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Clapham rail crash - signalman lied, claimed BR (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Statement by British Rail general manager, Gordon Pettitt (read by public affairs manager, Peter Kendall) on claims that one of their own signalmen, Stephen Jackson, lied over the Clapham Junction train...
Parliamentary debate on Patrick Ryan affair (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Elena Curti reports from Westminster on a Parliamentary debate on the decision of the Irish Government not to extradite alleged IRA supporter, Father Patrick Ryan, to the UK. Includes speeches by Attorney...
Tom King on Patrick Ryan affair (1988)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Press conference featuring Northern Ireland Secretary, Tom King, following his meeting with the Irish foreign and justice ministers at Stormont, Northern Ireland. He has told the ministers that he expects...
Parliamentary debate on Patrick Ryan affair (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Des Fahy reports from Westminster on a parliamentary debate on the decision of the Irish Government not to extradite alleged IRA supporter Father Patrick Ryan to the UK, and the effect on the Anglo-Irish...
Arafat rejects terrorism, accepts Israel, asks for talks (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Peter Russell reports from the United Nations in Geneva on the rejection by the United States and Israel to appeals by PLO leader Yasser Arafat for talks on an independent Palestinian state. They do not...
Arafat rejects terrorism, accepts Israel, asks for talks (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by PLO leader Yasser Arafat at the United Nations in Geneva, where he condemns and rejects terrorism and recognises Israel’s right to exist.
US to open talks with PLO (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Russell reports from the United Nations in Geneva where the United States, in a major policy change, has decided to open direct talks with the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) in an effort to...
Big cut in Tories’ Epping Forest majority (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Paul Seagrove reports on the result of the Epping Forest by-election, won by Steven Norris, Conservative Party, but with a greatly reduced majority and a turnout of less than fifty per cent. The Democrats...
Debate on Currie’s egg remarks (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on a Parliamentary debate in which junior health minister Edwina Currie faced criticism from both sides of the House over her remarks about salmonella-infected eggs. Speeches by Hal Miller; Kenneth...
Debate on Currie’s egg remarks (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on a Parliamentary debate following the resignation of junior health minister Edwina Currie, over her remarks about salmonella-infected eggs. Speeches by Dr David Clark; John MacGregor. Female...