IRA Brighton bombing - News bulletin

Title

IRA Brighton bombing - News bulletin

Genre

News bulletin

TX Date

Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:01:38

Description

Sue Newland reads the LBC news bulletin at 3.37 (am?) announcing the IRA bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conservative Party conference and that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is safe. Other stories include three people confirmed dead in a train crash near Wembley Central; ACAS talks in the miners strike; new divorce laws coming into effect allowing couples to part after twelve months in certain conditions.

Contributors

Sue Newland

Keywords

Deaths; Legislation; London; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Margaret Thatcher; Terrorism; Conservative Party; Political conferences; Family disorganization; IRA; Conferences; ACAS; NUM; Coal miners; Industrial arbitration; NCB; Politicians; Bombs; Brighton; Railway accidents; Marriage dissolution; Wembley; Grand Hotel; Strikes (events)

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