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  1. Labour Wigan selection (1983)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Labour MP Les Huckfield after he failed to win the selection for the Wigan constituency, losing to Roger Stott. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Spencer).

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  2. Miners strike - Miners views on return to work (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; Vox pop

    Vox pop with Bickershaw Colliery miners near Wigan with their views and feelings about going back to work in the pits after the end of the miners’ strike. Female reporter not identified.

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  3. Storm damage in UK (1988)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    John Alcock reports in the wake of storms that have left a trail of destruction across Britain, including interview with eyewitness, Donald Cootes(?), in Wigan where 100 people were made homeless and Police...

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  4. John Moore on civil service staff relocation (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    More than 1100 civil service jobs are to be transferred out of Whitehall to the regions. The Government is to set up new social security offices in the unemployment blackspots of Glasgow, Belfast and...

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  5. Social security employees unhappy with move (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    At least eight London social security offices have walked out in protest at plans to move a thousand civil service jobs out of the capital. Stuart Collins, London South regional organiser for the civil...

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  6. Serious road accident in Australia kills British family (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Oni Bhattacharya reports on a serious road accident in Australia in which 7 members of a British family were among the dead. Includes interviews with Australian police officers Tracy(?) Arthur and Neville...

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  7. Alfred Jennings on remand centre suicides (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Following a spate of recent teenage suicides and suicide attempts at the Hindley Remand Centre in Wigan, Governor Alfred Jennings on the variety of reasons, and arguing that prison for 15-17 year-olds should...

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  8. Thatcher speech interrupted by ambulance protests (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    David Nolan reports on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s speech in Wigan about the damage caused by the recent hurricane strength storms and how her visit was interrupted by ambulance workers...

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