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204 results found for '"Peter Russell"' in Contributors.
Carbon dating proves Turin Shroud medieval (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Carbon dating of the Turin Shroud has shown that it cannot have been the sheet in which the body of Christ was laid after crucifixion. Leader of the Oxford testing, Professor Teddy Hall revealed that it was...
Metropolitan Police Federation annual meeting (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Russell reports from the Central Hall in Westminster where the Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, has attended the annual meeting of the Metropolitan Police Federation and has been told police are losing...
Prince Charles enjoys his 40th birthday in Birmingham (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales has spent his 40th birthday having a knees up in a disused Birmingham tram shed as the guest of hundreds of youngsters who’ve benefited from his charity, The Prince’s...
London gunman shot by police (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Nicola Parkinson, who witnessed a skinhead (known as Metal Mickey) with a gun take a man hostage in the West End last night. She describes the scene to Peter Russell.
Arafat rejects terrorism, accepts Israel, asks for talks (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Peter Russell reports from the United Nations in Geneva on the rejection by the United States and Israel to appeals by PLO leader Yasser Arafat for talks on an independent Palestinian state. They do not...
US to open talks with PLO (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Peter Russell reports from the United Nations in Geneva where the United States, in a major policy change, has decided to open direct talks with the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) in an effort to...
Robin Cook on leaked documents (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the Labour Party’s social security spokesman, Robin Cook, on leaked documents suggesting the poor would be denied a full rebate on their poll tax payments. He says he has a duty to protect...
Judge Cassel on child abuse verdict (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Sir Harold Cassel QC, following his decision to sentence a policeman to two years probation for a sexual assault on his 12-year-old step-daughter, because he was denied sex with his pregnant...
Mother on Judge Cassel child abuse verdict (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with the mother of a 12-year-old girl who was abused by her step-father, following the decision of Sir Harold Cassel QC to sentence the defendant to two years probation, because he had been denied...
Turk claims kidney removed without knowledge (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Unemployed Turk, Ahmet Koc claims he had no idea he was going to have a kidney removed at London’s Humana Wellington hospital even though he signed a consent form. Hospital director Ron Hytoff says Koc...