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Football identity cards (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
The Government will introduce football identity cards by September next year after overcoming a backbench revolt in the Commons last night. Sports minister Colin Moynihan says he’s relieved at the...
Second 24 hour rail strike (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
John Alcock reports on how the nation fared in the second Wednesday 24 hour rail and Underground strike today over pay and bargaining conditions. Includes vox pop with Liverpool commuters; view of a...
Second 24 hour rail strike (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Jimmy Knapp, NUR union leader on the success of the second Wednesday 24 hour rail and Underground strike; possible further action to be voted on at NUR conference in Newcastle; and public support for their...
National rail strikes halt country (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Deeley interviews Transport Secretary Paul Channon on the ongoing rail and Underground strikes and Margaret Thatcher’s statement condemning the action- is she planning legislation to prevent such...
School coach crash in Sussex (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Survivors of a school coach crash which killed ten people near Fishbourne in Sussex are returning to their families in Fleet, Hampshire tonight. Patrick Muirhead reports; Inspector Peter Wadeson describes...
Prime minister’s question time tackles BR and Europe (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Des Fahy reports on Prime Ministers’s Question Time, in which Margaret Thatcher criticises the national rail strikes and confronts the issue of privatisation of British Rail; and also speaks on UK...
Labour changes defence policy (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Simon Israel reports from the Labour Party conference in Brighton on a speech by leader Neil Kinnock on the new defence policy not to call for unilateral nuclear disarmament only days after the TGWU had...
Listeria warning too late for some (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Social Services Committee chairman Frank Field on the delay in warning pregnant women about the dangers of listeria from eating soft cheese. He is calling for better coordination and communication from...
Briton wanted for space travel (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
The search has begun for the first British man or woman in space. Britain has booked a seat on a privately funded Soviet mission in two years’ time. Adverts will shortly be appearing. John Alcock reports....
Satanic Verses reading (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
The first public reading in Britain of Salman Rushdie’s controversial book, The Satanic Verses, has gone ahead without trouble. Rushdie is still in hiding due to the death threat (fatwa) issued by an...