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Paul Boateng on joining Labour’s front bench (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Clive Myrie interviews Labour MP, Paul Boateng, who has become the first Black MP to join Labour’s front bench. The MP for Brent South has been chosen as a member of the opposition treasury team. He says...
Marie Wilks murder trial (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Nicky Broyd reports on the trial of Eddie Browning, who has been found guilty of and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Marie Wilks, on the M50 motorway in Bushley, Worcestershire on 18/06/88....
Attack on student nurse - Judge criticised over sentence (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
James Bays reports on public criticism of the judiciary following a case in which Judge Nicholas Medawar conditionally discharged three teenagers - Wayne Richardson, Leon Williams, and Benjik Nahoum - after...
John Gummer on contaminated beef (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Agriculture Secretary, John Gummer, following concern over milk that has been contaminated with lead due to animals eating imported animal feed. Over five hundred farms are now under...
General Synod - Ordination of women (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement by the Venerable George Austin, Archdeacon of York, at the Church of England’s General Synod, during a debate about the ordination of women. The reporter (not heard) is religious affairs...
Passengers interviewed after North Sea ferry collision (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Series of unedited interviews with British survivors arriving back at Heathrow Airport after a ferry collision in the North Sea off the German coast, in which two Britons were killed. They were thirty-eight...
Royal visit to Hong Kong - Residency row (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Peter Russell reports on the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Hong Kong. Prince Charles has found himself at the centre of a row over whether three-and-a-quarter million British nationals in Hong...
Ambulance dispute - Drop in number of 999 calls (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the London Ambulance Service’s Chief Officer, Tom Crosby, who says emergency calls for ambulances have slumped since army vehicles were drafted in to replace regular ambulance crews. In the...
Hugh Millington, consultant, on ambulance dispute (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Margaret Shiels interviews hospital consultant, Hugh Millington about the ambulance workers’ dispute. He says he wants to see ambulancemen back at work doing their jobs before patients’ lives are put at...
Ambulance dispute - Army reaction (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Nigel Dearing reports on the repercussions of the ambulance workers’ dispute. Army ambulance crews have spent the night answering emergency calls across London. They were ordered onto the streets after...