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Double Play: Fat knight on the move: Verdi: Falstaff: Juan Pons, Daniela Dessi, Roberto Frontali, Ramon Vargas, Maureen O'Flynn, Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan / Riccardo Muti00:02
Sport: The week in review00:02
Letter: The NHS 'is grinding to a halt'00:02
Dinosaurs carry on Greek vendetta00:02
Travel Departures: Travel Bookshelf: Ten recommended weekend activity books00:02
Travel: City of boulevards and errant trolley-buses00:02
Minister demands a copy of unpublished report00:02
Betterware issues second warning after poor summer: Turnover falls as hot weather distracts part-time sellers00:02
Rugby League: Wigan look ominously relaxed00:02
Football: Walker remains confident of waking giant: Everton manager stands firm as rumblings of disillusionment among fans increase. Derick Allsop reports00:02
Travel: Loss horizons00:02
Uncle Sam bombs Haiti with a thousand radios: Troops suspect American 'gifts' are booby-trapped while civilians fear being labelled as US spies if they are caught with them00:02
Team spirit soars as Serbs foresee end to sanctions00:02
Landmarks: Institut du Monde Arabe00:02
Equestrianism: Squelch survives sticky going00:02
Leading Article: The cruelty that thrives on secrecy00:02
Appeal over US refusal to extradite Maze man00:02
Sporting Digest: Equestrianism00:02
My twice-in-a-lifetime experiences00:02
Out of Russia: Samovar slump spoils tea party in Sheffield of the Slavs00:02
RBS bond00:02
Owners surges in quiet market00:02
Service appointments00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Cain's cathedral mired in mud: Banished children of Eve - Peter Quinn: Hamish Hamilton pounds 14.9900:02
Compensation urged for errors by tax officers: Elizabeth Filkin urges the Revenue to be more friendly in its dealings with taxpayers00:02
THEATRE / Playing patriot games: Paul Taylor on Bogdanov's production of The Hostage00:02
Taming the beast of the Bastille: Since its inception in 1981, the Paris Opera has been a monster out of control. Enter Hugues Gall. By Della Couling00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Football: Back problems for Chelsea: Trevor Haylett finds a flaw in Glenn Hoddle's European ambitions00:02
Sporting Digest: Motor Racing00:02
ClassicThoughts: Tush, ye shall not die: Peter Mullen on the fiery life of the Bible translator, William Tyndale, 500 years on00:02
Bonds set to rise00:02
Travel Departures: Bremen for beer00:02
Sony may buy firm that poses threat to music industry00:02
Travel Departures: Late availability00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Monstrous onions00:02
Adams' voices have to give up day jobs00:02
MP to retire00:02
Round-Up: Moody enjoys a late season frolic00:02
Angola rebels face crushing offensive00:02
Letter: The NHS 'is grinding to a halt'00:02
Letter: Bilingualism in jeopardy00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Help] A Woolf in cheap clothing: Natasha Walter on a new life of Virginia Woolf, a woman deep enough to elude the grasp of biography: Virginia Woolf - James King: Hamish Hamilton pounds 22.5000:02
Football: Villa's flight of fantasy: Ron Atkinson's team return with Uefa hopes high. Phil Shaw reports00:02
Food & Drink: Rock'n'roll chefs who cook good: The chefs are young, the food is great, the teething problems nearly over. Enjoy these two new London restaurants now, says Emily Green00:02
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Church appointments00:02
Soldiers' bodies flown home00:02
Property: Gentleman of leisure needed: A West Country Tudor mansion requires a caring and wealthy owner with time to spare, says Anne Spackman00:02
Obituary: Lindsay Anderson00:02
Teenage murderer preyed on old people00:02
FOOD & DRINK / Reader Recipe: Accompaniments on the chilli side00:02
The cost of crossing the border: Caroline Merrell looks at the hidden charges of money transfer00:02
Overdraft rise00:02
West Indies storm will hit Geest profits: Banana importer's shares fall on fears that 40% of Windward Islands crop has been destroyed00:02
Care workers tell of cruelty to handicapped00:02
US pension funds check governance in Europe00:02
Travel Departures: Bombay bargain00:02
Golf: Excellent US team assumes command00:02
Travel Departures: On yer bike00:02
Rough crossing00:02
Rugby League: Tough return for Newlove: Bradford prove themselves major challengers to champions as they take advantage of Currier's dismissal00:02
French trials00:02
Open-church charity00:02
Travel Departures: Just cruising00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Spitalfields show00:02
Travel: Screen test00:02
Squash: Marshall v Nicol for final place: Britain will have player in World Open decider for the first time00:02
The Things I've Seen: The Nails00:02
Scarf reversal00:02
Racing: Fallow ready for fresh fields: A top juvenile aims to end a barren spell, as a mare prepares to realise a lifetime's ambition00:02
Travel: Dawn chorus on the holy hill: On Mt Sinai's summit Annie Caulfield joined singing Japanese and kneeling nuns to see the sunrise00:02
Cardinal dies00:02
Letter: Yeah and no, Jaci00:02
Royal College of Radiologists00:02
View from City Road: No time to commit new funds00:02
Row over Bosnia threatens rift in Nato unity00:02
Gardening / Tool Box: Shedding light on the frame00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
High tide00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Football: Merson answers doubters00:02
Sporting Digest: Darts00:02
Murder charge00:02
Premier refund00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Dead astronauts and albatrosses: Rushing to paradise - J G Ballard: Flamingo pounds 14.9900:02
Letter: Johnson's view of 'fixing' language00:02
Letter: Crime and punishment in UK00:02
Travel: Discover Eastern Europe: Competition00:02
View from City Road: Recovery sorting wheat from chaff00:02
Food & Drink: Victoria Wine lures the four-quid crowd: A smart new range of wine shops is targeting the young professional experimenter, says Anthony Rose00:02
Too late to win the lottery: The public has no say in sharing out the proceeds of our new gambling game, says David Lister00:02
Motoring / Road Test: Even more room at the top: It looks the same, but the BMW 7-series is an improved car, with the emphasis on space and luxury accessories, says James May00:02
Lenders split on increases in home loan rates: Competition for savings will be crucial, Vivien Goldsmith reports00:02
The pillthose randy young fathers should swallow00:02
Union help00:02
Train driver jailed00:02
Major takes next step to Ulster peace: Broadcasting ban lifted - Some border roads to be opened - Referendum promised00:02
Leisure fund00:02
Take a fix at 6.49%00:02
Exxon ordered to pay dollars 5bn to Alaskans00:02
Hurd fails to convince Hong Kong he cares00:02
Food & Drink: A taste brought out of its shell: Hazelnuts, cobnuts, filberts: whatever the name, they add an unmistakable flavour to breads or sauces, pilaffs or puddings00:02
Barclays 'considering its position' over Montague: Royal Bank of Scotland insists it gave Tiphook chief executive warning of impending pounds 2.3m bankruptcy petition00:02
REVIEW / It was, quite literally, the death of the chat show00:02
Travel: Bumpy ride00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Weekend work00:02
Travel: A close approximation to paradise: Simon Calder went to southern Thailand and found not one but three idyllic holiday bases at Krabi, Phuket and Koh Phi Phi00:02
Rowing: Britain could be on course for record haul: Coxless pair of Redgrave and Pinsent providing the cutting edge as climax to World Championships begins00:02
Big part for Lucas at Skoda00:02
Obituary: Cardinal Albert Decourtray00:02
Food & Drink: There's small beer for a big knees-up: Munich's Oktoberfest has limited choice so Michael Jackson explored the range of local brews elsewhere00:02
Property: Lead piping00:02
Lectures00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
A good deal00:02
Cricket: Unnatural check-out beckoning: Johnson holds key for Nottinghamshire as Leicestershire just glare00:02
Sex abuse of handicapped put at 1,400 cases: First research project suggests that many sex attacks go unreported. Rosie Waterhouse reports00:02
Letter: Crime and punishment in UK00:02
Five shops damaged in firebomb attacks00:02
Liberia capture00:02
Letter: Yeah and no, Jaci00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Royal Engagements00:02
Rugby Union: Resolute Wales enter the unknown: The Five Nations champions' crucial World Cup fixture stirs unwelcome memories of past humiliations by the Romanians00:02
Golf: Faldo fires latest shots in Tour war: Threat of an exodus next year to the United States over state of European courses dominates the first round of the British Masters00:02
Football Diary: Arresting joys of meat pies00:02
Abu Nidal 'bomb plan'00:02
Obituaries00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Travel Departures: Smoked out00:02
Scottish Football: McStay ready to return00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Thorfinn the thunder god: Beside the ocean of time - George Mackay Brown: John Murray pounds 14.9900:02
Broadcasters welcome end to 'censorship'00:02
An existential moment with nature00:02
View from City Road: Betterware needs to clean up its act00:02
View from City Road: Pensions must go back on agenda00:02
Hockey: Dark Blues alight: Transfer moves continue00:02
The report Buckinghamshire tried to suppress: The following is an edited version of the 10,000-word report into00:02
US avoided pressing drugs rap on junta00:02
Queue maestros: Is Alton Towers' new flagship ride Nemesis worth all the hanging around? Dominic Cavendish saved his donuts for later00:02
Pop: Twist and shout: They came, they saw, they screamed - Mark Wareham on Take That at Wembley Arena00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The robbers of Bruder Mouse: The unusual life of Tristan Smith: Peter Carey - Faber & Faber pounds 14.9900:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Letter: A welcome for Mrs Shephard00:02
Football: Team news00:02
Royal Bank and Newton to form new pounds 8bn fund00:02
Barclays launches national telephone banking service00:02
Thieves get a pointer from the markets00:02
And what's more . . .00:02
Abu Nidal accused of bomb plan00:02
Marines prepare to spearhead invasion00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Ferry victim named00:02
Athletics: Kenyans to make run on world's best00:02
Travel: Skip Venice and head for the hills: Mark Aspinwall and family changed plans and made for the Dolomites, where picnics and pedalos were more of a hit than canals and crowded cafes00:02
Memories of Palme help Bildt to recover00:02
Letter: Crime and punishment in UK00:02
Next interiors range to be relaunched in bigger stores: Fashion retailer pushes for growth as pre-tax profits soar00:02
Council criticised for letting homes stay open00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Lottery pounds 9bn going to aid five causes00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Owner of Crazy Horse strip club kills himself00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Country Matters: The bald-headed crow is no fisherman's friend00:02
Appeals00:02
Heart Searching: Seeking love in a cold climate: Paul Gosling reports on the growing numbers of Russian women trying to escape their country's economic problems by advertising for British husbands00:02
Sporting Digest: American Football00:02
Food & Drink: Gastropod00:02
Money Grouse: Bank not so co-operative for shopper00:02
Help for schools00:02
Travel Departures: Fair fares00:02
Labour recruits00:02
Cricket: Chapple makes hay before sun shines00:02
Books: Recommended00:02
Sporting Digest: Sumo00:02
Food & Drink: A well-lit table for one, please, waiter00:02
All sides welcome Ireland package: Major calls for further assurance on ceasefire but says IRA 'nearly there'. David McKittrick and Colin Brown report00:02
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Football: Ekelund joins happy Saints00:02
Badminton: Injury thwarts Muggeridge: England No 1 withdraws from grand slam00:02
Travel Departures: Rail bonus00:02
Football: United ready for another examination: Liverpool may start with Babb as they provide champions with a third major challenge of the week00:02
With these rules, it's plain sailing: Peter Rodgers advises boat buyers on how to keep everything shipshape00:02
Teaching money00:02
Travel: Baltic beauty blinking in the light00:02
Major has starved Adams of the oxygen of romance00:02
Travel Departures: Posh manors00:02
Sporting Digest: Rowing00:02
Jimmy Carter sent to persuade Haiti junta to surrender power00:02
Police and DPP defend Nickell prosecution: Covert mission 'sought intelligence'00:02
Champagne offer00:02
Motor Racing: Mansell only fifth fastest00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Gardening: Plant soon and wait for spring: Small-species tulips don't have to be difficult. Anna Pavord explains how to select, protect and position these brilliant bulbs00:02
Letter: Lovely Leeds00:02
Blunted needle: Mark Pappenheim on Elijah Moshinsky's new production of Berlioz's Beatrice & Benedict in Cardiff00:02
Rugby Union: Dawson lifts Saints' spirits: Barrie Fairall looks at today's Courage League programme00:02
Obituary: Professor John Szentagothai00:02
Travel: Don't scorn the small and low: Les Deux-Alpes or Serre Chevalier? Chris Gill knows which French ski resort he prefers00:02
BOOK REVIEW / The prisons open, the future arrives: Briege Duffaud admires Nadine Gordimer's exploration of the new South Africa: None to accompany me - Nadine Gordimer: Bloomsbury pounds 15.9900:02
BSkyB subsidiary denied franchise: Decision reversed on bid for TV text service00:02
Markets crumble under twin attack: US production figures reinforce fears of early rate rise Gilts in turmoil after jump in borrowing requirement00:02
Business & City in Brief00:02
Market Report: Rate fears and US figures wipe out modest recovery00:02
CourtCircular00:02
Amex in Spain00:02
Motoring: A dangerous fad that car firms foster00:02
Wills00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
BOOK REVIEW / For these who die: Sue Gaisford considers Martin Gilbert's monumental, shell-shocking account of the First World War: First World War - Martin Gilbert: Weidenfeld pounds 2000:02
Basketball: Clubs accused of abusing salary cap: League reads riot act