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Dennis Skinner ejected from the Chamber (1989)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate
George Thomas, in his role of Speaker of the House of Commons, in a lengthy exchange with Dennis Skinner, Labour MP for Bolsover, during Question Time, as a result of which Mr Skinner was ejected from...
First anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Furious offshore oil workers are calling for a twenty-four hour strike on the first anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster. They say a stoppage on July the sixth would be a reminder to the Government...
Tyneside gunman charged (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A 22 year-old man has been charged in connection with shootings at Monkseaton on Tyneside. Robert Sarton will appear at North Shields Magistrates Court tomorrow. One man, Kenneth Macintosh(?), was killed,...
Britain in debate over short-range nuclear weapons (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Britain has issued a strong warning that NATO has to stand firm on the need to modernise short-range nuclear weapons. The Defence white paper published today fires off a salvo at the West Germans who...
Murderer continues as president of LSE Students’ Union (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
The man convicted of killing PC Keith Blakelock in the Tottenham riots is to remain as Honorary President of the Students’ Union at the London School of Economics. Most students voted to get rid of...
Risley Remand Centre riots (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd has called for an inquiry into rioting at Risley Remand Centre. Over fifty prisoners are still protesting on the roof following violence over the bank holiday. Inmates are...
POA chairman on Risley Remand Centre riots (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Prison officers at Risley, Warrington have claimed that rioting prisoners virtually destroyed the remand centre’s education wing. But a management spokesman says the officers’ claims are exaggerated....
Peter Parker on the Winston Silcott-LSE debacle (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Convicted police killer, Winston Silcott remains Honorary President of the London School of Economics Students’ Union after a move to oust him failed. A motion to overturn the decision to elect...
Risley Remand Centre siege (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
The rooftop protest by inmates at Risley Remand Centre in Cheshire is set to end this evening. The fifty-four protesters say they will come down from the roof at 7.30 pm. It is understood that Prison...
IRA terrorists hunted in London (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Anti-Terrorist Squad detectives are hunting a young woman and her baby seen with two IRA men after the discovery of a bomb factory in a flat in Battersea, South London. Police have disclosed that they have...