'New Realism' and the TUC Conference

A preview of The Trades Union Congress in Blackpool, UK and the mood of 'new realism'

• 12 mins

Sex Discrimination Ten Years on

In the 10 years since sex discrimination became illegal, how have things changed?

• 12 mins

Police and Firearms

'The keeping of the peace in Britain may be entering a new era'

• 11 mins

The Crisis in Liverpool City Council

Liverpools' crisis - a fight between a conservative government and a Labour city council

• 12 mins

Cornish Tin Mines

The decline of the tin mining industry in Cornwall

• 11 mins

The Isle of Dogs

Plans to transform the Isle of Dogs into a 'high technology world centre of finance'

• 11 mins

Channel Tunnel

Plans are announced to link the UK and France by an undersea tunnel

• 12 mins

Ironbridge

'The birthplace of Britain's Industrial Revolution'

• 12 mins

Goths in London

'Death, sex and beauty rolled into one - the Gothic look'

• 12 mins

Liverpool gets a Caretaker Administration

'Can Britain's 6th largest city reverse the downward spiral?'

• 12 mins

The Satanic Verses

The reaction of the British Islamic community in Bradford to 'The Satanic Verses'

• 13 mins

Toxic Waste

Canadian toxic waste being shipped to Britain

• 13 mins

Oil Spill in Mersey Estuary

The consequences of an oil spill in the Mersey

• 13 mins

Trade Unions and Industry

Does the Trade Union Movement in Britain have a future?

• 13 mins

Technology Education in Nottingham

The British school geared to the needs of industry

• 13 mins

Telford

Life in Telford, successful New Town which is also 'the most debt-prone area of the UK'

• 13 mins

West Cumbria

The isolation of West Cumbria and its industrial future

• 13 mins

Open Cast Mining

The development of open cast mining in County Durham

• 13 mins

Sheffield Redevelopment

Agents of change in Sheffield after the decline of the steel industry

• 13 mins

War Games

What is the appeal of paintballing war games?

• 13 mins

Cruddas Park Tower Blocks

Why have high rise flights in Britain become so unpopular?

• 13 mins

Kirkholt Estate, Rochdale

The decline of the Kirkholt Estate in Rochdale

• 13 mins

Liverpool's Sale of the Century

The sale of Liverpool`s municipal assets

• 13 mins

Rochdale Football Club

Football and the radical recommendations of the Taylor Report

• 13 mins

Sellafield Nuclear Reprocessng Plant

New research links Sellafield with clusters of childhood leukemia

• 13 mins

West Yorkshire's Wool Textile Industry

Why is West Yorkshire's wool textile industry once again facing uncertainty?

• 13 mins

The Regeneration of Britain's Canals

The revival of canal travel in Britain

• 13 mins

Sunderland - Japanese Cars

How many Japanese-made cars should be allowed into Europe?

• 12 mins

NUM and British Coal

The British coal industry since the end of the miners' strike

• 13 mins

Chinese in Manchester

The expanding Chinese community in Manchester

• 13 mins