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Bristol car bombing - Reaction (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Detective Chief Inspector John Harland comments on the recent detonation of a car bomb in Bristol, it is thought by animal rights activists. Bristol Animal Aid co-ordinator Jean Hall says the attack will not...
English football hooligans in Italy (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report from Italy, where English football fans clashed violently with Italians and Italian police. British Embassy spokesperson Kay Coombes(?) on what sparked off the trouble, and numbers arrested and...
Peter Shilton on England’s chances in World Cup (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
England goalkeeper Peter Shilton speaks at the 1990 World Cup in Italy. He talks about the honour of following on from Pat Jennings, and winning his 120th cap. Andrew Gidley reports.
British Airways pilot almost sucked out of plane (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Captain Timothy Lancaster, the pilot who was almost sucked out of the cockpit of his jet while 23,000 feet in the air. So far British Airways has not commented on the incident, but Air...
British Airways pilot almost sucked out of plane (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
The Chief Executive of British Airways has today been at the hospital bedside of a pilot who was almost sucked to his death when a cockpit window blew out on a holiday jet plane at the weekend. Sir Colin...
30th anniversary of the contraceptive pill (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the contraceptive pill. Dilys Cossey of the Family Planning Association describes the features of the pill. Dr Clifford Kay, Director of the Royal...
Margaret Thatcher refuses public money for Channel Tunnel link (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
In the House of Commons, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher effectively refuses to put any Government money into the building of the high-speed rail link for the Channel Tunnel. She is also defiant on the...
Home Secretary on custodial sentences (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Home Secretary, David Waddington on the Government’s decision to reassert its commitment to alternatives to custodial sentences at the annual meeting of the National Association of Probation and Bail...
Grandmother chases bogus social worker (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
An angry grandmother has chased off a bogus social worker who tried to molest her five month-old baby granddaughter. Detective Inspector Ken Brodie from Plympton CID tells reporter Julie Sedgwick how the...
John Wakeham on nuclear power stations (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
The Secretary of State for Energy, John Wakeham, has made an unexpected speech in which he said that Britain will need more nuclear power stations if it is going to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions...