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Nicky Broyd on Czechoslovakia’s political leadership (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Negotiations to finalise Czechoslovakia’s new government continue in Prague today. The discussions include representatives of the Communist, Socialist, and National Front parties, as well as the...
New Czechoslovakian Government sworn in (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
After a generation of Communist rule, Czechoslovakia now has a new coalition government. Its members will be named and sworn in later today by the hardliner, President Gustav Husak, who has announced that...
Pension increase for war widows announced (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Speech
The campaign to improve the lot of thousands of war widows saw a victory today when the Government announced a £40 pound per week increase in pension for those who lost their husbands before 1973....
Ambulance workers pay dispute (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Health Secretary Kenneth Clarke gives a speech on the ambulance workers pay dispute and unions’ rejection of the latest offer. He calls for further duscussions of the offer and an end to industrial action...
First anniversary of Lockerbie (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on a memorial service in the chapel at Syracuse University in the USA on the first anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing in which students of the university died. Includes interview with student Brian...
Soviet Foreign Minister visits NATO headquarters (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
John Fraser reports from Brussels on Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze’s visit to NATO headquarters. NATO Secretary General, Manfred Worner speaks about the visit.
Nick Peters reports on US invasion of Panama (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Nick Peters reports on the fighting in Panama, and General Manuel Noriega’s message to his people that they will keep fighting to the end.
Nicholas Ridley speech on Barlow Clowes Savings Group (1989)
- Genre
- Speech; Parliamentary debate
In 2 parts. 1: Trade and Industry Secretary Nicholas Ridley announces in Parliament that investors in the collapsed Barlow Clowes Savings Group are to receive substantial tax free ex-gratia payments from the...
Prince Charles in defence of the English language (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales has attacked the decline in literacy and the quality of English. Havovi Todd’s report considers his criticism of an alternative prayer book, and his regret that schools’...
UK rights of abode for Hong Kong households (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Rosanna(?) Tam, Nationality Committee of the Hong Kong Government, on UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurdâs announcement on rights of abode for fifty thousand heads of Hong Kong households.