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Ministers may face blood trial00:02
Letter: ECT: benefits vs side-effects; patients' testimony00:02
THEATRE / Pinchy Kobi and the Seven Duppies - Tricycle Theatre, London NW600:02
Education: Staying where we are is not good enough: The facts do not support complaints about falling standards in teaching the three Rs. But, says Judith Judd, performance is not improving either00:02
Albanian fears00:02
All they want for Christmas: Santa's sack will be bulging this year, even if Britain is sliding into slump. Dina Rabinovitch talks to three generations of the Darling family about Christmas shopping past and present00:02
Smith urged by 85 MPs to speed up treaty ratification: Labour's executive plans deep cuts to ease cash crisis - Kinnock heads move to outflank anti-Maastricht wing00:02
Don't use a sledgehammer on the Serbs00:02
Letter: ECT: benefits vs side-effects; patients' testimony00:02
Mail writes down property by 26.5m pounds00:02
Japan unearths mammoth ovens00:02
Two deaths linked to same batch of LSD00:02
Russian troops deal00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Businessman is cleared of killing suspected vandal00:02
Major attacked by MEPs over unemployment00:02
Letter: Tate's obligation to modern British art00:02
Farms cleared after poison alert00:02
Obituary: Ali Amini00:02
Peace force for Mozambique00:02
Inverness cut off in Highlands' snow fall00:02
ROCK ALBUMS / Slack times: Andy Gill reaches Nirvana00:02
Chairman for Amber Day00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The long and winding road through Windy City: 'Cooler by the Lake' - Larry Heinemann: Faber, 14.99 pounds00:02
Murder adds to Hamas support00:02
Football: Police stance worries managers00:02
Rugby League: Season set for early start00:02
Market Report: Analyst's report gives a lift to battered BAe00:02
Football / FA Cup: Crumplin cheers Brighton00:02
Irishman wanted over missiles plot00:02
Bosnian Serbs warn West00:02
ROCK / Happy Christmas - you're fired: 'Tis the season when the record companies tighten their belts. And for some artists, all Santa will bring this year is the sack. Giles Smith reports00:02
Leading Article: Power and the press00:02
Football / Coca-Cola Cup: Townsend adds fizz00:02
Obituary: Professor Max White00:02
Leading Article: In search of the Labour Party00:02
Symbolic stop for miners' march00:02
Letter: ECT: benefits vs side-effects; patients' testimony00:02
Change in libel law promises easier redress00:02
Football / FA Cup: Coates gives Yeovil record00:02
OECD calls for action on jobs: A new analysis questions British fiscal policy and urges international reforms to improve employment prospects. Peter Torday reports00:02
MUSIC / Joaquin Achucarro - St John's, Smith Square, London00:02
Troops roll in to 'City of Death'00:02
The West's cynical game is up: As ministers discuss the Yugoslav tangle yet again, Jonathan Eyal calls for realism after all the errors00:02
Sport in Short: Golf00:02
West intensifies the pressure over Bosnia00:02
Equestrianism: Godignon revels in speed test00:02
Time for John Smith to look forward in anger00:02
Think of our reputation, chaps: British men are supposed to excel at eccentricity, so for your country's sake wear houndstooth, gingham and tartan - all at once. Roger Tredre reports00:02
Inner Temple00:02
Golf: Couples eyes richest prize00:02
Thomas Cook buys into Owners Abroad00:02
Telecom says number is up for obscene phone callers00:02
Letter: Common Prayer00:02
TELEVISION BRIEFING / With reservations00:02
German car firms crash into crisis00:02
Clarke to review life sentences for murder00:02
Ford to shed 4,000 jobs as demand for cars falls00:02
Letter: Tate's obligation to modern British art00:02
GP services in London 'need pounds 130m injection'00:02
Sport in Short: Cricket00:02
Boost for poor countries: A new analysis questions British fiscal policy and urges international reforms to improve employment prospects. Peter Torday reports00:02
Racing / Books for Christmas: Collision time with Hitler: Paul Hayward picks the front-runners for a delve into racing's reading list00:02
Fear grows for missing teacher00:02
Football: Gullit back with a goal00:02
Sailing: British Steel II loses mast00:02
View from City Road: Solomon finds it hard to let go00:02
'Independent' sales00:02
Electricity firms to reduce tariffs00:02
Sport in Short: Motor Sport00:02
Will there be a G-string in your stocking?: Britons have a weakness for underwear: we buy more than any other European country. Tamsin Blanchard examines what's good in men's knickers and socks00:02
'Clear principles vital for victory'00:02
Sport in Short: Ice Hockey00:02
Best sellers at Hamleys00:02
Letter: Muslim children at Christmas00:02
Confusion on Sunday trading 'to worsen'00:02
It's a funny thing about cartoons . . .00:02
Cook and Blair at Labour Party headquarters00:02
Sport in Short: Football00:02
Farmers blame their leaders for 'betrayal': In the last of a three-part series on French agriculture, Julian Nundy reports on widespread bitterness and confusion about the future00:02
Spain gets top rating in EC popularity poll00:02
Toyota sees motivation as the certain route to quality: A Japanese firm is aiming to employ 3,000 staff producing 200,000 cars a year in Derbyshire. Jonathan Foster looks at its paternalistic style00:02
McKinnon calls for British Gas to be broken up00:02
View from City Road: Gas shareholders need not despair00:02
Commentary: Sting in the tale of IBM's pride00:02
Kenya police told to shoot to kill00:02
Obituary: Professor Albert Latner00:02
Sport in Short: Baseball00:02
Cutting out the cutting up: Vivisection and animal dissection are becoming optional in some universities, says Liz Heron00:02
UK warned on threat from renewed inflation: A new analysis questions British fiscal policy and urges international reforms to improve employment prospects. Peter Torday reports00:02
Commentary: Learning to live with the Japanese00:02
Jail doctor advised to stay away00:02
Affection and terror in Yugoslavia's last enclave: Robert Fisk finds a place where Serbs, Croats and Muslims live in harmony - under fire in Stolac's hospital on the Bosnian border00:02
Football / Coca-Cola Cup: Liverpool fall to the extra touch of Thorn00:02
New super union fears public sector job cuts00:02
Racing: Racing warned of decline00:02
Bottomley to make HIV testing easier00:02
Rugby Union: Back is backed by Russ00:02
Football: Durie cleared while Wright is charged by FA00:02
Leading Article: In search of the Labour Party00:02
Sport in Short: Bobsleigh00:02
21 peace-keepers seized in Cambodia00:02
US judge orders retrial of Price Waterhouse case00:02
First European-made Toyota from Burnaston, Derby00:02
Anger over extradition of remand prisoner00:02
Letter: Muslim children at Christmas00:02
Column Eight: Down and out in Brussels00:02
Call for debate over NHS as trust fears grow: The Commons health select committee says that fragmentation of the reformed NHS could hit strategic planning. Ian MacKinnon reports00:02
Letter: ECT: benefits vs side-effects; patients' testimony00:02
Leading Article: Power and the press00:02
Letter: Russia's real conservative forces00:02
Best sellers at Hamleys00:02
Banks face 80m pounds BCCI payout bill00:02
Prince fined after drugs raid00:02
Sport in Short: Tennis00:02
Boxing: King's let-in clause00:02
London bombs cost shops pounds 5m00:02
Show-biz replaces politics in Korean elections: With no burning issues, candidates are obsessed with image, writes Terry McCarthy in Seoul00:02
GRE pressed to offer more compensation00:02
Out of Peru: Curtains for terrorists in car-bomb city00:02
Obituary: Vincent Hallinan00:02
View from City Road: Grim new year for MTM00:02
Birthdays00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Mayhew's peace pledge00:02
Government accused over 'unfit' homes00:02
Sport in Short: Rugby League00:02
Sport in Short: Rugby Union00:02
Germans conquer US00:02
Letter: Cambridge 'angels' sound a wicked note00:02
Cricket: Fletcher defends dropping Gower00:02
A prickly object of desire: Zapped] Sonic the hedgehog beats Mario the Italian plumber at his own game00:02
Letter: Decision makers keep their distance00:02
Letter: Tate's obligation to modern British art00:02
Pounds 45m boost for child care places00:02
CABARET / No pain, no gain: They pierce their flesh, eat slugs and regurgitate gunge. That's entertainment, Jim Rose tells Nick Lezard00:02
Council begins inquiry into 'ghost student' grant fraud00:02
Sport in Short: Pools News00:02
Cutting out the cutting up: Vivisection and animal dissection are becoming optional in some universities, says Liz Heron00:02
Underwriters at Lloyd's resign00:02
Britain 'lacks anti-inflation culture'00:02
Nuclear inquiry 'betrays nerves'00:02
TELEVISION / Poetic licence to kill00:02
TVS rebels hold out for more00:02
Six accused of trying to murder burnt girl00:02
Letter: Decision makers keep their distance00:02
Obituary: Professor Albert Latner00:02
Smoking issue00:02
Letter: Withdrawal of bomb insurance00:02
Rao buckles under pressure from all sides: The sacking of three MPs could seal the Prime Minister's fate, writes Tim McGirk in New Delhi00:02
Liberia fighting flares anew00:02
Dumas attacks EC on Gatt00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Oh for a troll or two . . . or twelve: First a cult in the 60s, they're back with a vengeance. Who's responsible?00:02
ROCK / Gig Guide00:02
Table Tennis: Off-court habit comes unstuck00:02
Jobless and inflation warning for Lamont00:02
Thatcher warns of 'Holocaust' risk in Bosnia appeal00:02
Sport in Short: Badminton00:02
Public Service Management: Why we're all part of the plan: Important changes in the law mean that public involvement in local planning decisions has reached an all-time high, says Paul Gosling00:02
Boy gets seven years for attack00:02
Education: An alternative to a dog's life: Campaigners are financing new ways of getting a scientific result00:02
First European-made Toyota from Burnaston, Derby00:02
ROCK / 'We Luv U Jase': Jason Donovan in 'not too bad' shock: Jim White reports00:02
Danes lean to 'yes' vote over Maastricht00:02
Revival in high street spending peters out00:02
Police condemned for bullying suspect00:02
Amstrad directors dispose of holdings00:02
Wentworth will review accounting practices00:02
Olympic Games: PM behind Manchester00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Higher Education / Viewpoint: Firsts among equals? Not really: Claims that all degrees have the same value are ludicrous00:02
Sport in Short: Equestrianism00:02
Court Circular00:02
How Sheffield parts with its silver: Shoppers at the city's Meadowhall mall tell Esther Oxford what they are splashing out on00:02
Diary00:02
MUSIC / Tender parting: Stephen Johnson looks back over the Barbican's month-long Scandinavian festival00:02
Anti-terrorist chief urges shoppers not to be deterred: Feelings were mixed among those Christmas shopping yesterday. Mary Braid reports00:02
Ombudsman idea is scorned00:02
ROCK / 'We Luv U Jase': Jason Donovan in 'not too bad' shock: Jim White reports00:02
ROCK / The mourning after: RIP the T&C? North London's best-loved concert venue is set to close in March. We list the 10 nights you really should have been there00:02
Commentary: Banks cannot escape the flak00:02
Yeltsin visit is set to expunge Peking's shame: China and Russia do not like each other but they want to do business, Andrew Higgins writes from Moscow