Tebbit Meets Saviour From Ira Bombing ; Londoner's Diary [Edition 2]

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FORMER Tory Chairman Lord Tebbit came face to face yesterday for the first time with one of the men who helped save his life, and his wife Margaret's, in the Brighton bomb attack at the Tory Conference in 1984.

Detective Sergeant Barry Cave of the Special Branch was on duty outside the Grand Hotel when the IRA bomb went off at 2.54 am on 12 October that year. He made a special trip from Liverpool, where he lives, to hear Norman Tebbit speak about his latest book, the Game Cook, at yesterday's Oldie lunch at Simpson's-in-the-Strand. The book is the result of Tebbit's new-found enthusiasm for shooting and includes recipes for grouse, woodcock and hare.

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Tebbit Meets Saviour From Ira Bombing ; Londoner's Diary [Edition 2]

"I didn't meet Lord Tebbit and his wife on that occasion but I was incredib...

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