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Dame Shirley Porter defeats no confidence vote (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Julie Benson reports on a vote of no confidence at Westminster City Council where leader Dame Shirley Porter defeated the motion by three votes. The Labour leader, Paul Dimoldenberg, called for the vote...
Queen honours Kings Cross heroes (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Lynne Mennie reports on a ceremony at Buckingham Palace where bravery awards were presented by the Queen to those who risked their lives during the Kings Cross Underground fire in 1987. Amongst those...
Bush plea for hostages release (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on a plea by US President, George H. W. Bush for the release of all hostages held by any country in the Middle East, including Israel. The appeal from the White House was the only public...
Zeebrugge relative says passenger ferry safety standards still too low (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Peter Spooner, who lost his son, Martin Spooner, in the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (06/03/87), about a meeting with Ministry of Transport officials over ferry safety. Peter...
US removes cruise missiles from Greenham Common (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate; Music
Peter Henley reports on the first cruise missiles to leave the Greenham Common airbase in Berkshire under the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). Includes archive recordings of...
Younger on cruise missile recycling (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with former UK Defence Secretary, George Younger, on the recycling of cruise missiles which are being returned to the United States following the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)....
Hostage, Joseph Cicippio, deadline (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reports from the US on a deadline presented by kidnappers in Beirut when they say, hostage, Joseph Cicippio, will be killed. Includes interviews with Peggy Say, the sister of fellow hostage,...
Dock strike ends-Ron Todd reacts (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with TGWU leader, Ron Todd, following the ending of the national docks strike. The surprise decision came this afternoon during crisis talks as more and more dockers returned to work. The union’s...
C of E spokesman on hostage crisis (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with John Lyttle, spokesman for the Archibishop of Canterbury, on the possible fate of Church of England envoy, Terry Waite, who has been held captive in the Lebanon since 1987. He also refers to...
Sam Ramsamy on rebel cricket tour (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Sam Ramsamy, chairman of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SANROC), about the revelation that 16 top English cricket players are to play a rebel tour of South Africa in 1990,...