Results
39,247 results found for all records.
Swindon Town Football Club wins appeal against relegation (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Swindon Town will remain in the Second Division after the football club won an appeal against demotion for financial irregularities at the FA’s Board of Appeal. Manager, Osvaldo (or Ossie) Ardiles will...
Jim Swire calls for full investigation into transport security (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Dr Jim Swire, the father of a Lockerbie bombing victim, speaks to James Matthews about airport security after smuggling a fake semtex bomb through Heathrow Airport to test security levels. Dr Swire has met...
Select Committee discusses sanctions against South Africa (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
While Nelson Mandela met with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, discussions on sanctions were being discussed at a Select Committee hearing. Comment from Labour MP and committee chairman Robert Hughes;...
Train driver awarded damages for trauma of Kings Cross fire (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Train driver Arthur Barrett(?) has been awarded damages for psychological trauma from London Underground after rescuing passengers on the night of the 1987 Kings Cross Station fire. Desmond Fennell QC...
South African seal cull protest (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
The cull of seals in South Africa has been temporarily suspended after animal rights activists protested against the country’s plans. Christine Berry from Beauty Without Cruelty says they will not stop...
Sir Bob Reid on British Rail operating loss (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
An interview with British Rail Chairman, Sir Bob (Robert Basil) Reid discussing British Rail’s announcement of an operating loss for the first time in five years. Male interviewer not identified.
Multiple elderly rape case (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on a man identified here only as Rodriguez(?) being sentenced to 17 years in prison by Mr Justice Allott(?) for sexual assaults on elderly people in Sussex, Surrey and Kent. Chief Inspector Alan...
Harry Rimmer urges football fans not to seek revenge for Heysel Stadium disaster (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
The leader of Liverpool City Council, Harry Rimmer urges football fans in Turin not to seek revenge for the Heysel Stadium disaster ahead of England’s World Cup semi-final against Germany. Male interviewer...
Joan Ruddock on the Marchioness disaster (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour Party transport spokeswoman Joan Ruddock, following Attorney General Sir Patrick Mayhew’s announcement that there will be no further charges related to the Marchioness riverboat disaster (20/08/89)....
Jimmy Knapp on British Rail operating losses (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Leader of the National Union of Railwaymen, Jimmy Knapp discusses British Rail’s first operating loss in 5 years, claiming that it was caused by a lack of Government support and not by union strikes. Knapp...