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Towyn flood defences not up to the job (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
More than two thousand homeless people at Towyn in North Wales are expecting another high tide to bring yet more devastation to the already flood-damaged town. The sea wall has been damaged, and residents...
Sam McCluskie on Ron Brown MP (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP, Ron Brown could be at the end of his parliamentary career, having been convicted of smashing up his former lover’s flat. Sam McCluskie, a member of Labour’s executive committee, says Brown...
Ron Brown MP on personal scandal (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour’s ruling National Executive will today decide whether to re-run the selection contest for controversial MP, Ron Brown. The move follows a vote of no confidence by his constituency party in...
Marchioness victims call for compensation (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
The relatives of 51 people who died in the Marchioness pleasure boat disaster say their grief has been aggravated by a row over compensation. Patrick Allen, solicitors’ spokesman, explains the reasons...
Royal couple visit Welsh flood victims (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Prince and Princess of Wales’s visit to the flooded coastal areas of Clwyd, North Wales, talking to people who have lost their homes. Many evacuees are still in the emergency centre set...
Kenneth Baker defends community charge (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Conservative Party chairman Kenneth Baker after 18 Conservatives resigned the whip over the community charge. Baker defends the charge and refutes suggestions that the Government is in a mess...
Cairo hotel fire kills tourists (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with James Sharp from the British Embassy in Cairo, following a fire in a luxury hotel in the city. There have been deaths and many people are missing. Gareth Furby asks about the fire, and what...
South American bike ride for charity (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with 27 year-old Tim Fouraker from Purley in Surrey, who has been making the final preparations for his five-month cycle ride across the Andes in South America to raise money for research into...
Nelson Mandela to visit England (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Archbisop Trevor Huddleston discusses the forthcoming visit to England of Nelson Mandela. He says the main topic of conversation when the former political prisoner visits a pop concert next month will be...
Cairo hotel burns down, killing 16 (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a fire in a luxury hotel in Cairo in which three Britons have been killed. James Sharp, a British Embassy official, describes the tragedy; hotel guest and survivor, Mrs Frances Beebee(?) gives her...