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Figures lift US recovery hopes: Housing starts rise in September for third month in succession00:02
What price more time with the children?: Men who try to balance the demands of family life and career face difficult choices. Tim Kahn finds out how four of them are coping00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The long march of the Victorian titans: 'The Convert Cardinals' - David Newsome :John Murray, 25 pounds00:02
Drug smugglers get 24 years00:02
Chinese leaders told to heed disgruntled farmers00:02
Motor Show 1993: Small cars are rapidly becoming big business: Efficient production boosts choice, writes Martin Derrick00:02
Guided migrants00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Letter: Conrad and the Polish laureates00:02
Letter: Conrad and the Polish laureates00:02
Pembroke: Oh, to be an insurance man00:02
Football: English clubs hit form in Europe00:02
Notices00:02
Media: Weekend week in, week out00:02
And what's more . . .00:02
Dutch group puts in bid for Extel Financial00:02
Letter: Hardy's prophecy00:02
Screening out stories of abuse: Legal rules that govern children's evidence on video work against the victims, argues Beatrix Campbell00:02
The Fringe: Ripped and gripped00:02
Night out: the psychic supper: 'You drive a red car.' No, it's blue00:02
Football: Haan's hard opinion00:02
Obituary: Leon Ames00:02
Date rape acquittal stokes row: 'A person who is drunk, and because she is drunk consents to an act which she would not when sober, still consents'00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Motor Show 1993: Saloon showdown for the big guns: Battle has been joined for supremacy in the family car sector, writes Martin Derrick00:02
Builder's warning00:02
Raising the most while doing the least damage: Robert Chote looks at some tax choices for the Chancellor in the Green Budget00:02
Wales agency acts on critical report00:02
Motor Show 1993: Why a sunroof might soon cost you the earth: Chris Wright reports on how tax changes will affect accessories for company cars00:02
Gulf battle honours00:02
Tennis: Britain away on clay again00:02
Rocha takes the prize for fashion's finest00:02
Aborigine deal00:02
It's money for nothing and the pollution is free: Adrian Bridge writes from Cluj, a city thousands of Romanians are flocking to in the hope of making a fast lei00:02
Transplant girl dies00:02
Obituary: William Coates00:02
Rugby League: Wigan lifted on shoulders of Britain's 21st century men: Offiah returns from injury with a try to help send Leigh to defeat as Bradford turn down the Kiwis' request to enlist Watson as stand-off00:02
Football: Canaries sing song for Europe00:02
Letter: Articles Ireland has little faith in00:02
Motor Show 1993: Paying the price for in-car telephones: Tony Bosworth investigates the mobile communications market00:02
Motor Show 1993: Hardy Britons take a breath of fresh air: The choice has never been wider or better in the cabriolet market. Martin Derrick reports on a continuing story of success00:02
Prostitute jailed00:02
Hockey: Sixsmith elevated by striking success: Mike Rowbottom on the confident women's hockey player who continues to generate interest in her growing sport as Great Britain build for the future00:02
Letter: Let justice be the sole yardstick for punishment00:02
Improper little madam00:02
Channel rail link in London 'could be built underground': BR report says new line could run in tunnel at modest extra cost. Michael Harrison reports00:02
Letter: Turks in Cyprus00:02
Letter: Forces in unison00:02
Tennis: Wood moves into double figures00:02
Birthdays00:02
Fan's Eye View: Orange agents in exile: Newport AFC00:02
Letter: Buddhist tolerance00:02
Market Report: Rolls takes a hammering as forecasts are sliced00:02
Two charged00:02
Bottom Line: US poses problems00:02
Underrated: A jigger of remorse, a dash of lunacy: Overdue credit where credit's due: Kevin Jackson kicks off a new series on the critically overlooked00:02
Baseball: Toronto pitchers' moment of truth00:02
Suicide verdict00:02
Shock treatment rescues salmon: Nigel Burnham sees migrating fish being stunned and then helped on the way to their North Yorkshire spawning grounds00:02
Nightclubs: Radio activity: Joseph Gallivan talks to the radio pirates who are planning a mail-order club service00:02
Sarajevo: we are still not doing enough00:02
TELEVISION / After the gold-rush, the accusations00:02
Canadian Pizza forecasts 3.15m pounds00:02
'Pray for the soul of dying Fellini'00:02
Prisoner freed00:02
THEATRE / Double fantasy: Paul Taylor on Looking Through a Glass Onion at the Criterion00:02
Babo the godfather tycoon offers ray of hope to Balkans00:02
Leading Article: The triumph of green over grey00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Letter: Let justice be the sole yardstick for punishment00:02
Conservation: An eye on endangered species: Joanna Gibbon reports on the work of Birdlife International, which has been battling to preserve birds since 192200:02
Motor Show 1993: Is that old car a bargain or a burden?: James May provides a guide to some of the more popular classic cars that can be picked up for less than pounds 5,00000:02
SKB profits up as drug sales dive00:02
Judge brands Lazard firms incompetent00:02
Peace deal00:02
Motor Show 1993: The beaten-up banger with a style all its own: Once you learn to recognise their unique timbre, old cars are a joy to run, writes James May, the proud owner of a Triumph Vitesse00:02
Baseball: On the whole I'd rather be in Philadelphia00:02
View from City Road: Management, not glamour00:02
Letter: Let justice be the sole yardstick for punishment00:02
Inside Parliament: MPs dig in over First World War pardon plan: Bill on executed soldiers introduced; party leaders clash over taxation; Minister confirms demise of Wrens00:02
Draw makes Kasparov champion00:02
Bottom Line: Wolseley's skills rewarded00:02
Obituary: Paul Petrides00:02
Grade says BSkyB 'rips off' the public: Major events could be limited to satellite channel subscribers00:02
Whoops of triumph as Bhutto wins power00:02
View from City Road: Lloyd's heading for victory00:02
Leading Article: Seeking a settlement on northern Cyprus00:02
Insurer warns of rating 'bloodbath': The talk is of fighting, food and pharmaceuticals as more companies get ready to make their market debut00:02
Elvis woz 'ere00:02
Marketing: Creating the right impression: Does your company have an image problem? Corporate identity consultants can help, they tell Paul Gosling00:02
Motor Show 1993: Manufacturers aiming to reflect new-found confidence with upturn in autumn sales00:02
Racing: New Garrison drill for Pitman: A Gold Cup winner returns to the scene of old glory but his regular partner has a new position in the stands00:02
Reynolds snubbed on IRA talks00:02
Letter: Water company all at sea over the Solent00:02
Whatever happened to Bosnia?: Nato ministers must discuss the war again, writes Robert Block00:02
Ex-convict's fight against crime founders: A project showing children the horrors of prison life may end because a request for an pounds 8,000 grant has been refused. Steve Boggan reports00:02
Record gilts auction due00:02
Lenin may lie with old foes00:02
German households feather their nests with marks00:02
Cantab pleased despite shortfall in placing value00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Ukraine plea00:02
Judges of history in the making: A group of academics who foresaw Soviet collapse reconvened recently. Julian Bullard was there00:02
Horror stories that become my nightmares: Susan de Muth in bed with Peter James00:02
Citicorp learns from past mistakes: New tactics and a local hero are paying off for the US bank in Europe, reports Peter Rodgers00:02
Real defence options caught in the crossfire00:02
Code of practice for submarines published: Minister announces safety move and other changes. Christopher Bellamy reports00:02
College clams up on 'unfair' disciplinary system00:02
Motor Show 1993: Wide range of high-quality choices in executive sector: Martin Derrick examines new models for the upper echelons00:02
Patients tell of relief from pain: Jonathan Foster on the arguments for allowing cannabis to be used as a therapy00:02
Media: Thatcher: candid on camera: For once, You-Know-Who could not be in the driving seat. Owen Slot talks to the programme makers who were00:02
Football: Villa draw spirit from Saunders and Bosnich00:02
Brothers died in blaze after being 'locked' in bedroom00:02
Drug case doctor is cleared: Solicitor calls for legal reform to enable GPs to supply cannabis00:02
The Daily Poem: Ants00:02
Ivory Towers: I'll never forget what's-his-name00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Sailing: Race record eclipsed by Dalton: Whitbread Round The World Race00:02
Powerboating: No place for showboating as records play on the competitors' minds on Windermere00:02
Football: The threat of Cadete00:02
Virtuality races to 119p premium: Frantic dealing in a limited stock00:02
MUSIC / Spirit levels: Michael Dervan reports from Wexford Festival Opera00:02
No room for compromise in debate over 'date rape': Mary Braid looks at the arguments that have polarised public opinion00:02
Court Circular00:02
Gulf war regiments receive honours00:02
Shades of grey in rape case: The case raised questions on whether one man's behaviour or student conduct was on trial00:02
'Get tough on insolvency': Aim of protecting public not fully met, says National Audit Office00:02
Paterson improves 7%: Third World and investments boost detergents group00:02
Hunting banned00:02
Haitian military demand cabinet posts: Opponents of the exiled President have been encouraged by US failures, writes Patrick Cockburn in Washington00:02
Tax review for life insurance: System 'puts British companies at disadvantage against Europe'00:02
Rugby Union: Clarke gives England a new problem: Bath No 8 out of action00:02
Clinton tells Rangers to pull out of Somalia00:02
THEATRE / Double fantasy: Paul Taylor on Looking Through a Glass Onion at the Criterion00:02
American cigarette price war hits quarterly earnings of Philip Morris: Tobacco giant warns that fourth-quarter profits will suffer00:02
Burnt-out White House draws tourists: Julian Nundy reports that Moscow seems remarkably calm only two weeks after the crushing of armed rebellion00:02
Leading Article: Mr Major retreats from view00:02
Hooded gunmen kill Spanish air force general00:02
Obituary: Paolo Bortoluzzi00:02
Curator's Choice: the National Motor Museum00:02
Rudy Guiliano for Mayor00:02
Flotation will value Centregold at 50m pounds00:02
The maestro of surprise: At 82, the pianist Shura Cherkassky is just as quixotic as ever. Robert Cowan met him at home in his London hotel00:02
Today's number: 3,70000:02
BOOK REVIEW / Expanding green advice: 'Green Business' - Malcolm Wheatley; 'Achieving Environmental Management Standards' - Michael J. Gilbert: Both publd. by Institute of Management/Pitman Publishing, 14.95 pounds00:02
Boxer drops appeal00:02
Paedophile killer 'was murdered': Post-mortem examination confirms child rapist was strangled in jail cell00:02
Architecture: Model city built from a few humble cigar boxes: Havana00:02
Stores oppose 'retail' warehouse00:02
Motor Show 1993: Getting traffic in the capital up to speed: Steven Norris MP tells Russell Hayes about the plans and priorities involved in keeping London moving smoothly00:02
Contempt case to be opened over IRA arrest00:02
Chess: Kasparov missing Karpov00:02
Motor Show 1993: Cut through the jams and beat the train: Motorcyclists are often treated like modern lepers. Russell Bulgin looks at the realities of Nineties biking00:02
Architecture: Walls came tumbling down: Jonathan Glancey, our man in Havana, finds one of the most beautiful cities in the world crumbling under a US trade embargo00:02
Thatcher 'spied on Lawson': Colin Brown reports on a TV series about the former prime minister's years at No 1000:02
Buthelezi 'no'00:02
Moscow refuses aid to Georgia00:02
'Wise men' counsel caution over tax rises: Chancellor warned that economic recovery is fragile but upbeat Major tells MPs it has taken root00:02
Football: Campaign unites Englishmen: Manchester's finest aim to produce more delights against the Turkish champions to help ease the post-Rotterdam depression00:02
Sexual rules00:02
Major dismisses threat to charities' tax relief00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Kashmir militant arrested00:02
Obituary: Charles Scholefield00:02
Credit card will build up points towards purchase of new car: Vauxhall launches US-style scheme00:02
Car-jacking inquiry00:02
Architecture: Reversing the charge of the naff phone box00:02
Diary00:02
Media: Just look who's laughing now: ITV struggles to make us watch; the BBC battles with its own bureaucracy, and Channel 4 is running off with viewers. Michael Grade tells Maggie Brown why (CORRECTED)00:02
View from City Road: Lonrho's future still in the melting pot00:02
Rugby Union: Naude inspires awe00:02
Limassol locks out the Queen00:02
Jordanian role in Iraq arms 'ignored': Warning on weapons deal dismissed as 'irrelevant'00:02
Racing: Crop favourite for Melbourne00:02
Motor Show 1993: The need for security has changed priorities: Martin Derrick reports on the new developments in car safety that have been prompted by the demands of purchasers00:02
Racing: Fine for dallying Dettori00:02
It must be true, it was in the papers . . . wasn't it?00:02
More money 'needed to meet health guarantees'00:02
UN troop famine puts Muslim 'safe areas' at risk00:02
Motor Show 1993: Sales up overall but slower in South-east: As the London Motor Show opens at Earl's Court, Chris Wright looks at the state of the car market00:02
Man gets 25 years for IRA bomb plot: Judges tells court that terrorist plan to detonate three-and-a-half-tons of explosive would have caused enormous damage. Terry Kirby reports00:02
Out of Canada: Calamity Kim's campaign pep turns to petulance00:02
Football: Fifa blows whistle on Assenmacher00:02
A United States Air Force F-111 bomber flying over the M1100:02
Rowland fends off challenge at Lonrho: Rival chief executives reach compromise on appointment of non-executive directors