00:02
Letter: No nostalgia for corporal punishment00:02
Leading Article: Alternative cancer therapies redeemed00:02
Leading Article: Better news for Eastern Europe00:02
Zapatistas head for state capital: Mexican government sends in troop reinforcements but plays down insurgency as a 'juridical problem'00:02
Germany must leave fireside for the cold winds of change: John Eisenhammer looks at tough new legislation on insider trading00:02
People: Tongue-tied Kim blunders unhappily into a new year00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
Cricket: Neale looks for positive reaction after first defeat00:02
Buthelezi refuses to accept the end is nigh: Zulu leader fights on as South Africa blames his followers for Natal violence00:02
LWT abandons Yorkshire deal: Granada bid now more likely to succeed00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Letter: Tim Yeo's downfall: exercise of confused standards by the Government00:02
Some swinging truths delivered by a stranger on a train00:02
Computers: Lingua franca for home learning: Multimedia is breaking into the language study market. Helen Hewson looks at the latest CD-roms00:02
Prisoner 'stable'00:02
Tourist police00:02
View from City Road: The long view on local bonds00:02
Police face action over missing girl00:02
Tennis: Fruitless cause for Alami00:02
Editor held as Croatia cracks down on critics: Move to push prominent journalist into military service condemned by colleagues as Tudjman government intimidation00:02
Obituary: Rita Klimova00:02
Campaign to combat solvent abuse00:02
Quarry inquiry00:02
Ice Skating: Torvill and Dean head for ballroom: Sheffield witnesses a rink of confidence as Britain's former Olympic champions follow Irving Berlin's music in pursuit of new glory. Mark Burton reports00:02
Cheats sentenced00:02
Parts supplier makes Indian connection: Link-up opens market to Electrocomponents00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
British approach worries Dublin: Fears that heavy-handed tactics could alienate republicans from peace process00:02
Letter: Island records00:02
Planning sins in a garden of Eden: Most people love Peter Stott's follies. The local council doesn't; it wants them demolished. Anna Pavord reports00:02
And weathermen say there's more to come: Flood alerts are in force on 155 rivers, insurers estimate the damage at pounds 60m and now six inches of snow adds to the chaos. Esther Oxford reports00:02
The Tories are still in trouble at school00:02
Valley settlers fear betrayal by Rabin: As peace talks are set to resume, Jews living near Jericho claim co-existence with Arabs will fail, writes Sarah Helm in Naama00:02
LWT abandons Yorkshire deal: Granada bid now more likely to succeed00:02
Rape trial told of 'targets'00:02
Burnt body found00:02
Letter: No nostalgia for corporal punishment00:02
Quarry inquiry00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Cricket: England fit for their Caribbean ordeal00:02
Plan to enlarge foreign stakes in US airlines00:02
Ciller makes sure Turkey knows who is the boss: The Turkish Prime Minister talks to Hugh Pope in Ankara about her vision of a united Europe and her plans to reform her country00:02
Clinton escapes scrutiny of his financial affairs00:02
Insolvency changes under fire: Lower status for bank loans 'threatens recovery' - DTI reports investigations up00:02
MUSIC / Give them Tubby the Tuba and the 1812: Crisis, what crisis? Impresarios Victor Hochhauser and Raymond Gubbay have rarely had it so good. By Gillian Widdicombe00:02
Letter: Tim Yeo's downfall: exercise of confused standards by the Government00:02
Sporting Digest: Swimming00:02
Letter: Hospital cuts wound patients00:02
Dustmen sacked over tip request: Complaint by councillor over Christmas box leads to 70 dismissals00:02
Service station plans in pipeline00:02
The Gene Dilemma: Scientists come close to understanding root cause of cancer: Mutations found in one gene are the basis for advances in treatment. Steve Connor reports00:02
Dear Camille Paglia: An ardent anti-feminist urges the controversial academic to go that extra mile and drop the sisterly tosh and Sixties rhetoric00:02
FILM / Hearing a pin drop: Kevin Jackson on Brian De Palma's Carlito's Way, starring Al Pacino, and the week's other releases00:02
Letter: No nostalgia for corporal punishment00:02
Rugby Union: Guscott to serve England on the bench: Cooke keeps injured Bath centre involved as Morris is set to replace Bracken00:02
Dear Camille Paglia: An ardent anti-feminist urges the controversial academic to go that extra mile and drop the sisterly tosh and Sixties rhetoric00:02
Obituary: Rita Klimova00:02
Service station plans in pipeline00:02
Campaign to combat solvent abuse00:02
Pasqua in new war on immigrants00:02
Demand for offices rising in London: Bishopsgate bombing helps to produce a 30% increase over the past year00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
Children abused00:02
Osprey shrugs off pounds 5m loss00:02
Best of both worlds: Sharon Wallach meets five female solicitors who are pooling resources; Correction00:02
O'Neill, veteran of 40 years in US politics, dies00:02
Aspirin can cut heart death rates: Everyday drug could save 100,000 lives a year, doctors report00:02
Afghanistan descends into medieval conflict: A lethal mixture of treachery and arms is bringing chaos to the nation, writes Raymond Whitaker, Asia Editor00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Smart armour takes on soft-skin troops: 'War and Anti-War' - Alvin and Heidi Toffler: Little Brown, 16.99 pounds00:02
Media peer set to join lottery race: Competition heats up as live draw could attract 23 million viewers00:02
Zapatistas head for state capital: Mexican government sends in troop reinforcements but plays down insurgency as a 'juridical problem'00:02
Police left trailing by high-speed ram-raiders00:02
The Gene Dilemma: 'Rogue' genes the first step in long march00:02
Basketball: Fighting display by Kings00:02
Outside Edge: When the show goes up in smoke, Alan Davies steps in00:02
Letter: Tim Yeo's downfall: exercise of confused standards by the Government00:02
Leading Article: Alternative cancer therapies redeemed00:02
Motor Racing: Super Mario keen to finish business: Mansell's team-mate predicts tough year ahead while new British marque sets off00:02
BT raises line rental charges but promises rebate to light users: Price increase announced despite Oftel's call for more cuts00:02
Australia reprieves 'killer' crocodile00:02
Georgia inquiry00:02
Bottom Line: Pelican poser00:02
Trust uses decoy dog to outfox curious ducks: Boarstall's restored 16th-century trap is used to collect birds for ringing00:02
Motor Racing: Pacific to join the elite00:02
Obituary: Anne Spencer Lindbergh00:02
It's foreign policy, stupid]: Washington's botched approach to Europe could put the alliance at risk, says Jonathan Eyal00:02
Education scheme for top doctors00:02
Motor Racing: Super Mario keen to finish business: Mansell's team-mate predicts tough year ahead while new British marque sets off00:02
US security pledge to East Europe: Clinton's 'Partnership for Peace' opens door to a new relationship with Nato00:02
Insurer showed 'total disregard' for compliance rules: Lautro penalises Life Association of Scotland as former boss joins National & Provincial Building Society00:02
OPERA / Freeing the spirit: Robert Maycock reviews a fine Magic Flute by Travelling Opera00:02
After Hours00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Market Report: Smaller companies force about-turn by blue chips00:02
Letter: Moral issues raised by 'designer babies'00:02
Hong Kong's bull run ends with plunge amid worries about China00:02
Deaths of women in childbirth stop falling00:02
Envoy held00:02
Trust uses decoy dog to outfox curious ducks: Boarstall's restored 16th-century trap is used to collect birds for ringing00:02
Father faces prison for snatching his son, 12: Boy reunited with mother after businessman returns to England to prevent seizure of pounds 2m assets00:02
Yankee purchase boosts Pelican: Interim profits triple to pounds 960,000 at Cafe Rouge chain00:02
Parts supplier makes Indian connection: Link-up opens market to Electrocomponents00:02
Letter: To a great scientist00:02
Burnt body found00:02
'Pounds 10bn to reduce lead in water': Institute of British Geographers' Conference00:02
Villagers face starvation00:02
Rugby League: Leeds deny making move for Offiah00:02
Basketball: Panthers return to Mitchell00:02
Non-League Football: Taylor's design revives threadbare Farnborough00:02
Rugby Union: Plan Ahead00:02
Prisoner 'stable'00:02
Letter: Tim Yeo's downfall: exercise of confused standards by the Government00:02
Police face action over missing girl00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Cricket: 'A great Test and a great win'00:02
Obituary: Professor J. M. Cook00:02
Singleton switch00:02
FILM / Critical Round-up00:02
Computers: Essential kit for the lightweight traveller: Richard North investigates how to stay on-line while on the road00:02
Today's Number: 6,00000:02
Cyclo-cross: National Championships - Southampton00:02
US slashes Chinese textile quota by 25-35%00:02
View from City Road: Self-regulation may be PIA in the sky00:02
Campaign to free 'the Ambridge One'00:02
Bottom Line: Vardy accelerates ahead of the pack00:02
Major says 'basics' not a moral crusade . . .: .. but at the last Tory conference ..00:02
Letter: Moral issues raised by 'designer babies'00:02
FILM / Hearing a pin drop: Kevin Jackson on Brian De Palma's Carlito's Way, starring Al Pacino, and the week's other releases00:02
Bundesbank attacked on failure to cut rates00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Secret backer of BCCI group revealed00:02
It's foreign policy, stupid]: Washington's botched approach to Europe could put the alliance at risk, says Jonathan Eyal00:02
Parents to help in rewriting curriculum00:02
Ice skating: British Dance Championships - Sheffield Arena00:02
Video00:02
Major says 'basics' not a moral crusade . . .: .. but at the last Tory conference ..00:02
Anniversaries00:02
German giant warns of failure without funding: Metallgesellschaft seeks more than pounds 1bn from banks00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
FILM / Critical Round-up00:02
Racing: Sandown in jeopardy00:02
THEATRE / Deadly fun: Paul Taylor on Suicide and Manipulation at the Finborough, London00:02
Judge rewards moorland 'posse'00:02
Britons' growing love affair with French property: Institute of British Geographers' Conference00:02
Scots clerics attack head of kirk00:02
A necessary backdrop in the roadshow of his life: Is she just the nave victim of an arrogant philanderer, or a hard-nosed power groupie with good reason to stand by her man? Rosalind Miles analyses the tradition of the Tory Wife Betrayed00:02
Golf: Ryder v world scheme00:02
OPERA / Freeing the spirit: Robert Maycock reviews a fine Magic Flute by Travelling Opera00:02
Tourist police00:02
View from City Road: Self-regulation may be PIA in the sky00:02
Cricket: 'A great Test and a great win'00:02
Valley settlers fear betrayal by Rabin: As peace talks are set to resume, Jews living near Jericho claim co-existence with Arabs will fail, writes Sarah Helm in Naama00:02
Belfast shooting00:02
Anger over free flights renewed00:02
Aspirin can cut heart death rates: Everyday drug could save 100,000 lives a year, doctors report00:02
Anger over free flights renewed00:02
Police left trailing by high-speed ram-raiders00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Germany must leave fireside for the cold winds of change: John Eisenhammer looks at tough new legislation on insider trading00:02
Quit now we're ahead? No way. . .00:02
Football: Coppell warns Walker against Norwich walk-out: Stalemate at Carrow Road as Everton wait for new manager - Gerry Francis is England's second choice00:02
Krasenkov comes second to Nunn00:02
Plan to enlarge foreign stakes in US airlines00:02
View from City Road: The long view on local bonds00:02
Cricket: Australians are scythed down by De Villiers: South Africa fashion extraordinary win00:02
Letter: Tim Yeo's downfall: exercise of confused standards by the Government00:02
EU 'must cut back' before it expands00:02
Australia reprieves 'killer' crocodile00:02
Tennis: Fruitless cause for Alami00:02
Leading Article: Better news for Eastern Europe00:02
Letter: Hospital cuts wound patients00:02
Dixons loses out in festive computer games war: Other retailers more encouraging on Christmas trading00:02
The Gene Dilemma: 'Rogue' genes the first step in long march00:02
Letter: Tim Yeo's downfall: exercise of confused standards by the Government00:02
Darts: Part takes no time to tame McCollum00:02
Hockey: Britain's Luckes holds out: Crutchley strike gives Spain an early surprise00:02
Cameroon row00:02
Insurer showed 'total disregard' for compliance rules: Lautro penalises Life Association of Scotland as former boss joins National & Provincial Building Society00:02
Tories' 'broken promises' on tax listed by Labour00:02
Norwegian minister tipped to lead Nato00:02
Dustmen sacked over tip request: Complaint by councillor over Christmas box leads to 70 dismissals00:02
Letter: Dear Johnners00:02
Osprey shrugs off pounds 5m loss00:02
Siege man arrested00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Cheats sentenced00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Letter: Dear Johnners00:02
US security pledge to East Europe: Clinton's 'Partnership for Peace' opens door to a new relationship with Nato00:02
Football: Turner aims to paint new Posh picture: Peterborough bank on having an effect on Tottenham. Ian Ridley reports00:02
Letter: No nostalgia for corporal punishment00:02
Letter: Moral issues raised by 'designer babies'00:02
A time for fertility, a time for adoption00:02
Letter: Moral issues raised by 'designer babies'00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
'Pounds 10bn to reduce lead in water': Institute of British Geographers' Conference00:02
Law: Trainees face hard times: Roger Smith looks at the difficulties and challenges that lie in the year ahead for the legal profession00:02
Obituary: Sean Rafferty00:02
Lloyd's extends offer deadline00:02
Letter: Moral issues raised by 'designer babies'00:02
40 killed in Togo 'coup attempt'00:02
Rugby Union: Plan Ahead00:02
Court Circular00:02
Quit now we're ahead? No way. . .00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Couple reunited00:02
Letter: Tim Yeo's downfall: exercise of confused standards by the Government00:02
Pounding ahead00:02
Ice Skating: Torvill and Dean head for ballroom: Sheffield witnesses a rink of confidence as Britain's former Olympic champions follow Irving Berlin's music in pursuit of new glory. Mark Burton reports00:02
Children abused00:02
40 killed in Togo 'coup attempt'00:02
Computers: Lingua franca for home learning: Multimedia is breaking into the language study market. Helen Hewson looks at the latest CD-roms00:02
Cricket: England fit for their Caribbean ordeal00:02
Deaths of women in childbirth stop falling00:02
Rugby Union: Guscott to serve England on the bench: Cooke keeps injured Bath centre involved as Morris is set to replace Bracken00:02
MUSIC / Give them Tubby the Tuba and the 1812: Crisis, what crisis? Impresarios Victor Hochhauser and Raymond Gubbay have rarely had it so good. By Gillian Widdicombe00:02
Cricket: Sydney success offers stimulus: Glenn Moore on the home reaction to South Africa's Test triumph00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Rushes / Beneath the surface00:02
Some swinging truths delivered by a stranger on a train00:02
The Daily Poem: Shallow Poem00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Letter: Dear Johnners00:02
BT raises line rental charges but promises rebate to light users: Price increase announced despite Oftel's call for more cuts00:02
Hong Kong's bull run ends with plunge amid worries about China00:02
Letter: Tim Yeo's downfall: exercise of confused standards by the Government00:02
Parents to help in rewriting curriculum00:02
Rushes / Beneath the surface00:02
Cricket: Neale looks for positive reaction after first defeat00:02
Motor Racing: Pacific to join the elite00:02
Computers: Converting embroidery into a new art form: Joanna Bawa trains her mouse to turn out designer logos of green crocodiles00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Smart armour takes on soft-skin troops: 'War and Anti-War' - Alvin and Heidi Toffler: Little Brown, 16.99 pounds00:02
THEATRE / Deadly fun: Paul Taylor on Suicide and Manipulation at the Finborough, London00:02
Obituary: Rita Klimova00:02
Racing: Inside knowledge gives Murphy edge: Keeping off the beaten track is the key to Leopardstown's lottery00:02
Demand for offices rising in London: Bishopsgate bombing helps to produce a 30% increase over the past year00:02
Law: Competition is a bar to a job for life: Concern is growing that demand is outstripping the places available for student pupillage, reports Sharon Wallach00:02
Britons' growing love affair with French property: Institute of British Geographers' Conference00:02
Birthdays00:02
Pasqua in new war on immigrants00:02
Obituary: Thomas P. O'Neill00:02
Diary00:02
Letter: Tim Yeo's downfall: exercise of confused standards by the Government00:02
Hockey: Britain's Luckes holds out: Crutchley strike gives Spain an early surprise00:02
Exhibitions: Pots of passion: When Fred Aylward is not serving Vic Reeves, he likes nothing better than a sexy pot of tea. Iain Gale's mind boggles00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Racing: All-weather goes under00:02
Work-related courses common in Europe: Fran Abrams looks at the continental alternatives to academic studies00:02
Hungarians demand own province in Slovakia: A campaign for better rights has brought warnings of ethnic conflict, writes Adrian Bridge00:02
Buthelezi refuses to accept the end is nigh: Zulu leader fights on as South Africa blames his followers for Natal violence00:02
The Daily Poem: Shallow Poem00:02
Out of Russia: Free to enjoy their poverty00:02
Letter: Tim Yeo's downfall: exercise of confused standards by the Government00:02
The Gene Dilemma: Surgery thwarts genetic legacy of danger: Liz Hunt meets a woman who felt forced to have her healthy breasts and ovaries removed00:02
A necessary backdrop in the roadshow of his life: Is she just the nave victim of an arrogant philanderer, or a hard-nosed power groupie with good reason to stand by her man? Rosalind Miles analyses the tradition of the Tory Wife Betrayed00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Clinton escapes scrutiny of his financial affairs00:02
Rugby League: Leeds deny making move for Offiah00:02
The Gene Dilemma: Surgery thwarts genetic legacy of danger: Liz Hunt meets a woman who felt forced to have her healthy breasts and ovaries removed00:02
Non-League Football: Taylor's design revives threadbare Farnborough00:02
Pembroke: Second thoughts00:02
Couple reunited00:02
Norwegian minister tipped to lead Nato00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Rape trial told of 'targets'00:02
And What's More ..00:02
Cricket: Australians are scythed down by De Villiers: South Africa fashion extraordinary win00:02
Planning sins in a garden of Eden: Most people love Peter Stott's follies. The local council doesn't; it wants them demolished. Anna Pavord reports00:02
Secret backer of BCCI group revealed00:02
Singleton switch00:02
Obituary: Thomas P. O'Neill00:02
Out of Russia: Free to enjoy their poverty00:02
Leading Article: Why a trip along the motorway is no picnic00:02
Golf: Ryder v world scheme00:02
Video00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Dogs banned00:02
Yule Catto closes Dutch division00:02
Afghanistan descends into medieval conflict: A lethal mixture of treachery and arms is bringing chaos to the nation, writes Raymond Whitaker, Asia Editor00:02
People: Tongue-tied Kim blunders unhappily into a new year00:02
After Hours00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Imam finds miracle hard to swallow: A battle is looming in the village where Jesus is said to have turned water into wine, reports Robert Fisk in Cana, southern Lebanon00:02
Letter: Tim Yeo's downfall: exercise of confused standards by the Government00:02
Ciller makes sure Turkey knows who is the boss: The Turkish Prime Minister talks to Hugh Pope in Ankara about her vision of a united Europe and her plans to reform her country00:02
Pembroke: Second thoughts00:02
Racing boss jailed00:02
Cameroon row00:02
Basketball: Fighting display by Kings00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
The Tories are still in trouble at school00:02
MAM to buy investment trust specialist00:02
Law: Trainees face hard times: Roger Smith looks at the difficulties and challenges that lie in the year ahead for the legal profession00:02
The Gene Dilemma: Plants and animals yield new foods and drugs: Human genes are being slotted into vegetables and fish genes into fruit. Susan Watts reports00:02
Racing: All-weather goes under00:02
Dogs banned00:02
Racing: Sandown in jeopardy00:02
Husband of missing PC appeals for help: Fears for safety of officer who disappeared from hospital during treatment for post-natal depression00:02
Judge rewards moorland 'posse'00:02
Lightning death00:02
Obituary: Professor J. M. Cook00:02
Basketball: Panthers return to Mitchell00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
German giant warns of failure without funding: Metallgesellschaft seeks more than pounds 1bn from banks00:02
Media peer set to join lottery race: Competition heats up as live draw could attract 23 million viewers00:02
Ice skating: British Dance Championships - Sheffield Arena00:02
Leading Article: Why a trip along the motorway is no picnic00:02
Computers: Converting embroidery into a new art form: Joanna Bawa trains her mouse to turn out designer logos of green crocodiles00:02
Belfast shooting00:02
The Gene Dilemma: Scientists come close to understanding root cause of cancer: Mutations found in one gene are the basis for advances in treatment. Steve Connor reports00:02
Obituary: Anne Spencer Lindbergh00:02
Court Circular00:02
Imam finds miracle hard to swallow: A battle is looming in the village where Jesus is said to have turned water into wine, reports Robert Fisk in Cana, southern Lebanon00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
View from City Road: Quality rather than quantity in high street00:02
Yule Catto closes Dutch division00:02
Racing boss jailed00:02
Father faces prison for snatching his son, 12: Boy reunited with mother after businessman returns to England to prevent seizure of pounds 2m assets00:02
A time for fertility, a time for adoption00:02
O'Neill, veteran of 40 years in US politics, dies00:02
Market Report: Smaller companies force about-turn by blue chips00:02
Krasenkov comes second to Nunn00:02
Oh darlings, fabulous news for 8 million viewers00:02
Man, 84, beaten00:02
Scots clerics attack head of kirk00:02
Obituary: Sean Rafferty00:02
Cholesterol tests 'of little value'00:02
Obituary: Rita Klimova00:02
Husband of missing PC appeals for help: Fears for safety of officer who disappeared from hospital during treatment for post-natal depression00:02
Letter: To a great scientist00:02
Hungarians demand own province in Slovakia: A campaign for better rights has brought warnings of ethnic conflict, writes Adrian Bridge00:02
Letter: Moral issues raised by 'designer babies'00:02
Bottom Line: Vardy accelerates ahead of the pack00:02
Tories' 'broken promises' on tax listed by Labour00:02
Georgia inquiry00:02
Outside Edge: When the show goes up in smoke, Alan Davies steps in00:02
Major puts D-Day plan into action00:02
Campaign to free 'the Ambridge One'00:02
Football: Turner aims to paint new Posh picture: Peterborough bank on having an effect on Tottenham. Ian Ridley reports00:02
THE BIG PICTURE / Plush pageant of suffering: Adam Mars-Jones on Chen Kaige's visually stunning portrayal of the Peking Opera, Farewell My Concubine00:02
View from City Road: Quality rather than quantity in high street00:02
Cyclo-cross: National Championships - Southampton00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Yankee purchase boosts Pelican: Interim profits triple to pounds 960,000 at Cafe Rouge chain00:02
Work-related courses common in Europe: Fran Abrams looks at the continental alternatives to academic studies00:02
And weathermen say there's more to come: Flood alerts are in force on 155 rivers, insurers estimate the damage at pounds 60m and now six inches of snow adds to the chaos. Esther Oxford reports00:02
Villagers face starvation00:02
Football: Coppell warns Walker against Norwich walk-out: Stalemate at Carrow Road as Everton wait for new manager - Gerry Francis is England's second choice00:02
Pounding ahead00:02
Birthdays00:02
Major puts D-Day plan into action00:02
Insolvency changes under fire: Lower status for bank loans 'threatens recovery' - DTI reports investigations up00:02
US slashes Chinese textile quota by 25-35%00:02
Darts: Part takes no time to tame McCollum00:02
Siege man arrested00:02
The Gene Dilemma: Plants and animals yield new foods and drugs: Human genes are being slotted into vegetables and fish genes into fruit. Susan Watts reports00:02
Lloyd's extends offer deadline00:02
Cricket: Sydney success offers stimulus: Glenn Moore on the home reaction to South Africa's Test triumph00:02
THE BIG PICTURE / Plush pageant of suffering: Adam Mars-Jones on Chen Kaige's visually stunning portrayal of the Peking Opera, Farewell My Concubine00:02
And What's More ..00:02
Dixons loses out in festive computer games war: Other retailers more encouraging on Christmas trading00:02
British approach worries Dublin: Fears that heavy-handed tactics could alienate republicans from peace process00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Envoy held00:02
Cancer charities attacked for lack of fund control: Research guidelines urged after Bristol Study errors00:02
Diary00:02
Firefighters battle to save Sydney homes as bushfires close in on the suburbs00:02
Cancer charities attacked for lack of fund control: Research guidelines urged after Bristol Study errors00:02
Letter: Tim Yeo's downfall: exercise of confused standards by the Government00:02
Sporting Digest: Swimming00:02
Editor held as Croatia cracks down on critics: Move to push prominent journalist into military service condemned by colleagues as Tudjman government intimidation00:02
Today's Number: 6,00000:02
Police to get batons00:02
Letter: Dear Johnners00:02
Bundesbank attacked on failure to cut rates00:02
MAM to buy investment trust specialist00:02
Cholesterol tests 'of little value'00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
The Gene Dilemma: Scientists come close to understanding root cause of cancer: Mutations found in one gene are the basis for advances in treatment. Steve Connor reports00:02
EU 'must cut back' before it expands00:02
Racing: Inside knowledge gives Murphy edge: Keeping off the beaten track is the key to Leopardstown's lottery00:02
Education scheme for top doctors00:02
Firefighters battle to save Sydney homes as bushfires close in on the suburbs00:02
Imam finds miracle hard to swallow: A battle is looming in the village where Jesus is said to have turned water into wine, reports Robert Fisk in Cana, southern Lebanon00:02
Letter: Island records00:02
Law: Competition is a bar to a job for life: Concern is growing that demand is outstripping the places available for student pupillage, reports Sharon Wallach00:02
Oh darlings, fabulous news for 8 million viewers00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Man, 84, beaten00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Police to get batons00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Bottom Line: Pelican poser00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Exhibitions: Pots of passion: When Fred Aylward is not serving Vic Reeves, he likes nothing better than a sexy pot of tea. Iain Gale's mind boggles00:02
Lightning death00:02
Best of both worlds: Sharon Wallach meets five female solicitors who are pooling resources; Correction00:02
THEATRE / Deadly fun: Paul Taylor on Suicide and Manipulation at the Finborough, London00:02
Computers: Essential kit for the lightweight traveller: Richard North investigates how to stay on-line while on the road