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DANCE / River of blood: Judith Mackrell on Birmingham Royal Ballet00:02
Barclays changes penalties: A new redemption system will cost some borrowers more00:02
Police hunt runaway patient00:02
Wait is over00:02
Diplomats smooth over expulsions00:02
Heseltine says fuel prices will not rise00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Motor Racing: Fast-moving toughs of the track: Guy Hodgson is taken for a ride by Eric van de Poele in the Belgian's Old Spice Nissan Primera00:02
Harnessing chickens00:02
Travel: How's this for starters?: You are driving from Calais to the south. You plan to stop for dinner after about six hours. But where? Richard Binns recommends 20 restaurants a day's drive from the port00:02
Rugby Union: Cup runs into the big time in Wales00:02
Auctions00:02
Sport: The Week in Review00:02
Profile: Italy's arch seducer: Silvio Berlusconi. Italians wanted a new party; he sold them one00:02
The Revenue closes in: Self-employed people will be watched closely under a new tax system. Andrew Bibby reports00:02
Look who's talking: Male and female below the waist: The fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier explains how he managed to get so close to Madonna's breasts00:02
Scottish Football: Dons turn to Snelders00:02
A small plug for direct debits: Nic Cicutti unearths a modest saving for electricity users unable to beat the VAT deadline by paying bills in advance00:02
New phase for EU as Hungary asks to join00:02
Sporting digest: Golf00:02
American Football: Cowboys who just could not ride together: Jimmy Johnson left Dallas this week. Matt Tench explains a painful parting00:02
DISCS / In pursuit of the creative moment00:02
Property: Daydream Homes00:02
Property: Wanted: guinea-pigs with lions' hearts00:02
Gardening: Tool Box: The great lawn order debate00:02
US inflation fears after boom in employment00:02
Walks in the park put down to biological urge: Our response to nature may be genetically determined rather than learnt. Steve Connor reports00:02
Football: United pack hard hats for Ewood showdown: Bullish Blackburn Rovers face a do-or-die day at home as the Premiership's swaggering champions and leaders come to town00:02
Saturday Night: Forget the horse tranquilliser and have a chainsaw00:02
Travel: The threshold of a dream: Travel should not be a means to an end. Anna Pavord is transported by exquisite anticipation that is crowned with arrival00:02
Food and Drink: All in a stew about rabbit?: The French don't understand why we are so squeamish about eating a tender and tasty meat00:02
Golf: Olazabal back to earth: Crenshaw moves into contention while a Welshman continues his pace-setting ways in Lyon00:02
Party escape00:02
COMEDY / Talking dirty: Mark Wareham on the time-warped humour of Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson00:02
Death inquiry00:02
Memories of a massacre hang in the air00:02
Survivors speak of tragedy at fun-fair: Steel hoop 'had collapsed into path of Water Chute car'00:02
Boy killed on water ride at fairground00:02
Gays warned after police link London murders: Similarities found between two knife attacks00:02
Appeals: Lewis-Manning Hospice in Poole, Dorset00:02
Cycling: Obree finds ecstasy after stuttering start: Scot and his home-made bike nearly make early exit. Robin Nicholl reports00:02
Daphne is a wallflower no more00:02
Food and Drink: Indulge in the Bavarian Weiss: Michael Jackson invites you to sample a selection of sharp and refreshing traditional beers brewed with wheat00:02
Rugby Union: Bath in the picture but short on support: Live television may be a switch-off for some but returned tickets on a Pilkington Cup semi-final day tells a different tale00:02
Italy's 'post-Fascist' leader hails Mussolini00:02
Advice with a social conscience: Nic Cicutti meets award-winning money consultant Stephen Ward00:02
Dear Maggie, wish you weren't here: Picture postcards with political views of the early Thatcher years have found a new market, reports John Windsor00:02
Channel passenger trains 'run from June'00:02
Doisneau dies00:02
Locks, stock and apparel: The Belle Stars' former singer now sells pristine Sixties fashion to collectors, says Tony Marcus00:02
Sailing: Smith in need of risk capital00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Harsh sputters and low chatter: 'Lovers and Liars' - Sally Beauman: Bantam Press, 15.9900:02
Obituary: Sankardas Banerji00:02
Russia reassures West on peace deal00:02
Greece to act against ex-king00:02
China seizes foremost dissident00:02
Sporting digest: Snooker00:02
Trainee may have caused air crash00:02
Appeals: The Redress Trust00:02
Egg time, please00:02
Hope on kidnapped aid worker00:02
Chelsea offers three-year bond: First Mortgage's loan is a slow mover00:02
Officer finds son dead00:02
Britain tries to play down 'spying' row: Tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions with Russians may damage bilateral relations and prove espionage has survived Cold War00:02
Food and Drink: Gastropod00:02
Letter: Sweeping away myths about women at home00:02
Singapore shrugs off uproar over 'barbaric' flogging00:02
Travel: London calling00:02
William Donaldson's Week: Going in for cod criticism00:02
A flawed bastion against the Armada reopens: Camber Castle was preserved because the sea left it behind. Oliver Gillie reports00:02
Travel: Sitting pretty?00:02
Sporting digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Letter: Sweeping away myths about women at home00:02
Travel: Departures00:02
Censorship laws among toughest in the world00:02
Speed skating: Gooch fails to make final00:02
Good counselling for the redundant00:02
And what's more ..00:02
Football: Fairclough supplies late relief for Leeds00:02
Bank man sued00:02
France to try nine Iranians00:02
Howard acts to curb video nasties: Doubt cast on credibility of report endorsed by psychologists that links child crime to violent films00:02
Left-wingers to urge national school strike00:02
Travel: Magic moments of real Colombia: The masterpiece of magical realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude, was set in Aracataca. James Wilson went there, and found fact as strange as fiction00:02
CIA still reeling from discovery of 'worst traitor'00:02
Out of Israel: Bedouin on wheels guard their heritage00:02
Travel: Fishy phrases00:02
Appointments: Service appointments00:02
Property: Dismal estate agents00:02
Money Grouse: Left holding the house and the bill00:02
Tennis: Petchey's fine run finishes00:02
Rugby League: Schuster consigns Northern to untimely defeat00:02
Gardening: Cuttings00:02
Mexico rulers contemplate the end of an era: Sixty-five years on, the ruling party is badly split and is showing signs of decomposing, writes Phil Davison in Mexico City00:02
Football: Tomms lines up for history00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Credit card ownership falls to pre-boom level00:02
Arguments for Easter: God can fill only the empty cup: The Bishop of Edinburgh, the Right Rev Richard Holloway, ends our series of meditations for Easter with this sermon, preached in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh.00:02
TELEVISION / Quest or fool's errand? Arena gets brain fever00:02
Cricket: No holiday for beached England: Test for returning Malcolm's knee comes against a batting line-up that is quite capable of thrashing any attack00:02
Wills00:02
Canoeing: Paddling your own canoe takes on a much tougher meaning00:02
Algerian faces deportation after fiancee dies: MP attacks 'lack of compassion' by Home Office after fumes tragedy. Danny Penman reports00:02
Letter: Speedier treatment on the NHS00:02
Obituary: Robert Doisneau00:02
A trailblazer does a roaring trade: New Yorkers are hot for the city's fire-surplus uniforms and accessories, says Tamsin Blanchard00:02
Market Place: Newark00:02
Baseball: A god turned rookie faces painful passage to paradise: Is Michael Jordan heading for a fall? Richard Weekes met a man on a hard road00:02
Racing: Rites of Passage from winter to May: A perpetual optimist hopes everything will come up roses for his Kentucky Derby challenge00:02
Basketball: Bett deflects the accolades00:02
Appointments: Church appointments00:02
Appointments: University appointments00:02
Letter: Speedier treatment on the NHS00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Ye wind up making a mountain: 'How Late It Was, How Late' - James Kelman: Secker and Warburg, 14.9900:02
BOOK REVIEW / Phantoms and termites: 'Seven Experiments That Could Change the World' - Rupert Sheldrake: Fourth Estate, 15.9900:02
Obituary: Sankardas Banerji00:02
Sporting digest: Cricket00:02
Football Diary: Teeming talent on the Tyne00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Edible velvety sounds: 'Other Lulus' - Philip Hensher: Hamish Hamilton, 11.9900:02
Ashdown fears Labour threat in by-election00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A wild holiday romance: 'Brazil' - John Updike: Hamish Hamilton, 15.9900:02
Obituary: Robert Doisneau00:02
Scottish Tories urge rethink of water plan00:02
Story of a man called Scarlett00:02
Sporting digest: Rugby League00:02
Motoring: Family tourers in a race to boost sales: Matthew Carter explains why manufacturers are turning to touring car racing to promote their products00:02
Appeals: Bringsty Mission Church00:02
Hardy radio favourite is spared severe pruning: Michael Leapman on a fresh crop of panellists for 'Gardeners' Question Time'00:02
Food and Drink: Not with a bang but a Wimpy00:02
Letter: The links between video nasties and particular crimes00:02
Recommended books00:02
Sailing: Enza secures global record: Knox-Johnston and Blake reverse last year's disappointment to capture Jules Verne Trophy from Peyron00:02
Stabbing inquiry00:02
Birthdays00:02
Heart Searching: Win a starring role: Six valuable prizes of a year's membership of 'the intelligent person's introduction agency' are on offer in this easy-to-enter competition00:02
Country Matters: Mrs Furry Feet is sitting tight00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Brooding on fans, wrecks and stars: 'Mallarme: A Throw of the Dice' - Gordon Millan: Secker and Warburg, 30.00 pounds00:02
Pasqua denies Paris police let riot rage unchecked: Minister says low-profile tactics may have saved lives after rally turned violent00:02
Electronic threat to Clinton00:02
Rugby League: Wigan rely on Offiah's drop and tackle: Championship race hots up as Warrington go top while champions overcome rivals and Bradford lose00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Playing at the very edge: The composer Nigel Osborne has just returned from a visit to Sarajevo. Here he pays tribute to the art that has sustained a city under siege00:02
Japanese extremists surrender00:02
Letter: The links between video nasties and particular crimes00:02
Hockey: Billson breaks the ice: Victory causes concern for Teddington00:02
Peres hopes for speedy accord00:02
Smith urged to act over Monklands 'corruption': Council worker's sacking 'was political'00:02
Beatles miss Isle of Wight00:02
Tolley throwers in quest for glory00:02
Ex-salesmen accuse Legal & General: Courses aimed at teaching intricacies of personal finance 'turned into sessions on how to sell products'. Nic Cicutti reports00:02
Leading Article: Why religion is not a laughing matter00:02
Skiing: Crazy gang hooked on an extreme yearning curve: A dangerous downhill activity begun by three French musketeers has seized the imagination of skilled madcaps. Jeremy Hart reports00:02
Food and Drink: Our readers' digest: You'll find a warm welcome, wonderful food and high style around Hay-on-Wye - but not all under one roof, says Emily Green00:02
Racing: Inspection at Plumpton00:02
Gardening: The sublime to the precipitous: Anna Pavord explores the narrow gulleys and vertiginous crossings at Hawkstone Park, the Alton Towers of its day00:02
A day at the seaside: Storm-lashed Brighton beach proved less than hospitable for holiday sunseekers yesterday.00:02
Guatemala 'child theft' fears spark mob attack00:02
Sport: Quotes of the week00:02
Motor Racing: Touring cream stirred by Harvey: Derick Allsop looks ahead to the British Touring Car Championship, which begins at Thruxton on Monday00:02
Pregnant woman found strangled00:02
Football: Team news00:02
Shelter smashed00:02
BOOKS / Two Americas: leaping salmon and hot wheels00:02
Football: Champions stay bullish despite bear market00:02
Tbilisi police chief fired00:02
CIA still reeling from discovery of 'worst traitor'00:02
Stockbroker's murder linked to gay attack00:02
Evacuations may follow Serb killings00:02
US welcomes UN call to N Korea00:02
Sergeant guilty of murder00:02
Letter: Hazards of Britain's plutonium stockpile00:02
THEATRE / The body politic: Paul Taylor on Johnny on a Spot at the Olivier00:02
GPs back use of generic drugs00:02
Cardinal calls for positive response to IRA ceasefire00:02
Travel: Man is an island entire of itself: The Isle of Man is not part of the UK. It has its own parliament, and its own character. After a hitch-hiker's tour of the TT circuit, Simon Calder gave the island the thumbs up00:02
Customs to repay 1m pounds stolen in the post00:02
Philippines village marks Easter with crucifixion00:02
Letter: More votes mean less for Mr Major00:02
Army keeps low profile as Natal war fears grow00:02
Letter: Lawless pavements00:02
Golf: Price rolls onward00:02
Boxing: Veteran Smith fails his medical00:02
Rugby League: Jackson provides necessary defiance00:02
Murderer executed in electric chair00:02
Stolen Getty diaries offered for auction: Sons of 'wealthiest man in the world' late to discover theft00:02
Coastal alert over missing landmines00:02
Money in Brief00:02
Travel: Skoda coda00:02
Sporting digest: Rallying00:02
But what is the point?: Racing isn't entirely the province of professionals. Serena Mackesy dons her Barbour and braves the mud of the shires00:02
Today's number: 60000:02
Reader Recipe: Another bread winner00:02
Football: Cantona among PFA award nominees00:02
Table Tennis: Douglas in old routine00:02
Football: Spurs banking on Sheringham: Phil Shaw looks at the first leg of the Easter programme00:02
Cash raiders00:02
Walks in the park put down to biological urge: Our response to nature may be genetically determined rather than learnt. Steve Connor reports