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Parliamentary debate on Vickers tank order (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Paul Rowley reports from Westminster on a parliamentary debate in which Defence Secretary George Younger announced that the contract to build a new series of tanks for the British Army was to be awarded to...
Montupet to set up operation in former De Lorean plant (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Gary Duffy reports on the news that more than one thousand jobs are to be created in Northern Ireland, where the French car component company, Montupet, is taking over the former De Lorean sports car plant...
Police hunt IRA terrorists in Battersea (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nicky Broyd 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...
Death of Doreen Mason (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reports on the death of sixteen-month-old Doreen Mason. Comments on the incompetence of Southwark Social Services and role of case worker, Gillian Langford. Her parents, Christine Mason and Roy...
Fashanu & Anderson guilty of misconduct (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Knight reports on the decision of the Football Association to punish John Fashanu of Wimbledon and Viv Anderson of Manchester United following an incident during a match at Wimbledon’s Plough Lane...
Egg compensation package (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on the Government’s compensation package to help Britain’s egg industry following the salmonella scare. The package follows the resignation of junior health minister Edwina Currie, over her...
One PC killed, another wounded by bank raiders in Coventry (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Rob Gurney reports on a car chase through the streets of Coventry where one police constable was shot dead and another seriously wounded. The shootings followed an attempted raid on a branch of the Midland...
Youth in private murder case freed (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Crook reports on the decision by an Old Bailey jury to clear an eighteen-year-old youth from Battersea in the first private prosecution for murder in thirty years. Gregory Pawsey was brought to trial by...
Junior doctors’ vigil in hours protest (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Sham Ambiavagar reports on a protest by junior doctors against long working hours. They have been camping outside the London Hospital, Whitechapel, for twenty-four hours and they say patients are at risk,...
Junior doctors’ vigil in hours protest (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
George Matheson reports on the end of a protest by junior doctors against long working hours. They have been camping outside the London Hospital, Whitechapel, because they say patients are at risk: junior...