00:02
Missiles could still find targets00:02
Letter: Humbel welcome for the Archbishop00:02
View from City Road: Cultural clash of bankers00:02
Yeo wins over his local party00:02
Viewers flush out truth over loo roll00:02
Obituary: Norman Hepple00:02
Heart Searching: Life can be simply Super: Rachel Lipman talks to an author who believes we all have the power to change our lives for the better00:02
Sailing / Round the World Race: Tokio the target on Tasman Sea trek: Grant Dalton, skipper of NZ Endeavour who is writing for the Independent during the Round the World yacht race, ponders the problems posed by the tough third leg00:02
Neighbour acquitted of dumping entrails00:02
Obituary: Abner 'Abby' Greshler00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Rugby Union / Five Nations' Championship: Survival struggle for Scotland and Wales: Paterson rejects talk of crisis north of the border00:02
Profile: Hot, strong and on the boil again: Edwina Currie, speaking out on the age of consent00:02
William Donaldson's Week: Alison isn't, but is Tina?00:02
Money In Brief: Pensioners deal00:02
BOOKS / John Lavery00:02
Free telephone calls offered00:02
Missiles could still find targets00:02
Diaries lead to 11 bribe convictions: Extraordinary trail of corruption uncovered by SFO shocks engineering world - Six men jailed00:02
Houses fall apart as cliff slides to the sea00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Obituary: Michael Aldridge00:02
A ring in your ear00:02
Travel: Heading for the deep south: The cost has been revealed. But what will using the Channel tunnel be like? Frank Barrett made a dry run at Folkestone00:02
Israel offers Assad a Golan sweetener00:02
'Florida Phil' jailed for raid: Six-year sentence for pounds 1m airport haul00:02
Court Circular00:02
Money In Brief: Family discount00:02
Letter: Making a basic judgement of ministerial morality00:02
HK backs Patten00:02
Turncoat tabloid sticks knife into beleaguered Major: The Sun's tolerance of a 'lemming' leader has just ended. Martin Whitfield reports00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Creepers to order00:02
Letter: An inspiration that can be a nightmare00:02
Travel: Trek with Noel00:02
Funding cut for opt-out schools: Further blow to key education policy00:02
Travel: Heading for the deep south: The cost has been revealed. But what will using the Channel tunnel be like? Frank Barrett made a dry run at Folkestone00:02
Funding cut for opt-out schools: Further blow to key education policy00:02
Charity gifts slide as Heron tightens belt00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Rugby Union / Fives Nations' Championship: Clohessy's chance to revive his career: David Hughes examines the career of the controversial strong-man whose suspension polarised Irish rugby00:02
Country Matters: Beware, the elephants are turning00:02
Motoring: Cheap tricks of the trade00:02
Money In Brief: Fee waived00:02
Crimea vote will test ethnic Russian loyalties00:02
BOOKS / Second Thoughts: Don't blame Lenin for Stalin: Christopher Hill looks back on his study of the Russian Revolution (Penguin, pounds 6.99)00:02
BOOKS / John Lavery00:02
Charity gifts slide as Heron tightens belt00:02
Scottish Football: Beleaguered Macari demands sweat and toil00:02
Money In Brief: Commission cut00:02
Irish lottery pioneer joins Branson: Consortium recruits heavyweight answer to 'lightweight' jibes00:02
Paris protest00:02
Abbey National goes for the young saver00:02
HK backs Patten00:02
Obituary: John Bradley00:02
Racing: Billy can breathe life into Chandler: Initiative in rescuing the day's feature chase from the weather has not been rewarded, but an ill wind may blow backers some good00:02
Letter: Making a basic judgement of ministerial morality00:02
QC 'misled' on gerrymander: Counsel approved only a draft of Porter's homes-for-votes policy in Westminster, auditor says00:02
Travel: A flavour of the Big Peach: Atlanta is a surprising place, steeped in history, home of Coca-Cola and CNN, host to the next Olympics. Simon Calder had a nice day, y'all00:02
Sporting Digest: Motor Racing00:02
Motoring / Road Test: Dashing down memory lane: Bored with the smooth, swift, soporific ride of modern cars? John Simister urges us back to basics00:02
Money Grouse: Problems with Co-op computer00:02
Rugby Union / Fives Nations' Championship: Clohessy's chance to revive his career: David Hughes examines the career of the controversial strong-man whose suspension polarised Irish rugby00:02
Three cleared of cocaine smuggling conspiracy00:02
Letter: Oppressed Mexicans fight for democratic rights00:02
Sailing / Round the World Race: Tokio the target on Tasman Sea trek: Grant Dalton, skipper of NZ Endeavour who is writing for the Independent during the Round the World yacht race, ponders the problems posed by the tough third leg00:02
Banks to step up job cuts00:02
Rugby Union: Simply no rest for England's waiting hurly-burly men: Barrie Fairall lauds the resilience being shown by England's finest in today's league programme00:02
Travel: Apologise for an earthquake?00:02
Southern comfort: Fiddlers and box squeezers are heading for Gloucester's Cajun and Zydeco Festival. Roberta Mock does the Jitterbug00:02
Rugby Union / Five Nations' Championship: Quinnell draws strength from a dynasty: Giant promise of family heir looms over the Principality. Tim Glover reports00:02
Kode points to profit below expectations00:02
Woman in Malkin case is spared jail00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Rugby death00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Mistrial declared00:02
BAe to make 800 more redundant at three plants: Regional jet division hardest hit00:02
Money In Brief: Skiing insurance00:02
Letter: Conflicts in inner-city health care00:02
Leading international artist pays paper homage on a grand scale to Midlands leather industry00:02
Obituary: Ien Dales00:02
'Grease' penalty00:02
Rapist jailed00:02
A ring in your ear00:02
Row with a twist00:02
Letter: An inspiration that can be a nightmare00:02
Food & Drink: Gastropod00:02
Country Matters: Beware, the elephants are turning00:02
Pacts reduce East-West nuclear threat: Presidents Clinton, Yeltsin and Kravchuk put 'last full stop to last problem of Cold War' at summit meeting00:02
Football Diary: Vale find the cap that fits00:02
Lorry driver freed00:02
Travel / Top 20 Resorts: Murren00:02
Property crisis as BES ends: Price falls mean investors may lose out00:02
Rabbi sees his people flee the land of Syria: Robert Fisk in Damascus meets a minister who has high hopes for tomorrow's summit in Geneva00:02
Discreet discounting at Eurocamp00:02
Leading Article: Why the practice of 'outing' is wrong00:02
Italy prepares for polls00:02
Food & Drink: Tasty, mon petit chou]00:02
Kidnapper who took pounds 40,000 is jailed00:02
Faith and Reason: The way to tame fundamentalism: The Right Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, of the Church Missionary Society, urges Muslims to rediscover an Islam which can co-operate with liberal democracies.00:02
Gardening: Don't let ivy drive you up the wall: Stephen Anderton clings to his conviction that the climber will do nothing but good for the garden, provided it is kept firmly under control00:02
Appeals: The Cumbria Deaf Association00:02
Football: Walker to feel weight of expectation: Phil Shaw looks at the distribution of managerial pressure in this weekend's Premiership programme00:02
Money In Brief: Family discount00:02
Property: London's going to the docks: Confidence is returning to Docklands and bargain homes are being snapped up there, says Anne Spackman00:02
Managers disown their union rights00:02
Travel: Mersey ferrying00:02
Clinton shows Yeltsin how to woo voters: President's televised 'town meeting' exhibits a friendly political style that might have saved Russian reformers from electoral humiliation. Helen Womack reports00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Basketball: Cunningham sees future: Worthing coach's final role00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Upbeat: Slugging it out00:02
Squash: Barrington joins the Dutch: English legend switches his allegiance00:02
Food & Drink: Tasty, mon petit chou]00:02
Free telephone calls offered00:02
Football: Walker brings Angell to Everton's assistance: New Goodison manager breaks into his signings budget - Ardiles' search for striker founders on Sugar's reluctance to spend00:02
Discreet discounting at Eurocamp00:02
Rugby League: Saints are short of fitness: Troubled team wake up to pedal power but midweek thrashing at the hands of Salford still leaves new coach searching for the road back00:02
German MPs sound out the Middle Ages: Parliament is urged to preserve the ancient language of 8 million people00:02
Football Diary: Vale find the cap that fits00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Upbeat: Out of Africa00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
The Age of Consent Debate: Gay law veteran calls for radical change: 'It has to be the choice of the individual in a democracy'00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Leather kids in love: Lachlan Mackinnon on the poetry of Thom Gunn: Collected Poems - Thom Gunn: Faber, pounds 2000:02
Viewers flush out truth over loo roll00:02
Cricket: Pakistan drop Javed from touring party00:02
Crash kills 3700:02
Football: Lee takeover agreed in principle by City board00:02
Abbey National goes for the young saver00:02
Travel: The Location Hunters: Across the world in 80 questions: Frank Barrett reveals the answers to our festive quiz - and names the winners00:02
Travel: Mersey ferrying00:02
Racing: Maguire rests after fall00:02
Food & Drink: Doing very nicely, and no thanks to us: Robert Mabey's restaurants are popular and fun, but Emily Green still has doubts00:02
Parents win last-minute victory in school curriculum review: 'Neanderthals' to join advisory groups. Fran Abrams reports00:02
Video games industry faces inquiry on prices: Sega and Nintendo find themselves at centre of rising complaints from consumers. Michael Harrison reports00:02
Parents win last-minute victory in school curriculum review: 'Neanderthals' to join advisory groups. Fran Abrams reports00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
DOUBLE PLAY / French translations: Stephen Johnson and Robert Cowan on new releases00:02
Win a super day with Anne Naylor00:02
Brooke's turn in the park00:02
Food & Drink: Doing very nicely, and no thanks to us: Robert Mabey's restaurants are popular and fun, but Emily Green still has doubts00:02
Money In Brief: Ethical trust from Equitable00:02
Rugby League: Wigan power to summit00:02
Wray to pump pounds 3m into Carlisle00:02
Rapist jailed00:02
Obituary: Ursula Eason00:02
Cricket: Morris signs for Durham00:02
Water Conservators' Guild00:02
View from City Road: Cultural clash of bankers00:02
Appointments00:02
Letter: Making a basic judgement of ministerial morality00:02
Scottish Football: Beleaguered Macari demands sweat and toil00:02
Letter: Flood warning00:02
Gardening / Tool Box: A versatile companion to cultivate00:02
German MPs sound out the Middle Ages: Parliament is urged to preserve the ancient language of 8 million people00:02
Cricket: McCague strikes to show his mettle: Fast bowler's late change of gear helps England A to keep pace on tour's toughest assignment to date00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Tennis: Graf's hegemony set for a grand reward: Germany's perfectionist holds all the aces at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday00:02
Doubts cast on 'skinhead' attack00:02
Landmarks: Lincoln Cathedral00:02
Revenue heralds new tax era: Vivien Goldsmith looks at preparations for the change to voluntary self-assessment00:02
Sporting Digest: Motor Racing00:02
Heart Searching: Life can be simply Super: Rachel Lipman talks to an author who believes we all have the power to change our lives for the better00:02
And what's more ..00:02
Squash: Barrington joins the Dutch: English legend switches his allegiance00:02
Treatments vary for medical policyholders' complaints: Sue Fieldman looks at the way insurers deal with unhappy clients00:02
Hockey: Triumph for England: Win over Australia is perfect send-off00:02
Motor Racing: Benetton unveil their new range: Boost for Schumacher00:02
TELEVISION / Make a drama happen, pick up the phone00:02
Today's Number: 1600:02
Letter: An inspiration that can be a nightmare00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Grass in January00:02
Food & Drink: Get fresh with old spice: If you want sprightly freshness, invigorating heat, and a hint of the exotic in your cooking, go back to your roots and add ginger00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Freeing the spirit: Mikhail Rudy, the thinking public's pianist, gives Robert Cowan his thoughts on Zen and the art of listening00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Tietmeyer blueprint for EMU00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Freeing the spirit: Mikhail Rudy, the thinking public's pianist, gives Robert Cowan his thoughts on Zen and the art of listening00:02
Wills00:02
Yeo wins over his local party00:02
Clerk jailed for helping rioters00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Cricket: Morris signs for Durham00:02
Church appointments00:02
Profile: Hot, strong and on the boil again: Edwina Currie, speaking out on the age of consent00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Savage truths and mad scrofulous loners: Anthony Quinn admires Richard Holmes's study of a mysterious, poetic friendship: Dr Johnson & Mr Savage - Richard Holmes: Hodder & Stoughton, pounds 19.9900:02
Tearful Bobbitt describes life of misery: Wife remembers picking up knife after drunken husband returned home but cannot recall cutting off penis00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
Revenue heralds new tax era: Vivien Goldsmith looks at preparations for the change to voluntary self-assessment00:02
Keeping the bear from the land of wolves: Finns hope to sever their final ties with Russia as they vote for a new president tomorrow, writes Annika Savill from Kirkonummi00:02
Travel Departures: Late packages00:02
Paddle boat repaired00:02
Council staff asked to take new pay cut00:02
Three cleared of cocaine smuggling conspiracy00:02
Leading Article: Why the practice of 'outing' is wrong00:02
Travel Departures: Carnival flats00:02
Talking again00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Skating00:02
Racing: Billy can breathe life into Chandler: Initiative in rescuing the day's feature chase from the weather has not been rewarded, but an ill wind may blow backers some good00:02
Wray to pump pounds 3m into Carlisle00:02
Appeals: The Ragged School Museum Trust00:02
Tietmeyer blueprint for EMU00:02
Coma victim can be allowed to die00:02
Travel Departures: French line00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Take back the herd instinct: Anna Blomefield on Katie Roiphe's study of feminism and the rape crisis movement: The morning after: Sex, Fear, and Feminism - Katie Roiphe: Hamish Hamilton, pounds 7.9900:02
Obituary: Abner 'Abby' Greshler00:02
DOUBLE PLAY / French translations: Stephen Johnson and Robert Cowan on new releases00:02
Irish lottery pioneer joins Branson: Consortium recruits heavyweight answer to 'lightweight' jibes00:02
Managers disown their union rights00:02
And what's more ..00:02
Money In Brief: Ethical trust from Equitable00:02
Leakey resigns00:02
Couture returns to cover up depressed industry: Alison Veness reports on how a young British fashion designer is launching himself as a couturier, under the influence of Chinese shapes00:02
How we pioneered the do-it-yourself mortgage: Tim Cockerell had something to crow about after he imported an American idea to sell his house00:02
View from City Road: Unpopular move at Wellcome00:02
Money In Brief: Corporate PEPs00:02
Birthdays00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Bookshop Window: A Dance Between Flames by Anton Gill, John Murray, pounds 19.99.00:02
Israel offers Assad a Golan sweetener00:02
Coma victim can be allowed to die00:02
Major refuses to meet IRA demands on declaration: Hume to brief Adams on talks at No 1000:02
Service appointments00:02
BOOKS / Recommended00:02
Football: Team News00:02
The Age of Consent Debate: Gay law veteran calls for radical change: 'It has to be the choice of the individual in a democracy'00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
I Confess: Kate Pullinger's love of Arnold Schwarzenegger00:02
Rallying: Reduced entry to Arc: Paris-Dakar celebrations curtailed00:02
Letter: Making a basic judgement of ministerial morality00:02
Obituary: The Rev P. Hugh R. Mackay00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Houses fall apart as cliff slides to the sea00:02
Video games industry faces inquiry on prices: Sega and Nintendo find themselves at centre of rising complaints from consumers. Michael Harrison reports00:02
Obituary: Michael Aldridge00:02
Last stand by Metallgesellschaft00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Kode points to profit below expectations00:02
Motor Racing: Benetton unveil their new range: Boost for Schumacher00:02
Kidnapper who took pounds 40,000 is jailed00:02
Three held over attack on US skater00:02
Crash kills 3700:02
Money In Brief: Corporate PEPs00:02
Crimea vote will test ethnic Russian loyalties00:02
How we pioneered the do-it-yourself mortgage: Tim Cockerell had something to crow about after he imported an American idea to sell his house00:02
Travel: There's a smile on the face of the Eiger: France has more ski miles, and the US offers better service; Italy has the great virtue of being Italian. But Chris Gill would give them all up for Switzerland00:02
Quarantine rules change as rabies defences weaken: UK exempts trade in dogs and cats but pet law stays00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Skating00:02
Welsh opera to cut jobs after grant shortfall00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Bookshop Window: A Dance Between Flames by Anton Gill, John Murray, pounds 19.99.00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Upbeat: Out of Africa00:02
Rallying: Reduced entry to Arc: Paris-Dakar celebrations curtailed00:02
Leakey resigns00:02
Travel Departures: Last-minute flights00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Upbeat: Slugging it out00:02
Food & Drink: Africa's kitchens show their range: Joanna Blythman explores the cuisine of the continent and is impressed by the wide variety of flavours in its healthy foods00:02
Sporting Digest: Table Tennis00:02
Kenya book ban00:02
Talking again00:02
Football: Walker brings Angell to Everton's assistance: New Goodison manager breaks into his signings budget - Ardiles' search for striker founders on Sugar's reluctance to spend00:02
William Donaldson's Week: Alison isn't, but is Tina?00:02
Money In Brief: French service00:02
The Week in Review00:02
Basketball: Cunningham sees future: Worthing coach's final role00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Appealing melons00:02
Money In Brief: Fee waived00:02
Travel Departures: Sales rise00:02
Diaries lead to 11 bribe convictions: Extraordinary trail of corruption uncovered by SFO shocks engineering world - Six men jailed00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Savage truths and mad scrofulous loners: Anthony Quinn admires Richard Holmes's study of a mysterious, poetic friendship: Dr Johnson & Mr Savage - Richard Holmes: Hodder & Stoughton, pounds 19.9900:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Woolmen's Company00:02
Appointments00:02
Golf: Clark back in groove: Yorkshireman shines in Madeira Open00:02
Slimming pill doctor guilty00:02
Motoring: Cheap tricks of the trade00:02
Australian fires killed entire koala colonies00:02
Major refuses to meet IRA demands on declaration: Hume to brief Adams on talks at No 1000:02
Birthdays00:02
Food & Drink: Raise your glass to a high-pitched wine: Languedoc supplies most of France's plonk, but it is changing grapes and image, says Anthony Rose00:02
Yeltsin opponent wins key job in Duma00:02
Tearful Bobbitt describes life of misery: Wife remembers picking up knife after drunken husband returned home but cannot recall cutting off penis00:02
Letter: Oppressed Mexicans fight for democratic rights00:02
Obituary: John Bradley00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Court Circular00:02
Ice Skating: Uneasy undertone of anger and fear: European Championships00:02
Travel Departures: French line00:02
Turncoat tabloid sticks knife into beleaguered Major: The Sun's tolerance of a 'lemming' leader has just ended. Martin Whitfield reports00:02
Sporting Digest: Sumo00:02
'Grease' penalty00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
Football: Team News00:02
Travel: A flavour of the Big Peach: Atlanta is a surprising place, steeped in history, home of Coca-Cola and CNN, host to the next Olympics. Simon Calder had a nice day, y'all00:02
Kenya book ban00:02
Deserter returns00:02
Hunting banned00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Appealing melons00:02
Second-tier rebels ready to act: Independent market if Stock Exchange does not replace USM00:02
Property: London's going to the docks: Confidence is returning to Docklands and bargain homes are being snapped up there, says Anne Spackman00:02
Food & Drink: Get fresh with old spice: If you want sprightly freshness, invigorating heat, and a hint of the exotic in your cooking, go back to your roots and add ginger00:02
Letter: Making a basic judgement of ministerial morality00:02
BOOKS / Second Thoughts: Don't blame Lenin for Stalin: Christopher Hill looks back on his study of the Russian Revolution (Penguin, pounds 6.99)00:02
Travel / Top 20 Resorts: Murren00:02
Obituary: Norman Hepple00:02
Clerk jailed for helping rioters00:02
Water Conservators' Guild00:02
Travel Departures: Last-minute flights00:02
Neighbour acquitted of dumping entrails00:02
Travel: Trek with Noel00:02
Food & Drink: Raise your glass to a high-pitched wine: Languedoc supplies most of France's plonk, but it is changing grapes and image, says Anthony Rose00:02
BOOKS / Reading Matters: Novel power: back to basics: I I Magdalen asks why politics and literature don't mix00:02
TELEVISION / Make a drama happen, pick up the phone00:02
Woman in child death case was sent sailing00:02
Quotes of the Week00:02
Slimming pill doctor guilty00:02
Service appointments00:02
Anniversaries00:02
BOOKS / Recommended00:02
Letter: Making a basic judgement of ministerial morality00:02
BOOKS / Reflections on the sound of music: Mind over matter: Mary Loudon meets the psychiatrist and writer Anthony Storr00:02
Money In Brief: Commission cut00:02
Money Grouse: Problems with Co-op computer00:02
Rugby Union / Five Nations' Championship: Roumat-mongering makes visiting green party see red: Irish stirred up by French captain's arrogance00:02
Anglican bishop to join Roman Catholic Church00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Gardening / Tool Box: A versatile companion to cultivate00:02
Italy prepares for polls00:02
Clinton shows Yeltsin how to woo voters: President's televised 'town meeting' exhibits a friendly political style that might have saved Russian reformers from electoral humiliation. Helen Womack reports00:02
Rugby Union / Five Nations' Championship: Roumat-mongering makes visiting green party see red: Irish stirred up by French captain's arrogance00:02
Ice Skating: Uneasy undertone of anger and fear: European Championships00:02
Takare to spend pounds 25m bedding down in South00:02
Sporting Digest: Sumo00:02
Travel: I'm on the fast track for Paris: You can already let a high-speed train take the strain from Calais to the French capital. Stephen Wood went for the ride00:02
Old Master paintings set records at pounds 13m auction00:02
Letter: Making a basic judgement of ministerial morality00:02
Letter: Conflicts in inner-city health care00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Leather kids in love: Lachlan Mackinnon on the poetry of Thom Gunn: Collected Poems - Thom Gunn: Faber, pounds 2000:02
Anglican bishop to join Roman Catholic Church00:02
Quotes of the Week00:02
View from City Road: Unpopular move at Wellcome00:02
Rugby Union: Simply no rest for England's waiting hurly-burly men: Barrie Fairall lauds the resilience being shown by England's finest in today's league programme00:02
'Florida Phil' jailed for raid: Six-year sentence for pounds 1m airport haul00:02
QC 'misled' on gerrymander: Counsel approved only a draft of Porter's homes-for-votes policy in Westminster, auditor says00:02
Mistrial declared00:02
Letter: Flood warning00:02
Pacts reduce East-West nuclear threat: Presidents Clinton, Yeltsin and Kravchuk put 'last full stop to last problem of Cold War' at summit meeting00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Creepers to order00:02
Woman in child death case was sent sailing00:02
I Confess: Kate Pullinger's love of Arnold Schwarzenegger00:02
Rugby League: Wigan power to summit00:02
Travel: Lost and found at peace: Jeanne Underwood's brother did not return home after the war, but she travelled to Thailand with the hope that he might still be alive00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Deals for first timers00:02
Today's Number: 1600:02
Cricket: Pakistan drop Javed from touring party00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Upbeat: Coda00:02
Obituary: Ien Dales00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Grass in January00:02
Rugby Union: Welsh wizards at this level00:02
VNU picks up US publishing firm for dollars 220m: BPI purchase fulfils American dream00:02
Woman in Malkin case is spared jail00:02
Three held over attack on US skater00:02
Football: Walker to feel weight of expectation: Phil Shaw looks at the distribution of managerial pressure in this weekend's Premiership programme00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Birthday time00:02
BAe to make 800 more redundant at three plants: Regional jet division hardest hit00:02
Obituary: The Rev P. Hugh R. Mackay00:02
Cricket: England depart with confidence high00:02
Quarantine rules change as rabies defences weaken: UK exempts trade in dogs and cats but pet law stays00:02
Briton released00:02
Rugby death00:02
I won't go to jail after all00:02
Travel: Lost and found at peace: Jeanne Underwood's brother did not return home after the war, but she travelled to Thailand with the hope that he might still be alive00:02
Magazine to name 'gay' ministers00:02
Paddle boat repaired00:02
Woolmen's Company00:02
Rabbi sees his people flee the land of Syria: Robert Fisk in Damascus meets a minister who has high hopes for tomorrow's summit in Geneva00:02
Rabbi sees his people flee the land of Syria: Robert Fisk in Damascus meets a minister who has high hopes for tomorrow's summit in Geneva00:02
Tearful Bobbitt describes life of misery: Wife remembers picking up knife after drunken husband returned home but cannot recall cutting off penis00:02
Travel Departures: Late packages00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
Keeping the bear from the land of wolves: Finns hope to sever their final ties with Russia as they vote for a new president tomorrow, writes Annika Savill from Kirkonummi00:02
Letter: Making a basic judgement of ministerial morality00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Letter: Humbel welcome for the Archbishop00:02
Dame Shirley's lost neighbours00:02
Old Master paintings set records at pounds 13m auction00:02
Motoring / Road Test: Dashing down memory lane: Bored with the smooth, swift, soporific ride of modern cars? John Simister urges us back to basics00:02
Travel: The Location Hunters: Across the world in 80 questions: Frank Barrett reveals the answers to our festive quiz - and names the winners00:02
Brooke's turn in the park00:02
Takare to spend pounds 25m bedding down in South00:02
Money In Brief: French service00:02
Australian fires killed entire koala colonies00:02
Rugby Union / Five Nations' Championship: Survival struggle for Scotland and Wales: Paterson rejects talk of crisis north of the border00:02
Actress's fiance denies 'sex dare'00:02
VNU picks up US publishing firm for dollars 220m: BPI purchase fulfils American dream00:02
Welsh opera to cut jobs after grant shortfall00:02
Property crisis as BES ends: Price falls mean investors may lose out00:02
Market Report: German rate hopes set off a 40-point revival00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Bookshop Window: Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver, Faber, pounds 14.99.00:02
Gardening: Don't let ivy drive you up the wall: Stephen Anderton clings to his conviction that the climber will do nothing but good for the garden, provided it is kept firmly under control00:02
Tennis: Graf's hegemony set for a grand reward: Germany's perfectionist holds all the aces at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday00:02
Leading international artist pays paper homage on a grand scale to Midlands leather industry00:02
Food & Drink: Africa's kitchens show their range: Joanna Blythman explores the cuisine of the continent and is impressed by the wide variety of flavours in its healthy foods00:02
Travel Departures: Sales rise00:02
Treatments vary for medical policyholders' complaints: Sue Fieldman looks at the way insurers deal with unhappy clients00:02
Rebels pounded00:02
Letter: An inspiration that can be a nightmare00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Free spirit burnt at the stake: The Chimera - Sebastiano Vassalli, Tr. Patrick Creagh: Harvill, pounds 14.9900:02
Win a super day with Anne Naylor00:02
Portillo leads Tory counter-attack: Thatcherite minister says back-to-basics critics spreading 'new British disease'00:02
Row with a twist00:02
Banks to step up job cuts00:02
Cricket: Surrey clears Stewart reappointment00:02
Hockey: Triumph for England: Win over Australia is perfect send-off00:02
Obituary: Ursula Eason00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
The Week in Review00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Take back the herd instinct: Anna Blomefield on Katie Roiphe's study of feminism and the rape crisis movement: The morning after: Sex, Fear, and Feminism - Katie Roiphe: Hamish Hamilton, pounds 7.9900:02
I won't go to jail after all00:02
Money In Brief: Pensioners deal00:02
Cricket: England depart with confidence high00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Council staff asked to take new pay cut00:02
Travel: Apologise for an earthquake?00:02
Magazine to name 'gay' ministers00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Birthday time00:02
Letter: Conflicts in inner-city health care00:02
Racing: Maguire rests after fall00:02
Lorry driver freed00:02
Rugby Union / Five Nations' Championship: Quinnell draws strength from a dynasty: Giant promise of family heir looms over the Principality. Tim Glover reports00:02
Wills00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Free spirit burnt at the stake: The Chimera - Sebastiano Vassalli, Tr. Patrick Creagh: Harvill, pounds 14.9900:02
'Japanese hi-tech in N Korean missiles'00:02
Paris protest00:02
Deals for first timers00:02
Letter: Conflicts in inner-city health care00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Bookshop Window: Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver, Faber, pounds 14.99.00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Actress's fiance denies 'sex dare'00:02
Travel Departures: Carnival flats00:02
Southern comfort: Fiddlers and box squeezers are heading for Gloucester's Cajun and Zydeco Festival. Roberta Mock does the Jitterbug00:02
BOOKS / Reflections on the sound of music: Mind over matter: Mary Loudon meets the psychiatrist and writer Anthony Storr00:02
Market Report: German rate hopes set off a 40-point revival00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Golf: Clark back in groove: Yorkshireman shines in Madeira Open00:02
Church appointments00:02
Travel: There's a smile on the face of the Eiger: France has more ski miles, and the US offers better service; Italy has the great virtue of being Italian. But Chris Gill would give them all up for Switzerland00:02
Travel: I'm on the fast track for Paris: You can already let a high-speed train take the strain from Calais to the French capital. Stephen Wood went for the ride00:02
Food & Drink: Gastropod00:02
Sporting Digest: Table Tennis00:02
Money In Brief: Skiing insurance00:02
Deserter returns00:02
Rebels pounded00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Couture returns to cover up depressed industry: Alison Veness reports on how a young British fashion designer is launching himself as a couturier, under the influence of Chinese shapes00:02
BOOKS / Reading Matters: Novel power: back to basics: I I Magdalen asks why politics and literature don't mix00:02
Appeals: The Ragged School Museum Trust00:02
Rugby League: Saints are short of fitness: Troubled team wake up to pedal power but midweek thrashing at the hands of Salford still leaves new coach searching for the road back00:02
Second-tier rebels ready to act: Independent market if Stock Exchange does not replace USM00:02
Hunting banned00:02
View from City Road: MMC in mortal combat with Super Mario00:02
Cricket: Surrey clears Stewart reappointment00:02
Cricket: McCague strikes to show his mettle: Fast bowler's late change of gear helps England A to keep pace on tour's toughest assignment to date00:02
Appeals: The Cumbria Deaf Association00:02
View from City Road: MMC in mortal combat with Super Mario00:02
Rugby Union: Welsh wizards at this level00:02
Briton released00:02
Last stand by Metallgesellschaft00:02
'Japanese hi-tech in N Korean missiles'00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
Doubts cast on 'skinhead' attack00:02
Portillo leads Tory counter-attack: Thatcherite minister says back-to-basics critics spreading 'new British disease'00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Upbeat: Coda00:02
Yeltsin opponent wins key job in Duma00:02
Football: Lee takeover agreed in principle by City board00:02
Landmarks: Lincoln Cathedral00:02
Dame Shirley's lost neighbours00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Faith and Reason: The way to tame fundamentalism: The Right Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, of the Church Missionary Society, urges Muslims to rediscover an Islam which can co-operate with liberal democracies.