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Moscow Communist Party conference (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev hopes the Communist Party conference in Moscow will accept changes to make perestroika unstoppable (excerpt of speech- through interpreter?). John Alcock reports on whether...
Police question M50 motorists over Marie Wilks murder (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Police cordon off the M50 motorway, question 4000 motorists and stage a reconstruction of events following the murder of pregnant mother Marie Wilks near Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire a week ago. Richard...
Soviet-Western relations (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
John Fraser interviews Secretary General of NATO Lord Carrington, Peter Carington, who retires from the post this week, about Soviet and Western relations and the considerable changes during the 4 years he...
Klosters avalanche set off by royals (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Hans Dieter Kirchhofer, a Swiss magistrate has said in his report that the avalanche that killed Major Hugh Lindsay and crushed the legs of Patricia Palmer-Tomkinson in Klosters, Switzerland was set off by...
Violent crime in the UK (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd is interviewed at a special conference in London on violent crime. He blames the rise in violence in market towns on the young and affluent seeking excitement and believes...
Gorbachev calls for drastic political reform in USSR (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
John Alcock reports on the speech by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the Communist Party conference in Moscow in which he called for further drastic political reforms and better human rights for Soviet...
School bus blast in Northern Ireland (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The bombing of a school bus full of children in Northern Ireland by the IRA has prompted outrage- Northern Ireland Education Minister Brian Mawhinney and Ulster Unionist MP James Molyneaux react. Its...
Case of Wormhoudt massacre reopened (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Spencer reports from Westminster on the re-opening in Germany of the case into the massacre of UK troops in Wormhoudt by the SS in the Second World War. Includes Commons speech by Armed Forces Minister...
Kinnock attacks Scargill at NUM conference (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Political editor Peter Murphy reports from Great Yarmouth on the speech by Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock to the NUM conference following a scathing attack on him by NUM President Arthur Scargill. Includes...
USA shoots down Iranian plane (1988)
- Genre
- Speech
US President Ronald Reagan speaking on his return to Washington defends actions taken by the US guided missile cruiser Vincennes in shooting down a civil Iranian aeroplane and says there is no comparison to...