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82 results found for '"Disease"' in Keywords.
BSE threat-call for cattle slaughter (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with microbiologist, Professor Richard Lacey of Leeds, calling for all UK cattle to be slaughtered because of the threat from mad cow disease or BSE. The broadcast is from the AM breakfast...
Terry-Thomas dies (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary
Comic actor Terry-Thomas has died after a 15 year battle against Parkinson’s disease. Camilla Affleck looks back at the man and his career. Harry Secombe, Richard Briers, Barbara Windsor and Lionel Blair...
Assisted suicide case dismissed in USA (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Judge Gerald McNally has dismissed a case of first degree murder brought against Dr Jack Kevorkian in Michegan, USA. Kevorkian devised a suicide machine with which Janet Atkins, who suffered from...
Farmers’ compensation changes (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Ben Gill, NFU, about changes in the way compensation is paid to UK farmers when cattle are slaughtered due to BSE, or mad cow disease. Male reporter not identified.
Typhoid sufferers escape immigration officials (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the escape of three Bangladeshi men with typhoid from North London hospitals to evade the clutches of immigration officials. Comment from Pat Nair, consultant in communicable disease at Luton and...
Roy Watts death and tribute (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; Obituary; Tribute
David Nicolle(?) looks back at the career of Thames Water Chairman Sir Roy Watts following the discovery of his body in the Thames, he was key in the privatisation of the industry. Long time colleague David...
Elderly couple found dead in Trowbridge (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Shaun Hodgetts(?) reports from Trowbridge, Wiltshire on the death of a elderly couple in their home. The police believe the husband murdered his wife before jumping from the roof, he had recently been...
Bone marrow transplant to combat Batten’s disease (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Barry Daniels whose son, Rhys Daniels, has received a bone marrow transplant to try and combat the rare Batten’s disease. He talks about further treatment Rhys is receiving; how he can come...
Germany accepts UK beef exports (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
John Fraser interviews UK agriculture minister Gillian Shephard who is claiming victory in the battle over beef exports to Germany following the scare over Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in British...
4 million pounds for heart disease research (1994)
- Genre
- Interview
Dr Ian Baird of the British Heart Foundation on the high death rates from heart disease in Britain and the research the charity is to undertake into causes with 4 million pounds of its money. Interviewer not...