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EastEnders team clear names (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A High Court libel jury has awarded the creators of the EastEnders television series ninety thousand pounds in libel damages against the Sunday Mirror newspaper. The paper had published an article...
Margaret Thatcher on Sir Alan Walters (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is angrily denying claims that her personal economic adviser, Sir Alan Walters, is driving a wedge between herself and Chancellor Nigel Lawson. Sir Alan opposes some of...
Reagan looks back on relationships with British heads of state (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Ronald Reagan has been lunching with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. The former US president is expected to be given an honorary knighthood. Reagan, speaking on ITN, says he has treasured memories of the...
Nigel Lawson on his relationship with Margaret Thatcher (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson says he hopes that any differences between himself and the Prime Minister over economic policy will not damage the Conservatives’ prospects in the European...
Botulism warning on hazelnut yoghurts (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Britain’s Chief Medical Officer is warning people not to buy any brand of hazelnut yoghurt, because of the risk of contracting botulism. Ten people are still seriously ill in hospital after eating...
Diplomat’s wife escapes gunfire in Beijing (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
The home of a British diplomat in Beijing has been hit by machine gun fire. A stray bullet shattered a window of a flat in the diplomatic compound. Pat Farr, the wife of a naval attache, was in the...
Jimmy Knapp on rail strikes (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Rail workers have voted for industrial action on both British Rail and the Underground. The National Union of Railmen (NUR) held three separate ballots for its members. They voted nearly two to one in...
Kegworth air disaster - hospital staff praised (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The Kegworth air disaster occurred on 8 January 1989, when British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway near Kegworth, Leicestershire. The official health...
Margaret Thatcher on Europe (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the European elections, and on the common European market, some of the controls on which, she feels are damaging. Thatcher criticises Labour Party policies on inflation,...
Douglas Hurd on television programming (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd has admitted that his plans for the future of television will mean more rubbish on our screeens. The slip came during an interview with LBC, which followed his House of...