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Motorway service areas (1979)

Genre

Interview

Hugh Cade, government representative, on appraising motorway service area food and provisions.

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M4 Police chase (1983)

Detectives from Bristol have arrived in Maidenhead to escort a man back to the West Country tonight after an armed bank robbery and a hundred-mile chase along the M4 to Berkshire. A policeman is in hospital...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

French motorway pile-up kills 14 (1993)

Genre

Interview

Interview with American-born Joseph Miller from Colchester, eyewitness to a motorway pile-up in south-west France in which 14 people died. He describes what happened to cause the crash on the Paris-Bordeaux...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Thirteen dead in motorway coach crash (1985)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the motorway crash south of Lancaster which has killed thirteen, after a coach travelling from Edinburgh and London crashed into two cars. Includes account by police Inspector George Lusty of his...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Motorway bus crash in France (1982)

Genre

News report

Report on a motorway bus crash near Beaune in France which has killed 53 people including 45 children. Male reporter not identified.

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Motorway tolls and congestion charge (1994)

Genre

Interview

Transport Secretary John MacGregor speaks to David Kermode about proposals for motorway tolling and the possibility of introducing a congestion charge in London.

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Motorway bus crash inquiry (1982)

Genre

News report

Report on a police inquiry into a motorway bus crash near Beaune in France which killed 53 people including 45 children (31/07/82). Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Motorway service stations privatisation (1980)

Genre

News report

Report on the announcement by Transport Minister Norman Fowler about Government plans to privatise British motorway service stations. Male reporter not identified (poss. Peter Murphy?).

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Motorway services open to private operators (1992)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Transport Secretary John MacGregor on the announcement motorway services are to be tendered out to private operators which he claims will improve services. Interviewer not identified (poss....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Miners strike - Picket violence and motorway blockade (1984)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Yorkshire miners’ leader Jack Taylor on his miners blocking the M1 motorway and accusations they are using violence. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio