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Bank robbery - National Westminster, Preston (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Workers at the National Westminster Bank in Preston are back to work today after being held captive by armed raiders who escaped with a small fortune (15/09/88). Senior bank official Donald Flitcroft(?) said...
Thatcher speech on Europe (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on a speech in Brussels by UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, to Common Market members warning that while Britain is fully committed to European union, she will not let the UK lose its...
Maiden Great Britain naming (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Quill Potter reports on the visit of the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, to Hamble, Hampshire to name the only boat to be crewed by an all woman crew in the Whitbread round-the-world yacht race if they can...
Gibraltar IRA shootings inquest (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Kevin Murphy reports from Gibraltar, on the evidence of two witnesses, including a British barrister, Stephen Bullock, at the inquest into the shooting of three unarmed IRA members by the SAS. Includes...
Edwina Currie annoys pensioners (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Speech
Nicola Gibson report on a controversial speech by Health Minister, Edwina Currie, to pensioners at a meeting in Reading; annoyed old people’s pressure groups by advising pensioners to get ready for winter...
Westminster ribbon day (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech
George Matheson reports on Westminster Ribbon anti-drug award - Westminster Council’s anti-drugs campaign attended by Prince Edward in Covent Garden. Includes speech by Prince Edward; interviews with Cindy...
Priest assault trial (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Crook reports from the Old Bailey on the case of an eighty-year-old priest from Finsbury Park, who was robbed and beaten up in his own church by three youths. Judge Hayman praised Father Reginald Fuller...
Thatcher speech on Europe (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on a speech by UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, to EEC members in Luxembourg; she describes the idea of a European superstate as nightmarish and says she will not let the UK lose its...
Cleveland child abuse conference (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Alison Johns reports on a conference dealing with the lessons to be learned from the Cleveland child abuse scandal; includes excerpts from speech and press interview by Lord Justice Butler-Sloss (Elizabeth...
Ocean Odyssey oil rig explosion (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Andy Stenton reports from Aberdeen on the search for the missing radio operator Tim Williams, who’s believed to have died a hero in the explosion on the Odeco Ocean Odyssey oil rig. Interviews with Derek...