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Nicholas Ridley on Green Belt policy (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley has flatly denied speculation that he is considering a wholesale dismantling of the Green Belt. Ridley says that, while many new homes will have to be built in the...
Police forces resistant to disciplinary process, says PCA (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
The Police Complaints Authority today called on Home Secretary Douglas Hurd to crack down on police officers who close ranks to protect their colleagues who are accused of assault and violence. In his...
David Steel bows out of SDLP leadership race (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Former Liberal leader David Steel has bowed out of the race for the leadership of the Social and Liberal Democrats. The two frontrunners are Steel’s former deputy, Alan Beith, and the favourite, Yeovil...
Striking seamen ordered back to work (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
National Union of Seamen General Secretary Sam McCluskie is to visit Dover this morning to explain the back-to-work order to his members endign the P & O Ferries strike. He says the decision was...
Kirsten Hughes on Jane and Prince Edward (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Actress Kirsten Hughes is denying rumours that she is the new girl in Prince Edward’s life. The Prince met 25 year-old Hughes at the premiere of the film, Jane and the Lost City. Hughes, who plays the...
Education Reform Bill defeated in House of Lords (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
The Education Reform Bill was defeated in the House of Lords last night. The Bishop of London, Graham Leonard, led the attack on the part of the bill concerned with taking schools out of local body...
Ronald Reagan on astrology (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
US President, Ronald Reagan is tonight denying that his life is ruled by the stars. In two short clips, he says he doesn’t know whether he believes in astrology, but admits he was deeply affected when a...
Cecil Parkinson’s daughter suffering from epilepsy (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
The illegitimate daughter of Energy Secretary Cecil Parkinson is suffering so badly from epilepsy that she may have to have a brain operation. Parkinson’s former mistress, Sara Keays, says...
Cecil Parkinson’s daughter needing medical treatment (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Sara Keays, the mother of Cecil Parkinson’s illegitimate daughter, says the Energy Secretary has not been helping with the child’s medical treatment. Four-year-old Flora Keays is suffering from...
Briton in Turkish jail begs Thatcher for help (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Briton Al Cimino(? - pronounced Chimeeno), from Swansea, has made a desperate plea to be rescued from the Turkish jail in which he has been held for ten years, having been given a life sentence for...