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The Miners
'Miner has been fighting miner on the picket line'
Liverpool Garden Festival
Why Britain's first ever garden festival in Liverpool is a controversial subject
Corby
How Corby coped when the steelworks closed leaving 1 in 3 people unemployed in the town
Swindon
How Swindon has survived industrial decline
Pleck Residents' Association
Living conditions in UK public housing
British Shipbuilding Industry
'At one time the River Weir launched over half the world's ships'
Police and the Community
How the miners' strike is developing into a conflict with the police
West Midlands Clothing Industry
Asian immigrants and the growing clothing industry in the West Midlands
Sheffield
Will industry come to a city with high local business taxes?
Miners' Strike
How solid is the miners strike as it enters it's 6th month?
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