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Children killed by gunman in California (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nick Peters report in which he describes the scene at a school in Stockton, California, where a gunman dressed in combat gear opened fire on a playground full of children. Five children were killed. A...
Margaret Thatcher on cleaning up Britain’s streets (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
In her strongest green speech yet, the Prime Minister is warning that she will bring in tough new laws if Britain’s cities are not cleaned up. She was speaking at the launch of a report by the Royal...
Protesters out in force as police storm church to seize asylum seeker (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
The arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis has provoked a political storm. Earlier today the thirty-two year-old communist and Tamil separatist was forcibly seized and removed from the...
Viraj Medis seized from church - Vicar responds (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
The arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis has provoked a political storm. Clergymen and politicans have attacked the manner of his arrest, particularly the level of force that was...
Viraj Medis seized from church - Home Office responds (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
After the outcry over today’s seizing of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis, Home Office Minister Tim Renton defends the actions of police in arresting him. Renton says that Mendis had...
Great Ormond Street Hospital to lose day care unit (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Just a week after the Great Ormond Street appeal reached its 42 million-pound target, the world famous hospital has been told that its day care unit treating sexually abused children is to be closed in a...
Neil Kinnock on Labour Party membership and football ID cards (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour leader Neil Kinnock will be launching a national membership drive this morning in an effort to push the party strength above one million. Computers have been installed at Labour headquarters in...
Viraj Mendis case - Solicitor (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis was seized by police from a church in which he had taken sanctuary. His solicitor, David Burgess, says it will be a race against time to prevent his...
Piper Alpha disaster - Previous sabotage attempt (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
After the Piper Alpha disaster, owners Occidental say they did not inform the Department of Energy inspectorate of a sabotage attempt on the platform until ten months after it happened. They say they did...
Piper Alpha disaster - Public inquiry (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Survivors of the Piper Alpha disaster discuss the attempted sabotage of the rig and express their disbelief. John Wood, who worked on Piper Alpha, says it was terrifying. Bob Ballantyne, who survived the...