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3,214 results found for all records.

  • GLC by-elections results (1984)

    Genre
    Election coverage; Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech

    Reports for AM programme on the results of GLC by-elections in London which the Conservative Party chose not to stand in, there was a low turnout, abolition of the GLC was the issue elections were held over....

  • Andrei Gromyko in USA (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference

    Andrew Manderstam reports on reaction to Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Foreign Minister’s remarks in a speech to the UN on US foreign policy, rejecting US President Ronald Reagan’s arms control proposals. US...

  • Miners strike - Peace talks underway (1984)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on the talks between NUM leader Arthur Scargill and NCB Chairman Ian MacGregor on the ongoing miners’ strike, and the intrusion of the media which has forced the two sides to change the venue of the...

  • Miners strike - Talks break down (1984)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press statement from Coal Board Chairman Ian MacGregor, who explains the reasons for the breakdown of talks between the NCB and the NUM to end the current miners’ strike.

  • Miners strike - Scargill on talks (1984)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press statement from NUM leader Arthur Scargill, who outlines his hopes for the future of the coal industry and for planned negotiations with the NCB during the miners’ strike. He then answers press...

  • Miners strike - Energy sectors support (1984)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Speech

    Report on the coal industry strikes and the NUM’s quest for support from other industrial sectors which might lead to power cuts. NUM leader Arthur Scargill and Secretary of the TUC’s Electricity Supply...

  • Body found in car at Gatwick airport (1984)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Police spokesman (not identified - poss. Detective Superintendent Douglas Cheal) on the discovery of the badly decomposed body of James Rufus Sargeant in a car boot at Gatwick Airport and on the findings of...

  • ACAS talks on miners strike (1984)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on negotiations at ACAS aimed at ending the miners’ strike. Includes Coal Board Chairman, Ian MacGregor, giving reaction to reporters as he emerged; NUM President Arthur Scargill also comments. Male...

  • Miners strike - EETPU decline support (1984)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Leader of the EETPU, Eric Hammond, press statement on the EETPU ballot against action to support the NUM in the miners’ strike, explaining their reasons for not supporting the NUM.

  • Miners strike - NACODS talks (1984)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on talks between the NCB and NACODS union over plans for the pit deputies to strike, with NACODS calling in a delegation from the TUC. During the ongoing NUM miners’ strike. Ray Buckton from the TUC...