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New tolls for motorway use (1993)

Genre

Interview

Angela Rippon for her Drivetime show interviews Transport Secretary John MacGregor from the radio car about a new method of electronic motorway charging following plans to introduce a toll system on...

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Diane Modahl drug test overturned on appeal (1995)

Genre

Press conference

Press statement from athlete Diane Modahl announcing her successful appeal to the British Athletics Federation against a drugs test last year which showed excessive testosterone and resulted in a 4-year ban....

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New Channel 5 ownership bids in (1995)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Chairman of the Commons Media Committee Roger Gale MP, on the new television channel, Channel 5, which 4 companies have put in bids to run. Gale expresses his concerns over funding and quality...

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Funeral of murdered Marie Payne (1984)

Genre

News report; Vox pop

Report on the funeral of 4-year-old Marie Payne, whose body was found in Epping Forest in Essex, after she was abducted and killed. The report also examines the murder and arrest of Colin Evans. Includes...

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Jeremy Bates on Wimbledon defeat (1992)

Genre

Interview; Press conference

Press interview with UK tennis player, Jeremy Bates, following his defeat in the fourth round of Wimbledon by Frenchman Guy Forget. Bates missed match point when he led by two sets to one, 5-4 and 40-30 and...

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Soviet-Western relations (1988)

Genre

Interview

John Fraser interviews Secretary General of NATO Lord Carrington, Peter Carington, who retires from the post this week, about Soviet and Western relations and the considerable changes during the 4 years he...

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Short story (1986)

aka: The Horse of the Invisible [Part 4-5]

A five part short story by William Hope Hodgson. This CD is Part 4 and 5. For the previous, see also C1000/034/86/1 [Part 1, 2, 3]

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Margaret Thatcher on 1978 Budget (1978)

Genre

Speech

Opposition leader Margaret Thatcher on Denis Healey’s 1978 Budget. She observes that under his stewardship, the country’s output has not increased for 4 years; he has presided over the biggest increase...

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Jill Morrell on John McCarthy being taken hostage (1987)

Genre

Press conference

The girlfriend of hostage John McCarthy, Jill Morrell, speaks to press about the situation surrounding his capture and imprisonment in the Lebanon and on the disappearance of Terry Waite. Morrell says the...

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John Smith on state of the economy (1989)

Genre

Speech

Shadow Chancellor John Smith’s first major Commons speech following a 4 month break due to a heart attack. Attacks Chancellor Nigel Lawson’s policy of high interest rates to bring down inflation which he...

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