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Freed Iraqi hostage speaks of experience (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Freed British hostage, Edward May speaks of his treatment by Iraqi guards in Kuwait and surmises the illiterate and ill-equipped guards were frightened of the hostages, not the other way around. He says the...
Compulsory teacher assessments in schools across England and Wales (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
UK Education Secretary, Kenneth Clarke explains the initiative for compulsory assessments of teachers in schools in England and Wales. He says teachers’ trade unions welcome the decision, as the results...
GATT crisis talks collapse in Brussels (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
EC Agriculture Commissioner, Ray MacSharry, and British Farm Minister, John Gummer on the collapse of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks in Brussels. European correspondent John Fraser...
John Wakeham on electricity share prices (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
UK Energy Secretary, John Wakeham denies that the Government sold the electrical supply industry cheaply. In the move to privatise the industry, share prices have reached 172 pence, giving investors an...
John Taylor on Conservative race row (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Conservative parliamentary candidate, barristerJohn Taylor responds to questions about fellow Conservative, Bill Galbraith, who sparked a race row by saying he did not want a black man as his own MP. Speaks...
Esther Rantzen launches No Smacking Week campaign (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Esther Rantzen, founder of the confidential children’s helpline, Childline, talks about EPOCH (End Physical Punishment of Children) and its campaign, No Smacking Week. She says children who are smacked as...
Judith Chaplin appointed as Political Secretary (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Prime Minister John Major has appointed Judith Chaplin as Political Secretary, following the appointment of Sarah Hogg as Head of the Policy Unit. Chaplin talks about what her job entails. She says the PM...
British hostages arrive back in the UK (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
British hostages have arrived back in the UK after being freed by Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Susan Reed(?) is happy that her husband George Reed(?), a medical engineer, is home; George says he did try to escape...
Prince Charles on sewage recycling (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales speaks at a meeting of water and sewage company representatives, urging a leap in imagination to plough sewage and sludge back into the land in place of harmful chemicals,...
Terminally ill boy gains world record for 33 million get well cards (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Marion Shergold, mother of 11 year-old terminal cancer sufferer Craig, has received over 33 million get well cards and has earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Senders from around the world...