Search results for ‘HIV’
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US doctor who ‘cured’ baby with HIV
A baby born with HIV in Mississippi was given high doses of three antiretroviral drugs by Dr Hannah Gay, now the little girl shows no evidence of the disease in her blood.
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England v Poland at Wembley – ITN archive (1973)
England face Poland tonight at Wembley, needing a win to be certain of World Cup qualification. Almost exactly 40 years ago, the national side were in a similar position, as ITN’s David Rose reported.
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ITN archive: Gibraltar votes to stay British (1967)
Britain and Spain have been sporadically at loggerheads over Gibraltar since 1704. In 1967 the territory held its first-ever referendum, producing a resounding vote in favour of British sovereignty.
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HIV tests: safe, accurate – and now available at home
Worried about HIV? From next April you’ll be able to take a simple test at home. It’s aimed at removing the stigma over the disease – and turning tests into a procedure which could save your life.
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National Archives reveal government secrets from 1980s
As secret government papers released by the national archives shed fresh light on the 1980s, Channel 4 News asks for your memories of the decade.
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Britain’s Polaris deterrent – ITN archive (1967/8)
As the government reviews renewal of the Trident nuclear deterrent, Ian Searcey dives into the ITN archives and pulls up two items from the beginnings of the Royal Navy’s atomic programme.
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Iran archive: Ahmadinejad’s 2005 election
After a first round of voting, the 2005 battle for the Iranian presidency came down to two contenders: former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran’s hard-line mayor.
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Immigration archive: coming and going
ITN reporters in the 1960s quiz newly arrived immigrants on why they have moved to the UK – as well as asking those leaving these shores about their motivation.
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Immigration archive: Conservative divisions (1994)
The Conservative party, past and present, has often seemed bitterly divided about European integration, the threat of open national borders and the free movement of people throughout the EU.
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Immigration archive: Ugandan Asians in Leicester (1972)
In 1972, Idi Amin expelled Uganda’s Asians, many of whom were British citizens and settled in the UK. At the time, ITN visited Leicester to find out how immigrants were coping.
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Immigration archive: resettling the boat people (1984)
The end of the Vietnam war prompted an exodus of refugees, 19,000 of whom found their way, via Hong Kong, to the UK. A 1984 Channel 4 News looked at how one Vietnamese family had fared in Britain.
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Nudist beach opens in Brighton (1980) – ITN archive
Viewers tuning in on 1 April 1980 may have thought they were the victims of a hoax, as ITN reported the opening of the UK’s first nudist breach in Brighton.
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Easter parade, Battersea Park (1980) – ITN archive
April 1980. What do you do if it’s a quiet news day and someone says: “There’s an Easter parade at Battersea Park. Get down there and give me a minute on it!”?
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Easter weddings: for love or money (1961) – ITN archive
The charming ITN archive catalogue card for this item on Easter weddings from 1 April 1961 is titled: “Was it to get a rebate?”
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Demagogue Chavez prompts tensions with US archive
In this report from March 2006, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman looks at the growing tensions between Venezuela, led by the populist Hugo Chavez, and the US.