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London Underground safety - Police view (1979)

Genre

Interview

Commander William Palmer of London Transport Police on procedures on the London Underground following a walk-out by staff over health and safety standards. Male interviewer not identified.

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Policing Greenham Common (1983)

Large numbers of police will continue to be brought into Greenham from surrounding counties to maintain the huge security operation at the Cruise Missile base. Police from as far away as the South coast have...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Police presence on late-night commuter trains (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

Oni Bhattacharya reports on the unusually visible police presence on late-night trains in the South East; Sergeant John McKelvie explains why there is currently high-profile policing on the trains, and who...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Railway crime pledge by Cecil Parkinson (1989)

Genre

News report; Speech

Margaret Shiels reports on a speech by Transport Secretary, Cecil Parkinson at the opening of the new headquarters of British Transport Police (BTP) near Victoria Station in London, where he pledged to...

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Vandal attack on train (1989)

Genre

Interview; News report

Oni Bhattacharya reports on an investigation by British transport police into how a train driver was almost blinded when a object hurled through his cab window sent shattered glass into his eyes. This was...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Vandals put gas cannisters on railway tracks (1979)

Genre

Interview

British Rail spokesman Maurice Holmes describes how vandals are placing gas canisters on railway tracks and how, if hit by a train, this could result in an explosion. Holmes says the British Transport Police...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Drama hour (1980)

Genre

Drama

Drama Hour presents Present for Aunt Mary. Harold’s aunt Mary is coming to visit from Australia. He sets off into town to buy her a present and discovers the world of public transport has changed. Set in...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

London Underground crime (1991)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report from the London Underground on crime there and the work of British Transport Police. With Chief Inspector John Hennigan on the new observation system at St James station which has reduced crime;...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Device on New York subway train causes injuries - Police response (1994)

Genre

Press conference

Press statement by New York Chief of Police, William Bratton, following an explosion that ripped through a New York City subway train. Police say the blast at a station near Wall Street was caused by a...

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Guardian Angels arrive in UK (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

The American vigilante group, The Guardian Angels, today begin an intensive campaign to recruit Londoners to patrol the Underground to make it safer. Shadow Transport Secretary Joan Ruddock doesn’t believe...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio