LWT News Headlines

Peter Lewis reads the news headlines in late 1987. Among the stories is the charging of 21 year-old Andrew Cassidy for the murder of drag queen John Byrne in Randells Road, Kings Cross in North London. He would appear before Clerkenwell Magistrates on the day after this bulletin – and was sentenced in April 1988. Lead story: Protestors vow to carry on their campaign against a Westminster Council decision to sell off 10,000 homes.