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Police smash international drugs ring (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Detectives say they may have smashed an international drugs ring following raids in Leicestershire and London. Ten thousand pounds worth of heroin was seized in Leicester and a man and a woman from Uganda...
Mike Tyson divorce (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
The longest fight of Mike Tyson’s career is finally over. The world heavyweight boxing champion’s much-troubled marriage has ended in divorce. Tyson and actress Robin Givens had already gone through a...
Rock version of Handel to save Mappa Mundi? (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
A sale of shares in Hereford Cathedral’s seven hundred year-old treasure, Mappa Mundi, has flopped. Today is the deadline for selling two thousand, eight hundred shares, and less than half that target...
Ban on extremist interviews not overturned (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Six broadcast journalists and a member of the public have lost their High Court challenge to the Home Secretary’s ban on radio and television interviews with Northern Irish extremist organisations. The...
Developers plan office block on site of Rose Theatre (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Developers have announced plans to build an office block above the remains of the Rose Theatre in South London, but they are spending millions to ensure they can still be viewed by the public. However,...
Soviets accuse British of bugging diplomats (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe is under pressure to answer Soviet accusations that British spies have been bugging the offices and homes of Russian diplomats. The Soviet Ambassador has lodged a strong...
Bloodshed in Peking’s Tiananmen Square (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Bloodshed in Peking’s Tiananmen Square looks to have brought seven weeks of pro-democracy demonstrations to an end. Chinese troops with tanks, machine guns, bayonets and clubs have moved in and at least...
Jonanthan Annells reports from Tiananmem Square (1989)
- Genre
- News report
There is a tense but calm atmosphere in the Chinese capital, but there are fears that the fighting could escalate into civil war with troops supporting the students marching on the city. Peking correspondent...
Beijing protesters continue defiance of army crackdown (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Jonathan Annells reports from Peking, where protesters are continuing their defiance of the army crackdown. Latest reports speak of troops opening fire on unarmed cyclists, chanting Animals, animals. There...
Chinese students in London call for global strike (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Chinese students in London are calling a global one-day strike on Wednesday to allow the world to demonstrate its abhorrence of the Beijing massacres to the Chinese Government. The students are also calling...