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John Major’s first day as Foreign Secretary (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Michael O’Neill interviews new Foreign Secretary John Major, along with other reporters outside the Foreign Office on his first day at the new job; receiving the appointment; issues his foreign policy will...
Annette Wade murder (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Selina(?) Hanif(?) reports on the press conference held by the parents of murdered and sexually assaulted school girl, Annette Wade in Carleton, Lancashire. Includes extracts of Mary and Brain Wade appealing...
Paul McCartney on environmental issues (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference; Music
James Matthews reports from a studio in London where Paul McCartney is rehearsing with his new band for a world tour. The former Beatle is using the occasion to promote environmental organisation Friends of...
John Major, on Hong Kong and Cambodia (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Rodney Bennett interviews the new UK Foreign Secretary John Major, at a press conference in Paris, where he speaks about Vietnamese refugee camps in Hong Kong and about the future of Cambodia.
US hostage William Higgins reported dead (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Paul Woodley reports from the United States on reaction to claims abducted American Marine, Lieutenant-Colonel William R. Higgins, has been murdered. Since his kidnapping in Lebanon on 17/02/88 there have...
Bush plea for hostages release (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on a plea by US President, George H. W. Bush for the release of all hostages held by any country in the Middle East, including Israel. The appeal from the White House was the only public...
Ted Dexter on rebel cricket tour (1989)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference featuring Ted Dexter, chairman of the TCCB, about the revelation that 16 top English cricket players are to play a rebel tour of South Africa in 1990, captained by Mike Gatting. Dexter says...
Dock strike ends-Ron Todd reacts (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press interview with TGWU leader, Ron Todd, in Middlesborough, on the official end of the national dock strike. Angry striking dockers are preparing to defy their union leaders’ call to go back to work and...
Drug gangs move into rural US states (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Paul Woodley reports on a new survey conducted by the US government which shows that America is losing the war against drugs war. The drugs scourge, as President George Bush describes it, has spread out of...
Shi’ite group suspends US hostage Cicippio’s execution (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference; Speech
Nick Peters reports from Washington DC, on relief in the United States, when the captors of Joseph Cicippio lifted their death threat against him. Cicippio is being held in Beirut by a Shi’ite terrorist...