Violence in Dewsbury

Title

Violence in Dewsbury

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

24 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:58

Description

Charles Lees reports on violence on the streets of West Yorkshire where police arrested fifty-nine people as violence flared in Dewsbury where rival rallies by the British National Party and the Kirklees Black Workers’ Group coincided. In the previous week there were fifty-four arrests in Bradford after young anti-Salman Rushdie Muslims attacked shops and cars. Includes interviews with unidentified demonstrators; Geoff McGill, landlord of The Scarborough pub; Dennis(?) O’Toole, West Yorkshire Police; Ann Taylor MP.

Contributors

Ann Taylor; Charles Lees; Geoff McGill; Dennis(?) O’Toole

Keywords

Police; Ethnic conflicts; Violence; Demonstrations; Riots; Public houses; Rallies (gatherings); Dewsbury; BNP; Kirklees Black Workers’ Group; Geoff McGill; The Scarborough (public house)

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