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  1. Ted Heath secures release of 33 hostages from Iraq (1990)

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    Interview

    Joanna Copley of the Gulf Support Group speaks about the trip to Iraq by former British Prime Minister Ted Heath where he managed to secure the release of 33 hostages but had to leave 127 behind. She says...

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  2. Ken Maginnis on Ballygawley bus bomb (1988)

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    Interview

    Richard Dallyn interviews Unionist MP, Ken Maginnis, about an IRA bomb attack which killed eight soldiers at Curr, near Ballygawley. The landmine exploded under an army bus taking them back to barracks after...

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  3. IRA bomb attack kills seven (1988)

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    Interview

    Interview with President of Northern Ireland’s Alliance Party, Paddy Bogan, about an IRA bomb attack which killed seven soldiers and injured twenty-nine at Curr, near Ballygawley. The landmine exploded...

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  4. Teenage shotgun deaths (1982)

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    News report

    Report on the inquest into the deaths of James McElroy, aged 18, and twins Mark and Michael Otter, also aged 18. McElroy shot his friends before turning the gun on himself during a holiday at Trawsfynydd,...

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  5. World’s first twins born 18 months apart (1987)

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    Interview

    Interview with Mary Wright, mother of the world’s first test-tube twins, Amy and Elizabeth, to have been conceived at the same time but born 18 months apart. Male interviewer not identified.

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  6. Terminally ill boy gains world record for 33 million get well cards (1990)

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    Interview

    Marion Shergold, mother of 11 year-old terminal cancer sufferer Craig, has received over 33 million get well cards and has earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Senders from around the world...

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  7. 18 million pounds of counterfeit currency seized (1995)

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    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    Alison Hodgkins reports back on detectives in East London seizing counterfeit currency with a face value of more than 18 million pounds at Coburn Road in Bow today.The raid was carried out by 5 officers from...

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  8. Leona Helmsley to be sentenced for tax evasion (1989)

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    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    Billionairess Leona Helmsley is one of the richest women in America, but cheated the US Government out of millions of dollars in taxes. Found guilty on 33 counts, she will be sentenced later today. Paul...

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  9. New Pope John Paul I (1978)

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    Interview

    Interview with a male British speaker about the new pope, Cardinal Albino Luciani - who will be known as Pope John Paul I – his background, approach and policies and the implications for the church. (He...

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  10. BL toolmakers dispute (1978)

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    Interview

    Interview with Michael Portasnik, managing director of Executive Leasing, on an offer by a consortium of London businessmen to pay the £7 a week pay increase demanded by the 33 striking toolmakers at...

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