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Closure of Mardy Colliery (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
John Gripton reports on the pithead community service marking the closure of Mardy, the last remaining colliery in the Rhondda Valleys and reaction to the closure. Includes interviews with miner Len Evans;...
EEC agreements on the environment (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Environment Minister David Trippier speaking to John Fraser from Brussels on the agreements reached by EEC ministers to accelerate the reduction of CFCs and impose standards on the motor industry to reduce...
Closure of Mardy Colliery (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report; Vox pop
Sally Johnson reporting on the closure of Mardy Colliery, the last remaining colliery in the Rhondda Valleys. Includes reaction from NUM lodge chairman Mike Richards; vox pop with locals including miner Eric...
Princess Di visits forces families in Germany (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Roger Woods reporting on the Princess of Wales’ pre-Christmas visit to Germany in support of the families of servicemen posted to the Gulf. Includes Princess Diana’s speech to wives at Hohne Garrison in...
John Major’s first visit to USA as Prime Minister (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Nick Peters reporting on John Major’s first visit to America as Prime Minister and his meeting with President George H. W. Bush with major issues being possible conflict in the Gulf if Saddam Hussein fails...
Margaret Thatcher’s resignation honours list (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Peter Russell reports for LBC Newstalk breakfast on Margaret Thatcher’s resignation honours list. Includes Maurice de Rohan condemning the life peerage for P & O Chairman Jeffrey Stirling, on behalf of the...
IRA Christmas ceasefire (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Chairman of the Conservative Party Backbench Committee on Northern Ireland Ivor Stanbrook on the three day Christmas ceasefire by the IRA. Welcoming the announcement but arguing the ceasefire is for...
Salamn Rushdie fatwa (1990)
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- Interview
Frances de Souza on behalf of Salman Rushdie following Rushdie’s meeting with moderate Muslim leaders, his distancing from the blasphemous statements made by characters in The Satanic Verses and agreement...
Kalim Siddiqui on Rushdie fatwa (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Director of the Muslim Institute Dr Kalim Siddiqui following Salman Rushdie’s distancing from the blasphemous statements made by characters in The Satanic Verses and agreement not to publish a paperback...
Gulf crisis Christmas (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Speech
Paul Woodley reports from the USA as the January 15th deadline approaches for Iraq to leave Kuwait, and as Iraq is recalling its diplomats from the USA. Includes extract from President George H. W. Bush’s...