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Two hostages freed (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Male British speaker (not identified) says the freeing of two hostages today (John McCarthy and Edward Tracy?) has brought optimism, but agrees there is still work to be done to resolve the hostage situation.
Freed hostage on captivity (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Through an interpreter, a French hostage (not identfiied) discusses his release, claiming the captors treated him and fed him well, with plenty of human contact. No further context supplied.
Freed hostage in good health (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
A North American hostage (Edward Tracy?) on his last few years as a captive. He says he was treated well, and feels good enough to go running.
Iraqi prisoner’s assets to be held (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Male British spokesman (not identified) says the assets of an Iraqi Ian(?) Rishta(?), may not be released whilst he is in custody, but if they are must be used for humanitarian purposes. No further context...
Soho pub bombed by IRA (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on an IRA firebomb attack on The Cambridge pub in Cambridge Circus, London, the small device used was identical to those used earlier in the year at Preston and Manchester. With comment from John...
Better disaster relief (1991)
- Genre
- interview
Overseas Development Minister Lynda Chalker tells Peter Russell she hopes to see faster and more efficient mobilisation of relief in the face of an international disaster after changes in the way relief is...
Britain’s first condom shop opens (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Special
Britain’s first condom shop opens this morning in Soho. LBC’s Peter Deeley, along with Judy Tavanyar from Condomania, talks about the shop and gets public reaction in a West London pub.
Unemployment rises again (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on unemployment rising again in July 1991 to almost 2.4 million. Employment Secretary Michael Howard insists the worst is over because the rate of increase is falling. His Labour Party shadow Tony...
Rapist escapes from Broadmoor (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Health Minister Stephen Dorrell is demanding action from the local health authority after staff at Broadmoor Hospital were blamed in an official report for allowing the escape of multiple rapist James...
Marchioness disaster official report published (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Patrick McLoughlin, the minister responsible for shipping, says his department will implement all the recommendations of the official report into the Marchioness riverboat disaster on the River Thames 2...