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Rewind 1989 takes a look back at the stories and music from Scotland and around the world.

Texas make waves with I Don鈥檛 Want a Lover as the St Enoch Centre opens in Glasgow. Jack Nicholson stars as the Joker alongside Michael Keaton in Batman, and George HW Bush is sworn in as president of the USA. Jackie Bird presents Reporting Scotland for the first time as John Craven steps down from Newsround. It鈥檚 also the year Maurice Johnston switches sides and signs for Rangers after agreeing a deal with Celtic. Andy Stewart returns to the charts with Donald Where鈥檚 Yer Troosers, and Desmond鈥檚 first appears on Channel Four. The Proclaimers score another hit with I鈥檓 On My Way, and the Berlin Wall comes down as the decade comes to an end.

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