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Tories attack Labour over local taxes (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on the Conservative Party efforts to minimise losses to the Labour Party in the local elections by claiming Tory-run councils are charging lower poll tax (community charge). Includes...
Strangeways prison riots (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference by Brendan O’Friel, Governor of Strangeways Prison on the riots in the prison, he sees resolving the dispute as the main issue now. Answers press questions. Audio breaks in the middle...
Cecil Parkinson on private road building (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson defending private investment in road building in addition to the usual public roadbuilding programme and toll payments. He has announced plans to build 6...
Labour councils threaten legal action over poll tax capping (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Kevin Murphy interviews Local Government Minister David Hunt about local Labour councils threatening legal action over the capping of poll tax (community charge) levels and the Labour Party stance as a whole...
John MacGregor on NASUWT strike (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Richard Dallyn interviews Education Secretary John MacGregor about a one day strike by members of the UK’s second largest teaching union the NASUWT in protest to a government imposed pay award and over...
Strangeways Prison siege (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report on the ongoing siege of Strangeways Prison in Manchester which began due to inmates’ treatment by the authorities. 46-year-old David White, awaiting trial for sex offences, was confirmed as dead...
Bill to allow Hong Kong Chinese to migrate to UK (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Kevin Murphy interviews Conservative rebel MP George Gardiner over the Parliamentary bill to allow 225,000 Hong Kong Chinese the right to settle in the UK after the Chinese handover in 1997. He believes it...
British woman murdered in Cherbourg (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the murder of British woman 24-year-old Alison Dutton in Cherbourg, France where she worked at an export firm. She was stabbed 17 times and was found by her French fiance. Her employer Paul Cutler...
David Waddington on latest at Strangeways Prison siege (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Murphy interviews Home Secretary David Waddington about an inquiry headed by Lord Justice (Harry) Woolf into the Strangeways Prison riot in Manchester and the action being taken to end the ongoing...
Last few inmates hold out in Strangeways Prison siege (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Report on the last remaining inmates holding out at Strangeways Prison and the continuing negotiations to end the 5-day siege. Speakers are Prison Officers Association branch chairman for Strangeways, Ivor...