00:02
Market Report: Profit-taking takes toll as shares give ground00:02
Trust PEPs soar in value00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / 'Secret state' prepared for third world war: Donald Macintyre and Stephen Ward examine the documents released today00:02
Bomb charges00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / 'Secret state' prepared for third world war: Donald Macintyre and Stephen Ward examine the documents released today00:02
Style: Get back under the blankets: Tamsin Blanchard welcomes the return of the classic poncho, this time from its South American homeland00:02
Hard-up Ukrainians waltz away their woes00:02
London and Khartoum lock horns over expulsion00:02
Earl Grey: A short story by Garrison Keillor00:02
Motoring: Who on earth buys these cars?: Some of the world's more unusual models are now coming to Britain. But, says Jonathan Glancey, the most bizarre still don't make it00:02
Obituary: Stephen Waley00:02
Death on the mutiny island00:02
Gardening: Small plots with big ambitions: Size isn't everything. Anna Pavord suggests simple ways to make a little space mean a lot00:02
Rugby League: McGowan's fitness may be crucial00:02
Cuttings: Sweet victory00:02
Obituary: Pierre Holmes00:02
Christmas competition00:02
Property: So who will make the next move?: If this week's forecasts are to be believed, we are about to see an upturn in the sales of homes. It's looking good for 1994. But, says Anne Spackman, agents are still suffering palpitations00:02
Bomb charges00:02
Travel Departures: Paris flats00:02
Sporting Digest: Pools News00:02
Major on defensive over Tories' taxation record00:02
Racing: Remittance close to return00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Skating00:02
Profile: Skinned alive by Hollywood: Kim Basinger, fading sex goddess and dollars 10m loser00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Basketball: Giants smooth path past Swedes00:02
Obituary: Pierre Holmes00:02
Church Appointments00:02
William Donaldson's Week: Money down on a Cornish retreat00:02
Travel: Heathrow parking00:02
Pembroke: Sassenach stockbroker responds to a tall order00:02
Rabin confident of a deal in the peace talks 'bazaar'00:02
Property: Daydream Homes00:02
Travel Departures: Working breaks00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: IRAN / Big debt worry for ayatollahs00:02
Books: All that delirium of the brave: Romantic Ireland's dead and gone - or is it? G J Watson applauds a stand against stereotypes - 'Paddy and Mr Punch: Connections in Irish and English history' - R F Foster: Allen Lane, 22.50 pounds00:02
Peking in New Year blast over Hong Kong00:02
Food & Drink: Cold fish and mulled sake: Japanese new year lasts for days and is short on treats, says Simon Rees00:02
Obituary: Stephen Waley00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
New year heralds life and death dilemmas: French scientist finds genetic clues to long life but warns of potential for misuse as debate over fertility treatments gathers pace00:02
Man killed as he scattered father's ashes00:02
Property: So who will make the next move?: If this week's forecasts are to be believed, we are about to see an upturn in the sales of homes. It's looking good for 1994. But, says Anne Spackman, agents are still suffering palpitations00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
Children left alone told police00:02
New set of discounts and fixes00:02
I CONFESS / Susie Orbach tunes into Radio 400:02
New set of discounts and fixes00:02
Rugby League: McGowan's fitness may be crucial00:02
Letter: Cynicism and hypocrisy over Bryn Melyn's 'failure'00:02
Football: Epic ahead as Leeds aim to cut gap at top: United's tough test00:02
Ice Hockey: Walkington walks away from Beavers00:02
Travel: Home of heavenly snow: Chris Gill discovers the delights of Utah, an offbeat alternative to trendy Colorado00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Food & Drink: The cooks with winning ways: Emily Green makes her choice of the restaurants she visited last year, and sings the praises of one which, alas, is a long way from these shores00:02
Bosnia appeal00:02
Food & Drink: Don't shop for novelty value: Joanna Blythman applauds those wholesome and tasty new foods which respect traditional values - and rejects the produce of marketing men00:02
Old Lady dons her birthday suit: Bank of England puts first Governor on pounds 50 notes to mark 300th anniversary00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / The Profumo Scandal: MI5 'failed to alert ministers over affair': Stephen Ward reports on the Lord Chancellor's inquiry into espionage fears behind the case00:02
Casualty surgeons start 24-hour shifts00:02
Bets off in bank mix-up00:02
Tennis: Injured Medvedev adds to Open woe00:02
Travel: A holiday rescued by another man: Ruth Picardie made all the arrangements, but idyllic Fuerteventura was turning into a disaster until she was rescued by an old-fashioned knight with a taste for adventure00:02
Letter: Family values, political peccadilloes00:02
Heath's arms00:02
Sport: The Week in Review00:02
Half-yearly Service promotions00:02
Rugby Union: Davies pins his hopes on nine changes: Welsh seek revival00:02
Nightclub attack00:02
Travel Departures: Pickfords change00:02
Casualty surgeons start 24-hour shifts00:02
Cricket: England are wary of Marshall lore00:02
Cairo thwarts death plot00:02
New Faces for '94 / Rugby Union: Catt poised to bounce on an England place: Bath's South African-born back has marked his territory. Steve Bale on a man who is here to stay00:02
Cricket: Neale displays ability to apply unlikely lessons: Phil Neale has proved to be a considerable success as England A manager. Glenn Moore reports from Durban on the man with a plan for international prosperity00:02
Digging for treasure in a dustbin: It may be the most boring museum in the world, full of the ephemeral bric-a-brac of recent history, but to his surprise, John Windsor has become a fan of The Grange in Neasden00:02
Bets off in bank mix-up00:02
South-east's economy still counting cost of recession: Regional disparities narrow - North-west's relative decline continues - East Anglia has biggest rise in share of GDP00:02
China joins fast lane to money and mayhem: Despite congested roads, the motor sector is sure the country wants more cars. Teresa Poole reports00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: CUBA / Castro's failing magic00:02
HIV robber bit man00:02
Food & Drink: And once more with Freeling00:02
Football: Gascoigne all-clear lifts Lazio00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
The Way I Was: The worms eat you, but it doesn't matter: Sarah Miles tells Nicholas Roe what changed her life as a child00:02
The blonde's bombshell00:02
New Faces for '94 / Rugby Union: Robinson is open to change: Steve Bale looks forward to some heavyweight moments in the weekend's rugby union00:02
Rao's finance minister survives pounds 1bn scandal00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: IRAN / Big debt worry for ayatollahs00:02
Heath's arms00:02
Saturday Night: 1993: is that all there is to a year?00:02
Motoring: Volkswagen's new Golf has a solid centre but is soft on top: The latest Golf Cabriolet proves that it is equal to the British winter, even with the roof down. Phil Llewellin was impressed / Road Test00:02
ARTS / And What's More ..00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
THEATRE / Kissing in the back row: Paul Taylor on Stupid Cupid, Phil Wilmott's foray into Hollywood 'romance', at the Battersea Arts Centre00:02
The Way I Was: The worms eat you, but it doesn't matter: Sarah Miles tells Nicholas Roe what changed her life as a child00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / British Rail: Beeching branded 'PR disaster' over rail network cuts00:02
Scottish Football: Celtic fired up for Parkhead mission00:02
Today's Number: 9900:02
Kremlin nurtures rouble with ban on the mighty dollar: Curbs designed to bolster local currency and cut inflation00:02
Loyalist group to fight on00:02
London and Khartoum lock horns over expulsion00:02
Peace needs patience, says Rabin00:02
Homing instinct00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
Cuttings: Sweet victory00:02
Tietmeyer dampens hopes for rate cut00:02
Hockey: South-East's well-timed run00:02
Table Tennis: Chen aims to turn tables00:02
'Designer babies' ruled out in UK: Nicholas Timmins examines the latest twists in the medical and ethical debate over 'designer children'00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Letter: Campaigning for Susan Carter00:02
Cricket: England are wary of Marshall lore00:02
Gardening: Tool Box: Fan heater comes without the hot air00:02
Travel Departures: Travel bookshelf00:02
Appeals: Thomas Wright exhibition centre and garden00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: GERMANY / Doomsday scenarios that can be ignored00:02
Letter: Family values, political peccadilloes00:02
Look east for new year opportunities: Nic Cicutti finds fund managers impressed by Japan's recovery00:02
Sport: The Week in Review00:02
Heart Searching: A new year, new hope, new love: Are you hoping that 1994 will be the year that things fall into place? Lynne Curry takes a look at some of the happier stories of 199300:02
BOOK REVIEW / Over the edge of the world: 'Clare' - John MacKenna: The Blackstaff Press pounds 6.9500:02
Family of 12 murdered after women's love affairs00:02
Food & Drink: And once more with Freeling00:02
Letter: Cynicism and hypocrisy over Bryn Melyn's 'failure'00:02
Stock market ends the year with a whimper: Robert Chote looks back on a bullish twelve months and finds that dealers and private investors expect further gains from 199400:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
Bookshop Window00:02
Appointments00:02
Old Bore's Almanac: The mist clears and a tall, dark stranger appears: The new year brings a chance to ring the changes. Hugh Bateson examines the tea leaves and offers his predictions00:02
Country Matters: Red stain on a white carpet00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Mr Methane's tunes put the wind up insurers00:02
Racing: Frost threat00:02
Cash row threatens to wreck NY mayor's honeymoon period: Rudy Giuliani, who takes office today, has to sell Republican policies to a Democratic city, writes Peter Pringle00:02
Sport: Quotes of the Week00:02
Kremlin nurtures rouble with ban on the mighty dollar: Curbs designed to bolster local currency and cut inflation00:02
MUSIC / A rousing clash of symbols: Elgar, icon of Englishness and suitable case for psychobiography, is standing in the way of Elgar, the composer, says Bayan Northcott00:02
Today's Number: 9900:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
Save & Prosper cuts PEP charges00:02
Football: Batty escapes from mean machine to play beautiful game: A Yorkshireman's move from Leeds to Blackburn is bringing a new sense of direction. Joe Lovejoy reports00:02
Wills00:02
Tietmeyer dampens hopes for rate cut00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Cricket: Neale displays ability to apply unlikely lessons: Phil Neale has proved to be a considerable success as England A manager. Glenn Moore reports from Durban on the man with a plan for international prosperity00:02
MUSIC / Music and Opera in 199400:02
Letter: Campaigning for Susan Carter00:02
Travel: Silent night, lonely flight: Correction00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Football Diary: Nothing like a Dane00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / The Leadership Crisis: The Queen sent 'reviver' to sick Macmillan00:02
Trout farmer is hoping for 70lb catch of the day00:02
Free guide to medical cover00:02
ShareLink makes unit trust offer00:02
Future financing of the 'Independent'00:02
Tennis: Injured Medvedev adds to Open woe00:02
Nightclub attack00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / The Leadership Crisis: The Queen sent 'reviver' to sick Macmillan00:02
Flooded supermarket looted of alcohol as 300 people watch00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: ZAIRE / Darkness encroaches on Mobutu00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / Europe: France was offered deal on Polaris to remove EEC veto00:02
William Donaldson's Week: Money down on a Cornish retreat00:02
Letter: Spiritual perceptions of the late 20th century00:02
Travel Departures: Burma warning00:02
Saturday Night: 1993: is that all there is to a year?00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
Profile: Skinned alive by Hollywood: Kim Basinger, fading sex goddess and dollars 10m loser00:02
Year of dog bodes well for Russians00:02
Half-yearly Service promotions00:02
Sporting Digest: Pools News00:02
Football: Team News00:02
Mothers 'given radioactive jabs'00:02
Sporting Digest: Darts00:02
Obituary: Alice Tully00:02
Flextech in pounds 200m TV assets deal: United Artists interests bought to raise profile in satellite and cable00:02
Letter: Campaigning for Susan Carter00:02
Rugby League: Ellis fuels a fiery passion with confidence: Castleford's winger aims to impress in today's Regal Trophy semi-final. Dave Hadfield reports00:02
Obituary: Jeff Morrow00:02
Lockerbie orphan is found dead in Thai hotel: Police investigate drug link to death of man for whom million-pound compensation was 'cursed money'00:02
Rabin confident of a deal in the peace talks 'bazaar'00:02
Vote today for your music on Classic FM00:02
Death on the mutiny island00:02
Auctions00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
GM credit card out this month00:02
Euro Disney hit by talk of closure: US chairman's comments seen as tactic in negotiations with banks00:02
Wills00:02
Basketball: Giants smooth path past Swedes00:02
Station gas blast00:02
Trust PEPs soar in value00:02
Obituary: Jeff Morrow00:02
Our shares to watch in 1994: The Independent's City writers, whose portfolio rose by 25% last year, offer their tips for the coming year00:02
Letter: Cynicism and hypocrisy over Bryn Melyn's 'failure'00:02
Football: Armfield and Francis in talks at Wednesday00:02
'Designer babies' ruled out in UK: Nicholas Timmins examines the latest twists in the medical and ethical debate over 'designer children'00:02
Racing: Remittance close to return00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / The Profumo Scandal: Ward made plea for help to stop 'pressure'00:02
Cash row threatens to wreck NY mayor's honeymoon period: Rudy Giuliani, who takes office today, has to sell Republican policies to a Democratic city, writes Peter Pringle00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Herbs and spices00:02
Clinton set for upbeat visit to Czech Republic00:02
Letter: Cynicism and hypocrisy over Bryn Melyn's 'failure'00:02
Mothers 'given radioactive jabs'00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: ZAIRE / Darkness encroaches on Mobutu00:02
Family of 12 murdered after women's love affairs00:02
New tricks with the old dog and bone: Don't get hung up with BT; there are other options, says Jonathan Willis00:02
Out of Venezuela: Going great guns in Caracas - but bring some air-freshener00:02
Travel: Review of the Year00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / The Profumo Scandal: Ward made plea for help to stop 'pressure'00:02
Fidelity abandons 'too complicated' exit charges00:02
The dark horses of 199400:02
Birthdays00:02
Service Appointments00:02
Make this the year of living prudently: Sue Fieldman asked six experts for financial resolutions to help us spend and save wisely in 199400:02
Pembroke: Sassenach stockbroker responds to a tall order00:02
THEATRE / Kissing in the back row: Paul Taylor on Stupid Cupid, Phil Wilmott's foray into Hollywood 'romance', at the Battersea Arts Centre00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Green on the screen00:02
Heart Searching: A new year, new hope, new love: Are you hoping that 1994 will be the year that things fall into place? Lynne Curry takes a look at some of the happier stories of 199300:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Peking in New Year blast over Hong Kong00:02
Court Circular00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: GERMANY / Doomsday scenarios that can be ignored00:02
Sporting Digest: Rallying00:02
China joins fast lane to money and mayhem: Despite congested roads, the motor sector is sure the country wants more cars. Teresa Poole reports00:02
Travel: Review of the Year00:02
Food & Drink: Gastropod00:02
Trout farmer is hoping for 70lb catch of the day00:02
ShareLink makes unit trust offer00:02
Athletics: Martin running campaign to get his message across: Trend-setting London Marathon champion prepares to raise cross-country's profile further in County Durham today00:02
Body found in ditch00:02
HIV robber bit man00:02
Out of Venezuela: Going great guns in Caracas - but bring some air-freshener00:02
Letter: Campaigning for Susan Carter00:02
Country Matters: Red stain on a white carpet00:02
Racing: Top Spin ready to take Action: A progressive hurdler of proven stamina can show that deeds speak louder than words and catch out a Cheltenham talking horse00:02
Cricket: Virtuoso Warne spins his way into the record books: Australia, consistent and talented, end the year as the premier international side in The Independent Test Table00:02
Mr Methane's tunes put the wind up insurers00:02
Digging for treasure in a dustbin: It may be the most boring museum in the world, full of the ephemeral bric-a-brac of recent history, but to his surprise, John Windsor has become a fan of The Grange in Neasden00:02
Obituary: Alice Tully00:02
Letter: Cynicism and hypocrisy over Bryn Melyn's 'failure'00:02
Racing: Top Spin ready to take Action: A progressive hurdler of proven stamina can show that deeds speak louder than words and catch out a Cheltenham talking horse00:02
Landmarks: The Roundhouse00:02
Darts: Priestley has double trouble00:02
New Faces for '94 / Rugby Union: Robinson is open to change: Steve Bale looks forward to some heavyweight moments in the weekend's rugby union00:02
South-east's economy still counting cost of recession: Regional disparities narrow - North-west's relative decline continues - East Anglia has biggest rise in share of GDP00:02
Travel Departures: Pickfords change00:02
Travel Departures: Burma warning00:02
Church of Scotland, appointments00:02
Soldier named00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: NORTH KOREA / Kim's weak finger on a big trigger00:02
Kenyan politician linked to Ward death: Minister 'ordered killing of tourist who stumbled upon smugglers'00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: NORTH KOREA / Kim's weak finger on a big trigger00:02
Travel: Heathrow parking00:02
115 schools opt out00:02
MUSIC / Music and Opera in 199400:02
Travel: Focus on Constable country: On a four-day course in the Suffolk countryside, Tony Kelly brushed up his photography, and learnt that beauty is not always truth00:02
Anniversaries00:02
ARTS / And What's More ..00:02
Sultan of Brunei pays dollars 202m for luxury New York hotel00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / British Rail: Beeching branded 'PR disaster' over rail network cuts00:02
Sarajevo assault leaves four dead: UN armoured vehicles drive past scene of shelling but fail to stop, witnesses claim00:02
Tammy Wynette still in critical condition00:02
Money Grouse: Charges that devour savings00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Herbs and spices00:02
Money Grouse: Charges that devour savings00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Cricket: Virtuoso Warne spins his way into the record books: Australia, consistent and talented, end the year as the premier international side in The Independent Test Table00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / Royal Family: End to monarch's lonely travels00:02
Motoring: Volkswagen's new Golf has a solid centre but is soft on top: The latest Golf Cabriolet proves that it is equal to the British winter, even with the roof down. Phil Llewellin was impressed / Road Test00:02
Obituary: Harry Rosenberg00:02
Food & Drink: Gastropod00:02
RMA Sandhurst00:02
Vote today for your music on Classic FM00:02
Obituary: Harry Rosenberg00:02
Peace needs patience, says Rabin00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Green on the screen00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Skating00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Prisoner on the run00:02
Rugby Union: Davies pins his hopes on nine changes: Welsh seek revival00:02
Letter: Cynicism and hypocrisy over Bryn Melyn's 'failure'00:02
Catalogue for endowment auction00:02
Service Appointments00:02
Travel Departures: Travel bookshelf00:02
Style: Get back under the blankets: Tamsin Blanchard welcomes the return of the classic poncho, this time from its South American homeland00:02
Station gas blast00:02
Letter: Family values, political peccadilloes00:02
Landmarks: The Roundhouse00:02
Travel Departures: Paris flats00:02
Darts: Priestley has double trouble00:02
Obituary: Ralph Downes00:02
Football: Armfield and Francis in talks at Wednesday00:02
Man killed as he scattered father's ashes00:02
Travel: Ballet, Berlioz and bare legs: Nigel Rees joins a group of art trippers in St Petersburg, and finds his fellow travellers as entertaining as the cultural offerings00:02
Basketball: Air power balanced by arms control00:02
Travel: The Things I've Seen: Huckford Quarry00:02
Fidelity abandons 'too complicated' exit charges00:02
Sultan of Brunei pays dollars 202m for luxury New York hotel00:02
Raising the steaks: Lamb chops rather than cash are luring hungry bingo players to a church hall in Exeter. Roberta Mock cases the joint00:02
Athletics: Martin running campaign to get his message across: Trend-setting London Marathon champion prepares to raise cross-country's profile further in County Durham today00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Appeals: The John Muir Trust00:02
Travel: Silent night, lonely flight: Correction00:02
Four die as gunmen rake Cape Town student bar: Rival black radical groups claim responsibility, but suspicion lingers that rightists may be involved00:02
Future financing of the 'Independent'00:02
Save & Prosper cuts PEP charges00:02
Hockey: South-East's well-timed run00:02
Letter: Spiritual perceptions of the late 20th century00:02
Free guide to medical cover00:02
Kenyan politician linked to Ward death: Minister 'ordered killing of tourist who stumbled upon smugglers'00:02
Market Report: Profit-taking takes toll as shares give ground00:02
Church of Scotland, appointments00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / The Profumo Scandal: MI5 'failed to alert ministers over affair': Stephen Ward reports on the Lord Chancellor's inquiry into espionage fears behind the case00:02
Letter: Family values, political peccadilloes00:02
Letter: Family values, political peccadilloes00:02
A mountaineer's best friend00:02
Table Tennis: Chen aims to turn tables00:02
Flooded supermarket looted of alcohol as 300 people watch00:02
DISCS / Body without the soul: Edward Seckerson and Stephen Johnson on sacred and profane voices00:02
Travel: Top 20 Resorts: Flims-Laax00:02
Travel: The Things I've Seen: Huckford Quarry00:02
Food & Drink: Cold fish and mulled sake: Japanese new year lasts for days and is short on treats, says Simon Rees00:02
The dark horses of 199400:02
Gardening: Small plots with big ambitions: Size isn't everything. Anna Pavord suggests simple ways to make a little space mean a lot00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
Motoring: Who on earth buys these cars?: Some of the world's more unusual models are now coming to Britain. But, says Jonathan Glancey, the most bizarre still don't make it00:02
DISCS / Body without the soul: Edward Seckerson and Stephen Johnson on sacred and profane voices00:02
The blonde's bombshell00:02
Homing instinct00:02
I CONFESS / Susie Orbach tunes into Radio 400:02
Food & Drink: The cooks with winning ways: Emily Green makes her choice of the restaurants she visited last year, and sings the praises of one which, alas, is a long way from these shores00:02
Letter: Bulgaria still has a monarchy00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / Polaris: Ministers discussed all-British nuclear deterrent00:02
New tricks with the old dog and bone: Don't get hung up with BT; there are other options, says Jonathan Willis00:02
Church Appointments00:02
Look east for new year opportunities: Nic Cicutti finds fund managers impressed by Japan's recovery00:02
Ban on naming mother, 59, upheld00:02
Bosnia appeal00:02
Sporting Digest: Rallying00:02
Sporting Digest: Darts00:02
115 schools opt out00:02
Sunset boulevard00:02
MUSIC / A rousing clash of symbols: Elgar, icon of Englishness and suitable case for psychobiography, is standing in the way of Elgar, the composer, says Bayan Northcott00:02
Cairo thwarts death plot00:02
Sunset boulevard00:02
Raising the steaks: Lamb chops rather than cash are luring hungry bingo players to a church hall in Exeter. Roberta Mock cases the joint00:02
Leading Article: Press a button for democracy00:02
Auctions00:02
GM credit card out this month00:02
Catalogue for endowment auction00:02
Travel: Home of heavenly snow: Chris Gill discovers the delights of Utah, an offbeat alternative to trendy Colorado00:02
Old Lady dons her birthday suit: Bank of England puts first Governor on pounds 50 notes to mark 300th anniversary00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Books: All that delirium of the brave: Romantic Ireland's dead and gone - or is it? G J Watson applauds a stand against stereotypes - 'Paddy and Mr Punch: Connections in Irish and English history' - R F Foster: Allen Lane, 22.50 pounds00:02
Racing: Frost threat00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / Royal Family: End to monarch's lonely travels00:02
Children left alone told police00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Football: Gascoigne all-clear lifts Lazio00:02
Christmas competition00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / Europe: France was offered deal on Polaris to remove EEC veto00:02
Our shares to watch in 1994: The Independent's City writers, whose portfolio rose by 25% last year, offer their tips for the coming year00:02
Euro Disney hit by talk of closure: US chairman's comments seen as tactic in negotiations with banks00:02
Swiss fury as French let murder suspects go00:02
Gardening: Tool Box: Fan heater comes without the hot air00:02
Sarajevo assault leaves four dead: UN armoured vehicles drive past scene of shelling but fail to stop, witnesses claim00:02
Scottish Football: Celtic fired up for Parkhead mission00:02
Bond is linked to FT-SE00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
Football: Batty escapes from mean machine to play beautiful game: A Yorkshireman's move from Leeds to Blackburn is bringing a new sense of direction. Joe Lovejoy reports00:02
Travel Departures: Working breaks00:02
Stock market ends the year with a whimper: Robert Chote looks back on a bullish twelve months and finds that dealers and private investors expect further gains from 199400:02
Year of dog bodes well for Russians00:02
Body found in ditch00:02
Obituary: Alexander McKendrick00:02
Appointments00:02
Meanings of Christmas: Deliver us from common sense: The last article in our series for Christmas is by Duncan Macpherson, principal lecturer in theology and religious studies at St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Over the edge of the world: 'Clare' - John MacKenna: The Blackstaff Press pounds 6.9500:02
Letter: Bulgaria still has a monarchy00:02
Letter: Family values, political peccadilloes00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: CUBA / Castro's failing magic00:02
Swiss fury as French let murder suspects go00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Prisoner on the run00:02
Obituary: Alexander McKendrick00:02
Old Bore's Almanac: The mist clears and a tall, dark stranger appears: The new year brings a chance to ring the changes. Hugh Bateson examines the tea leaves and offers his predictions00:02
Football Diary: Nothing like a Dane00:02
Earl Grey: A short story by Garrison Keillor00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / Polaris: Ministers discussed all-British nuclear deterrent00:02
Bond is linked to FT-SE00:02
New Faces for '94 / Rugby Union: Catt poised to bounce on an England place: Bath's South African-born back has marked his territory. Steve Bale on a man who is here to stay00:02
Property: Daydream Homes00:02
Travel: A holiday rescued by another man: Ruth Picardie made all the arrangements, but idyllic Fuerteventura was turning into a disaster until she was rescued by an old-fashioned knight with a taste for adventure00:02
Flextech in pounds 200m TV assets deal: United Artists interests bought to raise profile in satellite and cable00:02
Four die as gunmen rake Cape Town student bar: Rival black radical groups claim responsibility, but suspicion lingers that rightists may be involved00:02
Major on defensive over Tories' taxation record00:02
January Diary00:02
Hard-up Ukrainians waltz away their woes00:02
Obituary: Ralph Downes00:02
Loyalist group to fight on00:02
January Diary00:02
Travel: Ballet, Berlioz and bare legs: Nigel Rees joins a group of art trippers in St Petersburg, and finds his fellow travellers as entertaining as the cultural offerings00:02
Lockerbie orphan is found dead in Thai hotel: Police investigate drug link to death of man for whom million-pound compensation was 'cursed money'00:02
Football: Team News00:02
Cricket: Wessels' turn to be worried00:02
Leading Article: Press a button for democracy00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Ice Hockey: Walkington walks away from Beavers00:02
Soldier named00:02
Travel: Focus on Constable country: On a four-day course in the Suffolk countryside, Tony Kelly brushed up his photography, and learnt that beauty is not always truth00:02
Food & Drink: Don't shop for novelty value: Joanna Blythman applauds those wholesome and tasty new foods which respect traditional values - and rejects the produce of marketing men00:02
Make this the year of living prudently: Sue Fieldman asked six experts for financial resolutions to help us spend and save wisely in 199400:02
Court Circular00:02
A mountaineer's best friend00:02
Football: Epic ahead as Leeds aim to cut gap at top: United's tough test00:02
Bookshop Window00:02
Travel: Top 20 Resorts: Flims-Laax00:02
Sport: Quotes of the Week00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Rao's finance minister survives pounds 1bn scandal00:02
Appeals: The John Muir Trust00:02
Birthdays00:02
Clinton set for upbeat visit to Czech Republic00:02
Cricket: Wessels' turn to be worried00:02
Tammy Wynette still in critical condition00:02
New year heralds life and death dilemmas: French scientist finds genetic clues to long life but warns of potential for misuse as debate over fertility treatments gathers pace00:02
RMA Sandhurst00:02
Rugby League: Ellis fuels a fiery passion with confidence: Castleford's winger aims to impress in today's Regal Trophy semi-final. Dave Hadfield reports00:02
Basketball: Air power balanced by arms control00:02
Appeals: Thomas Wright exhibition centre and garden00:02
Meanings of Christmas: Deliver us from common sense: The last article in our series for Christmas is by Duncan Macpherson, principal lecturer in theology and religious studies at St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill00:02
Ban on naming mother, 59, upheld