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Richard Greenwood on electricity price increases (1979)

Genre

Interview

Richard Greenwood of the Electricity Consumer Council raises concerns about proposed increases in electricity prices. He says that the most vulnerable people who rely on electricity for heating need help...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Weather wrap [Hurricane?] nd [Oct 1987]

A report on the casualties and damage which happened this evening as a result of an unexpected hurricane. Emergency services received more than 300 calls in a 3 hour period, about 30 thousand homes are...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Inventions that changed the world (1985)

A series aimed at the under-16s which takes a lighthearted look at the history of invention. Amongst the subject covered are the use of metals and discovery of bronze, the inventions of modern printing, the...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Yvonne Constance from the Electricity Consumers’ Committee (1995)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Yvonne Constance from the Electricity Consumers’ Committee, in which she says consumers should do well out of the Government’s deal to offer rebates on electricity bills. Interviewer not...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Electricity prices cut (1995)

Genre

Interview

Opposition energy spokesman Brian Wilson thinks the electricity price cuts leaked today should have happened much earlier, and claims electricity companies have been making excessive profits.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Walter Marshall on electricity privatisation (1990)

Genre

Interview

Lord Walter Marshall, who resigned as head of the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB), is interviewed on the privatisation of electricity production in the UK and his predictions as to the future...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Electricity Council profits (1987)

Genre

Interview

Sir Philip Jones, chair of the Electricity Council on their billion pounds profit; what the money is used for; the reasons for no drop in prices for customers; and the prospect of privatisation. Male...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Electricity Board strikes (1977)

Genre

Interview

Interview with an Electricity Board worker on the strikes which will be discussed at a meeting with Prime Minister James Callaghan. The Electricity Board workers are trying to secure better wages and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Electricity prices cut (1995)

Genre

Interview

The electricity regulator was supposed to be announcing his pricing proposals for the regional electricity companies tomorrow. The details were leaked today sparking off a row over prices and causing shares...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Electricity prices cut (1995)

Genre

Press conference

Tim Eggar, Energy Minister talks to the media about the electricity regulator’s announced price cuts for electricity of 10-13%, the leak of the information and subsequent effect on share prices, and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio