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Black players withdraw from rebel tour of South Africa (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the withdrawal of the two black cricket players Roland Butcher and Philip DeFreitas from the English rebel tour of South Africa. Includes Butcher on the influence of anti-apartheid campaigners and...
Julie Ward Kenyan murder case (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the case of British tourist Julie Ward who was killed whilst on safari in Kenya. Includes father John Ward on his hopes the inquest one year on will establish his daughter was murdered and a murder...
US hostages in Lebanon (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report following the identification of the executed American hostage Colonel William Higgins on a videotape released by his Lebanese captors, and on the efforts to secure the release of the remaining...
Tilbury turns away cargo of toxic waste (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Tony Williams reports on the decision of port managers at Tilbury docks in Essex to refuse to unload a cargo of toxic waste. The ruling came after protests by Greenpeace activists. The Russian ship, the...
Belfast schoolboy killed by plastic bullet (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Derval Fitzsimons reports on the death of fifteen-year-old schoolboy, Seamus Duffy, who was killed by a plastic bullet in Belfast during a night of sporadic rioting which marked the eighteenth anniversary of...
Mike Gatting on rebel cricket tour (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Davina Payne reports from Cheltenham on the decision of Mike Gatting to captain the rebel England cricket XI which will tour South Africa. Two black players, Phillip DeFreitas and Roland Butcher, have...
Steve Ovett outburst at Commonwealth Games qualifier (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Bays reports on an emotional outburst by athlete Steve Ovett at the end of the fifteen hundred metre Commonwealth Games qualifier in Birmingham. Ovett claims he was offered money for competing, unlike...
Greenpeace spokesman on PCBs (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Bowden reports on the decision of port managers at Tilbury docks in Essex to refuse to unload a cargo of toxic waste. The ruling came after protests by Greenpeace activists. The Russian ship, the...
Murder of Brian & Ursula Randall (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Lynne Mennie reports on the murder of Brian and Ursula Randall. They were found stabbed to death at their home in the Wiltshire village of Hilperton. Their daughter Sarah was also stabbed but survived the...
Tube unions accept pay deal (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Margaret Shiels reports on the end of a series of wildcat strikes on London Underground. Strikes organisers have said there will be no more stoppages but they are calling for senior union officials to resign...