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Pregnant woman was engulfed in barbecue fireball00:02
Letter: Knowing the speed limit for fast cats00:02
POETRY ESSAY / The art of memory: Poetry enjoys a rising profile, but the poet Clive Wilmer wonders if standards are rising to match -and if aggressive marketing promotes immediacy at the expense of subtlety00:02
The sound of bickering . . . some traditional, some modern00:02
SmithKline fit despite lost patent00:02
Government urged to alter post office plans00:02
Blair could support EU referendum: Labour leader at first Question Time hints at move that would expose Tory differences over Europe00:02
UK has worst car crime record in Europe00:02
'Killer' boys forgiven by grieving mother00:02
Letter: Identity cards from birth to death00:02
Finance: Briefs00:02
MP says Tories got huge pay-off in weapons deal00:02
BR planned to fit radios in crash cabs00:02
Murdoch plans Sydney film studio00:02
American Football: Montana on time again00:02
Television (Review): Truth is stranger than fiction but less funny00:02
APV chief's payoff may be pounds 500,000: Engineer says Strowger departure settlement will be below average00:02
Football: Suances punishes Newcastle: Bilbao cast shadow over victory00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Barr board seeks vote changes00:02
Questions of faith make Pope a best-seller00:02
Letter: Refugee burden falls on local authorities00:02
NatWest took look at Kidder but held fire00:02
MPs favour scrapping elections or cutting number of posts: Shadow Cabinet poll could be reformed00:02
Racing: Snurge is retired00:02
UK is global hotspot for investors00:02
Invasion of the Body snatchers: Anita Roddick's empire has a rival with its heart in America, says Rosie Millard00:02
Rugby League: Hanley looks to Hunte and Joynt in Test: Britain seek pace00:02
Shephard prepares for a period of calm pragmatism: The Secretary of State for Education tells Judith Judd of her plans to restore stability in Britain's schools00:02
Court Circular00:02
Architecture: A Gothick fantasy to be cherished: Strawberry Hill, a Georgian architectural curiosity, is a treasure that ought to be restored to its former glory, says Dan Cruickshank00:02
A televised path to a democratic dead-end: Italy's crumbling social order has fuelled the cause of the authoritarian right, explains Eugenio Scalfari00:02
Law: The lawyers' tale: a problem shared00:02
Out of America: Couch potatoes steamed up by baseball's long-running feud00:02
Bar accused of 'deep-seated' race prejudice00:02
Dear Noel Edmonds: You may be the host with the most at a house party, but do you really think you can draw viewers aswell as numbers when you present the National Lottery programme?00:02
Police reforms attacked for harming local service Reforms 'threat to local policing'00:02
Letter: Threatened by linguistic Stalinism00:02
Shephard bids for centre ground on schools00:02
True Townie: Frankly we don't give a hoot for barn owls00:02
Letter: Why the Government wants the monarchy to survive00:02
You're a long time dead, but six years is your lot in your plot00:02
Job cuts sow bitter discord at Greenpeace: As donors' generosity wanes, the environmental group is in deep crisis, reports Nicholas Schoon00:02
Sidlaw's shares hit by pounds 24m cash call00:02
Racing: Bookmakers go with Swing: The favourite for next year's Derby is a short price to confirm his growing reputation at Doncaster on Saturday00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Finance: All change on the district line: Paul Gosling talks to David Prince, chief executive of the District Audit service, about its move away from being an integral part of the Audit Commission00:02
Doctors urge rise in tobacco price00:02
Balladur cracks whip over fractious right-wing ministers00:02
Football: Mini-comeback will do the trick for Villa: Late strike lifts turks00:02
Gleesome threesome, or menage a misery?: I wanted to see whether I could hack it00:02
Murder trial is told of tortured letter to girl00:02
Woman heads Russian bank00:02
Law: No red pens on Fleet Street: Duncan Lamont looks at the trials and tribulations of being a newspaper's night lawyer00:02
Speech lets Russia come in from cold00:02
Letter: Reason to compare schools of thought00:02
Architecture: Annexe00:02
Letter: Why the Government wants the monarchy to survive00:02
MUSIC / And guess who gets all the best tunes?: Robert Cowan and Tess Knighton on Weber and Schumann rarities in the South Bank's Deutsche Romantik festival00:02
Letter: Australian onions should make us cry00:02
Finance: Something is off-balance in the state of accountancy: Change is slow but Roger Trapp sees clear signs of a beleagured profession facing up to the need for a regulatory shake-up00:02
THEATRE / London Fringe: An audience with the living dead00:02
Executive contracts boost recovery hopes00:02
Asbestos victim had to pay back benefits00:02
Departing ASH chairman in line for pounds 1.5m00:02
Dear Noel Edmonds: You may be the host with the most at a house party, but do you really think you can draw viewers aswell as numbers when you present the National Lottery programme?00:02
Obituary: Jean Daste00:02
Cricket: Warne turns over tail with four: Australia on in one-day series as South Africans collapse00:02
Rover to take on 1,450 workers00:02
German SPD rows over pact with ex-Communists00:02
China still dogged by inflation00:02
Upwardly mobile could bring India down00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Cosmic billiards when the stars grow old: The Last Three Minutes - Paul Davies; Orion, pounds 9.9900:02
General Cable to gear up for network growth00:02
View From City Road: Hidden benefit of the DTI's bribes00:02
Walk-out threat over secret 'questions for cash' sessions: Labour MPs furious at move by privileges committee. Patricia Wynn Davies reports00:02
Leading Article: British Rail has some explaining to do00:02
BMW plan secures future for Rover: Speculation over car maker's prospects is ended by expansion programme that will create 1,450 jobs00:02
'Gerrymandering' hearing go-ahead00:02
Boxing: Angry Tyson 'hates the world': Former champion hits out at judge who sent him to prison but defends promoter King00:02
Clinton hails pact with North Korea00:02
Where the war will never die00:02
View From City Road: Question of succession00:02
IRA faces pressure to give up Semtex00:02
Charging more for low-fat foods 'adds to heart risks'00:02
'Marchioness' inquest to reopen00:02
Business and City in brief00:02
Widow launches skin bank plea00:02
Pubs to serve chocolate mild by the pint00:02
Racing: Pennekamp may miss 2,00000:02
Cartoon superhero of the streets is Bosnia's symbol of survival: The creators of Bosman hope their comic will prepare children for a new war, reports Emma Daly in Sarajevo00:02
Feltrim managers were negligent, court told00:02
Pembroke: CIS prime minister sets sail on a sea of roubles00:02
Nuclear weapons sites to be licensed for safety00:02
Objections to pounds 1.5m road plan could halt pilgrims' progress: The dispute over a controversial Hare Krishna temple has entered a new phase. Andrew Brown reports00:02
Snooker: Taking a pot at Hendry00:02
Nurses 'underpaid'00:02
THEATRE / The feel bad factor: Doug Lucie has made a career of lambasting the metropolitan middle classes. Georgina Brown asks him about his latest assault00:02
Drugs in Sport: Winch calls for tougher methods00:02
Football: Leeds turn to Andersson00:02
Leading Article: Cleveland's part in South Korea's rise00:02
Russia's olive branch to Iraq raises US hackles00:02
View From City Road: Holes in BSkyB's pounds 5bn dish00:02
Tennis: Wood cut down with rest of the British: Grim situation to be underlined with a complete absence of home women among top 10000:02
Rugby Union: Swansea fleece Baa-Baas in six-try build-up to visit of Springboks: Presence of five international players in the visiting ranks fails to prevent a rout at St Helen's as the gale and rain drive in across the bay00:02
Letter: Threatened by linguistic Stalinism00:02
Badminton: Chen seals the victory00:02
Gleesome threesome, or menage a misery?: Like cramming with two excellent tutors00:02
Serbs hijack UN aid convoy00:02
Obituary: Professor P. B. Moon00:02
How I became a teenage cult member: Michelle Ticktin explains how she was drawn into a Glasgow sect by its charismatic leader00:02
Obituary: Gus Risman00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Enraged Haitians hunt down the old guard00:02
Leading Article: Ideology leaves the classroom00:02
Militant tells of knife attack00:02
Citicorp toughens up loan criteria00:02
President Branson? It's possible: An elected head of state is quite feasible and candidates are plentiful, says Matthew Hoffman00:02
Clashes harm Angola accord00:02
Cricket: Atherton on to the front foot00:02
Lloyds loses top man to Morgan Stanley00:02
Gleesome threesome, or menage a misery?: Can love triangles ever be satisfactory? Genevieve Fox meets three people who each have first-hand experience00:02
Championship League Focus: Mellon volley bears fruit00:02
Syria sends mixed signals on Jordan pact00:02
2m pounds scheme for crime cameras00:02
Exchange problem hits Paterson: Difficulty in obtaining dollars for Nigerian subsidiaries brings profits warning00:02
Championship League Focus: Jordi endures pressure of father's fame: Barcelona boast another Cruyff capturing the imagination of supporters. David Winner reports00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Obituary: Barbara Grigor00:02
Finance: Lessons in freedom for colleges grappling with finances00:02
Damages in personal injury cases 'too low'00:02
Inside Parliament: Backbenchers remain keen to wallow in mire: Major rejects sleaze allegations - MP questions minister on Mark Thatcher00:02
Architecture: Natural palette for an urban landscape: Dan Kiley (left) uses trees, shrubs, water and light to soften the blow of the American city. Robert Holden reports00:02
Championship League Focus: Everton close in on Rieper00:02
DANCE / The colour, spectacle and rhythm thing - Urban Bush Women / Oxford Playhouse, Koffi Koko / ICA, London00:02
Flawed Family: This week the Prince of Wales disclosed still powerful resentments against his mother and father. But they also suffered in their early years. Fiammetta Rocco delves into the royal childhoods that went wrong00:02
Democrats flee the Clinton curse: Next month's US mid-term elections are likely to produce dramatic swings, says Rupert Cornwell00:02
Cedel starts new trading service00:02
Law: The dangers of drinking andadvising: The problems brought by the recession have caused some lawyers to turn to alcohol, writes Susan Wallach00:02
Banks challenge findings of small business survey00:02
Expensive plug for Gartmore loophole00:02
Greenpeace at war over strategy and cutbacks00:02
Charles free to decide on divorce, palace says00:02
Fans's Eye View: The League Goals of Alan J Pinkey and other Observations00:02
Football: United's reputation on the line: Barcelona's defensive weaknesses offer Ferguson's team the chance of progress in Champions' League00:02
Anniversaries00:02
One-2-One raises investment: Mobile telephone operator to spend pounds 230m more on expansion to reach 60 of population00:02
THEARTRE / Lore of diminishing returns: They said it of Faith Healer, now they're saying it of Brian Friel's new play, Molly Sweeney. 'Masterpiece'. They may share similar preoccupations, says Paul Taylor, but there the comparision ends00:02
O J judge angry over new book00:02
The fairest cop of all00:02
Gleesome threesome, or menage a misery?: We've split up but still share a bed00:02
Anger at Whitehall pension cuts plan00:02
Market Report: Falling dollar hits City and European markets00:02
Kuwaitis jib at cost of phoney war - petrol at 24p a litre: In Kuwait City, Robert Fisk finds 'burden sharing' as big a problem as Saddam00:02
Motor Racing: Imola in doubt for next year: San Marino omitted in first draft of 1995 calendar00:02
Red Square purged for the Queen00:02
Leaders despatched with pig bladders: Colin Brown sees the style of Prime Minister's questions soon revert to type00:02
Rugby League: Samoans over the top00:02
Minister faces axe over plagiarism00:02
Sterling at new high but strength hits shares00:02
The Daily Poem: On Its Way00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Short in squabble over Chess Olympics00:02
Drugs in Sport: Samples are starting to tell the story: The Sports Council opens the doors to its drug-testing laboratory. Mike Rowbottom reports