Tyneside riots

Title

Tyneside riots

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

12 Sep 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:43

Description

Peter Deeley reports on the riots by youths in the Elswick area of Newcastle in which several arrests were made following riots in the Meadowell area earlier this week and other cities over the last 2 weeks. Chief Constable of Northumbria Police Stanley Bailey voices his opinion of the rioters, and thier behaviour. Fire officer Ken Horne(?) describes the violence aimed at fire fighters as they tried to douse the fires started.

Contributors

Peter Deeley; Stanley Bailey; Ken Horne(?)

Keywords

Fires; Police; Violence; Adolescents; Riots; Newcastle; Fire fighters; Fire services; Residential estates; Kenneth Baker; Elswick

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