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Security guard disappears with cash (1989)

Genre

News report; Press conference

David Nolan reports on a nationwide police hunt for a security guard from Manchester who has disappeared with twenty-five thousand pounds from his armoured van. He is thought to be heading for London and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Reading Fire Bombs (1981)

Police have warned people in Reading to be on their guard for more petrol bombs which may have been planted in the town. The warning follows last night’s series of attacks on cars which caused only minor...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Murder of Michael Joannou (1986)

Genre

Interview

Detective Superintendent Frank Dove, leading the inquiry into the murder of Michael Joannou, landlord of the Railway Guard public house in Epsom, Surrey, tells how the dead man was found on the lawn of his...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Michael Havers’ home bombed (1981)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report back on the bombing of Attorney General Sir Michael Havers’ Wimbledon home, suspected damage to the building and why with a 24 hour police guard the device was still not found. Male field and female...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Police shoot post office robbers (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the condition of Danny Carey who was shot by the police in an alleged post office robbery in Tottenham, north London, and is now at Stanmore Orthopaedic Hospital. Includes interview with Billy...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Police phoneline for security vehicle attacks (1978)

Genre

News report; Special; Interview

Paul Woodley reports on an attack on security guards where a Securicor guard was shot dead while delivering wages to Northfields Underground station in West London and on a police phoneline set up for public...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Second trial following Los Angeles riots (1993)

Genre

Interview; News report

Following riots in Los Angeles, four LA police officers - Stacey Koon, Larry Powell, Timothy Wind, and Theodore Briseno - accused of violating Rodney King’s civil rights stand a second trial. Includes...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Army detonate bomb in Manchester (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special

Report on the army detonating a bomb in Manchester following a car bomb exploding earlier in the morning, and police warning Libyans in the city to be on guard. One Libyan family had been missed in the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

London programme (1981)

Genre

Advertisement; Documentary; Drama; Interview; Special; Speech; Trailer

This episode of LWT’s London Programme investigates the Metropolitan Police following alarming rises in crime rates, race riots and poor police-community relations, and criticism of police action and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Robbery at the London Overseas Mailing Centre (1989)

Genre

Interview

Detective Terry Lindop talks to Julie Sedgwick about the robbery of high value packages at the London Overseas Mailing Centre in Plaistow where a security guard was gagged and handcuffed. He also appeals for...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio