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3,214 results found for all records.
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...