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88 results found for '"Neil Mainland?"' in Contributors.
Miners strike - NUM assets unfrozen (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report on a judge in Luxembourg unfreezing NUM assets and NUM President Arthur Scargill avoiding the subject in a brief press statement (heard) after an NUM executive meeting welcoming any possible miners’...
Miners strike - NUM defiant over funds (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the NUM conference announcing it will not pay any of the High Court’s fines or accept the receiver who has been appointed to take over their finances and calling for other unions to support their...
Student rally over grants cut plans (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Report on students marching in London against the Government’s plans to reduce grants. Includes interviews with Metropolitan Police Acting Commander Bob Bannister; march organiser Martin Bannen; Students...
Effect of miners strike on rail industry (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the effect of the coal strike on the rail industry, whose unions have shown the greatest support for striking miners. British Rail managing director for personnel, John Pallett(?) and the National...
Miners strike - NCB posts huge losses (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the National Coal Board announcing huge losses for 1983 and the impact the miners’ strike will have on future losses. Includes reaction from NUM leader Arthur Scargill. Male reporter not...
IRN news review (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special; Speech; Tribute
Peter Deeley presents a news review of the year 1984. Big stories include the miners strike; IRA bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conservative Party conference; political year in UK;...
Miners’ strike - Return to work predicted (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Neil Mainland reports back to the studio on NCB spokesman Michael Eaton’s prediction that half the miners’ workforce will be back by Christmas, ongoing cost of the strikes, NUM links with Libya and...
Miners strike - Scargill and Knapp on repercussions (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the possible legal outcomes of industrial action by miners, and the unions’ role and position. Includes excerpts of speeches by Arthur Scargill, General Secretary of the National Union of...
Miners strike - Ian MacGregor interview (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Excerpt from interview with Chairman of the National Coal Board Ian MacGregor on the efforts being made by the NCB to bring an end to the miners’ strike. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Neil Mainland).
Miners strike - Arthur Scargill on overtime ban (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Neil Mainland reports on the continuing National Union of Mineworkers strike. Union President, Arthur Scargill brushed aside any threat to the campaign, despite a rebellion among pithead winders in...