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  • England fans cause trouble on journey home (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Vox pop

    England football fans returning home from the football World Cup in Italy have been involved in violence in Paris. Approximately 400 fans were put on a special train back to the UK after violence on the...

  • Police hunt suspect in swimming pool stabbing (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Special; Speech

    Detective Superintendent Roland Harris describes the suspect in the murder of Dietmar Kirchner at Park Road Swimming Pool in North London and believes there was no motive. The pool is now closed with a...

  • Small bomb explodes in the Strand (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    A small bomb has exploded in a dustbin in the Strand, causing travel problems across London. Clayre Gribben reports and talks to witnesses at the scene: dustman Ron Wilkins, bus driver Joe Moreland(?), local...

  • Week in Parliament (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    Peter Murphy reports on the week’s events in Parliament: complaints over volume and bogus points of order as the House of Commons is now on television; minister Robert Jackson’s remark on bombs in his...

  • Northern Ireland talks about talks (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on the talks about all-party talks to move forward the peace process in Northern Ireland. At a news conference following talks between them Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke and Irish Foreign...

  • Career of Nicholas Ridley (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Peter Russell looks back at the political career of Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley who has resigned over his comments on Europe in The Spectator. He was well known for his political gaffes, 2 of which are...

  • British Muslims uphold fatwa (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special; Speech

    Grant Ferrett(?) reports on the fatwa, issued by the late Ayatollah Khomeini on 14/02/89 against author Salman Rushdie, being upheld by a conference of British Muslims organised by the Muslim Institute....

  • Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley has resigned (1990)

    Genre
    News bulletin; News report; Speech

    Iain Ramage reads the 18.00 IRN news bulletin focusing on Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley resigning over comments in The Spectator on Europe. With reports from Westminster from political editor Peter Murphy...

  • German currencies reunified (1990)

    Genre
    News report; News bulletin; Vox pop

    17.00 news read by Julie Benson focusing on the economic reunification of Germany as the now worthless East German Ost mark is traded in for the powerful West German Deutsche mark. Includes report from East...

  • Nurse Daphne Parish freed from Iraq (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Nicky Broyd reports on the release of British nurse Daphne Parish, accused of spying, from prison in Iraq on humanitarian grounds after the intervention of Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda. With comment from...