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  1. Police inquiry into Redhill fire (1988)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report from Jane Simmons on a fire in Redhill which killed a mother and her two young sons, another son Robert Smith survived. Detective Chief Inspector Ray Hussie(?) describes the forensic evidence, and the...

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  2. David Owen attacks Peter Wright over Spycatcher betrayal (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    SDP leader David Owen has launched an astonishing attack on former MI5 agent Peter Wright over his book, Spycatcher, which discloses information about his time in the Secret Service. Owen says Wright...

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  3. M25 Gang murder (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Angus Moorat interviews Detective Superintendent Vincent McFadden about a series of attacks by a gang of burglars (the so-called M25 Gang) in the Surrey stockbroker belt. In one incident, a fifty-seven...

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  4. Viraj Mendis deported (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Neil McCafferty reports on a tape brought back by Father Henry West from Columbo, Sri Lanka in which Viraj Mendis, deported for living illegally in the UK for 15 years, says his life is now in danger. Father...

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  5. Richard Branson’s UFO hoax (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Angus Moorat reports on Richard Branson’s trial run for an April Fools’ Day flying saucer hoax, which resulted in the police being called to deal with a UFO. Inspector Andrew Neilson says it could have...

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  6. Airport Information Radio launched (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with general manager of Airport Information Radio, Andrew Marshall. The station is a new service for passengers at Gatwick and Heathrow Airports which will relay travel information about departure...

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  7. Gunmen seize 1m pounds from security van (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Detective Chief Superintendent Eddie Holbrook, Scotland Yard, about an armed raid in Cheam village in Surrey. Three men ambushed a Group 4 delivery van as it prepared to deliver cash to the...

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  8. Victor Cracknell freed after kidnapping (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Angus Moorat reports on the release of the kidnapped businessman, Victor Cracknell on 18/08/89. Thirty-two year old Cracknell was under threat of death if his family didn’t pay a million pound ransom. But...

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  9. Gulf crisis refugees return to UK (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    The Virgin plane Scarlet Lady returns to Britain from Amman, Jordan with almost 100 Western refugees from the Gulf crisis, Peter Stuart reports from Gatwick Airport. Includes interview with Virgin Chairman,...

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  10. Elderly disabled man murdered in home (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Detective Superintendent David Fielding tells how a 71 year-old disabled man was murdered in his home, which was then set alight. He talks about how the body was found, the horrific circumstances surrounding...

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