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Engin Raghip case review (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Kerry Thomas interviews Andrew Hall, solicitor for Winston Silcott, on the case of one of the other men, Engin Raghip, convicted for the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during the Broadwater Farm Estate riots...
Troops in Gulf for Christmas (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Paul Maurice is with our troops in the Gulf and has found that morale is high, he spoke with Corporal Mark Etheridge, of Harrow, who explains that soldiers are used to being away at the festive season and...
Baghdad hostage speaks of his ordeal (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
British hostage explains how they were used as a human shield on an aviation fuel dump in Baghdad and says they didn’t feel danger at the time. He is bitter they were used as a propaganda tool. Speakers...
Troops prepare for war in Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Maurice reports on how the so-called Desert Rats have been preparing for combat in the Gulf, their day-to-day lives, food and home comforts. Morale is high in the 40th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery....
UN Security Council postpones peace conference (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The United Nations Security Council has postponed a vote on a proposed international peace conference to tackle the Arab-Israeli dispute over the occupied territories. Dr Mohammad T. Mehdi, spokesman for the...
Hostages return to UK from Kuwait (1990)
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- Interview; News report; Press conference
British hostages held by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in Kuwait have returned to Britain. Edward May on the appalling state of the Iraqi army (mainly illiterate young and old men, with poor equipment)....
Gulf hostage answers questions upon return to UK (1990)
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- Interview; Press conference
Released hostage, Graham Sims, an English teacher from Colchester, says he is glad to be back in the UK (Heathrow Airport) from Iraq. He says he became inured to his relatively easy confinement at the...
Emergency food aid summit for Russia (1990)
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- Interview; News report
John Fraser reports on the meeting of twelve finance ministers from across Europe at an emergency summit in Brussels to agree food aid for Russia following the dissolution of the USSR. European Commission...
Freed Iraqi hostage speaks of experience (1990)
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- Interview; Press conference
Freed British hostage, Edward May speaks of his treatment by Iraqi guards in Kuwait and surmises the illiterate and ill-equipped guards were frightened of the hostages, not the other way around. He says the...
Compulsory teacher assessments in schools across England and Wales (1990)
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- Interview
UK Education Secretary, Kenneth Clarke explains the initiative for compulsory assessments of teachers in schools in England and Wales. He says teachers’ trade unions welcome the decision, as the results...