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NHS reform proposals rejected by BMA (1989)
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- Interview
BMA chairman Dr John Marks, interviewed at their annual conference in Swansea pours scorn on the government’s white paper outlining changes in the NHS. He calls for members of the public to write to...
Geoffrey Howe on Hong Kong’s future (1989)
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- Interview
Jonathan Bauder interviews Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe at the end of his visit to Hong Kong on the decision not to offer the right to abode in Britain to all Hong Kong Chinese with British passports...
Stop the World I Want to Get Off (1989)
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- Interview
Carol Allen talks to Anthony Newley about his new production of his show Stop the World I Want to Get Off, in London. It was first shown in 1961. Newley explains what the show is about and comments on the...
Men who bust spy from prison face trial (1989)
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- Interview
John Greenwood interviews Pat (Patrick) Pottle, who is to be charged with Michael Randle of helping Soviet spy George Blake escape from Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966 and helping him to the East German...
BR announces profits as wage dispute continues (1989)
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- Interview
As British Rail announce record profits, the rail unions say that shows they’ve got the cash to settle the pay dispute. But Employment Secretary Norman Fowler says it demonstrates nothing of the sort....
Nigel Lawson warns rail strikes could hit investment (1989)
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- News report; Interview
Elena Curti reports on a statement by Chancellor Nigel Lawson, directed towards the rail unions, that further strikes could jeopardise investment in the railways. He told TUC leaders that it would be hard to...
British Rail hardens line on strike (1989)
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- Interview
Interview with British Rail Chairman, Sir Robert (Bob) Basil Reid, in which he says BR cannot meet the striking rail workers’ wage demands despite the announcement of record profits. The national network...
Funeral of Andrei Gromyko (1989)
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- News report; Speech; Music
Sue Jameson reports from Moscow following the funeral of former Soviet foreign minister and president, Andrei Gromyko. He was buried today after a quiet family funeral on the outskirts of Moscow. Includes...
NUR strike - Jimmy Knapp reacts to BR chairman’s comments (1989)
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- Interview
Maggie Shiels interviews Jimmy Knapp, General Secretary of the NUR, who reacts to comments made by British Rail chairman, Sir Bob (Robert Basil) Reid, who said that BR cannot meet the striking rail...
Paul Channon on rail strike (1989)
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- Interview
Interview with Paul Channon, Transport Secretary, who says the announcement of British Rail’s record three hundred million-pound profit does not mean that the wage demands of the striking rail workers can...