Brierly Hill 90210

1990 saw several stories left with cliff-hanger endings. Iraq has invaded Kuwait with the United Nations establishing international embargoes and resolutions that clear the way for a military intervention. Nelson Mandela has been freed in South Africa but the system of apartheid is still in place. While the Berlin Wall fell and Germany re-united, many other nations from the old Eastern Bloc continue the struggle of replacing fascist leadership with new, democratically elected governments. Several states prepare for independence from the Soviet Union. The UK response to all of these important international events will be provided by a new leader, John Major having replaced Margaret Thatcher as prime minister. And so the story continues...