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3,214 results found for all records.
Thatcher praise for bird charity (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Mark Phillips reports on a visit by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the headquarters of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in Sandy, Bedfordshire. During her tour the Prime Minister...
Kinnock in Dublin car crash (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
James Bays reports on a car accident involving Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock and his wife, Glenys Kinnock. Both escaped major injury after their chauffeur, Tom Conlon, collapsed and died at the wheel...
Thatcher comments on IRA murder of British soldier’s wife (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
Margaret Thatcher describes to press her feelings about the murder of a British soldier’s German wife in Dortmund, Germany by the IRA and the security measures to be taken to ensure the safety of British...
Thatcher visits Omagh and praises UDR (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Derval Fitzsimons reports on a visit by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Northern Ireland where she praised the Ulster Defence Regiment. Amid tight security, the Prime Minister spoke out in defence of...
Demonstration in Cape Town (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
David O’Sullivan reports on a demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa, where over two-hundred thousand people have marched in protest against killings by police during recent elections. Includes sound of...
Simon Hayward returns to UK after 2 years in Swedish jail (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Kevin Mosley reports on the return to the UK of former British army captain, Simon Hayward, after his release from a Swedish jail after being convicted and given a five year sentence for smuggling fifty...
Police killer’s suicide - Anthony Hughes (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Margaret Shiels reports on the case of a man who shot himself after being surrounded by armed police officers on the roof of a garage in Kendray, Barnsley. Police had traced the man to the building at the...
Police shooting in Manchester - police reaction (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Joanna Hartley reports from a special meeting of Greater Manchester Police Authority following the shooting of two Manchester policemen. Inspector Raymond Codling died and Sergeant James Bowden was injured...
Talks on UDR leaks (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Elena Curti reports from Dublin on doubts over the future role of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) following a string of leaks to loyalist extremists. A 7 hour meeting of the Anglo-Irish conference...
Royal Marines School of Music bombing (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Camilla Affleck reports on the IRA bomb attack on the Royal Marine School of Music in Deal, Kent, which killed eleven people and injured twenty (22/09/89) and fears over lax security. Includes...