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Michael Williams murder - Credit card used same day (1988)

Genre

Interview

Detective Superintendent Peter Wilton says that the Access card which was taken from Michael Williams after he was killed by a single karate chop to the neck was used in an Indian restaurant - the Arjun, in...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

IRN Review of 1981 - nd [1981]

IRN Review of 1981. Some reports also on AV769/653/S1 - Track 2. Yorkshire ripper Sutcliffe detained. American hostages released from Iran, arrival in USA. Setting up of SDP - Q.Roy Jenkins. Shirley Williams...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

SDP Conference - Reaction to Shirley Williams by-election candidacy (1981)

Genre

News report; Speech; Interview

Report during the Social Democratic Party (SDP) touring conference, on internal criticism of Party president Shirley Williams’s failure to communicate with the people of Crosby before announcing to the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

John Williams on British Leyland ‘binges’ (1979)

Genre

Interview

Labour MP John Williams criticizes British Leyland plans to ‘binge’ or bribe car dealers with expensive treats, arguing that this approach is inappropriate and insensitive in the light of prospective...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Murder of bisexual man by gay hate killer? (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

Married bisexual, 42 year-old Michael Williams has been murdered just outside Highgate Wood, North London, a spot frequented by homosexuals. Police Superintendent Peter Wilton says it is possible that...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

General election - possible Labour leadership contest (1983)

Genre

News report; Speech; Interview

Report on a possible Labour Party leadership contest following the party’s defeat in the 1983 General Election. Speaking are: Emlyn Williams, South Wales miners’ leader; Neil Kinnock, Labour education...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Labour Party split - SDP founded (1981)

Genre

News report; Speech; Interview

Report on the political fighting which has split the Labour Party, and the founding of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Includes comment from Labour leader Michael Foot; former Labour leader James...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Rate-capping legislation announced (1981)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Report on laws proposed by Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine to control the rates charged by local councils (rate capping) at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, and concern over...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Cuts in foreign aid (1981)

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

Report on the UK Conservative Government’s cut in foreign aid to developing countries since the publication of the Brandt Commission report, which advocated development of the Third World. Speakers (in the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Falklands War - Return of HMS Onyx (1982)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the return to Portsmouth Harbour of the HMS Onyx diesel submarine, and two other ships (Sir Lancelot and Stena Seaspread), after the end of the Falklands conflict. The speakers include: Captain...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio