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Risley Remand Centre changes (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Prison officers at Risley Remand Centre say the Governor, Ian Boon, is to blame for last week’s riots. The Prison Officers Association (POA) at Risley has handed Boon a resolution, taken after a meeting...
Cliff Richard made Freeman of the City of London (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Pop legend Cliff Richard has been awarded one of the highest honours in the land, the historic title of Freeman of the City of London. As Julie Benson reports, Cliff will get some unique privileges, some...
David Owen on SDP electoral prospects (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Dr David Owen has been explaining why he now believes it is futile to fight the Democrats in elections. His crisis-ridden party is fielding candidates for only a fifth of the seats in the European...
Newspaper editor on freedom of the press (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. Andreas Whittam Smith, Editor of the Independent newspaper) on the legal implications of the publication of named parties (following an injunction?). Male interviewer not...
Mikhail Gorbachev visits London (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
At the Guildhall in London, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is welcomed by the British in a speech which commends the Soviet Union on its many achievements and its strength. Gorbachev responds with a...
Sentencing in the Jason Swift case (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Crook reports on the sentencing of Sidney Cooke, Robert Oliver, Leslie Bailey and Steven Barrell for the sexual abuse and manslaughter of Jason Swift, a child prostitute. Reaction from Jason’s father,...
Opening of the Torness nuclear power station (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
David Wilkie reports on the opening of the Torness nuclear power station, East Lothian. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher commits to the replacement of the older stations and reassures those with safety...
Remains of the Elizabethan Rose Theatre discovered (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Eve Conway reports on the discovered remains of the Elizabethan Rose Theatre. Site manager and archaeologist Simon Blatherwick on the importance of the remains for their literary connections with Shakespeare...
General Noriega rigs election in Panama (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
John Alcock reports on the election in Panama. British MP Steven Norris on the rigging of the poll by military dictator General Manuel Noriega. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater voicing President...
David Owen on support for SDP (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Leader of the Social Democratic Party, Dr David Owen counting on the support of the party’s remaining membership not to defect to Labour or to the Social and Liberal Democrats, and arguing that a...