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MacGregor on NCB bribery allegations (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Reaction by National Coal Board Chairman Ian MacGregor to the motion by sixty Labour Party MPs calling for his suspension following allegations senior NCB officials attempted to bribe Leicestershire NUM...
TGWU change rules to avoid breaking new laws (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the decision at today’s meeting of the TGWU executive council to change the union’s rules to avoid sequestration and receivership of funds for failing to comply with the government’s new...
NUM breakaway union (1985)
- Genre
- Speech
Response of the leader of the Nottinghamshire branch of the NUM, Roy Lynk, to NUM President Arthur Scargill’s challenge to a national ballot over Lynk’s plans for a breakaway miners’ union.
Ballot result in favour of NUM breakaway union (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the ballot result by mineworkers in Nottinghamshire and South Derbyshire in favour of a breakaway union. Includes reaction from Notts leader Roy Lynk, who is expected to be the General Secretary...
NUM receivership and assets siezure (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the continuing impasse over the NUM receivership and seizure of its eight million pound assets following the coal strike, to be discussed at the NUM executive conference today, with the question of...
NUM-TUC meeting over miners strike aftermath (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the meeting between the NUM executive and the TUC inner cabinet to discuss the reinstatement of miners sacked during the coal strike, the National Coal Board strategy over the the miners’ pay...
Threats against UDM members (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on alleged threats against members of the new breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers by miners at Westoe Colliery in Tyneside, including an alleged attempt to run down UDM leader George Hunter....
Wales’ royal visit to US (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
US correspondent Andrew Manderstam reports on the first day of the visit to the United States of the Prince and Princess of Wales (Prince Charles and Princess Diana) including meeting President Ronald Reagan...
Di and Charles visit US shops (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
US correspondent Andrew Manderstam reports on the visit to a shopping mall in Washington DC of the Prince and Princess of Wales (Prince Charles and Princess Diana), on their visit to the USA. Includes speech...
Di and Charles at Florida gala (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Vox pop
US correspondent Andrew Manderstam reports on the gala in Florida for the Prince and Princess of Wales (Prince Charles and Princess Diana) during their visit to the USA. Includes excerpt from a speech by...