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Michael Cashman on gay rights for Britons (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
A new British lobby group for homosexual rights, Stonewall Group, sent a delegation to Brussels today to call for EEC action to end discrimination against gay people. Chairman of the group, actor Michael...
Peter O’Toole literary luncheon (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
A special literary luncheon has been held at Grosvenor House in honour of actor Peter O’Toole. He’s soon to finish his run in the West End hit Geoffrey Barnard is Unwell at the Apollo Theatre. He...
Commons debates South African reform (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Paul Rowley reports from Westminster on the first Commons debate on F. W. De Klerk’s historic speech which announced the lifting of the 30 year ban on the ANC and the releasing of leading black...
Rebel cricket tour of South Africa (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Alison Campbell reports from South Africa on demonstrations against a rebel England team cricket tour being broken up by police. Demonstrator heard asking why UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is allowing...
Bush defends USA high defence budget (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Nick Peters reports on US President George H.W. Bush being put under pressure over changes in the USSR - his high spending on the defence budget can no longer be attributed to needs of the Cold War. Includes...
Young girl victim of vicious attack (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
John McIntyre reports on the police investigation into the abduction and sexual assault of a seven year-old girl. Her clothes have been found at the Devil’s Dyke beauty spot near Brighton. Contributions...
Journalists deported from South Africa (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Shadow Foreign Secretary Gerald Kaufman is shocked by Margaret Thatcher’s remarks about the expulsion from South Africa of a journalist from the Today newspaper and IRN’s Gareth Furby. The prime...
Calls for Clockwork orange inquiry (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
There’s been a fresh appeal for an inquiry into claims that members of the security forces carried out a campaign of disinformation against politicians in the 1970s over Northern Ireland (the Colin...
Baby abducted from car (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Simon Bowden reports on the abduction of five-and-a-half month-old baby Ames Glover from a car while his father, Paul Glover, went to get a takeaway curry. Police spokesman Alan Billany describes the events,...
Colin Wallace affair to be investigated (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
The Colin Wallace or Clockwork Orange affair (undercover dirty tricks campaign in the 1970s over Northern Ireland) is to be investigated by the all party Commons Defence Select Committee. Labour’s...