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SLD conference-Ashdown on Greens (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Excerpt from speech by Social and Liberal Democrats leader, Paddy Ashdown, at the party conference in Brighton. The speech came at the end of a day in which some in the party said they wanted an electoral...
SLD conference-Wrigglesworth speech and poll tax debate (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on a speech by Social and Liberal Democrats president Ian Wrigglesworth (with excerpts) at the party conference in Brighton. He blames the split with the SDP for a string of by-election...
Wormwood Scrubs sex offenders unit criticised (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Margaret Shiels reports on an article in The Independent newspaper which claims a special prison unit for sex offenders at Wormwood Scrubs is running out of control and placing staff in a dangerous and...
Neil Kinnock in Sweden for talks on hooliganism (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Kevin Murphy reports from Stockholm, Sweden where Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock has been in discussions with the Swedish government about the problem of English football hooliganism. The talks followed...
Julie Ward inquest-father denies bribery allegations (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reports from Kenya on the inquest into the death of British photographer, Julie Ward, who died in 1988 whilst on safari in the Masai Mara game reserve. Her father, John Ward, is denying...
Dinkins defeats Koch in New York mayoral contest (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Paul Woodley reports from New York on the Democratic nomination for the mayor of New York. David Dinkins, a man promising to pull New York together amid its ugly mood of racial unrest, is set to become the...
Ambulance dispute (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Margaret Shiels reports on a national dispute involving ambulance crews who are due to start a ban on overtime and rest day working in support of a 10.8 percent pay claim. London ambulance chiefs have...
Demonstration in Cape Town (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
David O’Sullivan reports on a demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa, where over two-hundred thousand people have marched in protest against killings by police during recent elections. Includes sound of...
George Bush war on drugs - Schools broadcast (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop
Nick Peters reports from the United States where President George H.W. Bush has being taking his war on drugs into the classroom following a television broadcast made to American schools. As he was speaking,...
Billy Connolly’s banjo stolen (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with comedian Billy Connolly about having his favourite banjo stolen from a backstage dressing room before a show at the City Hall in Newcastle. Male interviewer not identified.