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7,185 results found for all records.
Crime on streets (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, James Anderton, speaks out against gangs of youths causing trouble on the streets of Britain, and states harsher penal sentences would work as a deterrent.
Police plea in Yorkshire Ripper case (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Yorkshire police spokesman on the lack of prostitutes coming forward to pass on possible valuable information in the Yorkshire Ripper case. Police urge anyone to come forward with anything that may help.
TUC on microprocessors (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Report by Vivian White on a TUC conference on microtechnology and whether to be for or against technological change. Speaking are Len Murray TUC General Secretary; conference chairman and Deputy General...
Scottish devolution debate (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on Scottish devolution debate in Parliament. With speeches by Michael Foot for Labour opposition; Malcolm Rifkind for Conservative Government.
Keith Joseph on free enterprise (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on a speech by Industry Secretary Keith Joseph, at the Industrial Society, on virtues of free enterprise (with excerpts). Male reporter not identified.
Jim Prior on Bullock report (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Jim Prior, Employment Minister, about the Bullock Report on industrial democracy.
Astrid Proll extradition (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement by Larry Grant, lawyer, on behalf of Astrid Proll, Red Army Faction, on the case for her extradition to Germany for trial.
Sale of council houses (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Speech by John Stanley, Minister for Housing, in Parliamentary debate about sale of council houses. Followed by interview cricitising the Conservative Government’s proposed sale of council houses- male...
Commissioner McNee on police corruption (1979)
- Genre
- Speech
Sir David McNee, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, addresses the Langham Trust about police corruption.
Whitelaw on police Special Patrol Group (1979)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate; Speech
In a speech in the House of Commons, Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw says the presence of the Police Special Patrol Group (SPG) was justified at the Southall race riots in April 1979. Includes a statement on...