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Police crackdown on acid house parties (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
A senior police officer is promising that more arrests will follow in the continuing crackdown on so-called acid house parties. Detective Chief Inspector David Easy, led a successful operation on Echoes, an...
Benefits changes announced (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Social Security Secretary Tony Newton announces to the Commons the present level of child benefit will be frozen for the third successive year and instead an extra £300million will go in benefits targeted...
Channel 4 won’t broadcast Commons (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Channel 4 has suspended plans to televise regular live broadcasts from the House of Commons because of restrictive regulations. Instead the channel will include occasional live coverage in news bulletins and...
Myra Hindley gains a degree in Humanities (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Child killer Myra Hindley has been awarded an Open University degree. She was awarded a BA in Humanities during a ceremony in the chapel of the prison where she is being held in Kent. Her solicitor Andrew...
Television preacher Jim Bakker sentenced (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Disgraced television preacher Jim Bakker finally learned his punishment yesterday - 45 years in prison and £300,000 in fines for swindling his followers of almost £2.5million. Bakker founded the PTL...
Thatcher stands against Commonwealth on South Africa sanctions (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Shadow Foreign Secretary George Foulkes on Great Britain Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s separate communique against sanctions on South Africa at the Commonwealth conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia....
Judge admonishes woman for tantrum outside court (1989)
- Genre
- Special
Unidentified North American male judge admonishes an unnamed woman for her words and behaviour outside the court. No context provided but may be Judge Robert Potter lecturing Tammy Faye Bakker, wife of TV...
4 o’clock news bulletin (1989)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Speech
Sally Arthy reads the 4 o’clock news with stories on: UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher still being at loggerheads over sanctions on South Africa at the Commonwealth conference- Peter Murphy reports from...
California highways did not withstand earthquake (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
Unidentified male speaker on the highways in San Francisco not withstanding the recent large earthquake despite California being supposedly well-prepared for earthquakes. An inquiry may now take place.
Museum entrance fees resisisted (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
David Wilson, Dierctor of the British Museum on why he is resisiting introducing entrance charges despite a need to raise funds-they have a shortage of 150 staff. He calls for more money from the government...