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Trial of accused spy (1989)
- Genre
- News report
Tim Crook reports on the trial coming to an end of a man calling himself Irwin van Haarlem(?), accused of operating as a spy in Britain for Czech intelligence and aiding Soviet refuseniks. He has pleaded not...
Duke of Edinburgh makes speech on environmental issues to Britain’s scientists (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Oni Bhattacharya reports on a speech to British scientists by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on the need to take action on environmental issues, fossil fuels and the exploitation of the forests and oceans...
John Tower unlikely to succeed in Defense Secretary bid (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Former senator John Tower looks unlikely to succeed in his bid to be US President George H.W. Bush’s Defense Secretary following rumours over his drinking, womanising and a closeness to the defence...
Report blasts Kenneth Clarke and Edwina Currie over salmonella fiasco (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Health Secretary Kenneth Clarke and his former junior minister Edwina Currie have been criticised by an all-party commons committee report over their roles in the salmonella-infected eggs fiasco, Peter...
Concorde 20th birthday celebrations in France (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Eleanor Parkinson reports from Toulouse on the celebrations marking the 20th birthday of Concorde, the world’s first and only commercial super-sonic plane in Toulouse, France and plans for a successor....
PM Thatcher ruled out legal ban of CFC’s for the time being (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
George Matheson reports from the Saving the Ozone Layer conference in London on a speech by UK PM Margaret Thatcher (excerpt heard) ruling out a legal ban on use of ozone-destroying CFCs and callin on...
Prince Charles makes a spirited call for a ban on CFC gases (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales made a hard-hitting speech (excerpts heard) to delegates at last night’s Save the Ozone Layer International Conference dinner in London. He called for an international ban...
SLD conference held in Bournemouth (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Des Fahy reports for AM programme on the SLD conference in Bournemouth. Includes excerpt of keynote address by leader Paddy Ashdown on wish for coalition with the SDP and on Margaret Thatcher’s damaging...
Geoffrey Howe challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to reduce weapons (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe has challenged Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to scrap huge numbers of tanks, big guns and heavy armour. Speaking in Vienna on the eve of East-West talks on cutting...
Purley rail crash (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Linda Duffin reports from Purley, South London on a serious train crash where locals rushed to help emergency services; and reaction from Transport Minister Michael Portillo. Includes eyewitness accounts...