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LBC Easter egg appeal (1978)

Genre

Music; Special

Report by Dickie Arbiter on the LBC Easter egg appeal, about Easter and extra time off work. Includes music.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

IRN Audio of the Decade [part] - nd [1983-1988]

IRN Audio of the Decade [part]. Track 1- 1985; Track 2- 1986; Track 3- 1987; Track 4- 1988; Track 5- End of feed. For the piece on Hungerford in track 3, see also AV769/557/S1. News of 1985: Manchester...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

UKEPA spokesman on salmonella scare (1989)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Keith Pulman, Secretary of the UK Egg Producers Association (UKEPA), on the effect of the salmonella scare on egg production in the UK. He says he wouldn’t like Edwina Currie as his...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Edwina Currie egg warning (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report by Gareth Furby on the comments by UK junior health minister, Edwina Currie, warning customers not to use raw eggs for fear of salmonella infection. Also includes interview with Penny Annand, WI,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

John MacGregor on egg crisis (1988)

Genre

Interview

John Fraser interviews Agriculture Minister John MacGregor in Brussels, following the resignation of junior health minister Edwina Currie, over her remarks about salmonella-infected eggs. He is due to attend...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Chief Medical Officer Donald Acheson on salmonella in eggs (1989)

Genre

News report; Speech

Richard Bestic reports from Westminster following MP Edwina Currie’s claims that most egg production in the country is infected with salmonella. Britain’s Chief Medical Officer, Sir Donald Acheson,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

17m pounds package to compensate egg producers (1988)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Conservative MP, Paul Marland, who successfully led the campaign for the removal of Edwina Currie as junior health minister, on the Government’s compensation package to help Britain’s egg...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Edwina Currie egg claims cause controversy (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on Edwina Currie’s claims that British eggs are contaminated with salmonella. Britain’s farmers want the junior health minister sacked. Simon Gourlay, President of the National Farmers’ Union...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Egg compensation package (1988)

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

Report on the Government’s compensation package to help Britain’s egg industry following the salmonella scare. The package follows the resignation of junior health minister Edwina Currie, over her...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Edwina Currie issues health warnings (1989)

Genre

Speech

2 clips. 1: Health Minister Edwina Currie warns (in 1988?) of a harsh winter to come, and asks the public, particularly the elderly, to prepare for cold weather. She is heckled. 2: Currie warns the public...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio