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Amoco Cadiz oil spill (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with an unidentified male spokesman for the Channel Islands on strong winds interrupting measures to limit pollution and fears for pollution of Jersey coast after the Amoco Cadiz crude oil tanker...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Victory Report: Niton Radio Station IOW (1979)

Documentary with interviews about Post Office coast radio station at Niton IOW and trial of alarm call system Selcall. Track 1- Music - Niton radio IOW operates from new site established in 1975. Is one of...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Channel tunnel breakthrough (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

James Bays reports on the the first major breakthrough of the Channel Tunnel as the eight-kilometre tunnel between the M20 at Folkestone and the coast at Dover is completed. He also comments on Eurotunnel...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Sinking of the Mont Louis off the Belgian coast (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the sinking of the French nuclear cargo ship, the Mont Louis, off the Belgian coast, amid fears the ship could contaminate the English channel with uranium if its containers break open. Male field...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Channel Tunnel route (1994)

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

Report on Parliament’s reaction to Transport Secretary John MacGregor’s speech unveiling the proposed route for the Channel Tunnel rail link (short excerpt heard). And also questions on freemasons in...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Hundreds rescued from St Malo ferry (1995)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Paul Mimmack, Assistant Harbourmaster in Jersey who describes the incident which saw the St Malo, a French ferry, begin to sink off the coast of the Channel Islands and the rescue operation...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Two rescued from Guernsey rig (1978)

Genre

Interview

An accident on the Orion oil rig off the coast of Guernsey saw its crew rescued by lifeboat and helicopter as winds of up to 60mph threatened to send the men into the sea. David Metcalfe was in charge of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Blaze on Sally Star ferry off Kent (1994)

Genre

News report

Paul Kent reports while flying over the scene after over 100 people were rescued from a blazing ferry in the English channel off the Kent coast. The Sally Star was sailing from Dunkirk to Ramsgate. A fire...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Hundreds rescued from St Malo ferry (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report

Alison Hodgkins reports on the rescue of 307 people from off the coast of Jersey after a French ferry, the St Malo started to sink. Includes Assistant Harbourmaster Paul Mimmack describing the rescue...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Blaze on Sally Star ferry off Kent (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

Marc de Leuw reports on a fire on a cross-channel ferry, over 100 people were rescued off the Kent coast. The Sally Star was sailing from Dunkirk to Ramsgate. One crew member was injured and airlifted to RAF...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio