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Rugby Union: Bath ready to break the sound barrier: Steve Bale reports on today's dream ticket for an exciting top-of-the-table match and talks to two experienced campaigners aiming for English rugby union's First Division honours00:02
Letter: War metals left on the scrapheap00:02
Drink: New bunch on the block00:02
Less easy to read than his catalogues: Rupert Parsons's plant descriptions are mesmerising. Face to face, the nurseryman-novelist is decidedly taciturn, says Anna Pavord00:02
Book Review / Man, woman and Satan make three: 'The Well of Life' - Nawal El Saadawi, Tr Sherif Hetata: Lime Tree, 13.9900:02
Football: Gifted United aim to be first among equals: Joe Lovejoy compares the styles and strengths of the clubs chasing the Premier League title00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The mystery man: 'The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court' - Peter Taylor: Chatto & Windus, 14.9900:02
Letter: Was 'Il Duce' right?00:02
Saturday Night: His whole life passed like a film before his eyes00:02
Football Diary: Giggs' guide to music00:02
Departures: Stansted to Russia00:02
Departures: Virgin service00:02
Candid Caller00:02
Football: Team news00:02
Travel: Prague's ugly sister shows her good side: Bratislava has a dismal reputation, but also boasts a pretty Old Town befitting its status as Europe's newest capital, says Simon Calder00:02
Fishermen seek halt to Russian imports: Low fish prices on the quayside are causing a spiral of debt. Oliver Gillie reports00:02
Toads treated00:02
Singers led by the notions: Producer's opera might be fun for producers but what's it like for the actors? Mark Pappenheim asked the cast of David Alden's The Duel of Tancredi and Clorinda00:02
Auctions00:02
Market Report: High-flying account ends in disarray00:02
Travel: Man at ease with the manatees: They can't do tricks like dolphins, but Florida's threatened marine animals had a surprising charm for Frank Barrett and his family00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Yeltsin throws down gauntlet: President will call plebiscite on who rules Russia as country slides into anarchy00:02
Bosnian Serb faces war crimes court00:02
Sport in Short: Basketball00:02
Other share dealing centres ahead of London00:02
The Week in Review: Sport00:02
Departures: Meals on wheels00:02
Travel: Fear of flying00:02
Former JP jailed00:02
Appointments: Church appointments00:02
George MacDonald, an SNP member, arguing with a Labour supporter after trying to flourish a placard saying 'Winnie Rules Here OK'00:02
Antiques case to fill coffers at Revenue: A House of Lords ruling has ended a long capital gains dispute, reports Neasa MacErlean00:02
Letter: War metals left on the scrapheap00:02
Eternal power of pyramid selling: New shops in London testify to the fascination we still have for ancient Egypt, says Jonathan Glancey00:02
Letter: Racial harassment: intolerance and the limits of the criminal law00:02
Flat fee offer on share deals00:02
The Way I Was: From stage fright to stardom: Elaine Paige (formerly Bickerstaff), tells Nicholas Roe about her traumatic and unhappy first days at drama school00:02
Pentagon lists US bases to be axed00:02
Country Matters: And where does Weetabix come from?00:02
Mandela calls for peace force00:02
The balloon went up on Red Nose Day at dawn in Hyde Park, London, yesterday to begin Comic Relief's big day of charity fund-raising00:02
Obituary: Sir Michael Eastham00:02
Coping with the council tax00:02
Scottish Football: Motherwell are unwell00:02
Football: McGrath defies the devils to the praise of his peers: Ken Jones on the Aston Villa defender who may be 'the best player ever to come out of Ireland'00:02
Cuttings: Leafy London00:02
Insurance companies' good deals00:02
Extension for parents' contracts at schools00:02
Appointments00:02
Retail Therapy00:02
Obituary: Canon Bill Morgan00:02
Obituary: Sir John McMichael00:02
St Michael's, Petworth, salute their Benenden rivals during the National Schools Lacrosse Championships in Milton Keynes yesterday00:02
Cricket: Morrison rocks Australia00:02
Motor Racing: Team and driver guide for the 1993 Formula One World Championship00:02
Gastropod00:02
Clarke attacks Blair over Terrorism Act00:02
Food: From rotten pears to Dublin Bay prawns: In Moscow, dollars will get you the best food money can buy; armed with roubles, ordinary Russians must hunt for grimey basics.00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Shooting a family in glorious technicolour: 'Red Sorghum' - Mo Yan, Tr Howard Goldblatt: Heinemann, 14.9900:02
Royal Engagements00:02
King's 'missing hours'00:02
Sport in Short: Squash00:02
Food: Old salt in Moscow00:02
Food: A Hong Kong stock quoted in the City: It's fresh, light, healthy and it eschews MSG. Emily Green enjoys Ken Hom's 'new' cuisine00:02
After the red faces in the City on Thursday over the abandonment of the Taurus settlement system, it was the turn of the red noses yesterday sported by workers in aid of Comic Relief00:02
Yeltsin throws down gauntlet: President will call plebiscite on who rules Russia as country slides into anarchy00:02
Sport in Short: Skiing00:02
Letter: Youthful advantage00:02
Racing: Young Hustler favourite to break Bank's record00:02
Food: Meals to make your mascara run: Onions . . . grilled, boiled, stuffed, deep-fried, browned, sweated, even raw. What's a few tears when you have a vegetable as versatile as this?00:02
India on alert after 200 die when bombs rock Bombay00:02
Obituary: Francois Reichenbach00:02
View from Frankfurt: German employers go for broke00:02
How green was my Ridley00:02
N Korea pulls out of nuclear pact00:02
Bulger remand00:02
Hopes fade for HK talks with China00:02
Motoring: Shaker and mover for all the family: Can Nissan's one-box people carrier oust the trusty estate? Roger Bell is not convinced00:02
We're playing silly muggers: William Donaldson's Week00:02
Police alert at Egypt mosques00:02
Letter: Risks to doctors in HIV panic00:02
Wills00:02
Football: Newcastle sign Cole for 1.75m pounds00:02
Letter: Double dealing00:02
Spanish sun sets on 'Eldorado'00:02
Letter: Risks to doctors in HIV panic00:02
UN calls for Angola talks00:02
Rugby League: Widnes banking on Wembley00:02
Royal Society of British Sculptors honours Frink00:02
Golf: Payne's painful lesson00:02
Multiple choices in the voting-booth00:02
Letter: Showing your age00:02
Profile: It's not sport, it's war: Frank Williams, driving force in Formula One racing00:02
BBC support for Birt ebbing away00:02
Ruby Union: Old soldiers take up arms for a battle of the backs00:02
Letter: Racial harassment: intolerance and the limits of the criminal law00:02
Obituary: Wang Zhen00:02
Beware the hidden cost of borrowing with plastic: Paying off part of a credit card bill does not reduce the monthly interest charge, Maria Scott reports00:02
Property: Message to Lamont: please do nothing: Builders and lenders are awaiting next week's Budget with bated breath, bad memories and fears of more wrong moves, reports David Lawson00:02
Obituary: Canon Bill Morgan00:02
British Gas squeeze hits profits at Victaulic00:02
Human torch00:02
Letter: Medals vs orders00:02
Royal Society00:02
Wrecked cars litter a street in Bombay after up to 13 bombs went off around the city, killing nearly 200 people00:02
Wheeling out good advice on pensions00:02
Obituary: Geoffroy de Montalembert00:02
Impact on jobs 'will be simple test of Budget'00:02
British leave scene of carnage00:02
Cliff-hanger as Australia goes to polls00:02
Travel: Sizing up Brittany Ferries00:02
Wary Clinton pins faith on democratic change00:02
Showcase of reform in power struggle with Moscow00:02
Hockey: Ipswich's title edge00:02
Column Eight: Birt gets money moving00:02
Tories mistakenly call for test ban00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Bible bashers in alehouses: 'The English Bible and the 17th Century Revolution' - Christopher Hill: Allen Lane, 25 pounds00:02
Chinese deputy president dies00:02
Travel: Fresh snow and a view: When good conditions beckon at the last minute, put scenery on to your list of priorities, say Chris Gill00:02
Departures: Visiting mummy00:02
Car parks chief is cleared of spying on rival00:02
Letter: Beds to call home00:02
Soldier 'very ill'00:02
Woman leaves cult compound00:02
Subtle tax blows on the cards: Vivien Goldsmith looks into her crystal ball to predict some measures in Tuesday's Budget00:02
Love hurts00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Letter: Racial harassment: intolerance and the limits of the criminal law00:02
Girl was 'not worth' boat theft00:02
Clintonomics makes their day: will Dirty Harry become The Forgiven?: As the anti-violence crusaders march on Hollywood, a man with a smoking gun strides towards the Oscars. Simon Garfield reports00:02
Motor Racing: Prodigal Prost sets pace for open season00:02
Deaths cloud Rabin visit00:02
Property: Message to Lamont: please do nothing: Builders and lenders are awaiting next week's Budget with bated breath, bad memories and fears of more wrong moves, reports David Lawson00:02
Cuttings: Weekend work00:02
Motoring: These cars will save you money: A bargain on the forecourt may prove costly in the small ads if the model you have chosen depreciates quickly. Steve Cropley lists his long-life top 1000:02
Tyne-Tees chief quits in boardroom bust-up00:02
Travel: Valmorel: best resort for freedom from cars00:02
Recipe: Crackling with good taste00:02
Sotheby's income dives 60%00:02
Yeltsin fights shy of tank option: Despite talk of armour on the streets, the President, assailed by conservatives in Congress, is deemed unlikely to 'play the army card'00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Two-tier system suggested to replace Taurus00:02
Smoke gets in insurers' eyes: Non-smoker discounts are not all they seem, reports Christine Stopp00:02
Debt handbook available to advisers00:02
Pol Pot blamed for massacre00:02
Pilkington expands UK distribution00:02
Quotes of the week00:02
When death benefit can be a matter of form: Vivien Goldsmith looks at problems arising when an employee does not update an expression of wish00:02
EC fears confirmed as US pulls out of trade talks00:02
Weekend dilemma confronts car buyers: Mary Wilson examines problems encountered in obtaining insurance outside normal hours00:02
Birthdays00:02
OPERA / Mixed company: David Patrick Stearns on Ariadne auf Naxos00:02
Group of Seven 'sherpas' begin labour of Sisyphus00:02
Guaranteed bonds with 6.5% return00:02
Body found00:02
Moroccan porn videos are a knock-out00:02
Departures: National Weekend00:02
THEATRE / Illuminating a heart of darkness00:02
Basketball: England say no to Europe00:02
Departures: Aussie fare rise00:02
American Express to sell Shearson brokers for dollars 1bn00:02
Money Grouse: Victorian methods linger at the bank00:02
AA is still looking for MMI replacement00:02
Kasparov coasting00:02
'Fire trap' man tells of escape00:02
Cheer for new customers00:02
POETRY / Stained stones kissed by the English dead: Geoff Dyer on the remembrance of war in the poetry of Wilfred Owen, born 100 years ago next Thursday00:02
St Michael's, Petworth, salute their Benenden rivals during the National Schools Lacrosse Championships in Milton Keynes yesterday00:02
Departures: Familiar story00:02
Hockey: England hotel bomb00:02
Train-spotter's guide to kitsch and tat: John Windsor dons his anorak and goes in search of the stuff you would not have in your house00:02
Football: Atkinson relaxed about Villa thriller: Phil Shaw relishes a weekend football programme when the championship race may acquire a new slant00:02
Appointments: Service appointments00:02
No action over MP's expenses00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Shooting a family in glorious technicolour: 'Red Sorghum' - Mo Yan, Tr Howard Goldblatt: Heinemann, 14.9900:02
American Express to sell Shearson brokers for dollars 1bn00:02
American style, British fashion, made in Italy: Ralph Lauren made 'MGM English', the movie version of our menswear. Dunhill, one of our oldest firms, is following suit, writes Roger Tredre00:02
Cricket: Spin is familiar foe for England00:02
Motor Racing: Prost under pressure on return to fray: A former champion is back in the driving seat. Derick Allsop reports on his potential to influence the season00:02
Girl charged00:02
Athletics: McKean has medal target in his sights00:02
Racing: Spitting image of a sharp dealer: Richard Edmondson, Racing Correspondent, on the trainer of the Champion Hurdle favourite00:02
Cuttings: Mail disorder00:02
Belgian paras die in Somalia00:02
Departures: Lions tour00:02
Lamont set to back Heathrow rail link00:02
Food barge reaches Juba00:02
Drayton Asia holders offered new options00:02
Letter: Liverpool's loss00:02
Italy's MPs steer clear of debate on 'moral question'00:02
Two suspended by Fimbra00:02
RECORDS / Pastoralism, poignancy and pomp: Stephen Johnson and Edward Seckerson on tub-thumping Elgar and a hit by Hugh Wood00:02
Golf: Mize is wise to the breeze00:02
Rugby League:: Hunte keeps Saints in command00:02
Tool Box: For digging without masochism00:02
Recommended books00:02
Letter: Fair cops and robbers00:02
Bonnie Haldeman, mother of David Koresh, waits in a car with her lawyer outside the compound near Waco, Texas00:02
Lower premiums for professionals00:02
Russian fears send world markets diving00:02
Property: Agents face some critical home truths00:02
BES frenzy hits peak00:02
Obituary: Jean Marie Dellabare00:02
The Week in Review: Home news00:02
Drayton Asia holders offered new options00:02
Unique wilderness that faces a fight to survive: Farmers in East Anglia are being paid to help recreate a sandy heathland. Nicholas Schoon reports00:02
Appeals00:02
Leading Article: Does Taurus matter?00:02
Marathon deal00:02
What's on after the Birt Show?00:02
Letter: Well, pardon me00:02
Obituary: Sir John McMichael00:02
Drink: After the anti-freeze, Austria's dry season: Following the contamination scandal of 1985, Austrian growers introduced a new wine culture. The results are now filtering through to Britain, says Anthony Rose00:02
Woman's hospital death fuels concern over drugs00:02
MUSIC / A Mass of audacity: Long thought lost, Berlioz's first major work has turned up in an Antwerp loft. Hugh Macdonald catches the excitement00:02
Judge says sentences for juveniles inadequate00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A mad little plaster saint: 'No Other Life' - Brian Moore; Bloomsbury, 14.9900:02
Exchange faces reduced role: City firms put forward plans for a separate clearing house to handle settlements00:02
Limited range of choices to end crisis00:02
Farmer's death 'had no BSE link'00:02
Women fight for equality after 20 years among the King's men00:02
Rugby Union: Wales drop six players for France00:02
Sport in Short: Cycling00:02
Diary's ambiguous entries dressed as meat for Operation Cheetah: Jonathan Foster examines the way a flamboyant and conspicuous lifestyle in left-wing politics became embroidered with rumour and innuendo00:02
Gould aims to fill Labour 'vacuum' on economic policy00:02
Lamont 'to signal cuts in public spending'00:02
Travel: Off for a pint at The Cricketers: David Hewson walks in the valley where the South Downs meet the shore, following the ribbon of the river Cuckmere from Alfriston to the sea00:02
Hatton is cleared after 8-week trial: The investigation into alleged corruption continues, despite the verdict at Mold Crown Court. Jonathan Foster reports00:02
BP paid Horton 1.5m pounds after forcing him to step down00:02
Japan ignores Italy's corruption lesson: Graft is rife, but the message is: don't rock the boat, writes Terry McCarthy00:02
Endowments under hammer00:02
Court Circular00:02
How green was my Ridley00:02
Hatton is cleared after 8-week trial: The investigation into alleged corruption continues, despite the verdict at Mold Crown Court. Jonathan Foster reports00:02
INTERVIEW / The sweet smell of excess: Bernard Rose has an oral fixation: Kevin Jackson talked to him about the appetites behind his new horror film, Candyman