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403 results found for all records.
Margaret Thatcher addresses Scots on socialism (1990)
- Genre
- News bulletin; Speech
Chris Carnegy reads part of the LBC Crown FM news bulletin, focusing on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s speech to the Scottish Conservative Party conference. Includes short excerpt of speech in which...
James Baker announces Gulf blockade (1990)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Speech
News bulletin. The US naval blockade of Iraq is officially on - announced by the US Secretary of State, James Baker. A British man, Douglas Croskery, has been shot while trying to escape from Kuwait, and is...
British man shot dead escaping Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin
8 o’clock news read by Steve Allen focusing on British businessman, Douglas Croskery from Whitley Bay on Tyneside, being shot dead whilst trying to escape from Iraqi-occupied Kuwait. British Foreign...
Return of Iraqi hostages (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; News report; Press conference
Howard Hughes reads the IRN 9am news bulletin, focusing on the release of 200 women and children hostages from Baghdad who have arrived back in to Heathrow Airport. Their menfolk remain behind. Includes...
News bulletin on Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- News bulletin; Speech
2 clips. 1: IRN news bulletin, read by Julie Benson, including a report on heavy armour being sent along with troops and fighter planes to Iraq. Defence Secretary Tom King says Iraq’s aggression cannot be...
German reunification treaty signed (1990)
- Genre
- News report; News bulletin
1.00 pm IRN news bulletin read by Ruth Hill focusing on the signing of the treaty sanctioning the reuniting of East and West Germany. Foreign ministers from Britain, the Soviet Union, France and the United...
German reunification treaty signed (1990)
- Genre
- Speech; News bulletin
News bulletin read by Ruth Hill focusing on the signing of the treaty sanctioning the reuniting of East and West Germany. Foreign ministers from Britain, the Soviet Union, France and the United States put...
UK to join ERM (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin; Press conference
News bulletin read by Ruth Hill, on the Government’s decision to enter Britain into Europe’s exchange rate mechanism (ERM). Includes statements by Chancellor, John Major; Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.
Channel tunnel break through links UK and France (1990)
- Genre
- News report; News bulletin
IRN 22.00 news bulletin with Katherine Kelly, focusing on the breaking through by bore hole in the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France â the first time since the Ice Age. Includes report by Leon...
Thatcher fails first round of leadership contest (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference; Speech; News bulletin
19.00 news bulletin read by Julie Benson. Focuses on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher failing an outright win in the first round of the Conservative Party leadership battle, including press conferences...