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39,247 results found for all records.
London ambulance dispute escalates (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
Acting Chief Ambulance Officer Tom Crosby confirms to reporters police and voluntary services have been asked to assist in providing emergency ambulance cover in London, after crews at ten stations in the...
Security cordon for football match (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Simon Bowden reports on police plans to employ a new tactic for football crowd control by throwing a security cordon around the Highbury ground at a Littlewood Cup tie between Arsenal FC and Liverpool FC and...
Thatcher opposes Commonwealth over South African sanctions (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Political editor Peter Murphy reports from the Commonwealth conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the outrage of fellow heads of government against Margaret Thatcher after she signed the official document...
Roy Hattersley calls for review of Birmingham Six case (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Shadow Home Secretary and Birmingham MP Roy Hattersley calling for a review of the cases of the Birmingham Six pub bombers, following the acquittal of the Guildford Four, wrongly convicted of pub bombings...
Nigel Lawson resigns (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Peter Spencer reports on the damage limitation exercise in the Conservative Party following the shock resignation of Chancellor Nigel Lawson which has led to questions over Margaret Thacther’s leadership....
Thatcher opposes Commonwealth over South African sanctions (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Paul Rowley reports from the Commons following Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s rebel stand at the Commonwealth conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she issued a statement opposing economic...
Housing association report launched by Archbishop of York (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Phil Edwards reports on the report launched by the Archbishop of York Dr John Hapgood, which draws attention to the reduction in the relative level of government funding given to housing associations in the...
Guardian Angel assaulted, man convicted (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Legal correspondent Tim Crook reports on the conviction at the Old Bailey of Ralph Irving for unlawfully wounding the founder of the US Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa at a community centre in Brixton, when...
Thatcher opposes Commonwealth over South African sanctions (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Political editor Peter Murphy interviews Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Kuala Lumpur following her rebel stand at the Commonwealth conference in Malaysia, where she issued a statement opposing economic...
Nigel Lawson resigns-Neil Kinnock reacts (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Elena Curti interviews Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock on the resignation of Chancellor Nigel Lawson and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s subsequent cabinet reshuffle. Kinnock welcomes Lawson’s...