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Funeral of Strangeways Prison warder who died during riot (1990)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech; Tribute
Report on the funeral of Strangeways Prison warder, Walter (Wally) Scott, who died of a heart attack after the prison riot began. More than 150 people attended the service at a church near Bury, including...
US reaction to Soviet threats against Lithuania (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the American government reaction to the Soviet Union threat to enforce an economic embargo on Lithuania which is struggling for independence. The USA could enforce its own economic restrictions on...
Margaret Thatcher visits Bermuda (1990)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Report on UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s visit to Bermuda ahead of a meeting with US President George H. W. Bush with an aim to generate good press for her. Thatcher makes a speech about Bermuda and...
Labour launches local election campaign (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech; Vox pop
Report on the launch of the Labour Party’s campaign for local council elections with getting rid of poll tax (community charge) a priority for the party and where two Conservative Party MPs disrupted...
Hostage Robert Polhill released (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
After over 3 years in captivity in Lebanon, US hostage Robert Polhill has been released. The 55-year-old Beirut University lecturer says he hopes his fellow hostages Jesse Turner and Alan Steen will soon be...
Government faces criticism of Strangeways riot handling (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Home Secretary, David Waddington, addressing the House of Commons, defends the authorities’ actions during the Strangeways Prison riot, saying that it will affect future Government policy on related...
Parliament votes on embryo testing (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Kevin Murphy reports on MPs’ vote (by a large majority in a free vote) to allow experiments on embryos for up to fourteen days after fertilisation. During the debate, Plaid Cymru’s Dafydd Wigley recalls...
American hostage Robert Polhill released from Lebanon (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
It has been revealed that American Robert Polhill is the one of three hostages being freed from Beirut. His son Brian Polhill comments. President George H. W. Bush turns people’s minds to the remaining...
Parliament debates abortion time limits (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Coverage of debate over abortion time limits. Health Minister, Virginia Bottomley; Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe; Labour MP Alice Mahon; Labour MP David Alton; Conservative MP Teresa Gorman; and Liberal...
Prince Charles launches Volunteers scheme (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales has launched a new volunteer scheme for young people, called Volunteers. He gives a speech at St James’s Palace, expressing concern for recent social unrest, and hopes to...