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London Docks
Why the London Docks industry is in decline
Rising Tides on the East Coast of Britain
The consequences of rising tides and disappearing beaches along the UK's coastlines
Margaret Thatcher
A profile of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher after the Brighton Bombing
Students
The difference between student protests now and in the 1960s
Yorkshire Wool Industry
The wool-textile industry in Yorkshire has had a record year
Multicultural Education
'Black children need to be taught about themselves'
National Council for Civil Liberties
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty". The work and philosophy of the NCCL
Neighbourhood Watch
Using video cassettes, 'the very latest technology' in the fight against crime
Miners' Strike Ends
'They're going back with their heart in their hand, their chin in their chest'
Tyne Ship Repair
The future of the shipbuilding industry in the North of England
Asian Healthcare
How the lack of a knowledge of English is affecting healthcare within the Asian community
Liverpool
The clash between Liverpool Council and central government over funding
Teachers' Strike
The progress of the ongoing teachers' strike
Adopting a Black Child
Should transracial adoption be forbidden?
Tourism in the Industrial North
The tourist boom in the industrial West North of England
Tamils
Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka and the changing British policy on visas for them
Stansted Airport
The expansion of Stansted into a major International Airport
Miners' Wives
How miners' wives in Britain were changed by the bitter miners' strike of 1984-1985
Lakeland Row
Controversy over plans to develop Braithwaite Fold in Bowness, Lake District, UK
Communists
Trouble within the ranks of the British Communist Party
Prison Population
The UK penal policy of imprisonment and the resulting problem of overcrowding in prisons
Settle and Carlisle Railway
British Rail's plan to close the beloved Settle and Carlisle Railway line
'New Realism' and the TUC Conference
A preview of The Trades Union Congress in Blackpool, UK and the mood of 'new realism'
Sex Discrimination Ten Years on
In the 10 years since sex discrimination became illegal, how have things changed?
Police and Firearms
'The keeping of the peace in Britain may be entering a new era'
The Crisis in Liverpool City Council
Liverpools' crisis - a fight between a conservative government and a Labour city council
Cornish Tin Mines
The decline of the tin mining industry in Cornwall
The Isle of Dogs
Plans to transform the Isle of Dogs into a 'high technology world centre of finance'
Channel Tunnel
Plans are announced to link the UK and France by an undersea tunnel
Ironbridge
'The birthplace of Britain's Industrial Revolution'
Goths in London
'Death, sex and beauty rolled into one - the Gothic look'