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Douglas Hurd offends Palestinians (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Paul Maurice reports from Jerusalem on the cancellation by Palestinians of a meeting they were due to have with UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd following media misquoting a statement so it seemed as though...
Tests for 7-year-olds announced (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
? Russell (male) interviews Education Secretary John MacGregor on tests for 7-year-olds being rolled out nationwide following a pilot scheme. He rejects claims by Labour’s Education spokesman Jack Straw...
Pregnant women warned not to eat liver (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Chief Medical Officer Sir Donald Acheson on Government warnings to pregnant women to stay away from liver and liver products because of fears that its high vitamin A content may cause birth defects....
Parliament debates education issues (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Paul Rowley reports from Westminster on a debate in the Commons on new school tests for 7-year-olds, with speeches from Education Secretary John MacGregor, Shadow Education Spokesman Jack Straw and Liberal...
John Major on the economy (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Graham Sidwell reports on a speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Major to leaders of the City at the Mansion House last night and what was left out (with long excerpts from speech). Speech covered...
Wandsworth Council drastically cuts spending (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Stephanie West reports on last night’s demonstration against a meeting of (Conservative) Wandsworth Council that voted through £5 million worth of cuts in spite of the opposition. Includes interviews...
Kegworth air disaster report published (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
John Wolfe, Group Managing Director of Airlines of Britain who own British Midland, welcomes the official report into the 1989 M1 air disaster near Kegworth, which killed 47 people. He describes some of...
Kegworth air disaster report published (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Aiden Canavan, the solictor acting for many of those injured and bereaved in the 1989 British Midland air crash on the M1 near Kegworth, welcomes many of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch report’s...
Kegworth air disaster report published (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Donat Desmond, husband of one of those killed and himself injured, reacts to the publication of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch report into the 1989 British Midland air crash on the M1 near Kegworth....
Kegworth air disaster report published (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour’s Transport Spokesman John Prescott welcomes the Air Accidents Investigation Branch report into the 1989 British Midland air crash on the M1 near Kegworth. He is concerned commercial factors are...