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39,247 results found for all records.
London burglaries soar (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP John Wheeler on the high number of burglaries in London which are now beyond the ability of police to detect or prevent; and the need for the public to play a larger part by...
Quango abolition campaign (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative MP Philip Holland on the recommendations of Anne Davies’ report on quangos, which coincide with his 3 year campaign to persuade ministers to dispense with the outside political...
Parliament debates Rhodesia (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Parliamentary debate on Rhodesia prior to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s attendance at the Commonwealth conference in Lusaka, including prospects of an end to the conflict, progress towards...
Death penalty no vote (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the majority vote by Parliament against the re-introduction of the death penalty, and the prospects of a referendum on the matter and for reconsideration of...
Conservatives deliver manifesto promises (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Election broadcast
Report on the new Conservative Government’s pushing through of proposals and delivery on its manifesto promises to cut income tax, public expenditure and state intervention in industry since it came to...
TUC meet chancellor over Tory government policies (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with TUC General Secretary Len Murray on his meeting with Chancellor Geoffrey Howe, in which he put forward members’ concerns over jobs, public expenditure cuts and the divestiture of public...
Edward Heath on Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with former Prime Minister Edward Heath on the investigation which will need to be carried out into the Fastnet yacht race disaster on 14/08/79, after his boat was one of the few to reach the...
Survey on Special Patrol Groups (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with researcher (Tony Binigon?) on the survey into the role of Special Patrol Groups, set up as an anti-crime force to support police at community level, but which he argues have developed as a...
Plymouth return after Fastnet yacht race disaster (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Dave Loyn reports on the Fastnet yacht race disaster, as the last few yachts return to Plymouth today. Includes interviews with race organisers spokesman Roger Ware; surviving yachtsmen Ernest Dewar and...
Majorca death of Caroline Thorpe (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with George Thorpe on the Spanish inquest into the death in Majorca of his 21-year-old daughter Caroline Thorpe, which found she committed suicide although witness evidence and the pathologists...