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30th anniversary of the contraceptive pill (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the contraceptive pill. Dilys Cossey of the Family Planning Association describes the features of the pill. Dr Clifford Kay, Director of the Royal...
Home Secretary on custodial sentences (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Secretary, David Waddington on the Government’s decision to reassert its commitment to alternatives to custodial sentences at the annual meeting of the National Association of Probation and Bail...
Grandmother chases bogus social worker (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
An angry grandmother has chased off a bogus social worker who tried to molest her five month-old baby granddaughter. Detective Inspector Ken Brodie from Plympton CID tells reporter Julie Sedgwick how the...
John Wakeham on nuclear power stations (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
The Secretary of State for Energy, John Wakeham, has made an unexpected speech in which he said that Britain will need more nuclear power stations if it is going to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions...
Andris Liepa on the Russian ballet (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
One of the stars of the Kirov’s London season is Andris Liepa, who has just joined the Leningrad company after spending a year in New York with the American Ballet Theatre. Liepa is an example of the...
Gerry Conlon on the Maguire Seven (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Gerry Conlon on the wrongly-convicted Maguire Seven, who were alleged to have been housing an IRA bomb factory. He says the British Government should make a personal apology for the time lost by those...
Annie Maguire on unsafe convictions of Maguire Seven (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the wrongful imprisonment of the Maguire Seven, who were convicted of IRA bomb-making. The Director of Public Prosecutions has announced that their convictions can no longer be considered safe....
Annie Maguire on unsafe convictions of Maguire Seven (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
The Maguire Seven have officially been told their convictions were unsafe and unsatisfactory. Mrs Annie Maguire on the announcement. Male reporter not identified.
Triad gangs cause problems in Chinatown (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on London’s Chinese community demanding tough police action to crack down on growing intimidation and violence from Triad gangs. Community spokesman Malcolm Mann(?) describes the goings on, and...
British beef inquiry (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A number of leading scientists have challenged the Government’s assertion that British beef is safe to eat. They were giving evidence to the Commons Select Committee on Agriculture (Chairman: Jerry...