The story of the only British prime minister to be assassinated + the murder of Cambridge's first professor of history

Spencer Perceval is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated. Here's the story of how he was gunned down in the Houses of Parliament in 1812. And here too is the tale of how Cambridge University's first professor of history was murdered in The Hague. I was in conversation with Andy Lake of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire about my book, 'Assassins' Deeds'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVpdaV5fk8

Do petrol cars have a future? I was asking the question back in 1973

With the UK government planning to end the sale of diesel and petrol cars by 2030, not surprisingly people are asking whether this is the end of the line.

But back in 1973, as oil prices went through what then seemed like the roof, they were posing the same question. In those days, I was industrial correspondent for ATV in Birmingham, working mainly on 'ATV Today'. Here's my report from what was then Britain's biggest car factory at Longbridge. Dateline: 26 November 1973.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShFFaBc7p1Q