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Right and wrong paths to justice00:02
Letter: Support for talks among all parties in Northern Ireland00:02
Ulster summit in the balance: London and Dublin haggle over province's status as doubt is cast on IRA dealings00:02
Surrogate Santa's crash course in infant survival: Chris Blackhurst, in beard and cloak, finds the magic of Father Christmas undimmed00:02
Trade officials gave Iraq exporters 'wrong signals'00:02
Death law00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Media: The quality control is still on: Two major ITV companies plan to merge - but will viewers notice? Michael Leapman assesses the industry's ability to make new owners stick to their predecessors' promises00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Sailing: British hit by damage to rudder00:02
Letter: Samaritans at large00:02
Letter: Public morality in good health00:02
Letter: Public morality in good health00:02
Franciscans admit 'horrific' sex abuse in seminary00:02
MI5 man tells jury of IRA bomb plots00:02
New promise00:02
RAF bias award00:02
Woman 'sat numb as girl burned': Court told of teenager's screams00:02
Architecture: Who will protect us from the protectors?: English Heritage is so powerful that architects are scared to criticise its inconsistencies, says Edmund Soane00:02
Out of America: Fill your trolley and save the country00:02
Media: Talk of the Trade: Liberties with licence fees?00:02
Business leaders sing out in chorus of approval00:02
Art Market: Telephone bid secures 'Jerusalem' for 617,500 pounds00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
'Independent' loses 486,000 pounds00:02
Japan loses its economic thrust: The Nikkei index dropped 647 points on Monday, a sign of the recession stifling strong post-war growth. Terry McCarthy reports00:02
Underrated: Stand by Tam00:02
Football: McIlroy moulding Macclesfield's dream: FA Cup countdown: A former United legend is aiming to guide his non-Leaguers past Crewe. Phil Shaw reports00:02
Racing: Long haul00:02
Correction: In bed with Diane Lamplugh00:02
Scores wounded in Gaza protests: Israeli and Palestinian leaders seek to end the violence amid anxiety about the peace process00:02
Girl took overdose00:02
Cricket: New generation game for South African challenge: Different objectives for the England A openers00:02
View from City Road: Dawson's problems go deeper00:02
Fewer churchgoers00:02
Sporting Digest: Weightlifting00:02
Jocks away: Jimmy Savile charged just a shilling for his first disco. James Robertson singles out the DJs beating the same path to fame and fortune00:02
Escobar plea00:02
Boxing: Akinwande out to win the crowd00:02
Letter: 'House' raises questions of art00:02
EU agricultural reform starts to bite: US and European negotiators have 24 hours to revise Blair House agreement and find formula to end the impasse over Gatt00:02
Rugby Union: Insipid All Blacks appear homesick: Unheralded Services show their worth00:02
Letter: Exceptional, but behind on points00:02
THEATRE / Arguing a mute point: Paul Taylor on Wild Things, Anna Reynolds's drama about life in a psychiatric hospital, at Salisbury Playhouse00:02
Sex slump00:02
Killer wife is jailed for life00:02
Sporting Digest: American Football00:02
Soviet 'betrayal'00:02
'Lenin burial'00:02
Well bugged00:02
THEATRE / The Fringe: Voyage round his father00:02
Serbian warrior wins hearts and mindless: Women swoon and men gush as the warlord Arkan goes on the campaign trail, writes Marcus Tanner in Paracin00:02
Patten takes path of reform and conflict with China00:02
Glasgow wins fight for 20m pounds art gallery00:02
Media: Talk of the trade: Double take00:02
Family to sue over landfill house: Heather Mills reports on a case that could help thousands of homeowners00:02
Prisoners shape up for a life of fashion00:02
Today's number: 1,478,55700:02
Football: Tranmere geed up by Brannan's brace00:02
Medecin deadline00:02
Man gets life for killing love rival00:02
Hammer killer gets life term00:02
Out of America: Fill your trolley and save the country00:02
Obituary: J. R. D. Tata00:02
The Budget: Clarke's soft shoe shuffle unites party over tax rises00:02
Court Circular00:02
Close your eyes and listen: Michael Nyman has a problem, and it's nothing to do with turning 50. It's Peter Greenaway and all those movies. By Mark Pappenheim00:02
Lower costs boost Eastern Electricity00:02
Football fans freed in Turkey00:02
Market Report: Shares climb further in a show of satisfaction00:02
Leading Article: Hospitals need better treatment00:02
Football: FA appoints Armfield as 'special adviser': Keegan's position as front runner for England manager's job strengthened by arrival of a former national captain turned pundit00:02
France outlaws Kurdish groups: Crackdown on anti-Turkish militants follows German sweep against PKK00:02
Yeltsin minister in party ban row00:02
Racing: Hoard of wins at Jackdaws Castle: David Nicholson's new stable jockey is dictating the pace in this season's title race. Paula Minchin rode out with Adrian Maguire00:02
Football: Republic and City hit by Quinn injury00:02
Markets cheer Christmas cracker00:02
Wildlife bequest00:02
Rugby Union: Skinner relishes Tigers meet00:02
Stabbing attack00:02
View from City Road: A sigh of relief as spectres fail to materialise00:02
Bid for Polish TV channel00:02
Tooth surgery death00:02
Dog attacks PC00:02
Obituary: Eila Hershon00:02
Best-sellers00:02
Media: Talk of the trade: More BBC bravery00:02
Doctor back00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Cricketer cleared00:02
Letter: 'House' raises questions of art00:02
Firebomb attack00:02
Kohl set to bring Paris into trade fold00:02
Letter: Public morality in good health00:02
Woman died after migraine diagnosis00:02
Football: Arsenal lose their grip00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Leading Article: Restructuring, Japanese style00:02
Angola fails to sweep its misery under the carpet: Karl Maier in Luanda crossed the frontier between government and Unita, and saw the deeper line dividing Angola's rich and poor00:02
Italian state prepared 'Gulag' for Moro00:02
The Budget: A tough Budget spreads the pain: Shares soar as Clarke pledges to end borrowing by raising taxes and trimming spending00:02
Cold ballet dancers strike over a question of degree00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Letter: Plus ca change00:02
New head appointed for Eton00:02
Letter: Public morality in good health00:02
Media: Talk of the Trade: 'Standard' sales up00:02
Leading Article: Not dancing can also be dangerous00:02
Hunting banned00:02
Pop is beautiful music to legal ears: George Michael sings tonight. It's a change from arguing art over accountancy in court, says Jim White (CORRECTED)00:02
Media: A giant gambles on its muscle00:02
A thousand women mobbed us: Susan de Muth in bed with Dreamboy Trevor00:02
Theatre / Notices00:02
And what's more . . .00:02
Rise in US gang killings linked to 9mm pistol00:02
Football: Fan's Eye View: Living on golden memories00:02
Car washer jailed00:02
PC shot as he chased Post Office van robbers00:02
Warehouse club offers bargains but no 'frills': David Nicholson-Lord looks at a shopping concept posing a threat to supermarkets00:02
Media: Acting tough with intent: She's back, this time with the vice squad in Soho. David Lister interviews Helen Mirren, cult heroine of ITV's 'Prime Suspect'00:02
Letter: 'House' raises questions of art00:02
Six life sentences for death fire teenager00:02
Eurotunnel asks for more time on funding: Banks agree to put back deadline on additional pounds 1bn00:02
Football: Posh's pain persists00:02
Birthdays00:02
The Daily Poem: Upon the Last Day of His Forty-Ninth Year00:02
MUSIC: Small acts of devotion: Nicholas Williams on London Sinfonietta's Messiaen tribute00:02
Football: Fashanu to be reported to FA by Spurs00:02
Tutu calls for action00:02
Royal Ballet principals Bruce Sansom and Viviana Durante rehearsing the rarely seen MacMillan work 'Anastasia', to be performed tonight at the Royal Opera House Winter Gala00:02
Cancer expert attacks 'cowboy' doctors00:02
Exchange lets in new sponsors: Solicitors, accountants and banks allowed to act00:02
Football: Hughes and Giggs united in inspiration00:02
Swedish riots00:02
TELEVISION / The smiling nun with a miserable habit00:02
Japan's output drops sharply00:02
This winter's special offer: the Barcode Tit and friends00:02
Bosnian stalemate00:02
Photographs order00:02
Curator's Choice00:02
Book for Christmas: From the Civil Service to the uncivil side of the game: Martin Johnson thumbs through the publishers' seasonal offerings and finds agreeable surprises00:02
Letter: Support for talks among all parties in Northern Ireland00:02
Making a killing in videos: Censorship is a dirty word, but unrelentingly violent films have made it a necessary evil00:02
Castle's good news00:02
You wanna be a gang sister? Kill for it: Esther Oxford discovers the pressures that are making girls part of the culture of violence on Chicago's South Side00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Chinese build on Thatcher revolution: Teresa Poole in Chengdu discovers the first shoots of a boom in ownership which owes more to capitalism than the 'iron rice bowl'00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Diary00:02
Letter: Samaritans at large