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Public views on Thatcher (1988)
- Genre
- Vox pop
John Alcock (not heard) takes a vox pop of members of the British public about their attitudes to Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, coinciding with her becoming Britain’s longest serving Prime Minister of...
Diplomat on Palestinian expulsions (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
David Spanier interviews Moshe Raviv, Israeli Charge d’Affaires in London, about the decision of Israel to expel nine Palestinians from its occupied territories, despite protestations from foreign...
Reagan and Gorbachev New Year messages (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Mark Percy reports on televised New Year messages by US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (excerpts heard), televised directly to the USSR and USA. Both leaders are pledging to seek...
Windscale accident papers released (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Lindsay Taylor reports on the official release of secret papers held at the public record office in Kew under the thirty-year rule, revealing that the Penny Report into the Windscale nuclear plant fire in...
High Court ruling on Cavendish spy book (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Linda Duffin reports on the decision of The Observer and the Sunday Times to go ahead today with the publication of the latest controversial spy memoirs, Inside Intelligence, by former MI6 officer, Anthony...
Douglas Hurd on North Africa visit (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Martin White interviews UK Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, prior to an official visit to Morocco and Tunisia in an attempt to forge closer links in the international battle against crime, drugs and terrorism....
Healthy babies aborted claim (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Dr Reshmi Varma, gynaecologist at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London, about the abortion of female foetuses by some London doctors because their parents favour male children over...
MP on female abortions (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with David Alton MP (who is putting forward an abortion bill) about the abortion of female foetuses by some London doctors because their parents favour male children over female. He says with the...
Margaret Thatcher landmark (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Report by Linda Duffin on a press conference (excerpts heard) outside No. 10, Downing Street, London (03/01/88), featuring UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, on the event of her becoming Britain’s...
Stroke victim dies due to NHS shortages (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Eve Conway reports on the case of stroke victim, Naomi Dixon(?), who died after she was shuttled between hospitals for seven hours in a desperate hunt for a bed. Her husband, Norman Dixon(?), from...