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Memorial service for Hillsborough (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Kevin Mosley reports on a memorial service at Liverpool’s Roman Catholic cathedral for the Hillsborough stadium disaster (15/04/89) victims with rival Everton and Liverpool fans attending. Over 90...
Monkseaton shootings (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Vox pop
Colleen(?) Cairns(?) reports on a mass shooting at Monkseaton, near Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, in which one man was killed and fourteen people injured. Speakers: eyewitness Jackie(?) Beattie(?);...
Woman gang raped and beaten in Central Park (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
A huge police and security operation has been mounted in New York’s Central Park in the wake of an attack on a young woman jogger who was gang raped and left for dead. The attack, which made headlines...
John Moore says poverty is relative (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Campaigners fighting poverty in Britain have been outraged by the latest statement from cabinet minister John Moore. The Social Security Secretary says the country’s poor are not really poor because...
Panama leader rigs election (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Britain is calling on Panama’s drug-running dictator, General Manuel Noriega to quit following this week’s sham elections. The Foreign Office says there is no doubt the opposition were the...
London chapter of the New York Guardian Angels (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Margaret Shiels reporting on the formation of the London chapter of the New York Guardian Angels, which plans to patrol the underground and make it safer. The Metropolitan Police’s belief that the group...
China halts CNN coverage (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Speech
Hannah O’Sullivan reports on restrictions on student political protests in Beijing. The Chinese government has attempted to curb the movement for democracy by declaring martial law and a news blackout this...
Kings Cross firemen honoured (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Simon Bowden reports on a ceremony involving fifteen people honoured for courage shown in helping victims of the Kings Cross underground fire. The awards for bravery were presented by Queen Elizabeth II....
Death of Don Revie (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Obituary
Former England and Leeds United manager Don Revie has died at the age of 61. He had been ill for some time with motor neurone disease. Reporter Eve Conway looks back at his colourful and controversial...
Arsenal win European cup (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
A quarter of a million people brought Islington to a standstill as Arsenal returned triumphantly with the league championship. It is the first time they have taken the title in eighteen years and for many...