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Funeral of Ian Gow (1990)
- Genre
- Music; News report; Speech
Report from the funeral of Conservative MP, Ian Gow, who was killed by an IRA car bomb on 30/07/90. Includes powerful statement against the IRA by the Bishop of Lewes, Peter Ball, and a reading by Prime...
Death of a worker on the Channel Tunnel raises health and safety issues (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Yigal Chazan reports as Health and Safety watchdogs have launched an investigation after the death of Channel Tunnel construction worker Charles McCourt. McCourt was killed by an electric shock only three...
Queen Mother revisits school hit by German bomb fifty years ago (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
David Piper talks to Bill Bartley, a local, who gives an account of the scenes and royal visit to South Hallsville School in Newham, in London’s East End, 50 years ago, which the Queen Mother is due to...
Acid house partygoers to sue police (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
23 year-old Sharon Riley from Lancashire and her sister are set to sue West Yorkshire Police. She claims she was badly beaten by riot police when they raided an acid party eleven days previously. The party,...
Princess Anne nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Grant Ferrett(?) reports on Princess Anne’s nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize for her role as President of Save the Children. Her name was put forward by Zambian President, Kenneth Kaunda. Buckingham...
Aldershot Football Club loses battle over debts (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Aldershot Football Club loses a High Court battle for survival over debts of 490 thousand pounds. The club’s chairman Colin Hancock, who invested a quarter of a million pounds from his own pocket, blames...
Reading Station, scene of train collision (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Investigators are at the scene of the train crash at Reading station in which at least 40 people were hurt. Interview with Pauline Bagley of the West Berkshire Health Authority who describes the mock-up of a...
Iraq claims to have overthrown Kuwaiti Government (1990)
- Genre
- News bulletin; News report; Interview
Kuwait has appealed for urgent help from Arab countries to repel the invasion by Iraq. This comes after Iraq claims to have overthrown the Kuwaiti Government. The British Embassy was caught in the crossfire...
Fighting continues in Kuwait (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Gareth Furby speaks to John Raine(?), who is outside the British Embassy in Kuwait. Fighting between Kuwait and Iraq still continues, and a curfew is in place in Kuwait City.
Douglas Hurd on action to be taken against Iraq (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
UK Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd confirms that Britain will take action with its allies against Iraq unless Iraq withdraws its troops from Kuwait in the next few days.