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George Bush closes on Panama (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
President George Bush’s announcement that he is boosting the US garrison in Panama by 2000 extra combat troops sent dictator Manuel Noriega and his military commanders into a flurry of meetings and...
Margaret Thatcher criticises Labour defence policy (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has torn into Labour’s defence policy, denouncing it before fifteen thousand Tory supporters at the Scottish Conservative Conference in Perth last night. The Tories are...
George Bush on US-Soviet relations (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
US President, George Bush has challenged the Soviet Union to tear down the Iron Curtain. In a major speech outlining his new administration’s foreign policy, Bush also said he wants more openness in...
Risley Remand Centre changes (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Prison officers at Risley Remand Centre say the Governor, Ian Boon, is to blame for last week’s riots. The Prison Officers Association (POA) at Risley has handed Boon a resolution, taken after a meeting...
Cliff Richard made Freeman of the City of London (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Pop legend Cliff Richard has been awarded one of the highest honours in the land, the historic title of Freeman of the City of London. As Julie Benson reports, Cliff will get some unique privileges, some...
Sentencing in the Jason Swift case (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Crook reports on the sentencing of Sidney Cooke, Robert Oliver, Leslie Bailey and Steven Barrell for the sexual abuse and manslaughter of Jason Swift, a child prostitute. Reaction from Jason’s father,...
Opening of the Torness nuclear power station (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
David Wilkie reports on the opening of the Torness nuclear power station, East Lothian. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher commits to the replacement of the older stations and reassures those with safety...
Remains of the Elizabethan Rose Theatre discovered (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Eve Conway reports on the discovered remains of the Elizabethan Rose Theatre. Site manager and archaeologist Simon Blatherwick on the importance of the remains for their literary connections with Shakespeare...
General Noriega rigs election in Panama (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Alcock reports on the election in Panama. British MP Steven Norris on the rigging of the poll by military dictator General Manuel Noriega. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater voicing President...
Reprieve for remains of Elizabethan Rose Theatre (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the winning of a reprieve for protesters to reach a compromise with site developers over the remains of the Elizabethan Rose Theatre. Local MP, Simon Hughes on the negotiations taking place between...