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Big cut in Tories’ Epping Forest majority (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Paul Seagrove reports on the result of the Epping Forest by-election, won by Steven Norris, Conservative Party, but with a greatly reduced majority and a turnout of less than fifty per cent. The Democrats...
Alex Higgins acquitted of fare-dodging charges (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Simon Israel reports from Bow Street Magistrates Court today on the acquittal of snooker player Alex Hurricane Higgins after being accused of dodging a taxi fare. Includes press interview.
Debate on Currie’s egg remarks (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on a Parliamentary debate in which junior health minister Edwina Currie faced criticism from both sides of the House over her remarks about salmonella-infected eggs. Speeches by Hal Miller; Kenneth...
Debate on Currie’s egg remarks (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on a Parliamentary debate following the resignation of junior health minister Edwina Currie, over her remarks about salmonella-infected eggs. Speeches by Dr David Clark; John MacGregor. Female...
Police warning after parcel bombs found (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Neil Curry reports on a series of letter bombs discovered in the West Midlands today. One postal worker just escaped serious injury as a device exploded in a Coventry sorting office. Other incendiary bombs...
British rescue workers return from Armenia (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Alcock reports from Heathrow Airport, London, on the return of more than 20 British firefighters following the earthquake in Spitak, Armenia (07/12/88), which killed at least 25,000 people. Includes...
New shoot to kill inquest (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Derval Fitzsimons reports on the ordering of a fresh inquest into the deaths of three IRA men (Gervase McKerr, Sean Burns and Eugene Toman) shot dead by the RUC in Lurgan, County Armagh, on 11/11/82. The...
House of Fraser stores fire-bombed (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Lisa Hampele reports on a series of fire-bomb attacks on House of Fraser stores within the UK. Fires were started at department stores in London, Plymouth and Cardiff, another device was found at Rackhams...
Terrorists flee suburban bomb factory (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Michael O’Neill reports on a police hunt in London for two suspected IRA terrorists whose cover was blown after a bizarre incident in Battersea in which a youth was shot as he attempted to break into a...
Police hunt IRA terrorists in Battersea (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
John Cookson reports from Scotland Yard on a police hunt in London for two suspected IRA terrorists whose cover was blown after a bizarre incident in Battersea in which a youth was shot as he attempted to...