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  1. 1989

    10/10 With stories on the Poll Tax, a Sunday ferry for North Uist and Nairn's gull invasion!

  2. 1988

    9/10 Includes the Lockerbie disaster, Piper Alpha and gold discovered in Tyndrum.

  3. 1987

    8/10 Mass riots in Scotland's prisons and how the village of Crawton was put up for sale.

  4. 1986

    7/10 Edinburgh hosts the Commonwealth Games and the chart hits include Falco's Rock Me Amadeus.

  5. 1985

    6/10 Scottish teachers strike and the chart hits include Dire Straits's 'Money for Nothing'.

  6. 1984

    5/10 The miners' strike hits the UK and Robert Mugabe is honoured by Edinburgh University.

  7. 1983

    4/10 CND protests in Glasgow and Faslane, and Margaret Thatcher wins a second term as PM.

  8. 1982

    3/10 The Falklands War begins, and the first Glasgow Marathon takes place.

  9. 1981

    2/10 Includes Charles and Di's wedding and Michael Foot's protest march through Glasgow.

  10. 1980

    1/10 Relive the stories in the headlines in 1980 with archive news footage and chart hits.