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President Reagan outvoted on bid to finance Nicaraguan guerillas (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on President Ronald Reagan being defeated as Congress votes not to finance Nicaraguan Contra guerillas. Includes speeches by House Speaker Tip O’Neill; Congressman Robert Michael;...
US agrees aid for Nicaragua (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam report on the US Senate agreeing to financially aid the Nicaraguan Contras after the House of Representatives had originally blocked it. Includes Senate speeches by Senators Edward...
Ronald Reagan warns Libya (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Andrew Manderstam reports on a speech by President Ronald Reagan (includes excerpt) in which he warns the people of Libya that if their Government continues to kill Americans in terrorist attacks, the US...
Margaret Thatcher after economic summit in Tokyo (1986)
- Genre
- Speech
UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher gives a speech at the end of the world economic summit in Tokyo attended by herself, Nigel Lawson and Geoffrey Howe. She says the summit was a success and outlines the...
Chernobyl disaster - Effects on Europe (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on British reaction to the Chernobyl disaster. Environment Secretary, Kenneth Baker says Britain is safe. Roger Clarke of the National Radiological Protection Board says Britain has escaped the...
Funeral of Manny Shinwell (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Obituary; Speech; Tribute
Report on the funeral of Emanuel Shinwell (died 08/05/86), who became Baron Shinwell, familiarly known as Manny. Shinwell was born in Spitalfields, London, but moved with his Polish Jewish family to Glasgow,...
Margaret Thatcher meets Yelena Bonner to discuss husband’s exile (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Yelena Georgevna Bonner, a human rights activist in the USSR, whose husband Andrei Sakharov, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been exiled internally in Russia. Bonner has met with UK Prime Minister,...
Ian Botham banned from cricket (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; Speech
Cricketer Ian Botham has been suspended from playing all first class cricket for two months after being found guilty of drugs offences, and his lawyer, Alan Herd, makes a statement. Botham will appeal to...
Prince Charles opens Shaftesbury Complex in Brixton (1986)
- Genre
- Speech
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales opens the Shaftesbury Complex in Brixton, sheltered accommodation for young and elderly disabled people. The Prince emphasises the importance of interaction between age...
Under-age girls and birth control (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the British Medical Association (BMA) conference at which the General Medical Council decided that doctors should notify the parents in any case where an under-age girl requires birth control. Dr...