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Walter Sisulu released (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; News bulletin
11 o’clock LBC Crown FM news bulletin read by Dilly Barlow focusing on the release of political prisoner, acvtivist and ANC leader 77-year-old Walter Sisulu in South Africa (with 7 other prisoners)....
Conservative conference - Nigel Lawson speech (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on a speech by Chancellor Nigel Lawson at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool where he answered critics, declaring there is no alternative to the Government’s economic...
Ron Brown reselected (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Louise Randall reports from Edinburgh, where controversial Labour MP Ron Brown has fought off two challengers in the battle for reselection to his Leith constituency. Brown managed to win just over half the...
Terry Waite held for one 1000 days (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Phil Edwards reports on the continuing captivity of Church of England special envoy, Terry Waite, who has now been held in the Lebanon for 1000 days. He disappeared in early 1987 while trying to negotiate...
Royal feud over Marina Ogilvy pregnancy (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Bowden reports on a feud in the family of Princess Alexandra, which is likely to come further under the spotlight when her daughter Marina Ogilvy gives an exclusive interview on the Kilroy television...
President de Klerk meets church leaders (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
David O’Sullivan reports on a meeting in South Africa between President F.W. de Klerk and 3 leading anti-apartheid clerics: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Reverend Frank Chikane, General Secretary of the...
San Francisco earthquake - eyewitness accounts and aftermath (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Oni Bhattacharya reports on the Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco, California. At least 270 people are known to have died with another 500 injured. A two-tier highway collapsed, buildings toppled,...
Pools win for honeymoon couple (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Nicky Broyd reports on an £800,000 pools win for honeymooning couple Tony and Tracey Knowles. They were joint winners in a record £2.3 million Littlewoods payout along with Bob Wyer, retired scrap...
Geoffrey Howe launches attack on Thatcher (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on a speech by Deputy Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Howe, sacked as Foreign Secretary in the Cabinet reshuffle, where he delivers a coded attack on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s...
Black day for London stock exchange (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Matthews reports on the London Stock Exchange experiencing its third worst ever daily fall in share prices (at the time when this was broadcast), with the FTSE index down 200 points, after failing to...