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Creditors’ meeting follows Jean Michel Jarre concert (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Rodney Bennett reports on the creditors’ meeting following the Jean Michel Jarre Docklands concert. Liquidator, Laurence Garrard on there being limited hope for those owed money. Creditor, June Laver on...
Chief Medical Officer Donald Acheson on salmonella in eggs (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Richard Bestic reports from Westminster following MP Edwina Currie’s claims that most egg production in the country is infected with salmonella. Britain’s Chief Medical Officer, Sir Donald Acheson,...
Health officer on listeria in chicken meat (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Eleanor Parker reports from Bristol on the discovery of listeria in supermarket chicken meat, and on Government plans to warn the public about the hazards of food poisoning. Health Officer Terry Dicken on...
Visit to London of Japanese Foreign Minister Sosuke Uno (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Kevin Murphy reports on the news conference given by Japanese Foreign Minister, Sosuke Uno during his visit to London. Speaking through an interpreter, Uno defends Emperor Hirohito for failing to prevent the...
Stockwell murder of Victor and Audrey Johnson in arson attack (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
John Alcock reports on the murder of Victor and Audrey Johnson, who were unable to escape from their council flat in a Stockwell tower block after an arson attack, as they had strengthened their front door...
Commons debate on pre-Budget Autumn Statement (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Paul Rowley reports on the Commons debate on the pre-Budget Autumn Statement. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson defends the need to control inflation by raising interest rates. Shadow Treasury...
Security breach at Heathrow Airport (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Andy Ivy reports on a security breach at Heathrow Airport involving two reporters posing as cleaners. Comment from London Weekend Television researcher Stuart Morris, who planted a package on a jumbo, and...
Issue of US arrest warrant for arms dealer Charles Caplin (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Michael O’Neill reports on arms dealer Charles Caplin, who has been implicated by US customs officers in a plot to ship missiles and chemical weapons to Iran from the States. American prosecutor Michael...
Mike Tyson clashes with photographers (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reports on world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who has broken training for his fight with Frank Bruno and clashed with photographers during a visit to his estranged wife, actress Robin...
Two men jailed for reckless driving death of Kelly Holland (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Tim Crook reports on the jailing at the Old Bailey of two men, Roy Copeland and Dr Adrian Kendall, for causing the death by reckless driving of twelve year-old Kelly Holland at a bus stop in Rotherhithe,...