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Channel Tunnel update - Alastair Morton (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Channel Tunnel chairman Alastair Morton talks to John Alcock about the completion date for the tunnel, how the workers are going faster than expected, how the date has been pushed back by a month, relations...
Poll Tax in Scotland (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Mark Smith reports from Edinburgh on the reaction in Scotland to the Poll Tax. Isobel(?) Webster, registration officer, talks about the confusion of the public. Donald Dewar, Labour MP, speaks about the...
Explosives left on British Airways plane (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Rodney Bennett reports on the discovery of explosives on a British Airways flight. Lord King, BA’s chairman, talks about the investigation into how this happened. Denis Phipps, former head of security at...
Engelbert Humperdinck court case thrown out (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Singer Engelbert Humperdinck talks about how the court case against him, brought by his cousin, has saddened him, how he hired a private plane in Germany to get to the hearing in Leicester, how he is glad...
Kenneth Clarke addresses Royal College of Nursing (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Selina(?) Hanif(?) reports on Health Secretary, Kenneth Clarke’s speech on health reform at the annual conference of the Royal College of Nursing, the areas of agreement between the Government and the RCN,...
Purley station rail crash - Inquiry (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Linda Duffin reports on the inquiry into the Purley station rail crash (04/03/89). The court has been hearing passengers’ recollections of the crash: Alan Wilcox talks about what he remembers, the injuries...
Donald Trelford on leaked Harrods report (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Observer editor Donald Trelford on the leaked Harrods report that found its way to his newspaper, but which he cannot publish because of an injunction. He says anyone would have published it. Female...
Leaked Harrods report (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Linda Duffin reports on how Lonrho was refused permission by the High Court to give MPs copies of the confidential government report on the Harrods takeover. Lonrho director Paul Spicer calls it outrageous;...
Lord Young on leaked Harrods report (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Trade Secretary Lord Young (David Young) talks about the leaked Harrods report: how there are a few thousand copies around, whether they can get an unbiased jury, the possibility of a prosecution, whether...
Bodies of two men found in Chinatown (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A one hundred thousand-pound reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of robbers who burned two men to death in London’s Chinatown. The money is being put up by the owners of the...