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Britain opts for homemade tank over US rival (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
John Alcock interviews Chairman and Chief Executive of Vickers, Sir David Plastow, on a contract awarded by the UK Government to build a new battle tank.
Police warning after parcel bombs found (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Neil Curry reports on a series of letter bombs discovered in the West Midlands today. One postal worker just escaped serious injury as a device exploded in a Coventry sorting office. Other incendiary bombs...
John MacGregor on egg crisis (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
John Fraser interviews Agriculture Minister John MacGregor in Brussels, following the resignation of junior health minister Edwina Currie, over her remarks about salmonella-infected eggs. He is due to attend...
British rescue workers return from Armenia (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Alcock reports from Heathrow Airport, London, on the return of more than 20 British firefighters following the earthquake in Spitak, Armenia (07/12/88), which killed at least 25,000 people. Includes...
Fire-bomb attack at Dingles, Plymouth (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Devon chief fire officer, Neil Wallington, about a fire at the Dingles department store in Plymouth. The blaze was caused by a fire-bomb â one of a series of attacks on stores owned by...
New shoot to kill inquest (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Derval Fitzsimons reports on the ordering of a fresh inquest into the deaths of three IRA men (Gervase McKerr, Sean Burns and Eugene Toman) shot dead by the RUC in Lurgan, County Armagh, on 11/11/82. The...
House of Fraser stores fire-bombed (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Lisa Hampele reports on a series of fire-bomb attacks on House of Fraser stores within the UK. Fires were started at department stores in London, Plymouth and Cardiff, another device was found at Rackhams...
17m pounds package to compensate egg producers (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP, Paul Marland, who successfully led the campaign for the removal of Edwina Currie as junior health minister, on the Government’s compensation package to help Britain’s egg...
Terrorists flee suburban bomb factory (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Michael O’Neill reports on a police hunt in London for two suspected IRA terrorists whose cover was blown after a bizarre incident in Battersea in which a youth was shot as he attempted to break into a...
Police hunt IRA terrorists in Battersea (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
John Cookson reports from Scotland Yard on a police hunt in London for two suspected IRA terrorists whose cover was blown after a bizarre incident in Battersea in which a youth was shot as he attempted to...