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Silent campaign for Central America (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the launch of the Silent campaign for Central America by charity War on Want at Brides Church, Fleet Street (bells heard tolling). Spokesman Daryl Upsall explains the campaign to get the voices of...
Israel withdraws from Taba (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Peter Allen-Frost’s report looks at how the dispute over a small section of the northern Sinai desert known as Taba has gone on for years, the dispute over a hotel, the final withdrawal of troops and the...
Police presence on late-night commuter trains (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Oni Bhattacharya reports on the unusually visible police presence on late-night trains in the South East; Sergeant John McKelvie explains why there is currently high-profile policing on the trains, and who...
Funeral of IRA victim, soldier Stephen Cummins (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Poetry
Report by Ian Henderson on the funeral of 24 year-old Lance Bombardier Stephen Cummins, who was killed in Londonderry by an IRA landmine (08/03/89). Cummins’s commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Barry...
Air chiefs warned about possible attack before Lockerbie bombing (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reports on the Department of Transport’s claim that it warned airline chiefs about a possible terrorist attack, two days before the Lockerbie bombing. Bereaved wife and mother Geraldine Buser,...
Terrorist attack warning prior to Lockerbie bombing (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Lisa Hampele reports on the Department of Transport’s claim that it warned airline chiefs about a possible terrorist attack prior to the Lockerbie bombing. Labour are angry that this warning was kept...
Lockerbie families call for resignation of Paul Channon (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Anger at the Lockerbie bombing has erupted again after the Department of Transport (under Secretary of State, Paul Channon) claimed that its warning to airline chiefs about a possible terrorist attack was...
Police error casts doubt on drink driving convictions (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Sally Arthy reports on an error by Greater Manchester Police which could lead to two thousand drink driving convictions being quashed. Chief Constable James Anderton talks about the error (which arose...
Lockerbie residents call for Paul Channon’s resignation (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Lockerbie residents give their views on Transport Secretary Paul Channon and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. 74 year-old Mary Wood and local pub landlord Eddie Gibb call for Channon’s resignation, whilst...
Funeral of three young sisters killed in a house fire (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Kate Stephens(?) reports on the funeral of three young sisters, the daughters of a vicar, who died in a house fire in Wiltshire. The Reverend Bill Taylor, team vicar for Tisbury, talks about the girls and...