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Major urged to sack Yeo following affair: Leading Tory backbencher warns Downing Street of damage from sex scandal. Colin Brown reports00:02
Honours list to continue along path of tradition: Slow progress on road to classless society00:02
Last Jamaican detainee sent home00:02
Letter: Child support must avoid 'formula fetishism'00:02
Football: Rangers slip up again at Ibrox00:02
Leading Article: Late, but not illegal, mothers00:02
Letter: The teaching of theology is not dependent on a set of religious beliefs00:02
Anti-Mafia priest tells of killer's confession00:02
Clinton mission spells trouble: Patrick Cockburn in Washington reports on a trip that may bring little reward00:02
Sporting Digest: Darts00:02
Football: Armstrong's double: Oxford given finishing lesson00:02
Birthdays00:02
Russians recoup most of kidnap ransom cash: Airborne hijackers scatter dollars 500,000 to placate gunmen on the ground00:02
Rugby Union: Baa-Baas' late withdrawals00:02
MUSIC / Joy of text: Tess Knighton reviews the Hilliard Ensemble at St John's Smith Square00:02
Two more charged with conspiring to steal from Elders00:02
Chinese threat00:02
Floods begin to subside00:02
Racing: Light shed on teething troubles00:02
Obituary: Harry Miller00:02
Football: Beckenbauer to coach00:02
Wills00:02
Green disaster for Russia00:02
Football: Chelsea slide continues: Hoddle's bleak prospect00:02
Korea needs 'patience'00:02
Murder charge00:02
Racing: Lady ready to make grade00:02
American Football: Jets' propulsion seizes up as Buffalo take title: AFC play-off contenders are checked as Steelers fall prey to Seahawks and Broncos are bucked by Buccaneers00:02
Shoppers flock to the 'January' sales: Rhys Williams finds glad tidings for retailers as the traditional hunt for bargains begins00:02
'Granny mothers' pioneer provokes mixed reactions: Liz Hunt on the work of a controversial scientist who is revered by many women00:02
First Mafia drugs00:02
The Shows of 1994: Picasso and Pugin, Constable and Claude: looking forward to next year, Dalya Alberge selects the best of the forthcoming exhibitions00:02
Can't wait to see your pretty little baby face: The months of ignorance, not knowing whether to expect a son or daughter have proved tantalising in the extreme for father-to-be Robert Verkaik00:02
Indian dictator00:02
No majority in Serbia00:02
Letter: Need to create varied forests00:02
Cricket: Loye emerges from the twilight zone: Gough and Ilott guide tourists towards respectable lead after Northamptonshire batsman displays his class00:02
Man stabbed00:02
Mentally ill people to go on 'at risk' list: Charities call for more resources00:02
Football: Palmer sums up Everton's sorry state: Wednesday deepen Goodison gloom00:02
Football: Campbell strolls to treble: Swindon's offside trap fails00:02
Algerians missing00:02
River tragedy00:02
Teacher in race row wins claim00:02
41 die in crash00:02
Football: Penrice comes in to plug QPR gap: Oldham undone by deputies00:02
Health Update: Asthma exercise00:02
Obituary: Ivan Kozlovsky00:02
Israeli apology00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Leading Article: Against the grain of Japanese attitudes00:02
Could anyone have foreseen Mr Blobby?00:02
Speech Marks: Things they said about the Arts Council in 199300:02
Aids pay-out00:02
The Daily Poem: (Year in Japan) September00:02
Obituary: Alexander Mackendrick00:02
Progress but no deal on peace in Angola: Rebel demands are holding up talks, writes Karl Maier in Johannesburg00:02
Basketball gives the vest trade a bounce00:02
Football: Sutton's finishing a torment for Spurs: Ardiles desperate for Sheringham00:02
Age 'no bar to fertility treatment': Doctor has 'few qualms' about treating women in their fifties, and says cases must be judged individually00:02
INTERVIEW / First among incorrigibles: It'll be a good year for Lord Archer: every year is. Another book is sure to sell, who knows what politics will bring . . . and if it's disappointment, he might just bounce back00:02
Heavy casualties in fierce fighting near Sarajevo00:02
'Bleeper' saves stolen BMW00:02
Old values disappear in mismatch: Newport pummel sub-strength Bristol00:02
Israel says Arafat must make concessions: Shimon Peres meets top PLO negotiator in Cairo in effort to remove remaining obstacles to agreement00:02
Health: Fat and eaten up by unhappiness: Youngsters who are severely overweight are getting help and support from a school-based intervention programme, says Heather Welford00:02
Tories attempt to influence changes in boundaries: Fears about Labour in Nottinghamshire00:02
KGB disbandment criticised00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
And what's more ..00:02
Medics attacked00:02
Obituary: E. Gifford Upjohn00:02
Letter: Extreme allegations00:02
Santa robbery00:02
Market Report: Festive season unleashes attack of the bulls00:02
Neighbours hinder 'home alone' rescue00:02
Rugby Union: Blinkers off for the new year00:02
IRA talks still offered despite violence00:02
QVC denies share trade ruse: SEC looks at background to Paramount victory announcement00:02
People: Options widen for Yeltsin with cross-border pact00:02
Football: Walsh's gifts keep Lions on ground00:02
Toss in the starfruit and voila, another flaming headache00:02
Magistrate alleges 'fall-back' plot to kill the Pope in 198100:02
Short Story: Dr. Fortescue and the Woman of Goodwill: A Sherlock Holmes Christmas mystery: Part II00:02
Violent lessons00:02
Health Update: Bathtub rings00:02
Seven hurt in City gas explosion00:02
Honours of little merit: The New Year list will not bring much fanfare for the common man or woman, says Michael De-la-Noy (CORRECTED)00:02
RADIO / Just the way it is: There's some good news and some bad news. Which would you like first? asks Robert Hanks00:02
Letter: Child support must avoid 'formula fetishism'00:02
Leading Article: Breaking the code of absolute silence00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Radio silenced00:02
Ice Hockey: Home rule maintains status quo: Fife lead clean sweep in the Premier Division00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Gelli's assets seized00:02
16 hurt in Cairo tour-bus attack: Suspected Islamic militants open fire on Austrian tourists00:02
Tunnel aims to salvage a buried treasure: Oliver Gillie looks at three men dedicated to digging out an old mine's unique engine00:02
Football Round-Up: Ormondroyd's rescue00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Health Update: Heavy water00:02
Letter: The teaching of theology is not dependent on a set of religious beliefs00:02
Health Update: Cancer concerns00:02
Cliff death00:02
Rugby Union: Excitement missing as stand-ins stand out for honest endeavour: Cardiff frolic past Pontypridd00:02
Out of Central Asia: The floating cost of cocktail parties00:02
TELEVISION / Hosts from hell and heavenly feats of clay00:02
Obituary: Betsy Beale00:02
Racing: Barton crowns Maguire's irresistible rise: The will to win earns the highest accolade for the leading rider of this or possibly any other season, but at the cost of a suspension00:02
Deluge victim drowns his sorrows: Germany launches its big clean-up as tide turns in the 'flood of the century'00:02
Guidelines sought over older women's babies00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Cosmic fascists and blondes with long legs: Ole Doc Methuselah - L Ron Hubbard: New Era Publications, pounds 14.9900:02
Health: Drunk? But not a drop passed my lips]: Did you know that you can get tipsy simply by breathing in the fumes from other people's booze? Rob Stepney looks at the risks and possibilities of passive drinking00:02
Football: Chapman goes back to basics: Hammers rebound from humiliation00:02
Ambulance taken00:02
COMEDY / Displacement activities: Their elders may tell them it's not an Asian art, but a new generation is laughing on the other side of its race00:02
Dave Beck dies00:02
'Beauty and beast' poster spurs anti-hunt campaign: Fox-hunting's prized Boxing Day meet saw a new initiative to have the sport banned. Stephen Ward reports00:02
Obituary: Guy des Cars00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Clarke holds the key to retailers' reason to be jolly00:02
Today's Nu ber: 5200:02
Hunt in Hertfordshire00:02
Setback for BCCI campaign00:02
Racing: Gifford hit00:02
Sailing: Two yachts sink as storm takes heavy toll: Racers turn rescuers after crews take to the life-rafts in Sydney to Hobart classic00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Court Circular00:02
County Hall goes into the red for festive season00:02
Football: Collymore covers Forest faults: Boro rebuffed00:02
Football: Otto's originality delights Taylor00:02
Chess stars fight for shot at title00:02
Army gays to be decriminalised00:02
Police warn Howard over job cuts: Fears of privatisation and 46,000 fewer officers in force00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
Girl reunited with abandoned baby00:02
Rugby Union: Quins' pockets picked clean by Goodburn: Triumph for Richmond poacher00:02
Nod for Granada's LWT bid: Robinson says merger is 'best combination in ITV'00:02
Cold comfort