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Parliamentary debate on Vickers tank order (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Paul Rowley reports from Westminster on a parliamentary debate in which Defence Secretary George Younger announced that the contract to build a new series of tanks for the British Army was to be awarded to...
Lorraine Benson murder case (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Margaret Shiels interviews Detective Chief Superintendent Bernie Davis about the murder of twenty-two-year-old photographer, Lorraine Benson, in Raynes Park, south-west London (20/12/88). The police believe...
Montupet to set up operation in former De Lorean plant (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Gary Duffy reports on the news that more than one thousand jobs are to be created in Northern Ireland, where the French car component company, Montupet, is taking over the former De Lorean sports car plant...
Police hunt IRA terrorists in Battersea (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nicky Broyd 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...
Death of Doreen Mason (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reports on the death of sixteen-month-old Doreen Mason. Comments on the incompetence of Southwark Social Services and role of case worker, Gillian Langford. Her parents, Christine Mason and Roy...
David Mellor on death of Doreen Mason (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Tim Crook interviews Health Minister David Mellor on the death of sixteen-month-old Doreen Mason. Her parents, Christine Mason and Roy Aston, were convicted of cruelty and manslaughter (21/12/88). The child...
Fashanu & Anderson guilty of misconduct (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Knight reports on the decision of the Football Association to punish John Fashanu of Wimbledon and Viv Anderson of Manchester United following an incident during a match at Wimbledon’s Plough Lane...
Police hunt IRA terrorists in London (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press interview with George Churchill-Coleman, head of Scotland Yard’s Anti-Terrorist Squad, on a police hunt in London for two suspected IRA terrorists whose cover was blown after a bizarre incident in...
Lorraine Benson murder case (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Margaret Shiels interviews Peter Cox about the murder of his friend, twenty-two-year-old photographer Lorraine Benson, in Raynes Park, south-west London (20/12/88). The police believe she may have been the...
Egg compensation package (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on the Government’s compensation package to help Britain’s egg industry following the salmonella scare. The package follows the resignation of junior health minister Edwina Currie, over her...