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39,247 results found for all records.
Social security employees unhappy with move (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
At least eight London social security offices have walked out in protest at plans to move a thousand civil service jobs out of the capital. Stuart Collins, London South regional organiser for the civil...
Guildford Four to appeal (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd has allowed the four people convicted of the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings to take their case to the Court of Appeal. Labour MP, Jeremy Corbyn says the decision is a...
Identity cards for football fans (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley voices the Government’s determination to stamp out hooliganism associated with football. In future anyone wishing to watch a football match, unless they are...
Identity cards for football fans (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Sports Minister Colin Moynihan is convinced that the identity card scheme which will see all football fans issued with cards will curb soccer hooliganism. He dismisses the claim that most violence takes...
Boeing spokesman on aeroplane safety (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Two Boeing 757 jets have been found to have crossed wires in their fire extinguisher systems; this brings the total to five since checks on the airliners were ordered at the weekend. Boeing spokesman Tom...
Police chief on Miami riots (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Donald March, Assistant Chief of Police, denies racial tensions are high in Overtown, Miami following the shooting by police of a young black man after a motorcycle chase, and subsequent rioting. The Mayor...
Alex Higgins breaks ankle in fall from window (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Snooker star Alex Hurricane Higgins is recovering from a broken ankle this afternoon, after falling from a second-floor window at his Manchester apartment in the early hours of this morning. He was...
Position of Lockerbie bomb identified (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Detectives investigating the Pan Am jumbo jet crash at Lockerbie say they know where the explosive device was placed on Flight 103 and have found the luggage container which held the bag containing the...
Government proposes identity card scheme for football fans (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on Government plans for a membership card scheme for football supporters, aimed at combating the problem of crowd violence. Football League president Jack Dunnett believes they could end up with egg...
Dame Vera Lynn on Duke of Edinburgh’s Japanese visit (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Wartime singer Dame Vera Lynn has criticised Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh for his decision to attend the funeral of Emperor Hirohito in Japan. She says the Duke should not go to Japan as a representative...