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28,816 results found for all records.
Walter Bodmer on animal testing charter (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Professor Sir Walter Bodmer, Director of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, speaks about a newly-published charter on the importance of animal testing and refutes allegations that animals are effectively...
Brian Keenan released (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Irishman Brian Keenan has been released after four years being held hostage in Beirut, following his kidnapping by the militant group Islamic Dawn. Reaction from his sister, Elaine Spence, the Irish Foreign...
Iraq rounds up foreigners (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Iraq announces that up to 6,500 British and US nationals in Kuwait are being rounded up for their own safety. Includes the warning as broadcast in Kuwait by the BBC World Service. Response by British Foreign...
Murder of PC Larry Brown (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
PC Laurence Brown has been killed with a shotgun as he approached a suspected car thief in Hackney, East London. Report includes statements from local resident Lorraine Uddings(?), Brown’s superior...
Iraqi hostages’ marriage broadcast on television (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
David and Thelma Hayes(?) of Humberside - whose daughter Debbie is one of Saddam Hussein’s hostages - speak about their shock and disbelief after their daughter’s wedding was broadcast on Baghdad TV....
Iraq renames Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Iraqi forces have pulled back from the frontier with Saudi Arabia. An unidentified male Iraqi official, speaking to an unidentified male American reporter, claims that Kuwait, as it was formerly known, no...
Gulf hostages - Second propaganda video (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Excerpts from the second propaganda video released by Iraq, featuring the foreign hostages being held as a human shield. Includes Margaret Heron(?) from Kent, Christine Smyth(?) from Manchester, and Maggie,...
Jill Morrell on release of Brian Keenan (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Jill Morrell, the friend of John McCarthy who was kidnapped by Islamic Jihad terrorists in Lebanon in 1986, speaks about her conversation with the released Lebanon hostage Brian Keenan - who was held hostage...
Birmingham Six appeal (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Secretary, David Waddington announces that the case of the Birmingham Six is to be referred to the Court of Appeal following an investigation by the Devon and Cornwall Police which has cast doubt on the...
Barry Devonside on Hillsborough ruling (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Allan Green has ruled that with regard to the Hillsborough disaster â in which 96 Liverpool football fans were crushed to death â there is insufficient...