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Dame Shirley Porter defeats no confidence vote (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Julie Benson reports on a vote of no confidence at Westminster City Council where leader Dame Shirley Porter defeated the motion by three votes. The Labour leader, Paul Dimoldenberg, called for the vote...
Queen honours Kings Cross heroes (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Lynne Mennie reports on a ceremony at Buckingham Palace where bravery awards were presented by the Queen to those who risked their lives during the Kings Cross Underground fire in 1987. Amongst those...
Bush plea for hostages release (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on a plea by US President, George H. W. Bush for the release of all hostages held by any country in the Middle East, including Israel. The appeal from the White House was the only public...
US removes cruise missiles from Greenham Common (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate; Music
Peter Henley reports on the first cruise missiles to leave the Greenham Common airbase in Berkshire under the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). Includes archive recordings of...
Hostage, Joseph Cicippio, deadline (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reports from the US on a deadline presented by kidnappers in Beirut when they say, hostage, Joseph Cicippio, will be killed. Includes interviews with Peggy Say, the sister of fellow hostage,...
Dock strike ends-reaction (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reports on the official end of the national dock strike. Angry striking dockers are preparing to defy their union leaders’ call to go back to work and they’re accusing the TGWU executive of...
Operation shampoo (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Oni Bhattacharya reports on a police investigation in West London codenamed Operation Shampoo, which has uncovered a major international mafia style crime network involving members of the Asian community....
Water privatisation row (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Oni Bhattacharya reports on controversy over the Government plans for privatisation of the water industry with water charges possibly rising by around 13 percent and the companies getting a so-called green...
Queen Mother’s birthday (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Simon Bowden reports on Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother’s eighty-ninth birthday. Includes bagpipe music; interviews with Grace Crook, Royal Britain Exhibition; Anthony Holden, royal biographer; members...
Drug gangs move into rural US states (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on a new survey conducted by the US government which shows that America is losing the war against drugs war. The drugs scourge, as President George Bush describes it, has spread out of...