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Summer Schools: Get on course for a good holiday: From 'Middlemarch' to moral dilemmas, studying for recreation is enjoying a revival. Liz Heron reports00:02
Football: Turner resigns from Wolves00:02
Stagecoach angry at OFT rebuke00:02
Hurd reassures Tories on Europe00:02
Iraq 'has met UN demands'00:02
Leading Article: Quangos prosper amid secrecy00:02
Panic in Japan as rice supplies run out: Even the Emperor is trying to persuade consumers that imports are as good as home grown, writes Terry McCarthy in Tokyo00:02
Partners condemn Britain's stance00:02
Dear Virginia Bottomley: If mothers can choose where they have their babies, why are two midwives being disciplined for helping with a waterbirth? The Health Secretary should intervene, says a childbirth expert00:02
Wanted: the best children's writers: Do children enjoy the books their parents want them to read? Jenny Gilbert asks a mother and son00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Silly Questions: Strange antics by members of the insect kingdom00:02
Rugby Union / Five Nations Focus: Cooke the architect of English renaissance: Manager bows out on Saturday and leaves legacy for a successful future. Steve Bale reports00:02
Sporting Digest: Swimming00:02
Amex chief brings a dollars 16m tab00:02
Bottom Line: Recipe for adventure00:02
Letter: Welsh 'no' to change00:02
TUC enlists 'outside' help00:02
Tonya Harding bargains her way out of jail and off the ice00:02
FILM / Snappy dresser: Since she has kitted out Tom Cruise and been nominated for an Oscar, the costume designer Sandy Powell has been rushed off her pins. Sabine Durrant talks to her about leather and vampires and Derek Jarman00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Drugs peer faces blow to inheritance: Blenheim trustees move to tie up estate00:02
The Sleazy State: How the web of Patronage works / Day 2: Party activists take lead in NHS trusts00:02
Football: Toshack's escape from 'dirty war': Welsh game thrown into confusion00:02
Hurd faces dilemma on voting rules: The Government's refusal to countenance changes in the wake of enlargement is leading to a crisis in the European Union00:02
The Sleazy State: How the web of Patronage works / Day 2: 2bn pounds 'swallowed' by TECs: Training & Enterprise00:02
Court Circular00:02
Europe: forward to the past: Hamish McRae sees ancient patterns restored as the European Union expands00:02
Obituary: John Harrison00:02
Shares in Sleepy Kids doze00:02
Rugby League: Test recall for Bentley and Molloy00:02
Cautious comments push Marley lower00:02
Junior doctors warn hours target is at risk00:02
Sentence on thief who killed faces review: Ex-soldier sentenced to five years00:02
Letter: Solutions to unemployment need political will00:02
Drink-driver jailed00:02
British soldiers lost on mountain00:02
Campaigners urge ban on smacking by minders: Call for health department to clarify guidance after court ruling00:02
Letter: A triumphant affair involving an admiral00:02
Today's Number: 18200:02
Cinema toll rises00:02
Bolger sets date for NZ republic00:02
Cricket: West Indian pacemen all bowled out: Where are the Michael Holdings of the future? Tony Cozier reports00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Letter: Funding undergrads and under-fives00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
Asylum seekers' protest spreads00:02
Letter: Solutions to unemployment need political will00:02
Tennis: Agassi getting by with a little less help from his friends: Two former Wimbledon champions are in fine fettle as they prepare for a showdown00:02
Day-trippers prefer car00:02
The making of little monsters: It is time that we respected our children's freedom a little less, says Peter Thomas00:02
Thousands protest over ban on Hare Krishna worship: Former Beatle's donation of a temple sparks a legal battle over right to practise religion in village00:02
Cricket: England must rely on form of Smith and Fraser: Atherton's key men need strong performances and strong support in the second Test which begins today at the Bourda Oval00:02
Golf: Torrance on tee after eye worry00:02
Schroders powers ahead with 85% advance00:02
Something Else00:02
Education: One day, son, this role could be yours: Helen Hague reports on the use of theatre, workshops and discussion in schools to prepare pupils for the responsibilities of parenthood00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Football: Kenny sent packing00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Racing / Cheltenham Featival: Jodami to hit double standard: The reigning champion steeplechaser can break a modern trend by achieving a second Gold Cup triumph00:02
Lloyd's losses by 12 Tory MPs estimated at pounds 6m: Hain condemns 'bailing out' of Conservatives00:02
Brazilian cardinal freed00:02
Film-makers set scene for a revival: A plan aimed at putting the British movie industry back on a commercial footing is being given the star treatment. David Lister attends its launch00:02
Cricket: May ready to slow South African march00:02
Boxing: Bruno pummels stiff opposition: Ken Jones witnesses victory No 37. Like many that went before, it was as predictable as it was pointless00:02
Obituary: Philippe Daudy00:02
Whitewater boss clears Clinton: Former business partner denies financial improprieties00:02
Football: Bravura Cantona the conductor in United cantata: Wednesday on the end of a walloping00:02
Domnick Hunter flotation values company at pounds 65m00:02
Sporting Digest: Sumo00:02
Suspicion falls on Time Warner man00:02
Iranian pilgrimage row00:02
Leading Article: Sensitivity across the Irish Sea00:02
Sports Letters: England need a fly boy00:02
Football: Gray's goal leaves Palace in the cold00:02
Badminton: Brave Butler gives his all to triumph00:02
Sporting Digest: Pools News00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Bridge: Why it always pays to think before you play00:02
Football: Leeds strikers end their famine00:02
Oil price depresses profit at Premier Consolidated00:02
Benetton complaint00:02
The Sleazy State: How the Web of Patronage Works / Day 2: Tory backers linked to schools agency: Education opt-outs00:02
Bottom Line: Coats should not push its luck with scrips00:02
Revamp takes toll of ICL results: Computer company says it will seek listing in two to three years00:02
Obituary: John Smith-Hughes00:02
Death drivers jailed00:02
Leading Article: Token gesture for a worthy cause00:02
Identity crisis00:02
POP / The Charts00:02
Yeltsin foes join forces00:02
High-rollers disappoint eternal optimists: The Irish are still popular visitors to the National Hunt festival at Cheltenham, but punters are being cautious. Peter Dunn reports00:02
Pembroke: Caesar has a stab at defying fate00:02
It's not just her: The muttering's all about Hillary, but they're rather worried about Bill. Peter Pringle reports00:02
Sporting Digest: American Football00:02
Should investment be left to the investors?00:02
Racing: The hardy boys take the laurels00:02
Dilemmas: The bucolic life is unfair to an urban wife00:02
Mayhew to remain firm on Downing Street Declaration00:02
Faux pas in fur: It may not be the real thing, but even fake fur creates the wrong image and rubs people up the wrong way, argues Marion Hume00:02
A hotbed of mixed feelings: Why should black people choose only black partners? Emma Lindsey examines the complex web of inter-racial relationships00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Awful memories of disagreeably familiar times: 'The Sun on the Wall' - Ronald Frame: Hodder & Stoughton, 15.99 pounds00:02
Rabin makes strong overtures to Syria on peace00:02
Jury out in stab case00:02
Rugby Union / Five Nations Focus: Doubts growing over Pears00:02
Cricket: In defence of an enigma's varied talent: Too much flak? Too laid back? Tim De Lisle on the plight of Chris Lewis00:02
Chinese set out stall for Russia: The city of Heihe is now booming thanks to a lively cross-border trade with the former Soviet Union. Teresa Poole reports00:02
Seven die as fire sweeps Stuttgart building00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
Football: Blake's coolness rewarded00:02
Education / Competition: A prize with strings attached00:02
SA threatens action against poll 'spoilers': After the lesson of Bophuthatswana, the white right and Zulus are warned by De Klerk and Mandela to fall into line00:02
Inside Parliament: House questions return to haunt Duncan: MP urged to repay part of gain on purchase - Apology follows 'discourteous' departure - Puns litter debate on dogs' mess in street00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
Obituary: Jorge Enrique Mendoza00:02
Sports Letters: English islanders00:02
Gonzalez out to rout critics in his party: Phil Davison in Madrid says the Spanish leader will use the Socialists' convention to reassert his authority00:02
Education: Recipe for exclusion00:02
Fiddles tuned for the Eleventh-Hour Reel00:02
View from City Road: Lessons to learn00:02
Bosporus stays closed00:02
Iceman's fungus awakes 50 centuries on00:02
World's beautiful women deny the law of averages00:02
Obituary: Lawrence Spivak00:02
China cracks down on graft00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
BEST-SELLERS / Top 10 Serial Killers (20th CENTURY)00:02
The Sleazy State: How the Web of Patronage Works / Day 2: Executive was paid pounds 25,000 for relocation to house 20 miles away: The waste00:02
Criminal proceeds00:02
Bottom Line: Marley high enough00:02
Football: Chelsea make it five in a row00:02
Swiss crack down on foreigners00:02
Partco offer wins strong demand from investors00:02
Racing / Cheltenham Festival: Maguire plunders on Viking00:02
Football: Platt unlikely to play in Berlin00:02
Law Report: Childminder who smacked can still be registered with council: Sutton London Borough Council v Davis - Family Division (Mr Justice Wilson), 16 March 1994.00:02
BT 'trick of light' averts cable chaos00:02
Rhino and elephant farms 'would save species'00:02
Market Report: Rolls-Royce's engines power through the clouds00:02
More lean years for meat: Vegetarians and Germans may combine to squeeze an already troubled industry. Robert Cole reports00:02
Celebrity's suicide00:02
Tunisia turns a blind eye to flawed poll: Charles Richards explains why elections taking place on Sunday hold no surprise for the voters00:02
Villagers join in hunt for marauding wild boars: An animal which vanished from Britain hundreds of years ago is posing a new threat in Kent00:02
Inside File: Gay diplomats are safer in the closet00:02
'Muscular' plan to end Serb siege00:02
Motorcycle sale causes dismay among the fans: Fears that historic models could disappear from view raised as new Norton owners tell museums to return machines for auction00:02
Fashion Update00:02
Alms for the alma mater: British universities are taking a tip from the Americans and dreaming up ways to raise funds from alumni. Fran Abrams reports00:02
Beggar is cleared of murder00:02
Letter: Reading list fit for teenagers00:02
Review: Just one of those people who would be king00:02
Letter: Pharmacists can help NHS drugs debate00:02
School fumes alert00:02
Police shoot dog00:02
OBSESSIONS / Poetic licence: Poetry is the new rock 'n' roll. Official. Dominic Cavendish discovers the verse-mongers fronting the new movement00:02
Baseball: Jordan 'just happy to have tried'00:02
Lautro chiefs run gauntlet in Parliament: Suitability of Personal Investment Authority chairman is questioned00:02
Giant car firm steers chaotic sell-off course: Andrew Higgins in Nizhny Novgorod reports on a privatisation scheme designed to keep outsiders out00:02
Starving tiger kills cameraman00:02
Rugby Union: Canadians fail their Mensah test00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
POP / Gig Guide00:02
Letter: Sex choice may mean fewer babies00:02
Right to smack ruling prompts outcry00:02
D-Day invitation for Germans00:02
The Sleazy State: How the Web of Patronage Works / Day 2: A quangocracy that bulges with Tories: Government appointees hold the power to control one-fifth of all public spending00:02
The Sleazy State: How the Web of Patronage Works / Day 2: Welsh try to slay scandalous dragon: The Principality: Three years of debacles involving government-appointed agencies have created a legacy of cynicism00:02
MI6 rocks Lyell's hopes: Scott inquiry told in camera that Attorney General was warned against Matrix Churchill trial00:02
New wildlife zones created00:02
Child left in dustbin by mother00:02
Prince sees a lesson in France00:02
Free shares favoured over options00:02
Diary: Patriotic effort to save our effigy00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
The Sleazy State: How the web of Patronage works / Day 2: Secret deals flout EU tender rules: Computer contracts00:02
Inflation pressure re-emerges in labour market00:02
North Korea blocks inspections00:02
Christopher under fire after Peking debacle00:02
Golf: Montgomerie's major mood: Scot approaches the Bay Hill Classic with confidence00:02
ARTS / And what's more . . .00:02
Chess: A little lunacy in Linares00:02
Mixed signals deepen rate dilemma: Weak spending and poor job creation suggest that the economy is slowing in anticipation of tax increases00:02
Birthdays00:02
Prison drugs plea00:02
Bandit queen to stand trial00:02
Malaysia says trade ban stays00:02
Revealed: Britain's transit camps for migratory birds00:02
New writ in William Hill dispute: Court interpretation sought over section of agreement with Brent Walker00:02
The Sleazy State: How the Web of Patronage Works / Day 2: Blowing the whistle on the 'spiv culture' in Whitehall: The 'Moles'00:02
Russian army 'cash-starved'00:02
Letter: Funding undergrads and under-fives00:02
Unemployment drops by 40,00000:02
Parliament defends mayor00:02
Water bills to rise00:02
View from City Road: Schroders shows a different route to success00:02
Euro-vote may reject Union00:02
'One day justice will be done' Fighting to regain their trust: Joanna Gibbon visits one of the charities that benefited from the 'Independent' Bosnia appeal00:02
DANCE / Lost in the heat and dust: Judith Mackrell on the Compania Nacional de Danza at Sadler's Wells00:02
New Slovak cabinet chosen00:02
ITC bans Healey joke in advert00:02
MPs accuse Mirror of neglecting pensioners: Select Committee says top priority is to help scheme members, not use profit to expand00:02
Rea Brothers thrives in unusual climate00:02
MUSIC / New wine, old bottles: Jan Smaczny on an eclectic mix of freshness and virtuosity in Birmingham00:02
POP / On the Road: Work while you whistle: From a hotel in Manchester, surrounded by stars and emotional fans, our man on tour finds his mind turning to Michael Bolton00:02
Porsche outlook improves as sales of Carrera climb00:02
Slaughter won't stop until they've won: Bleating about peace will only prolong Northern Ireland's agony, warns Ruth Dudley Edwards00:02
REVIEW / The big tease: Phil Johnson on Chaka Demus and Pliers in Newport00:02
Indonesion whalers rescued00:02
Sporting Digest: Bowls00:02
Letter: A reasonable demand00:02
Insurer opts for niche markets00:02
The Daily Poem: Aspull Common00:02
US climbdown expected over BA00:02
Sports Letters: Kick out the kicks00:02
Letter: Funding undergrads and under-fives00:02
Call for Heron bond adviser00:02
View from City Road: RPI should dispel00:02
The Sleazy State: How the web of Patronage works / Day 2: Chairs taken by those with direct link to Tories or establishment status: Health Boards00:02
US cool on new talks with N Korea00:02
Greencore broker given reprimand00:02
The Sleazy State: How the web of Patronage works / Day 2: MPs condemn 'extraordinary appointment': Investment Watchdog (CORRECTED)00:02
Kidnapped Mexican banker 'alive'00:02
Brogues walk tall at Church: Shoe firm result up 70% as chain of shops recovers00:02
GLOSSARY / A brilliant career in horse-flesh and jousts00:02
Wash-day blues00:02
Coats increase leaves stock market cold: Traders unhappy with prospect of more enhanced scrip dividends00:02
POP / Albums: Sassy lasses and a sad lad00:02
Campus ban on 'my' wife00:02
Radio 5 takes good news cue from Martyn Lewis00:02
Blow to anti-punishment lobby00:02
Drama lecturer to fight by-election for Labour00:02
Obituary: Jack Hargreaves00:02
Obituary: Ganri Yamashita00:02
White House ally confounds his critics: President's supporter records surprise win in Senate primary00:02
The Sleazy State: Housing deal hits taxpayer for pounds 3.6m