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  • UN resolution condemns Israel over Jerusalem killings (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Paul Woodley reports on a vote by the UN security council condemning Israel for refusing to allow a UN commission to investigate the deaths of 21 Palestinians at the hands of Israeli security forces. It’s...

  • Thatcher rejects single currency at summit (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Helen Costello reports on the outcome of talks in Rome on monetary union which have brought a European common currency a step nearer. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has pledged not to give in to...

  • 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 – the first time since the Ice Age. Includes report by Leon...

  • Dispute over Jack Ruby pistol (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Special

    Nick Peters reports from Washington DC on a legal case in the United States over the ownership of the Colt Cobra .38 revolver used to shoot John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, by nightclub owner...

  • Thatcher on single currency (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Peter Russell reports on a House of Commons debate where Margaret Thatcher clashed with Labour Party leader, Neil Kinnock over her stance against European monetary union and single currency at a summit of...

  • Debate on Child Support Agency (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

    Sally Arthy reports on a House of Commons debate on the Government’s proposal to crackdown on parents who refuse to take on the financial responsibility of their children. The White Paper, Children Come...

  • Stars launch Autumn 90 Theatre Campaign (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Mark Phillips reports on the Autumn 90 Theatre Campaign for the Arts. A group of theatrical stars gathered at the Albery Theatre in London with the aim of highlighting the effect of the cuts by local and...

  • PC was victim of race bias, tribunal rules (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Press conference

    Simon Clarke reports from Nottingham where an industrial tribunal has found Nottinghamshire Police guilty of unlawful racial discrimination. The tribunal found they had discriminated against an Asian...

  • Medical supply ship Argus leaves Plymouth for Gulf (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Chris A’Court reports on the Royal Navy support ship, Argus, which has left Plymouth and will serve as Britain’s floating hospital in the advent of war in the Gulf. The vessel is fully equipped to deal...

  • Thatcher attacked over Gulf troop build-up (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech

    Sally Arthy reports on a House of Commons debate where Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher came under fire accused of being a war-mongerer following the decision to send British troops to the Gulf following the...