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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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