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27/09/2010

"He got on his bike"

Faced with unemployment his father “got on his bike and looked for work” claimed Norman Tebbit in 1981.

Identify the words that have been replaced by their initial letters from the following 1981 headlines.

There are 2 separate sets of initials in each question.

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Format index

1.

Queen opens HB linking ERTNL

Humber Bridge;

East Riding to North Lincolnshire

2.

RV scores winning goal as MC lose replay

Ricky Villa;

Manchester City

3.

TNQLG by SWSC at Number One

There’s No-one Quite Like Grandma;

St Winifred’s School Choir

4.

MCBSR wins BP

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie;

Booker Prize

5.

“..GBTYCAPFG..” DS tells conference

“Go back to your constituencies and prepare for Government”;

David Steele

6.

First D with G-WD rolls off NI production line

DeLorean;

Gull-winged Doors

7.

JIAAA star in epic Granada TV drama BR

Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews;

Brideshead Revisited

8.

LS starts enquiry into BR

Lord Scarman;

Brixton Riots

9.

MDC gets life for MOJL

Mark David Chapman;

Murder of John Lennon

10.

S wins ED

Shergar;

Epsom Derby