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Edward Heath on securing release of hostages (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
Former Prime Minister Edward Heath speaks to reporters after his return from Baghdad with 38 sick and elderly British hostages out of 200 being held since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Responds to queries...
IRA proxy bombs kill 6 soldiers (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Vox pop
Karen English reports on 2 IRA bomb attacks one the eve of Anglo-Irish talks at Irish border checkpoints at Newry and Londonderry, in cars driven by civilians whose families had been kidnapped- so-called...
Anglo-Irish talks and IRA violence (1990)
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- 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...
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...
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...
Brian Lenihan sacked before Irish no confidence debate (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Brian Lenihan has been sacked from the Irish Government as the price for the Progressive Democrats helping Taoiseach Charles Haughey survive a vote of no confidence following the Dublingate scandal. From...
US forces build up in Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Nick Peters reports from Washington for LBC Newstalk Breakfast on the US forces build-up in the Gulf. In a press conference, US President George H.W. Bush dodges a question about whether they are going to...
Baker and Thatcher stand together on Gulf crisis (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference with James Baker US Secretary of State speaking after visiting the Gulf and the USSR and now the UK having had meetings with Margaret Thatcher PM. On the unprecedented international...
James Baker meets Thatcher for talks on Gulf crisis (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on meeting between James Baker, US Secretary of State and UK PM Margaret Thatcher over the Gulf crisis. Includes excerpt from press conference by them after meeting, with Thatcher saying they agree in...