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Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Pit sets European record00:02
Making failure into an art form: The orchestras fiasco underlines the futility of the Arts Council's continued existence00:02
Murderer given life00:02
Tennis: Books for Christmas - Ashe's grace in face of Aids and racism: John Roberts looks at the leading tomes to arrive from a court of kings and queens00:02
A plan to silence the squelchers00:02
Ministers at odds over state pension00:02
Letter: Road taxes fail to cover social costs00:02
Fimbra warns of high-income risk00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
GDP points to recovery in Germany00:02
Racing: Three kings of steeplechasing are joined in a cause00:02
Network start date set00:02
Readers endorse Sunday closing00:02
Rail office will balance interests00:02
End of the 'quickie' divorce proposed: Correction00:02
Inspirations set for pounds 23m float: Some proceeds will be used to buy control of Goldcrest00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Dependable props of the Ashington pit00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Nutcracker rehearsal00:02
Review urged on drink limits00:02
Tennis: Becker's technique found wanting: Floundering German makes brief debut in the Grand Slam Cup00:02
A Slice of the Action00:02
Ice Skating: Cousins' quest00:02
Granville to take on PosTel investment00:02
Lloyd's rescue plan heads for rocks: Members' ginger groups reject compensation offer - Letter to financial panel chairman reveals divisions00:02
MoD overspending ignored guidelines: Audit report attacks 'fundamental flaw'00:02
Acquisitions help push Stagecoach up 47%: Bus company continues fast growth since flotation00:02
BOOK REVIEW / 'Quality' is a journey: 'Making Quality Work' - George Labovitz, Y S Change and Victor Rosansky: HarperCollins, 16.99 pounds00:02
Neo-Nazis main suspects in spate of letter-bombs00:02
Belfast man shot00:02
Files released on Nazi accused over massacre: SS general linked to POW deaths00:02
Birthdays00:02
Nelson Hurst nets pounds 28m from placing: Insurance broker will redeem Citicorp loan00:02
MP proposes fourth Sunday trading option: Tory wants only 'special shops' to open in morning. Patricia Wynn Davies reports00:02
Treehouse falls to M11 bulldozer: Sheriff of London wins 10-hour battle for chestnut at George Green00:02
Southwestern Bell pays dollars 1.6bn for cable television stake00:02
3i warns of poor demand: Venture capital group has pounds 500m in funds available for UK firms00:02
90 per cent of aid held up00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Thorp inquiry call00:02
Rise in dental fees 'deliberately obscured'00:02
Short school hours 'equal to a year's lost teaching': Action pledge over differing class hours00:02
'Secure' satellite put into orbit00:02
Sudanese rulers accused of atrocities in civil war: Eyewitness testimonies handed to the UN speak of rape, murder and the abduction of children, writes Robert Fisk in Khartoum00:02
Car drags woman, 8100:02
Devaluation hits Allied Colloids00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Bad ruling for brothers00:02
Boys' torture trial00:02
Royal Academy of Engineering00:02
Hindu leaders arrested00:02
Letter: Why the answer to the soil lies in the stars00:02
Sex, the special offer that never fails to make a sale00:02
Football: Redmond shows precious mettle00:02
Cricket: Travellers on a new frontier00:02
Paperweight fetches pounds 20,00000:02
Curator's Choice: Royal Geographical Society00:02
Budd says new taxes could slow recovery00:02
Letter: A year of policy confusion at the Arts Council00:02
'Patriot' with a penchant for past glories: Despite his party's name, Vladimir Zhirinovsky is neither liberal nor democratic, writes Andrew Higgins in Moscow00:02
European Football: Makeshift Norwich seeking to defy history: Walker banks on his team's away-goals record as Bowen and Megson try to fill gaps left by Culverhouse and Crook00:02
Media Viewpoint: A quick fix is no good for ITV00:02
UFOs ignore flight ban00:02
Market Report: Latest humiliation sees Ladbroke take a battering00:02
Police recruitment frozen for second year00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Cricket: Warne in form00:02
Peer finds student union cuts deplorable00:02
Obituary: Felix Houphouet-Boigny00:02
View from City Road: Gatt threatened by French foolishness00:02
MPs clear way for Tapie charges00:02
Ex-prisoner points way to Palestinian peace: Sarah Helm in Gaza City talks to a former 'terrorist' who is taking over the running of part of the occupied territories from the Israelis00:02
Support grows for Prince in succession row00:02
Gorbachev visits Thatcher00:02
Rugby Union / University Match: Lion-Cachet's dream transpires00:02
Is there Christmas after divorce?: Snivelling in the sprouts because your partner has left you isn't the only way to spend Christmas after divorce. Angela Phillips finds people who are learning to cope00:02
France seeks high price for Gatt deal: Gap with US narrows as talks hinge on film and jet subsidies00:02
MUSIC / Merry dance: Meredith Oakes on a recital by Piotr Anderszewski at the QEH00:02
Ban on Kurds pleases Turkey00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Letter: A year of policy confusion at the Arts Council00:02
Deutsche results up 11% to pounds 1.6bn: Bank chairman defends sector's high earnings in tough recession00:02
Police officer denies causing crash deaths00:02
Sporting Digest: American Football00:02
Sailing: Smith put under pressure00:02
Cricket: Over to England selectors00:02
Euro-train is unable to take the British strain: Julian Nundy in Paris reports on Eurostar's teething troubles with the Network SouthEast track00:02
Not in front of the masses, please00:02
Today's Number: 4.600:02
'Independent' journalist receives MBE00:02
Dear Jim Morrison: The late great Door would have been 50 today. A self-confessed disciple explains why she just has to throw a party00:02
Football: Everton cast admiring eyes in Coppell's direction00:02
New camera for Hubble00:02
Pembroke: A fabulous list of favourite things00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Pounds 62,000 award00:02
Architecture: Hallmarks of quality on the campus: By giving the traditional terraced house a modern twist, Rick Mather has produced civilised homes for students, says Peter Dormer00:02
Secret US nuclear tests00:02
Kohl fights the prophets of doom: The phrase 'twilight of the Chancellor' has become a buzzword as troubles mount for Germany's leader00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Ivory Coast's leader is dead00:02
Court Circular00:02
Smith's fivefold leap still fails to impress00:02
Sporting Digest: Olympic Games00:02
10 years for Denny beating00:02
Older drivers 'take the most chances': Country publicans have to steer a fine line to attract trade. Martin Whitfield reports00:02
Letter: Trading Sundays for more enjoyable Saturdays00:02
Sumo: Warriors shaping up for the big shove: British team will be mounting a serious challenge at the World Championships this weekend. Ian Ridley met them00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Bottom Line: Challenge for Chubb00:02
Bosnia appeal00:02
Assets seized00:02
DTI may speed up plan to break gas monopoly: Customer could choose supplier by 199600:02
Number is up when it comes to jams00:02
Call to bar genetic test results for insurance firms: Report calls for central body to regulate bioethics00:02
Letter: No university place for Polonius today00:02
Radio 5 'going out with a bang': Station wins praise but no reprieve00:02
Out of America: Buddy, can you spare a home?00:02
Miscellany page00:02
THEATRE / 'It's not going to get any better, you know': Chris Lynam's new show was teetering on the verge of chaos. But it needed a final push. Enter Ken Campbell. By Sarah Hemming00:02
Electricity payouts spark leap in shares: Cuts and high demand aid Midlands and South Wales00:02
Racing: No National run for Hill00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Travels with teenage drunks toting automatics: Blood & Belonging - Michael Ignatieff: BBC / Chatto, pounds 16.9900:02
Runaways 'fear abuse'00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
League accused in finance scandal00:02
Not all sweetness and light: For 25 years the King's Singers have been our top a cappella group. And for 25 years we haven't had a clue what they're about. By Mark Pappenheim00:02
BT video plan under scrutiny: Watchdog warns it will monitor prices to ensure fair competition00:02
Cider maker rolls out 11 per cent interim profit increase00:02
The Daily Poem: Present00:02
Leading Article: Life for murder is not always right00:02
College concert circuit 'at risk': Education Bill could kill off the breeding ground for bands, writes David Lister00:02
View from City Road: Offer is just a redistribution of Lloyd's wealth00:02
THEATRE / Openings00:02
Hairy Elke to get a fat cheque from Zsa Zsa00:02
Germany's titans reach for the axe: John Eisenhammer on some ugly truths facing the chemicals industry00:02
Review: The battle between the picture and the story00:02
And What's More . . .00:02
Football: Old soldiers return to celebrate the future: Jon Culley reports on an emotional night of history and heroes at Molineux00:02
Seafood link to asthma00:02
View from City Road: Smith misses a Christmas bonus00:02
Computer expert jailed for cash machine fraud00:02
Rugby League: Gardner takes leave of Sheffield00:02
Eldridge tops up00:02
Killer bee movie: Australian film saboteurs Double Take have rewritten the script for the classic turkey The Bees. Dominic Cavendish cringes in the aisles00:02
Rugby Union / University Match: Rees' tactical nous gives an edge to Oxford: University match attracts record crowd as lightweight Cambridge come unstuck after failing to contain Dark Blue threat00:02
Bemrose seeks pounds 19.5m to finance purchase of US calendar printer00:02
She delivers kindness with the pintas: Susan de Muth in bed with Irene Hall00:02
Inside Parliament: Shocks in store as Budget marathon ends: Cook serves up recipe for disenchantment - Fuel tax portrayed in life and death terms00:02
Letter: Trading Sundays for more enjoyable Saturdays00:02
Worker tells of threats to agree 7-day week00:02
Bosnia Appeal: The charities that need your support00:02
Letter: Trading Sundays for more enjoyable Saturdays00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Tories suffer after Budget00:02
Letter: Goethe's ginkgo00:02
Diary00:02
Woman guilty of killing husband to protect secret life: Council official's life of prostitution and gambling was under threat of exposure00:02
Football: Bets off as Hughes exposes Blades00:02
Major soothes fears of Unionist exodus fears of Ulster exodus00:02
Bottom Line: Tough retort for below-par Siebe00:02
Squash: Jansher's title00:02
Leading Article: Divorced, but still fit to play the King00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Father loses test case over child agency payments: Court rejects application to overturn clean-break deal00:02
Boers try to turn clock back at historic fort: 'Pretoria Commando' seizes monument on the day blacks share power for first time00:02
THEATRE / FRINGE: Suffer little children00:02
Media: He lives to fight VAT another day: Budget battles do not come any tougher. Michael Leapman meets the mastermind of the publishers' campaign00:02
Underrated: Art from the rising sun: The case for Yasujiro Ozu00:02
Letter: A year of policy confusion at the Arts Council00:02
Market knocks Charter00:02
Architecture Update: Retreat on courses00:02
Obituary: Don Ameche00:02
Placing puts pounds 29m tag on London Industrial00:02
Book squeaks in to take title00:02
Racing: Betting braced for big bang: A new form of wager may prove a Trojan horse for beleaguered backers - Richard Edmondson explains the pluses and minuses of spread bets00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Manslaughter verdict00:02
Letter: Thieves' market00:02
Leading Article: A compromised Sabbath00:02
Gorby] The tour: At a town near you, the man Mrs Thatcher could do business with, a founder of the New World Order, the one and only00:02
ITC sees danger to television companies: Rule changes threaten viability of small regional firms00:02
Football: Fan's Eye View / U's driven round the bend: No 54 - Colchester United00:02
Banda's return upsets Malawi00:02
Architecture Update: Executive ignorance00:02
BEST-SELLERS / Top 10 reasons for hiring detectives00:02
Bottom Line: Suffering ciders00:02
Blackballed by the Nato club: Jonathan Eyal deplores Western duplicity towards accepting the East into Europe00:02
Council's new chief resigns00:02
VAT vote 'omission' row: Major is accused of protecting Tory rebels. Patricia Wynn Davies reports00:02
Architecture Update: Albert's pounds 11m repairs00:02
Festive return to Victorian values at Kensington Palace this Christmas00:02
Bosnia Appeal: Help the desperate people of Bosnia now00:02
Rabin and Arafat set to break deadlock: Leaders prepare to meet in Cairo to show peace accord is on track as deadline for Israeli withdrawal nears00:02
Architecture: Opening doors on the urban psyche: A liberating marvel of technology or a panic-inducing box? Edward Fox reveals the ups and downs of the lift00:02
Pit jobs fall to new low