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Greenpeace spokesman on PCBs (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Bowden reports on the decision of port managers at Tilbury docks in Essex to refuse to unload a cargo of toxic waste. The ruling came after protests by Greenpeace activists. The Russian ship, the...
Escaped prisoner rings radio station (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Special
Recording of a telephone call to Radio Piccadilly in Manchester by a prisoner who escaped from prison officers during a hospital visit from Risley Remand Centre, Cheshire. Robert Taylor made the call to...
Tube drivers warned about industrial action (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Richard Dallyn interviews Denis Tunnicliffe, the managing director of London Underground, about a warning to London Tube drivers who walked out unofficially on Thursday after their unions had accepted a new...
Julie Ward inquest told of murder evidence (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Simon Israel interviews John Ward, outside the court room in Nairobi, Kenya, following the proceedings of a murder investigation into the death of his daughter Julie Ward in the Masai Mara game reserve in...
Murder of Brian & Ursula Randall (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Lynne Mennie reports on the murder of Brian and Ursula Randall. They were found stabbed to death at their home in the Wiltshire village of Hilperton. Their daughter Sarah was also stabbed but survived the...
Tube unions accept pay deal (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Margaret Shiels reports on the end of a series of wildcat strikes on London Underground. Strikes organisers have said there will be no more stoppages but they are calling for senior union officials to resign...
20th anniversary of British troops in Northern Ireland (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Havovi Todd reports on the twentieth anniversary of British troops being posted to Northern Ireland to quell the growing violence between the Catholic and Protestant communities (14/08/69). Includes archive...
20th anniversary of British troops in Northern Ireland-Bobby Curtis death (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Catherine Adams reports on the twentieth anniversary of British troops being posted to Northern Ireland to quell the growing violence between the Catholic and Protestant communities (14/08/69). Looks back at...
20th anniversary of British troops in Northern Ireland - IRA march (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
George Matheson reports on the twentieth anniversary of British troops being posted to Northern Ireland to quell the growing violence between the Catholic and Protestant communities (14/08/69). Focuses on a...
P. W. Botha resigns (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Sean Johnson reports on F. W. de Klerk taking over as acting head of state in South Africa following the resignation of President P. W. Botha. Includes excerpt from resignation speech (in Afrikaans) by P. W....