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148 results found for '"Simon Israel"' in Contributors.
Norman Willis reacts to EETPU walkout (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Norman Willis gives his reaction to the decision made by leader of the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union (EEPTU), Eric...
Compensation awarded to teenager after hospital blunders (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Simon Israel reports on the case of Malinka Head, a teenage girl who’s been left with a mental age of six months after a series of hospital errors. She has been awarded £800,000 damages following a a...
Clapham rail crash - victim identification (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Simon Israel interviews coroner Dr Paul Knapman on efforts to identify victims of the Clapham Junction rail crash (12/12/88). Knapman explains the difficulties encountered in trying to match severed limbs to...
Alex Higgins acquitted of fare-dodging charges (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Simon Israel reports from Bow Street Magistrates Court today on the acquittal of snooker player Alex Hurricane Higgins after being accused of dodging a taxi fare. Includes press interview.
Death of Doreen Mason (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reports on the death of sixteen-month-old Doreen Mason. Comments on the incompetence of Southwark Social Services and role of case worker, Gillian Langford. Her parents, Christine Mason and Roy...
New Year’s Honours list (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reports on the New Year’s Honours list. Includes interviews with Richard Dodds, British hockey captain; Eric Bristow, darts player; Alf Morris MP.
Czech footballers gain asylum in UK (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Simon Israel reports on two Czech football players gaining asylum in the UK following a six-month escape plan through Western Europe. Includes interviews with Lubos, one of the footballers; Paul Dubsky,...
Kegworth air disaster - Possible causes (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Kegworth air disaster. Transport Secretary Paul Channon confirms that the fire in one aircraft engine had apparently been dealt with but that there had been further problems during the emergency landing of...
Police warn off Guardian Angels (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
After a warning by Scotland Yard Commander Richard Monk, that the US vigilante group The Guardian Angels may do more harm than good, Simon Israel interviews leader Curtis Sliwa who says the message at the...
Kegworth air disaster- investigation starts (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Simon Israel reports on the start of the investigation to find the causes of the crash of a British Midland Boeing aircraft on the M1 near Kegworth, Leicestershire (08/01/89). Similar aircraft have been...