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39,247 results found for all records.
Ken Livingstone on Labour Party (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with GLC leader Ken Livingstone on the Labour Party membership, and how to attract young voters to the party as he runs for the post of party treasurer. Male interviewer not identified.
Ken Livingstone on the future of GLEB (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with GLC leader Ken Livingstone on the future of the Greater London Enterprise Board, a job creation body. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Jo Andrews).
GLC bid to join Association of County Councils (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the GLC bid to join the Association of County Councils. Deputy leader of the GLC’s Conservative group Cyril Taylor comments on the reasons for the bid; also comment from Alliance leader Adrian...
Livingstone on GLC abolition (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with GLC leader Ken Livingstone, on the vote which saw a positive outcome for the bill to abolish the GLC and any glimmers of hope for amendments including keeping the ILEA and centralised refuse...
GLC Ethnic Minorities Unit burned (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified police spokesman on a recent fire which broke out at the GLC’s Ethnic Minorities Office, with arson believed to the cause. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Jo Andrews).
Clearing of Jonathan Aitken in Pinder-White libel action (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the case and clearing of Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken in the malicious libel action brought in the High Court by a member of his constituency, Hazel Pinder-White, after he compared her in an...
Incompetent criminal Reginald Gook (1985)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the career of incompetent criminal Reginald Gook and his partner Reginald Day, who have today been jailed for 10 and 5 years respectively for raids on a post office and jewellers, and other...
Allegations of employee theft at BT (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Rick Field, who claims he was sacked from British Telecom after reporting to management that drivers were stealing from money boxes they were recovering from international call boxes on...
Jail for Seven Sisters post office robber (1985)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the eight year jail sentence imposed yesterday on Alfred Thicken, one of two unarmed criminals shot by police during a post office robbery in Seven Sisters, a decision having been made not to...
Police raids to recover gold from the Brinks Mat robbery (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Mail on Sunday reporter Chester Stern on the recent police raids across the South to recover the gold stolen in the 1983 Brink’s Mat robbery, and the ongoing police operation to find the man...