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Economic recovery and exports (1993)

Genre

Interview

Mark Webster interviews Prime Minister John Major on his return flight from Saudi Arabia, where he has secured an order for 48 British Tornado bombers. On the need for Britain to improve its export...

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Economic recovery and exports (1993)

Genre

Interview

Mark Webster interviews Prime Minister John Major on his return flight from Saudi Arabia, where he has secured an order for 48 British Tornado bombers. On the need for Britain to improve its export...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Today newspaper rescued by Lonrho (1986)

Genre

Interview

Eddie Shah’s ailing newspaper, Today, has been rescued by a 31.5 million-pound deal, put up by the Lonrho organisation, headed by Tiny Rowland. Shah comments. Female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Matheus people (1984)

aka: David Hemery in conversation

An interview with David Peter Hemery about his life and his career. Born July 18, 1944, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Eng. He was an English hurdler who held the 400-metre-hurdles world record of 48.1 sec....

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Battersea Park Station train crash (1985)

Genre

Vox pop

Interview with passengers and rescue workers who were involved in a rail crash after the high-speed Gatwick Express collided with a commuter train at Battersea Park Station (31/05/85). Female interviewer not...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Reaction to coal mine closures (1992)

Genre

Interview

Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary Robin Cook comments on the 31 coal mine closures planned claiming the taxpayer will suffer, and bills will go up. Interviewer not heard.

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Hounslow Hospital closure (1977)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on Hounslow Hospital which the staff chose to keep open despite closure by the local health authority on 31/8/77; interview with Sister Catherine Cooney; interviews with unidentified patients. Female...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

1980s news clips - Indira Gandhi murdered (1989)

Genre

Press conference; Speech

Statement by Rajiv Gandhi on the assassination of his mother, Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, on 31/10/84. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of...

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Yusuf Islam negotiates release of hostages (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report

Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) returns from Iraq with four British Muslims out of five, after attempting to secure the release of 48 hostages being held by Saddam Hussein. Islam believes the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Princess Di visits US AIDS unit for babies (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Paul Woodley reports from New York on the visit by the Princess of Wales, Princess Diana to Harlem Hospital’s AIDS unit for babies, her final duty on a 48-hour tour in New York. The woman in charge of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio