[720p/50p] ITV Thames | News at Ten and continuity | 11th December 1979 | Part 2 of 2

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In which Rhodesia announces it will rename to Zimbabwe and British steelworkers get a taste of the utter misery that was elected to power that May!
BTW, “Salisbury” referred to here is not the city in the south of England, but the original name of Harare, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe’s capital.
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Headlines:
- 52,000 British Steel jobs go, 11 coal pits may close
- Lord Soames is off to Rhodesia
- 2/3rd of Shell's drivers vote to go back to work
- Esso drivers continue with their overtime ban
- Oil prices may rise 30%, gold is at a record
- US and allies talk of continuing sanctions against Iran top get them to release the US hostages
- Trouble could break out in Azerbaijan
- Iranian student in France released by French Police
- Terrorists storm a business school in Italy and hold students hostage
- France blocked Britain's farmers from getting more money
- Government announce yet another reorganisation of the NHS. Plus ca change... ("£9,000 million? That's called £9billion, Anna!)
- Why Aberfan Disaster should never happen again
- Coal output went up 1 million tonnes
- Avalanche of lecturers being made unemployed could result from making overseas students pay their tuition fees
- Miss Christina Onassis divorces her Russian husband Sergei Kauzov
- British Leyland turn down offer from David Brown
- And finally... Rhodesia to change name twice - firstly to Southern Rhodesia then to Zimbabwe
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