Results
80 results found for '"Elena Curti"' in Contributors.
Kings Cross fire report (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Elena Curti reports from Westminster on debate yesteraday which centred on the report into the Kings Cross Underground fire and its recommendations and calls for Transport Secretary Paul Channon’s...
Debate on Currie’s egg remarks (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate
Report on a Parliamentary debate following the resignation of junior health minister Edwina Currie, over her remarks about salmonella-infected eggs. Speeches by Dr David Clark; John MacGregor. Female...
Jerry Wiggin on salmonella in eggs inquiry (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Elena Curti interviews MP Jerry Wiggin, Chair of the Commons inquiry into the salmonella in eggs scare. Wiggin on his hope that former junior health minister Edwina Currie will reconsider her decision not to...
Chancellor’s budget speech (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on the Chancellor Nigel Lawson’s budget speech (with excerpts) and its contents including incentives to use lead-free petrol and reduction in National Insurance contributions from...
Pressure on Paul Channon for full public inquiry into Lockerbie (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Elena Curti reports from Westminster on the calls for Transport Secretary Paul Channon to order a public inquiry on the Lockerbie bombing and queries over warnings they gave before the attack. Includes...
Fresh alerts on cassette bombs sent to airports (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Elena Curti reports on the Department of Transport’s fresh alert to airports and airlines about the danger of radio cassette bombs, and the intensifying pressure on Transport Secretary Paul Channon to give...
Mikhail Gorbachev on nuclear weapons (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on Soviets’ views on Europe’s nuclear weapons plans. Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev talks (through an interpreter) about how they oppose the modernisation of nuclear weapons, how...
Neil Kinnock on President Gorbachev’s closing speech (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Elena Curti reports on Labour leader Neil Kinnock’s expectations of Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev’s speech (early April 1989).
Margaret Thatcher dismisses Gorbachev’s nuclear plans (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report by Elena Curti on Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher dismissing Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev’s calls (whilst in Britain, early April 1989) for a halt to modernising nuclear weapons.
President Gorbachev’s speech on nuclear disarmament (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Elena Curti reports on Soviet President, Mikhail Gorbachev’s speech on nuclear disarmament (early April 1989). UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher talks about wanting to have fewer weapons, as long as we...