatcher’s first public comments on Army bus bombing (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher gives her first public comments on the bombing of a bus carrying British servicemen in Northern Ireland in which eight soldiers died. 18 year-old Mark Norsworthy, one of the...
Tom King visits bus bombing survivors (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Tom King visits the surviviors of an IRA bombing that killed 8 soldiers in County Tyrone. Peter Russell reports. Audio muffled.
Seb Coe wild card Olympic entry (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Plans by the International Olympic Committee for two-time Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Coe to be entered into the Summer Olympics in Seoul as a wild card have been met with doubt from other athletes....
1988 Olympics - Seb Coe wild card debate (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Twice Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Coe has failed to qualify for the 1988 Olympic Games, prompting the President of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, to urge the British...
IRA car bomb - Recruiting officer killed (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
A car bomb in East Belfast has killed an Army recruiting officer, Alan Shields, the ninth person to be killed by the IRA in Northern Ireland in the past three days. Three unnamed eyewitnesses give their...
US election - Dan Quayle scandal (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Scandal is surrounding George Bush’s running mate, vice-presidential candidate Dan Quayle. He is accused of having pulled strings to join the Indiana National Guard and thus avoid being called up to...
Tom King on anti-terrorism measures (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Tom King speaks guardedly to the press about his meeting with Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, during which they discussed different measures that could be used to...
Broadmoor patient dies during industrial action (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Industrial action by nurses at Broadmoor mental hospital has meant that some patients have been confined to their rooms and refused visitors. A patient died when he was administered a tranquiliser after a...
Belfast family held hostage as car used in bomb attack (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
The IRA has held a West Belfast family hostage whilst using their car to set off a bomb in Belfast city centre. A local newspaper and the Samaritans were forewarned, allowing the area to be evacuated. There...
Military funeral of IRA victim Jason Burfitt (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
A military funeral for Jason Burfitt of the 1st Battalion Light Infantry â a victim of the IRA - was held today at St John’s Roman Catholic Church. Monsigneur William Mitchell, who gave the address,...