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Brent Council cuts (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report by Rodney Bennett, on the decision of Brent Council in London to press ahead with seventeen million pounds worth of cuts. The proposal followed a stormy council meeting in which the Labour group...
Education White Paper debate (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Elena Curti reports on a House of Commons debate on the Government’s White Paper on student loans. Includes speech by Education Secretary, Kenneth Baker, defending the scheme; replies by Jack Straw; Simon...
Major Geoff Ward on unexploded bomb in Docklands (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
The delicate operation to defuse a massive wartime bomb is continuing in Docklands this evening, with a wide area of Limehouse still sealed off. Leading the UXB team is Major Geoff Ward of the Army’s 33...
Unexploded bomb destroyed in Docklands (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Army engineers who detonated a huge unexploded wartime bomb in East London last night are warning that the Docklands building boom could unearth many more such relics of the Blitz. Bomb disposal men...
Kenneth Baker on the new English language learning syllabus (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
A report has been released recommending what books children should read in the classroom. It also covers how English should be taught in general. It warns that, although standard English should be...
Margaret Thatcher to receive Gorbachev (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher flies to Washington this afternoon to say goodbye to the outgoing President Reagan, and hello to his successor, George Bush. And in just one month from now, she announced...
Disappearance of schoolgirl Anna Humphries (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Police have revealed that the man they want to question about the disappearance of schoolgirl Anna Humphries replaced his car windscreen on the night she vanished. Following yesterday’s reconstruction of...
Nazi war criminals escaped prosecution (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Leading post-war politicians and civil servants are being accused of a massive cover up which allowed some of the most vicious members of Hitler’s SS to escape prosecution in Britain. The war criminals...
Palestinian state proclaimed (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Dan Meridor, a leading member of Israel’s right-wing Likud party, says the Palestinian declaration of an independent state within the Israeli-occupied territories represents no new development in the...
Loyalist arms cache found in Armagh (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Police in Northern Ireland have discovered a massive arms cache thought to be used by loyalist groups. The weapons haul was uncovered in Markethill, Armagh and, according to Northern Ireland Secretary...