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Launch of Today newspaper (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Simon John reports on the launch of the new national daily UK newspaper, Today. The paper is the only national paper to be published in the north of England. Includes interview with owner, Eddie Shah.
Brent Council cuts (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report by Rodney Bennett, on the decision of Brent Council in London to press ahead with seventeen million pounds worth of cuts. The proposal followed a stormy council meeting in which the Labour group...
Education White Paper debate (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Elena Curti reports on a House of Commons debate on the Government’s White Paper on student loans. Includes speech by Education Secretary, Kenneth Baker, defending the scheme; replies by Jack Straw; Simon...
Unexploded bomb destroyed in Docklands (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Army engineers who detonated a huge unexploded wartime bomb in East London last night are warning that the Docklands building boom could unearth many more such relics of the Blitz. Bomb disposal men...
Margaret Thatcher to receive Gorbachev (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher flies to Washington this afternoon to say goodbye to the outgoing President Reagan, and hello to his successor, George Bush. And in just one month from now, she announced...
Disappearance of schoolgirl Anna Humphries (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Police have revealed that the man they want to question about the disappearance of schoolgirl Anna Humphries replaced his car windscreen on the night she vanished. Following yesterday’s reconstruction of...
Nazi war criminals escaped prosecution (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Leading post-war politicians and civil servants are being accused of a massive cover up which allowed some of the most vicious members of Hitler’s SS to escape prosecution in Britain. The war criminals...
Loyalist arms cache found in Armagh (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Police in Northern Ireland have discovered a massive arms cache thought to be used by loyalist groups. The weapons haul was uncovered in Markethill, Armagh and, according to Northern Ireland Secretary...
Margaret Thatcher pays tribute to President Reagan (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
During a visit to America, UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher bade farewell to President Ronald Reagan, hailing him as a man who has made the world a safer place. From Washington, Nick Peters reports.
Miss World contest to be axed from ITV (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on Thames Television’s decision to drop coverage of the Miss World pageant, after taking it over from the BBC eight years ago. Julia Morley, the organiser of the competition, condemns the move,...