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Conservatives revolt over ERM overcome (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
The Conservative Government has overcome a revolt against the UK joining the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by winning endorsement by 300 votes to 227. During a debate in the House of Commons, Prime...
British teens accused of drug smuggling in Thailand (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Heather Lima(?) reports on British women 17 year-old Patricia Cahill and 18 year-old Karyn Smith ahead of their trial in Thailand on drugs smuggling charges. They were discovered at Bangkok Airport with...
Child benefit increase (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Paul Rowley reports on the Commons announcement by Social Security Secretary Tony Newton of an apparent u-turn with an increase of £1 a week in child benefit for the eldest child and speeches responding...
PM Question Time - Return of Ted Heath from Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Sally Arthy reports on Prime Minister’s Question Time in the House of Commons where former Prime Minister, Ted Heath was congratulated after his humanitarian trip to Iraq which secured the release of 33...
Anglo-Irish talks and IRA violence (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Mark Phillips reports on Anglo-Irish talks stalling amid a wave of IRA violence. Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke and Irish Foreign Minister Gerry Collins condemn the IRA proxy bombs at Irish border...
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...
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...
USA seeks support against Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Washington DC where the United States is moving to breathe new life into the international alliance against Iraq, following a lull during which President George H.W. Bush was almost...
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...