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Child benefit increase (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Paul Rowley reports on the Commons announcement by Social Security Secretary Tony Newton of an apparent u-turn with an increase of £1 a week in child benefit for the eldest child and speeches responding...
Air pollution information (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Minister for the Environment and Countryside, David Trippier, talks from the radio car, (to Peter Deeley?) about white paper recommendations for the introduction of air quality bulletins to weather reports...
Bill Wyman releases autobiography (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Bill Wyman â the bass guitarist for the Rolling Stones â talks to Michael Parkinson about his book ‘Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band’ which covers his poor childhood and the...
PM Question Time - Return of Ted Heath from Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Sally Arthy reports on Prime Minister’s Question Time in the House of Commons where former Prime Minister, Ted Heath was congratulated after his humanitarian trip to Iraq which secured the release of 33...
Situation in Middle East (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, Commons speech on the ongoing situation in Palestine and states that - in light of the recent killings of 21 Palestinians during a riot in Israel - it is inevitable the UN...
Released Iraqi hostage experience and views (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
British doctor Ron Eccles - who was a hostage in Iraq and one of 33 released on Ted Heath’s mercy flight due to having rheumatoid arthritis â speaks from his hometown Cardiff about his experience and...
Marchioness disaster court case (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Vice-Chairman of the Marchioness Action Group, Iain Philpott - a survivor of the disaster in which 51 people died after the Marchioness pleasure boat collided with the Bowbelle dredger on the River Thames...
Anglo-Irish talks and IRA violence (1990)
- Genre
- 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...
Father Denis Faul condemns the IRA (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Father Denis Faul â most well known for his role in the 1981 hunger strike âcondemns the IRA and its ongoing campaign of violence, speaking after the funeral of terrorist victim Francis Hughes. He...