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Labour Party unveils new policy document (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
The Labour Party has unveiled its new policy document, designed to be the basis for their general election manifesto. The twenty thousand-word programme, entitled Looking to the Future, outlines the...
Conservative ministers attack new Labour policy document (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Conservative ministers have gone on the offensive against Labour’s policy review proposals. Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Norman Lamont on taxes; Employment Secretary Michael Howard calls the Labour...
Death of Major Pat Reid (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Obituary
Report following the death on 22 May 1990 of Major Pat Reid - author of The Colditz Story and one of the few prisoners to escape from the German high security POW camp. He became famous after publishing his...
Prince Philip visits Dover to see 70 Little Ships (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh has been visiting Dover to see 70 Little Ships that took part in the evacuation of thousands of allied troops from Dunkirk fifty years ago. His guide was broadcaster Raymond...
Little Ships set off for Dunkirk (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Seventy Little Ships which took part in the evacuation of British forces from the beaches of Dunkirk fifty years ago are to set off for the French port again this lunchtime. Coastguards say conditions are...
UN global warming report upon which scientists agree (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A new Government plan, put forward by Margaret Thatcher, to tackle the greenhouse effect has been given a hostile reception from green groups. But scientists working on a UN report on global warming welcome...
Australian IRA victims killed in error (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
On 27 May 1990, London-based lawyers Stephen Melrose and Nicholas Spanos were shot in their British-registered Citroen car at Roermond on the Dutch border.Two masked men opened fire. Local restaurant owner...
Australian killings by IRA in Netherlands (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Lindelle(?) Melrose, wife of murdered Australian Stephen Melrose, speaks for the first time about the moment an IRA gunman shot her husband. She saw her husband and his fellow Australian lawyer, Nick Spanos...
All-female crew complete Whitbread Round the World Race (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Special
The all-female crew of the yacht Maiden are back on dry land after becoming the first team to complete the gruelling 33,000 miles Whitbread Round the World Race. Tracy Edwards and her crew sailed home to a...
Margaret Thatcher tours Abbey Road Studios (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been touring the Abbey Road recording studios, where she has delivered her first public drum solo. She says she is inspired by the music of The Beatles. George Matheson...