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Brixton Police play local West Indian community at the Oval (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified police spokesman on the resumption of the annual cricket match between the Brixton Police and the local West Indian community, at the Oval. Female interviewer not identified.
Lensworth Small on Police and community (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Lensworth Small, a solicitor representing some of the groups in the Scarman Inquiry, says crime in Brixton is not as bad as police make out. Male interviewer not identified.
Clive Thornton on urban regeneration (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Clive Thornton of the Abbey National building society wants different financial institutions to be responsible for regenerating deprived areas. Female interviewer not identified.
Michael Heseltine ducks questions about riots (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine refuses to make a statement or to commit himself in any way on the issue of riots (in Toxteth?). Male interviewer not identified.
Michael Heseltine on Toxteth visit (1981)
- Genre
- Press conference
Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine in Toxteth, Liverpool, gives an account of his visit and announces Government initiatives. Audio speed increases briefly part-way through clip, and some audio...
Michael Heseltine on Government initiatives for Merseyside (1981)
- Genre
- Press conference
Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine, speaking in Merseyside, on Government initiatives planned for the area. Male reporters not identified.
Hytner Tribunal investigates riots on Moss Side (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Hytner Tribunal, which was set up to investigate the riots on Moss Side, Manchester. Greater Manchester Police Authority chairman, Councillor Peter Kelly tells the five-man tribunal that...
Underground fires at Aberfan (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the closure of a school in Aberfan - where 114 people died in 1966 as a result of a landslide - following the discovery of underground fires. Includes interviews with local education officer Eddie...
Sir Colin Buchanan on London’s third airport (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Sir Colin Buchanan, President of the Council for the Protection of Rural England, on the history of the proposed site of London’s third airport. Interviewer is Bob Holness.
Ken Livingstone on GLC London transport policy (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
GLC leader Ken Livingstone on his plans to use rates to subsidise London Transport despite Transport and Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine’s wanting local councils to reduce local government...