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Ambulance dispute - Army reaction (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Margaret Shiels interviews Army ambulance crews at Charing Cross Hospital, following the start of the ambulance workers’ dispute. They were ordered onto the streets after both sides in the pay dispute...
Council bans Danny La Rue from switching on Xmas lights (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Grant Ferrett(?) reports on a ruling by Leeds City Council to ban drag artist, Danny La Rue from switching on the Christmas lights in the city because he wanted to dress up as Margaret Thatcher. In a...
Royal visit to Hong Kong - Prince’s speech at exhibition centre (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Russell reports on the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, to Hong Kong. Includes extracts from speech by Prince Charles at the opening of the Hong Kong...
Robert Darby, organiser of acid house parties, jailed for 10 years (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Detective Chief Inspector Albert Patrick about the conviction of twenty-six year-old Robert Darby who has been sentenced to ten years in jail for his role in three acid house parties in 1988....
Channel tunnel breakthrough (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
James Bays reports on the the first major breakthrough of the Channel Tunnel as the eight-kilometre tunnel between the M20 at Folkestone and the coast at Dover is completed. He also comments on Eurotunnel...
General Synod at Lambeth Palace (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Religious affairs correspondent Lawrence Spicer reports on events at the General Synod of the Church of England at Lambeth Palace in south London. The meeting included a vote on the ordination of women....
UN supplies aiding Khmer Rouge (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Martin White interviews Frank Judd, director of Oxfam, on his arrival back at Heathrow Airport, London, from a visit to Cambodia. He claims that United Nations aid supplies are finding their way to Khmer...
General Synod - Ordination of women (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement by the Reverend William Whiffen, at the Church of England’s General Synod, during a debate about the ordination of women. Reporter (not heard) is Lawrence Spicer.
General Synod - Ordination of women (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
Statement by Dr Christina Baxter, at the Church of England’s General Synod, during a debate about the ordination of women. Reporter (not heard) is Lawrence Spicer.
Milk contaminated with lead (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Paul Rowley reports from Westminster on the debate after Agriculture Minister John Gummer declared cattle feed was contaminated with lead and 1500 farms have been banned from selling their milk. Includes...