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Letter: Pension fund concern00:02
Abduction foiled00:02
Strikes fade00:02
Rise of short-term contracts 'hinders route to top posts': University teachers' body says career opportunities for women are worsening. Donald MacLeod reports00:02
Norway sets whale catch00:02
Cheesy feat00:02
The Bluffer's Briefing: Flight00:02
Bonn demurs over acceptance of Maastricht00:02
Swan Hunter bids investigation begins: Watchdog to examine contest for MoD order00:02
Inside Parliament: Parties clash over hospital murders inquiry00:02
Islanders angered by Braer disaster 'secrecy': Will Bennett in Lerwick reports on the mood at the Donaldson inquiry00:02
Like father, like son. But less than you'd think (4): Three days of tears and release00:02
Paris targeted secrets of British defence firms: Entente cordiale 'derailed' by a mocking French President and industrial espionage00:02
Letter: Words worth subsidy?00:02
Letter: Acts of heroism00:02
LWT widens influence: Stake in Yorkshire Tyne-Tees aims to boost advertising revenue00:02
Sedgwick holds its ground with 40.7m pounds: Profits little changed in first three months00:02
Tennis: Seles withdraws from Wimbledon: The women's No 1 delays return as Agassi pulls out of the French Open00:02
Major in retreat on Allitt inquiry: Witnesses may be forced to appear00:02
Flight control computers 'to bypass pilots': Christian Wolmar reports on a new electronic system for air communications00:02
Racing: Piggott picks right time to predominate: The winning jockey emerges from the final Derby trial with more credit than his mount. Richard Edmondson reports from Goodwood00:02
Hot air while Bosnia burns: Bill Clinton has waffled his way in and out of his first foreign challenge, says Jonathan Eyal00:02
Maxwell's widow demands 311,000 pounds MGN pension00:02
Europe seeks to heal wounds of past year00:02
Racing: Gift horse faces a Rapid rebuff00:02
De Benedetti says bribes 'extorted' from Olivetti00:02
Linx profits warning hits shares: Printing equipment maker blames poor sales in Europe00:02
Letter: Cardiff Bay barrage00:02
Rugby Union: Barnes to lead the Lions in tour opener: Reluctant Hastings held back for second match against North Harbour00:02
Beverly Allitt: Trent health region report 'a whitewash'00:02
Rugby Union: England's new wave to set 1995 marker: Barrie Fairall looks at the prospects for the non-Lions of England, Wales and Scotland as they test their international mettle on tour00:02
Beverly Allitt: we must hear the full story00:02
THEATRE / Scraping the bottom of the hate barrel: The Showman - Almeida, London N100:02
Art Market: Painting withdrawn from sale after artist declares it a fake00:02
BBC pay ballot00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
BT staff settle in repetitive strain case00:02
Farm tries new way of keeping bugs at bay00:02
Today's number: 21600:02
Antiques firm aims to create spirit of bygone age in flower show garden00:02
Police reject calls to seek union status: Federation shys from confrontation over proposed new discipline code00:02
Homosexual reform00:02
THEATRE / King of the cabbage patch - That the name Brian Friel is now mentioned in the same breath as Sean O'Casey and J M Synge is thanks, in part, to the efforts of Joe Dowling. Sarah Hemming talks to the director00:02
Cricketer's Diary: Cold tea warmed by stout00:02
EC gets back to building in Brussels00:02
Bottom Line: Soft option at WPP00:02
Sailing: Format for ship shapes00:02
Media: Talk of the Trade - Movie boom00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Allied buys drinks group: Seagram agrees sale of Perrier-Jouet00:02
400 'moles'00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
ANNIVERSARY / Heresy and mystery in Kit form: A poetic contribution to the debate over one of the great enigmas of literary history00:02
Media: Talk of the Trade - The maul on Sunday00:02
Forest road00:02
Rugby Union: All Black anxiety over weathered leviathan Lions: Rain may tip balance away from New Zealand side looking light on ground. Steve Bale reports from Paihia00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Sailing: Fierce ambition of the Molls of Kintyre: Scottish Islands Peaks Race: Women's team face one of the great tests for runners and sailors. Rob Howard reports00:02
Nurses 'should be screened for mental illness'00:02
Management: A majority trapped in fear of excellence00:02
Old people 'in need of legal protection'00:02
Sporting Digest: Table Tennis00:02
Observer warned of job cuts: Gloom among staff as Guardian editor explains price of takeover00:02
Media: 'Dangerous' watchdog that rarely bites: The guardian of our TV standards is five years old. It has found surprisingly little to censure, reports Sue Summers00:02
A referendum? Much too democratic for Britain00:02
Thirty-three in court over Timex protest00:02
Like father, like son. But less than you'd think (1): At nights, I changed nappies: The grandfather00:02
Ukraine plea00:02
Book Review: A double life on the Hallelujah chorus line: 'Got To Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel' - Jules Schwerin: Oxford University Press, 19.9500:02
Law Report: Forwarded summons validly served: Rolph v Zolan. Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Dillon and Lord Justice Butler-Sloss), 30 April 199300:02
Nationalists remain split over bullet or the ballot box: Northern Ireland holds local elections today. David McKittrick talks to two key strategists and candidates for Derry City Council00:02
Media: Talk of the Trade - Between the lines00:02
Leading Article: Forward with the Danes00:02
Violent surge00:02
Soviet coup trial flops: Hardliners are jubilant over judge's dismissal of prosecution team, writes Helen Womack from Moscow00:02
Diabetic in murder case gets life00:02
Signs of recovery too weak to lift Hanson00:02
Papers show GPA trading at a profit00:02
Architecture Update: Theatres in decay00:02
The Daily Poem: Soil00:02
C&W gives early warning on depreciation00:02
French race towards tunnel service: The 140-mile first stage of the cross-Channel rail link has been inaugurated with a 186mph train from Paris00:02
Amnesty acts00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Cricket: Graduation day at hand for Thorpe: Texaco Cup focus: Surrey's No 3 batsman has had to endure a long international apprenticeship. Rob Steen reports00:02
Letter: Oddly enough . . .00:02
'Dangerous little army' has some very kind friends: Anti-Maastricht Conservative MPs have become a well-organised force. Rhys Williams reports00:02
Media Types: The humour columnist: Laugh? I nearly wrote a column about it00:02
Letter: Whitehall ignores Rio summit findings on ocean pollution00:02
Letter: High labour costs for EC employers00:02
Drinking in the no-hope saloon: Is 'Cheers' quite simply the best television programme ever made?00:02
Clinton faces party revolt: Conservative Democrats threaten to ditch White House economic plan00:02
Directors share farewell cash: Tarmac and Costain disclosures may fuel severance pay row00:02
A woman's art that men refuse to see00:02
Rebels to concentrate forces on court action: The Maastricht Treaty: Conservative dissidents likely to vote with the Government in Commons vote on Social Chapter00:02
Obituary: W. M. Walker00:02
Gaza deaths00:02
FRINGE / Living off the fat of the land: Sarah Hemming on Fat Souls and Lardo Weeping, plus the RSC's A Jovial Crew00:02
Polish PM struggles to stay in power: Solidarity is threatening a strike that could topple the government. Adrian Bridge reports from Berlin00:02
Radical overhaul of pensions proposed: Basic minimum 'should be a right for all'00:02
Letter: Whitehall ignores Rio summit findings on ocean pollution00:02
Bottom Line: Rentokil sets itself a task00:02
Pembroke: SIB wobbles00:02
Major trumpets productivity rises: Prime Minister issues challenge to European Community competitors00:02
BA makes 442m pounds cash call: Two inquiries launched into how rights issue was leaked00:02
British 'could end troubles'00:02
Danes rescue Maastricht: Ministers prepare to put pressure on the Lords to speed progress of European treaty legislation00:02
Letter: A democratic Yemen needs Western support00:02
Grid sees decline in electricity surplus: Lower plant capacity 'not a lifeline' for pits00:02
Court Circular00:02
Media: They're going to 'Touch' you for a pound: Joseph Gallivan looks at a free dance music magazine that is preparing to raise its profile as well as its price00:02
Rugby Union: Wallabies poised to cash in00:02
A Shinto ceremony yesterday marked the completion of a new residence for Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. But the Emperor himself, inexplicably, did not attend.00:02
Chess: Means justified by the endgame00:02
Obituary: William Randolph Hearst Jnr00:02
Banda backs down on ballot boxes00:02
Obituary: Adam Johnson00:02
Sporting Digest: Drugs in sport00:02
View from City Road: BA rights worthwhile for those who can wait00:02
View from City Road: Inflation case for more direct taxes00:02
Theatres report00:02
Leading Article: A change in Oxford's balance of power00:02
View from City Road: Change of tack by Hanson00:02
Letter: Science and peace00:02
Like father, like son. But less than you'd think (2): I've tried to break the pattern: The father00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Hospital nurses 'afraid to disclose HIV status': Clearer guidelines sought on employing NHS staff with Aids virus00:02
Ivory Towers: And they call it guppy love . . .00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Obituary: Lord Kenyon00:02
Father maintains Allitt's innocence00:02
Polish PM struggles to stay in power: Solidarity is threatening a strike that could topple the government. Adrian Bridge reports from Berlin00:02
'Banana Boat' fine00:02
Media: Talk of the Trade - How Grade's speech made the headlines00:02
M&S chief rules out any more acquisitions: Stores group grants pay rise of almost 6 per cent, sends retail task force to Japan and turns in 737m pounds profit00:02
Football: Hendry in line for linchpin00:02
Football: Crystal may be price for peace at Spurs: Venables could lose his last White Hart Lane ally for sake of detente while Lazio refuse to release England's main attraction for US trip00:02
Out of America: Nights of gizmos and great hair00:02
Dons find Oxford guilty of sex discrimination: University urged to abandon new professorships in favour of posts improving promotion prospects for women academics00:02
Mitterrand laps up EC's fast track00:02
Italian police score with capture of a Mafia boss: Dawn raid finds alleged murderous gangster asleep in bed00:02
Football: Gascoigne blow for England00:02
They also serve who only stand and sweat00:02
Like father, like son. But less than you'd think (3): He's my best mate, not just my dad: The son00:02
Fall in factory output ends run of encouraging figures: More consumers expect economy to improve in coming year00:02
Architecture: Simplicity under Russian icing: Russia might be struggling to adapt to the free market, but one of Moscow's shopping centres puts Western malls to shame, says Mark Crick00:02
Major gives go-ahead for Crossrail00:02
Diary00:02
Diabetic pleads guilty to murder00:02
IRA violence 'deepens divide'00:02
Jury sent to hotel00:02
Boxing: Lewis to have operation on injured right hand00:02
Rentokil makes 59m pounds bid00:02
BOC benefits from fall in the pound: Chief executive warns against too-strict regulation of private briefings for City00:02
Leading Article: Deadly trust in Beverly Allitt00:02
Wellcome can sell Zovirax over counter00:02
Bank warns against new rate cut00:02
Parents critical over planned inquiry: The Beverly Allitt case: Victims' families struggle to come to terms with the killings00:02
Parliamentary Questions: Written Replies00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Healthy outlook at Drew00:02
Denmark takes a holiday to decide treaty's fate00:02
Extreme right splits over SA's future00:02
TELEVISION / Production notes00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Two-thirds of NIE may go to small investors: Customers eligible for money-off vouchers00:02
Market Report: Unilver feels the brands war backlash00:02
UN forced to delay Bosnia talks as West fails to agree00:02
Corsica blasts00:02
IG Metall chief urged to quit00:02
Cricket: Taylor tips opener's vote with late swing: England face Australia in the first Texaco Trophy match today but recent history suggests the one-day winners will lose the Test series00:02
Architecture Update: Changing trains00:02
Tenpin bowling on growth curve: Report gives expanding 'family sport' five years to the skittles of market maturity00:02
MUSIC / Laughter in the dark: Stephen Johnson on a celebration of Ligeti at the Barbican00:02
Serbs to 'examine' plan for border observers00:02
Gartmore gearing up for part flotation00:02
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