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Make a change from gardening.

You can laugh

but there's summat going on.

There'll be summat going on tonight

after a few pints.

Don't be going mad. You haven't only

got yourself to think about.

Why not? Might as well enjoy myself

while I'm single.

- Not long to go now, you know.

- You could be right there.

- Come on.

- I'll have a half.

Half? What's up with you? Getting

into training for when you're married?

Two bitters, please. Cheers.

In a statement issued a short time ago

by the Pentagon,

the United States

has accused the Soviet Union

of moving nuclear warheads into their

new base at Mashad in northern Iran.

According to the American spokesman...

Hey, I were watching that.

Turn it back again.

... aboard two giant Antonov transport

planes late yesterday afternoon,

and were moved under cover

into temporary hangars.

I were watching about t'Far East

and he turns it over.

- Far East? What's going on there?

- Iran. The Americans have just...

Iran? That's not the Far East, you pillock,

that's the Middle East.

China, Hong Kong, that's the Far East.

So what? It's far enough, in't it?

Sooner go to t'Near East myself.

Scarborough and Skegness.

Skeggy? I'd rather watch

my toenails grow than go there.

Never mind that rubbish.

What about these two birds sat there?

NATO's position

on the United States' action in sending...

- You're dead right. It's getting serious.

- There's nowt we can do about it.

Might as well enjoy ourselves

whilst we can.

Don't it scare you, what it might lead to?

Yeah, but there's nowt

we can do about it, is there?

If the bomb does drop, I wanna be pissed

out of my mind and underneath it.

Arriving here in Brussels

a short time ago,

the NATO Secretary General...

Come on, you miserable bugger.

It's all these family responsibilities.

- You're acting like a married man.

- It'll not be long now.

You might as well make t'best of it

whilst you can.

What about

chatting these two birds up, then?

- I can't do that.

- Come on. It might be your last chance.

Anyway, if we are gonna cop it,

might as well go out with a bang.

Can't be many better ways of going,

I suppose. Blown up on t'job.

The Prime Minister has issued

a message of support for the US.

The statement just released

from Downing Street

condemns what it calls

"reckless Soviet actions

"which can only worsen

an already grave situation."

To the Director of Technical Services.

Please let me know what fuel stocks

are held in each depot.

Please ensure tanks are topped up and

fuel is used for essential works only.

There's been no response

from the Soviet government

to the United States' ultimatum

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