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1989
10/10With stories on the Poll Tax, a Sunday ferry for North Uist and Nairn's gull invasion!
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1988
9/10Includes the Lockerbie disaster, Piper Alpha and gold discovered in Tyndrum.
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1987
8/10Mass riots in Scotland's prisons and how the village of Crawton was put up for sale.
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1986
7/10Edinburgh hosts the Commonwealth Games and the chart hits include Falco's Rock Me Amadeus.
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1985
6/10Scottish teachers strike and the chart hits include Dire Straits's 'Money for Nothing'.
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1984
5/10The miners' strike hits the UK and Robert Mugabe is honoured by Edinburgh University.
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1983
4/10CND protests in Glasgow and Faslane, and Margaret Thatcher wins a second term as PM.
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1982
3/10The Falklands War begins, and the first Glasgow Marathon takes place.
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1981
2/10Includes Charles and Di's wedding and Michael Foot's protest march through Glasgow.
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1980
1/10Relive the stories in the headlines in 1980 with archive news footage and chart hits.









