Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This week in history through ITN archive footage, from Margaret Thatcher marking her record as the UK’s longest-serving prime minister, to an underground coal fire in Oakthorpe and the end of the vinyl era.

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