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Released Iraqi hostage experience and views (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
British doctor Ron Eccles - who was a hostage in Iraq and one of 33 released on Ted Heath’s mercy flight due to having rheumatoid arthritis â speaks from his hometown Cardiff about his experience and...
Marchioness disaster court case (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Vice-Chairman of the Marchioness Action Group, Iain Philpott - a survivor of the disaster in which 51 people died after the Marchioness pleasure boat collided with the Bowbelle dredger on the River Thames...
US budget overturns campaign pledge of no new taxes (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference; Vox pop
US President, George H. W. Bush contravenes his election pledge by introducing new taxes into the national budget which has finally been agreed, in an attempt to reduce US national debt. The move has been...
Father Denis Faul condemns the IRA (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Father Denis Faul â most well known for his role in the 1981 hunger strike âcondemns the IRA and its ongoing campaign of violence, speaking after the funeral of terrorist victim Francis Hughes. He...
Heseltine on European ERM and single currency (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Former cabinet minister, Michael Heseltine, speaks to an unidentified male reporter following a speech to academics in Oxford. The speech was meant to be on green issues but he instead took the opportunity...
TUC to meet CBI and Government (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
General Secretary of the TUC, Norman Willis, speaking prior to the National Economic Development Council meeting between the TUC, CBI and government this week, urges the government to speak about economic...
Operation Cheater (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Fraud squad officers investigating allegations of corrupt land deals involving Liverpool City Council between 1985 and now have descended on 60 premises, arresting 22 people including former deputy council...
Iraqi economic sanctions (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Phil Edwards reports from Saudi Arabia, where Air Chief Marshall Sir Patrick Hine, the supreme commander of Britain’s Gulf forces, has been visiting troops following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. He says...
Challenger tanks deployed in Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Phil Edwards reports from Saudi Arabia, where Challenger battle tanks from the UK Seventh Armoured Brigade are being deployed in the deserts of Saudi Arabia for the first time in the Gulf crisis. Although...
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...