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GATT crisis talks collapse in Brussels (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
EC Agriculture Commissioner, Ray MacSharry, and British Farm Minister, John Gummer on the collapse of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks in Brussels. European correspondent John Fraser...
John Wakeham on electricity share prices (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
UK Energy Secretary, John Wakeham denies that the Government sold the electrical supply industry cheaply. In the move to privatise the industry, share prices have reached 172 pence, giving investors an...
John Taylor on Conservative race row (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative parliamentary candidate, barristerJohn Taylor responds to questions about fellow Conservative, Bill Galbraith, who sparked a race row by saying he did not want a black man as his own MP. Speaks...
Esther Rantzen launches No Smacking Week campaign (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Esther Rantzen, founder of the confidential children’s helpline, Childline, talks about EPOCH (End Physical Punishment of Children) and its campaign, No Smacking Week. She says children who are smacked as...
Judith Chaplin appointed as Political Secretary (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Prime Minister John Major has appointed Judith Chaplin as Political Secretary, following the appointment of Sarah Hogg as Head of the Policy Unit. Chaplin talks about what her job entails. She says the PM...
British hostages arrive back in the UK (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
British hostages have arrived back in the UK after being freed by Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Susan Reed(?) is happy that her husband George Reed(?), a medical engineer, is home; George says he did try to escape...
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...
John Wakeham on electricity share price rise (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Energy Secretary John Wakeham dismisses accusations that the privatized electricity supply industry was sold too cheaply. Shares have risen to 172 pence, giving investors an instant profit of 72 pounds....
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...
Out-of-court settlement for haemophilia sufferers who contracted AIDS (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Health Secretary, William Waldegrave on the out-of-court settlement awarded to a group of haemophilia sufferers who contracted the AIDS virus through blood transfusions. Male reporter not identified.