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Margaret Thatcher and John Major on inflation rate (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
2 bands. 1: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talks (in the 1980s?) about the need to bring down the rate of inflation to compete with our neighbours. 2: Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Major talks about...
John Smith on inflation and interest rates (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Shadow Chancellor John Smith on the present inflation and interest rates, which he puts down to mismanagement of the economy. Male interviewer not identified.
Inflation rate the highest for eight years (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Inflation has soared to 10.6 per cent, the highest rate for eight years. Report includes excerpts from the Queen’s Speech of 1979, which identified controlling inflation as a priority, and Margaret...
Bride of Baghdad returns home (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Lynne Wilson reports on the return to Beverley on North Humberside of Debbie Hayes, the so-called Bride of Baghdad, following her marriage to fiance Leslie Roberts in a televised ceremony organised by Iraqi...
UK troops to be sent to Saudi Arabia (1990)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Defence Secretary Tom King (in the House of Commons?), announcing that Britain is sending six thousand troops and one hundred and twenty tanks to Saudi Arabia to join the international forces...
Seventh Armoured Brigade prepares for Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Catherine Field reports from West Germany where members of Britain’s Seventh Armoured Brigade (Desert Rats) are preparing for their posting to Saudi Arabia to join the international forces opposing Saddam...
Western hostages return from Kuwait telling of atrocities (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Simon Bowden reports from Gatwick Airport on the return of 400 Western hostages including 26 Britons from Kuwait on an Iraqi airliner following the invasion by Iraqi forces. Stories have emerged of innocent...
HMS London heads for Gulf (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report by Paul Maurice on board the warship HMS London, on preparations prior to its journey to the Persian Gulf for deployment in the war against Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait. Includes interviews...
Western hostages from Kuwait tell of atrocities (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
James Matthews reports from Baghdad where a handful of British women and children have arrived on their way home to the UK following the invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi troops. The former hostages say Iraqi...
German reunification treaty signed (1990)
- Genre
- News report; News bulletin
1.00 pm IRN news bulletin read by Ruth Hill focusing on the signing of the treaty sanctioning the reuniting of East and West Germany. Foreign ministers from Britain, the Soviet Union, France and the United...