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Multi-ethnic health workers reprieved00:02
A royal joke after a hard day's work00:02
Greenwich plans big party for millennium: Matthew Brace travels to south-east London to find the significant reality of an imaginary line00:02
BEST-SELLERS / Top 10 Municipal Waste Producers00:02
Firefighter killed00:02
Rugby Union: Wales hand Llewellyn captaincy against Italy: Evans hopes to be fit by New Year's Day00:02
Letter: My priceless return to the world of sound00:02
POP / For the people, by the people: Todd Rundgren has re-invented himself more often than anyone can remember. Now he's at it again with a new name and a project that lets his audience control the music. Andy Gill met TR-I00:02
OPERA / The sum of its parts: Il trovatore, Opera North, Leeds00:02
Jaguar leaps to reclaim lead00:02
Labour in Blackpool: Government 'wasted pounds 1bn on refining curriculum'00:02
Labour in Blackpool: SDLP leader urges Major to go 'extra mile' for Ulster peace00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
FILM / John Lyttle on Cinema00:02
America shakes off the ghosts of failure: The success of the US operation in Haiti may hand a rare victory to Mr Clinton, writes Patrick Cockburn in Port-au-Prince00:02
Schools00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Doomsday sect leaves a legacy of destruction00:02
POP / Reviews: Kiss me, Shirley: She has lost some trademark tics but not the gold lame sling-backs. Jim White on Shirley Bassey00:02
Football: FA tackles Fashanu00:02
Easing of sanctions buoys up Milosevic00:02
Hambros trio dropped by corporate division00:02
Dilemmas: My brother-in-law makes passes00:02
Parrys get hate mail00:02
Expensive tastes00:02
Today's Number: 700:02
Cricket: Taylor and Slater fire up Australia: Pakistan toil in second Test as limited overs game takes new turn00:02
Could this be the magic at last?00:02
Short Brothers to axe 350 jobs00:02
Labour in Blackpool: Delegates back all-female shortlists: Patricia Wynn Davies and Nicholas Timmins report on how a quotas policy was endorsed00:02
Killer did not target school, head says00:02
When is it time to celebrate?00:02
Zaire protest halts refugee work00:02
Gang in pounds 2m tarmac fraud jailed00:02
Vocational courses 'lack quality control'00:02
TELEVISION REVIEW / Channel-hopping between the travel shows00:02
Rugby League: Clubs agree on Premier League: Changes stop clubs breaking away00:02
CENTREFOLD / A light Shuttleworth service is resumed: Lend an ear to the king of the Yamaha00:02
Old ships sail into uncharted waters00:02
Burden falls on other syndicates00:02
POP / Reviews: Bland bombshell: Chris de Burgh, Royal Albert Hall00:02
Asian Games: China earn the approval of IOC: South Korea and Japan victorious in the pool as Kazakhstan win golds on debut00:02
For this relief, no thanks: When you've got to go, you've got to go. But in London it's not that easy. Jane Bartlett reports on the state of our public lavatories00:02
Blair forgives the SDP defectors00:02
Birthdays00:02
Lines written on the hard shoulder of the A1(M) . . .00:02
BBC pay deal00:02
Labour in Blackpool: Prescott's presence at the helm undeniable: Donald Macintyre, Political Editor, assesses the strategic importance of the deputy leader's alliance with, and allegiance to, Tony Blair00:02
Humberside Humbers00:02
Kim Jong Il is head of state00:02
Education: Foot down for the accelerated degree: Two-year courses suit mature students who want a quick route back to work, says Ngaio Crequer00:02
Football: Maradona back in the game00:02
Greyhounds chase fast buck: Hackney Stadium is shaking off its cloth-cap image. Tim Whitwell reports00:02
City takes warnings to heart: Bad news from Warburg and Hambros has raised wider questions. John Willcock reports00:02
Sporting Digest: Pools News00:02
Sporting Digest:00:02
THEATRE / David Benedict on Theatre00:02
The Daily Poem: For George MacBeth00:02
Greenwich plans big party for millennium: Matthew Brace travels to south-east London to find the significant reality of an imaginary line00:02
Letter: Tyndale's use of it and hym00:02
Glossary: Minimal risk of a remote possibility00:02
Could this be the magic at last?00:02
Football / Coca-Cola Cup: Moncur strike secures reward00:02
DANCE / Louise Levene on Dance00:02
Labour in Blackpool: Quotes of the day00:02
Peking scorns Patten's olive branch00:02
US pledges dollars 500m for townships00:02
True Gripes: Aliens nightmare: Action event should be X-rated00:02
Scala cinema becomes all-night dance venue00:02
Bank of Scotland warns of threat of slender margins00:02
Letter: The cruelty of immigration law00:02
Holiday death00:02
Newsbrief: Green awards00:02
Estonia 'sped past other ship'00:02
Duma facelift leaves Russian MPs baffled00:02
Tube chiefs could sue RMT on strike00:02
Is sail or rail the wiser route?: Christian Wolmar explains how ferry disasters have imposed stringent safety rules - on the Channel tunnel00:02
Football: Uefa rules under fire: German challenge00:02
48 die in cult suicide pact00:02
Multi-ethnic health workers reprieved00:02
Rugby League: ET goes home with hat-trick: Leeds overrun by Australia's rampant display00:02
Court Circular00:02
Italian judges close in on PM00:02
Dirt tracks to the superhypeway: Will the much-lauded information superhighway ever become a reality and will it be a force for good? Tim Jackson looks beyond the hype00:02
Balls to all that: National Courtesy Day gets a right ticking off00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Police chief shrinks from Howard row: Senior officer tones down speech attacking government policies after dining with Home Secretary. Jason Bennetto reports00:02
Labour in Blackpool: Clause IV fight is all over bar the redrafting00:02
Computer crime ring smashed00:02
View from City Road: Reed taps the legal boom00:02
Growth in US fuels rate fears00:02
Newsbrief: Hampstead spider00:02
CENTREFOLD / A light Shuttleworth service is resumed: Lend an ear to the king of the Yamaha00:02
Wills00:02
Letter: Two thousand years, starting from when?00:02
Rugby Union: Davies wings in to start the rout00:02
Newsbrief: Euro Hackney00:02
Americans return00:02
POP / Killing folk: Nanci Griffith used to walk around life. Now, she tells Jasper Rees, she's meeting it head-on00:02
When is it time to celebrate?00:02
Golf: Returning Norman heralds start of world tour: Montgomerie and Scotland have chance for revenge at St Andrews after last year's embarrassing loss to Paraguay. Tim Glover reports00:02
Newsbrief: Hampstead spider00:02
Malaria deaths are linked to genetic traits00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Newsbrief: Disk bank00:02
DANCE / Louise Levene on Dance00:02
Newsbrief: Shaw finds new home in Brixton00:02
Obituary: D. E. L. Haynes00:02
New values forged from old tools: A rejuvenated Clause IV has to embody Labour's core values, argues Calum Macdonald00:02
Letter: Touche, the Oxbridge mafia strikes again00:02
Gunmen kill football official00:02
Shoppers injured by cave-in at store00:02
American Sport: Conciliation moves in US00:02
Snooker: Hendry has to fight00:02
Labour in Blackpool/ Conference Notebook: 'Bobby' dazzles in ritzy regime00:02
Hunt on for SA penguin killer00:02
Aliyev seizes initiative in Azeri power struggle00:02
Few alternatives00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
ARTS / And what's more . . .00:02
Airline 'refused to take Rushdie'00:02
Racing: Living legend O'Brien retires: A uniquely talented trainer of champions is to bow out. Greg Wood reports00:02
Banks agree 'no seizure' on Russian debts00:02
Lada face-lift00:02
Credit Lyonnais warns of long wait00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Football: Cole carries on regardless00:02
Sports Letters: What's wrong with shoot-out00:02
BOOK REVIEW / For the love of a traditional party man: 'John Smith: Life and Soul of the Party' - Gordon Brown & James Naughtie: Mainstream, 14.99 pounds00:02
Obituary: Professor Donald Court00:02
Listed house 'bought for Hewitt's mother'00:02
Scent off00:02
Fashion: Linda shapes up and goes to Hollywood: We've seen that curvy look before . . . Marilyn's made a comeback. And the Duracell-powered ultramodel is changing her image with the times again. Marion Hume reports from Milan00:02
Newsbrief: Arson appeal00:02
Romanian ex-king to make trip despite ban00:02
A Rodham to fight Florida00:02
Leading Article: Equality by coercion00:02
Words without agreement, without a handshake: An edited version of the the confrontation on CNN's Larry King satellite TV show00:02
Servisair braves new issues market00:02
High poison levels in British chickens00:02
Football: Stags gain bonus break: Mansfield celebrate one of the finest nights in their history00:02
Names to pay tax on Gooda award00:02
Greyhounds chase fast buck: Hackney Stadium is shaking off its cloth-cap image. Tim Whitwell reports00:02
Letter: Two thousand years, starting from when?00:02
Letter: Design points for ferry safety00:02
Auction at Raby Castle00:02
GCSE coursework cut could be reversed00:02
Revenue's tracker teams pull in pounds 4.7bn unpaid tax00:02
Newsbrief: Euro Hackney00:02
Labour in Blackpool: Decisions of the day00:02
Woman's Hour brought to book over spoof00:02
Jews fury over satellite link00:02
Nurdin chief deposed00:02
In Thing: Swizzlepops00:02
Hewden spending pays off00:02
Murder charge00:02
THEATRE / David Benedict on Theatre00:02
Sport in America: Industrial inaction: Disputes rumble on00:02
Women are winning up on Capitol Hill: If Labour's quotas produce more female MPs, the US shows them how to use power. Richard Dunham reports00:02
Something Else00:02
Letter: Design points for ferry safety00:02
Shopping around for the best deal: Looking for a new motor? James Ruppert presents his guide to the capital's showrooms00:02
Expensive tastes00:02
Dear Boris Pasternak: Now your great-niece is coining it from the Diana book, I bet your wish you'd packed in the poetry and 'serious' novels lark and done an expose of Stalin's missus instead00:02
True Gripes: Aliens nightmare: Action event should be X-rated00:02
FILM / John Lyttle on Cinema00:02
Sports Letters: Aussie Rules, ok00:02
Survey finds 40% of teenage students take drugs00:02
Cricket: England set for one-day experiment00:02
Sports Letters: Very Inter-esting00:02
Scottish site for BSkyB's new centre00:02
Rugby Union: Luyt must explain on amateurism00:02
Car makers to keep dealer networks: Consumer lobby angry as EU gives 10-year extension00:02
Telling tales to the taxman00:02
MPs support tighter curbs on the press00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
US judge rules gas chamber is illegal00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
InterCity to woo passengers with free seats00:02
Obituary: Paul Young00:02
Scala cinema becomes all-night dance venue00:02
Clinton braced for new resignation blow00:02
Newsbrief: Shaw finds new home in Brixton00:02
Education Viewpoint: Why we're losing our heads00:02
Reed wins Mead Data auction with pounds 955m bid00:02
Leading Article: A cosy testing system vulnerable to abuse00:02
Labour in Blackpool: Action on membership ploys00:02
Absolute beginners: In some elevated circles, knowledge is only valuable if gained through pain. Serena Mackesy examines a decorative alternative00:02
Eurofile: UK cuts off clean air plan00:02
In Thing: Swizzlepops00:02
POP / Dada cool, Dada cool: Brazilian jazz is not just bossa nova; Phil Johnson meets Hermeto Pascoal00:02
ARTS / Right of Reply: When Richard Dreyfuss' Hamlet opened last week, critics scoffed. Neal Foster defends the show00:02
Football / Coca-Cola Cup: Older heads see United through00:02
British Thornton issues warning00:02
Letter: Barefaced beauty must figure as well00:02
For this relief, no thanks: When you've got to go, you've got to go. But in London it's not that easy. Jane Bartlett reports on the state of our public lavatories00:02
Football / Coca-Cola Cup: Walker's gloom deepens after Hall's late goal: Enterprising Everton put out by Pompey00:02
Bomb case evidence 'unsafe'00:02
Letter: Support for bypass is road to nowhere00:02
Newsbrief: Disk bank00:02
Labour in Blackpool: Prescott's presence at the helm undeniable: Donald Macintyre, Political Editor, assesses the strategic importance of the deputy leader's alliance with, and allegiance to, Tony Blair00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Judge row threatens Dublin coalition00:02
Sports Letters: What's wrong with shoot-out00:02
Holborn Law Society00:02
View from City Road: Labour makes waves00:02
Out of Germany: Heavy hand of the law reaches over the garden fence00:02
Education: Breaking the government commandments: Neither parents, teachers nor even the churches are happy with new guidance on religious content of assemblies. Fran Abrams reports00:02
Letter: New Labour is small on policies00:02
Computer crime ring smashed00:02
National Gallery refurbishment00:02
Outcome of sales suits Austin Reed as doubled pre-tax profits are revealed00:02
Wills drafted by solicitors and banks attacked00:02
Leading Article: Patten finally bows to reality00:02
Quiet cult meets grisly death in the Alps00:02
Ma's dweeb gets even on those girls: Abortion vs pro-life is the subject of Stephen King's new novel. John Lyttle asks why00:02
Paris stunned by police deaths in 'anarchist' rampage00:02
Football / Coca-Cola Cup: Summerbee shows City the way: Barnet's brave fight00:02
Shopping around for the best deal: Looking for a new motor? James Ruppert presents his guide to the capital's showrooms00:02
Lada face-lift00:02
Jaguar leaps to reclaim lead00:02
Never assume anything00:02
Market Report: Leading shares in retreat on wariness over the US00:02
Father of the H-bomb meets his adversaries00:02
Squash: End of the road for Le Moignan00:02
Aborigines seek restitution for Australia policy of 'genocide': Indigenous families broken up to encourage 'assimilation' are forcing Canberra to confront its past, writes Robert Milliken in Sydney00:02
Pembroke: Unsporting types at Austin Reed00:02
Letter: New Labour is small on policies00:02
Learning the values of equity: Jean Rudduck looks at the problems of differentiation for those involved in the area of school research00:02
Law Report: Fayeds' rights not violated by DTI study: Fayed v The United Kingdom - European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, 21 September 199400:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Monklands councillors urged to back inquiry00:02
POP / New Album Releases: Gone to see a band about a dog00:02
Balls to all that: National Courtesy Day gets a right ticking off00:02
Newsbrief: Arson appeal00:02
Newsbrief: Green awards00:02
Couple 'murdered in woods after crossing drug dealers': Brothers deny killing after human remains found in ashes from woodland fire00:02
Drivers want to go back to school00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Independent / Independent on Sunday Student Survival Guide: Correction00:02
Irish debate fails to demolish barriers: Unionist rebuffs overtures by Gerry Adams as US talk show transmits historic meeting between Ulster opponents. Rupert Cornwell reports00:02
View from City Road: Europe victim of US excess00:02
Cellnet fires shot in phone price war00:02
Football: Odds stacked heavily against Ardiles: Pressure mounts on Spurs' manager after another home defeat00:02
Few alternatives00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Rebuff to Bonn but banana split goes on00:02
Labour in Blackpool: Kinnock tempers regret with pride and hope in poignant farewell speech00:02
Motorists run into trouble as quake strikes00:02
THEATRE / Gods are only human: Ion - The Pit, Barbican00:02
Football / Coca-Cola Cup Round-Up: Leicester fall to Brady's bunch00:02
Where shall we meet?: The Piccadilly W100:02
Much too busy too young: As tots whirl from one pre-school class to another, Celia Dodd wonders whatever happened to an unstructured childhood00:02
Letter: Stone music00:02
Drivers want to go back to school00:02
POP / The charts00:02
Tennis: Hingis may hold court in Brighton: Latest teenage wonder will not be short of offers after win on WTA Tour debut