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  • British Steel to close Scottish strip mill (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Mike Lloyd reports on the decision by British Steel to close a strip mill at Ravenscraig in Scotland, with the loss of 800 jobs, and move it to South Wales. Shocked and angry reaction from Scottish Industry...

  • Army van bombed in Wembley (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference; Vox pop

    Clive Myrie reports from the scene of an IRA bomb attack on an army van outside a recruitung office in Wembley, London yesterday which killed one soldier, Charles Chapman, and injured another. Includes vox...

  • Report on RUC collusion published (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    The controversial report into alleged collusion in Northern Ireland between members of the security forces and paramilitary organisations has just been published. Headed by John Stevens, deputy Chief...

  • TV documentary on Keith Blakelock killing (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Andrew Hall, lawyer for Winston Silcott, one of the 3 men convicted through uncorroborated confessions for the killing of PC Keith Blakelock in the Broadwater Farm Estate riots, comments on the television...

  • Prince Charles on the destruction of the rainforests (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Environment correspondent John Allen reports on the Prince of Wales’s speech to the Royal Geographical Society in London. Prince Charles spoke out on the problems posed by the loss of the world’s...

  • Government plans redevelopment of Strangeways (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    The Government has announced plans for the redevelopment of riot-torn Strangeways prison, at a cost of sixty million pounds. The aim is to modernise the Victorian jail that was badly damaged when it was...

  • Neil Kinnock criticises Thatcher at Welsh Labour conference (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Labour leader Neil Kinnock speaking in Swansea, at the Welsh Labour Party conference. He branded Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher a twister and said that the Tory Government as a whole operates a Big Lie...

  • Kenneth Baker on Kinnock’s Big Lie speech (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Conservative Party Chairman Kenneth Baker listened to the Neil Kinnock’s Big Lie speech at the Welsh Labour Party conference in Swansea, and tells political correspondent Elena Curti what he thinks of it.

  • John Gummer says British beef is safe (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Andrew Neil Breakfast. Agriculture Minister John Gummer states that British beef is safe (despite the presence of BSE in the British herd) and may still be eaten safely by everyone. He is backed up by the...

  • Stevens Inquiry finds security forces leaked information to terrorists (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    The Stevens Inquiry found that security forces leaked confidential information on IRA suspects to loyalist terrorists. Ken Livingstone has complained that the report was not published in full. Ian Gow,...