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Gareth Furby on Chinese clampdown (1989)
- Genre
- News report
The veteran Chinese leader who smashed the students’ revolt last weekend in Tiananmen Square have now turned on the young people whose calls for freedom sparked off the protest. Troops and army vehicles...
Gareth Furby on Chinese clampdown (1989)
- Genre
- News report
51 tanks and troops are tonight moving out of the centre of Beijing for the first time since the Tiananmen Square massacre, but there are fears that the secret police will stay on in the crackdown...
Gareth Furby on Chinese clampdown (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Chinese authorities have begun an across-the-board crackdown on Westerners, expelling a journalist and ordering diplomats to stay indoors. They are also continuing to hunt down student leaders, with over...
Geoffrey Howe on Beijing (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe has said that Britain is considering sending back to China the British diplomats withdrawn at the height of the crisis in Beijing. He has told the House of Commons...
Margaret Shiels on London tube overcrowding (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
London Underground is set to increase its fares in a bid to reduce the number of people using the system, and stop trains and stations becoming dangerously overcrowded. London Underground Ltd. (LUL)...
Ronald Reagan receives honorary knighthood (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Former US president Ronald Reagan has been awarded an honorary knighthood by the Queen. He is now an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, although he cannot be called Sir...
Nancy Reagan’s anti-drugs campaign (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
The United States’ former first lady, Nancy Reagan has brought her fight against drugs in the US to London. She spent 35 minutes with police and officials from an anti-drugs campaign, telling them how...
EastEnders team clear names (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A High Court libel jury has awarded the creators of the EastEnders television series ninety thousand pounds in libel damages against the Sunday Mirror newspaper. The paper had published an article...
Nigel Lawson on his relationship with Margaret Thatcher (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson says he hopes that any differences between himself and the Prime Minister over economic policy will not damage the Conservatives’ prospects in the European...
Botulism warning on hazelnut yoghurts (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Britain’s Chief Medical Officer is warning people not to buy any brand of hazelnut yoghurt, because of the risk of contracting botulism. Ten people are still seriously ill in hospital after eating...