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Martin Hird, from the GMB, said the union was calling on Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond to intervene and reverse the decision.
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In January it will feature the last radio performance by Dame Thora Hird, in Alan Bennett's The Last of the Sun.
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Mr Wolfe also worked with many of the best-known actors of the era, including Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Sheila Hancock, Beryl Reid, Thora Hird and Benny Hill.
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Carew picked up the ball on the edge of the box and his shot was deflected by defender Sam Hird into the top left corner over the stranded Sullivan.
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Among the successes were Lost For Words starring Dame Thora Hird, which was named best drama, and Channel 4's The Phil, a fly-on-the-wall account of the Philharmonia orchestra, which took the arts title.
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The lightness that had characterised the evening gave way briefly to a solemn moment in memory of recently departed actors - among them Leo McKern, Michael Elphick, Pat Coombs, Adam Faith and Dame Thora Hird.
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This preoccupation with physical stature, which was punctuated so perfectly by steroid scandals in pro sports, is thought by many to have been a reaction to hird-wave feminism, one of the most influential gender movements in history.
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