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37 results found for '"Helen Costello"' in Contributors.
Thatcher rejects single currency at summit (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Helen Costello reports on the outcome of talks in Rome on monetary union which have brought a European common currency a step nearer. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has pledged not to give in to...
Prince Charles visits Tewkesbury Abbey (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Reverend Steven Holmes talks to Helen Costello about unexpectedly finding Prince Charles listening to a rehearsal of Handel’s Messiah at Tewkesbury Abbey where he is in charge, what he said to him and what...
Piper Alpha disaster report (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech
Helen Costello reports for LBC Newstalk Breakfast from Aberdeen on the Lord Cullen report into the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster and its recommendations, and whether Occidental Petroleum should be prosecuted....
Abducted boy returned to mother (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Mother, Sally Jones expresses her relief and delight at the return of her four year-old son Simon following his abduction. He was found eight weeks after his disappearance, in a men’s hostel less than a...
Terminally ill boy gains world record for 33 million get well cards (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Marion Shergold, mother of 11 year-old terminal cancer sufferer Craig, has received over 33 million get well cards and has earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Senders from around the world...
Neil Kinnock visits homeless centres (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Labour leader Neil Kinnock visits two homeless centres in London: The Shelter and The London Connection. He speaks with teenagers, remarks on their resilience and lays the blame with the Conservative...
Brian Johnston on receiving CBE (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Helen Costello gauges BBC cricket correspondent Brian Johnston’s reaction to being awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours and on Graham Gooch being awarded an OBE.
Rushdie withdraws Satanic paperback (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on author Salman Rushdie withdrawing the paperback edition of his book, The Satanic Verses, in the hope doing so will draw a line under the outrage among Muslims claiming it was blasphemous. Rushdie...
Iraqi missiles hit Israel (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Helen Costello reports on Iraqi missiles hitting Israel in the Gulf War with reports from sealed rooms in Tel Aviv from CNN reporter Richard Roth and Richard Blaisdon another US TV reporter. Israeli...
Gulf War latest developments (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Helen Costello reports on latest developments in the Gulf War including Iraqi planes making emergency landings in Iran; Saddam Hussein releasing oil into the sea in an attempt at environmental blackmail with...