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  • Labour-Brezhnev talks on nuclear missiles (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on Labour Party leader Michael Foot and deputy leader Denis Healey’s talks in Moscow with Leonid Brezhnev, when the Soviet President repeated his 1979 offer to withdraw nuclear missiles from western...

  • Michael Foot on Brezhnev nuclear missiles talks (1981)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Excerpt from press conference with Labour Party leader Michael Foot on his and deputy leader Denis Healey’s talks in Moscow with Leonid Brezhnev, when the Soviet President repeated his 1979 offer to...

  • Jim Prior starts Northern Ireland appointment (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on reaction to the appointment and the first week in office of new Northern Ireland Secretary James Prior, including visit to Ulster including the Maze Prison where 10 hunger strikers have so far...

  • Arrival of new Northern Ireland Secretary (1981)

    Genre
    Press conference

    James Prior, newly appointed Northern Ireland Secretary in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet reshuffle, stating to press on arrival in Ulster that he will be bringing his experience of...

  • Thatcher and Mitterand talks (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Press conference

    Terry Dignan reports on the outcome of talks in London between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President Francois Mitterand and their respective ministers over joint cooperative projects,...

  • Thatcher talks with Southall community after riots (1981)

    Genre
    Press conference; Speech

    Press statement by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on her talks with the Southall community following the riot, in which they stressed their special sensitivities, support for the police, condemnation of...

  • Police use CS gas in Toxteth riots (1981)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Liverpool Deputy Chief Constable Peter Wright describes the violence his force faced during the Toxteth riots and why they were forced to use CS gas.

  • Toxteth and Southall riots (1981)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech

    Post mortem report on a weekend of riot violence in Toxteth, Liverpool and Southall, London. Includes excerpt of Commons statement by Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw; Liverpool Deputy Chief...

  • Industrial Society conference (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Speech

    Report on the speeches made at the Industrial Society conference by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (press conference heard); Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie (excerpt heard); and Managing Director...

  • Shooting of Pope John Paul II - Update on condition (1981)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Malcolm Brabant reports on the condition of Pope John Paul II following an attempt on his life (13/05/81). The Pope’s economic advisor, Monsignor Giuseppe Caprio, comments. The hospital’s chief medical...