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Sheriff Glanz on stay of execution (1991)

Genre

Interview

Sheriff Stanley Glanz of Oklahoma, USA on how a last-minute stay of execution prevented his having to carry out the execution of a death-row inmate, possibly with his own gun. Glanz describes how he would...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Berkshire High Sheriff (1981)

Berkshire’s new High Sheriff has been sworn in today by the Lord Lieutenant of the county. He is John Nugent who lives in Upper Lambourn and he will hold the post for the next year. He has been talking...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Capital punishment - Michael Harris view (1983)

Genre

Interview

Telephone interview with Michael Harris, former Under Sheriff of London and the last surviving supervisor of executions in Britain, on capital punishment and his experience of attending hangings, prior to a...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Child kept in cupboard for five years (1978)

Genre

Interview

Deputy Sheriff Jim Barland on how a 7 year-old American girl, Rebecca Holmes, remained locked in a small cupboard for 5 years. Danny Holmes, 33, and Alicia Hernandez, 30, now in prison, believed their child...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

British tourists shot in the US (1993)

Genre

Interview

Scott Solder(?) reports on the hunt for 2 men in the US accused of shooting two British tourists killing one of them near Tallahassee, Florida. Sheriff Ken Fortune describes what happened, why there have...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Greenham Common peace camp evictions (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special; Vox pop

Report on the eviction of women protesters from the Greenham Common peace camp by police (following a High Court order), with protesters setting their shelters alight. The speakers include: Assistant Chief...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ruling on child maintenance (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a female speaker (poss. Judith Hart MP) about a legal case in Scotland where Sheriff Neil Gow ruled 22-year-old Christine Main should receive only one pound a week maintenance for her...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Gobbledegook Award; John Nugent (1981)

Monday 23rd of May 1981 - A report. Berkshire new High Sheriff has been sworn in today by the Lord Lieutenant of the county. He is John Nugent who lives in Upper Lambourn and he will hold the post for the...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

US reaction to Lockerbie bombing inquiry outcome (1991)

Genre

Interview

Interview with an unidentified American male spokesman, responding to an official fatal accident inquiry into the terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie killing 270 people on 21/12/88. Inquiry...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Prescott on Lockerbie bombing inquiry outcome (1991)

Genre

Interview

Interview with shadow transport spokesman, John Prescott, responding to an official fatal accident inquiry report into the terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie killing 270 people on...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio