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Moorcroft call to combat writs00:00
Bank of Scotland ups NatWest bid to £26bn00:00
Classical Music00:00
Heseltine: leadership bid ahead by Portillo00:00
McLeish in 'attitude' appeal after video show00:00
Erratic Couples wins big money00:00
Struggling Milan face progressive Parma00:00
The Good Family Hotel Guide: Eastwell Manor, Ashford, Kent00:00
The Good Family Hotel Guide: Eastwell Manor, Ashford, Kent00:00
Regulatory concerns cloud £8bn TV merger00:00
Nice and PC does it00:00
Skiing, Italy: Sauze d'Oulx00:00
Cookery00:00
Of catnaps and body clocks00:00
Art00:00
Johnson loses on return00:00
Lam the canny wolf in Saints' clothing00:00
Kostner wins season-opener00:00
Skiing, Italy: Courmayeur00:00
New media giant vows to take on Murdoch Carlton and United link to create media giant00:00
Blair and Ahern lead tributes to Trimble00:00
Unionists back deal and warn Adams: we've jumped, you follow00:00
Leeds compensate fans for wasted trip00:00
Pioneer hails giant step in transplants00:00
Place your bids, please00:00
Trimble tipped to win narrow backing for deal00:00
A-Z of Skiing: J is for January00:00
The Streets that Made the Century: Unter den Linden, Berlin00:00
Wooden courts to encourage fairer contests00:00
Bordeaux and burgundy for a traditional Christmas00:00
Unionists back deal and warn Adams: we've jumped, you follow00:00
Top Table00:00
Smith is losing the Goodison patience game00:00
This week's best gigs00:00
Robson proves able guide to European pitfalls00:00
Maier dominates downhill00:00
Back in the spotlight after all these years00:00
Petits pots au chocolat00:00
Reference00:00
Blair and Ahern lead tributes to Trimble00:00
Sport00:00
Wines of the Week00:00
Biggest? Maybe. Best? We doubt it00:00
Taylor set for City life under Royle's command00:00
Attempted revival of Don Valley club hits the buffers00:00
Formidable French in no mood for compromise00:00
Universities have 40% dropout rate00:00
5,000 walked to their deaths in three days and all Major protested was his innocence00:00
Bites: Pan-American00:00
Nothing ventured...00:00
Tommy Cooper is Dome's brain00:00
Sudden change of climate at Weather Centre as appeal lifts 'bully' cloud hanging over Giles is innocent of bullying00:00
Little yips that make the character more likeable00:00
Shipman admits to changing records00:00
Popular music00:00
Skiing: Italian slopes are on the up00:00
48 hours in Innsbruck00:00
Gregory's 28-day ban00:00
Step On Eyre's ascent to reach Hennessy level00:00
Murray's recovery has Reivers in mint condition00:00
Raiders of the lost windfall00:00
Gregory needs victory in a deadly situation00:00
Sweet dreams are made of this00:00
Trimble wins backing for power-sharing government00:00
Blair drops plan to cut speed limit to 50mph00:00
Skiing, Italy: Bardonecchia00:02
The Investment Column: 3i fully priced00:02
Marconi buys German telecoms company00:02
Film: Strange. The man seems so normal00:02
Mr Hague is not the problem - it's his party00:02
Parliament: The House In Brief00:02
Classical: The Compact Collection00:02
The Independent Recommends: The Five Best Theatre00:02
Letter: Call-centre stress00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
UB shares rise on bid speculation00:02
Railtrack to pay pounds 10m over failure to reduce delays00:02
Hospitals told to cut out-patient queues by 200100:02
Cricket: Adams assault relieves the agony00:02
Always serve your hippo stewed in vinegar00:02
Racing: Nicholls stands Proud in Hong Kong sprint00:02
Opera House pays `temp' pounds 750-a-day for two years00:02
Letter: Very old, very grand00:02
End near for beef on bone ban00:02
Letter: Justice in peril00:02
Leading Article: The disabled should not have to rely on vagaries of the law courts00:02
Football: Marseilles coach quits after home misfortune00:02
The Investment Column: BPB in good shape as concerns over Brussels inquiry recede00:02
Twenty killed as violence flares in Kashmir00:02
Disclosure of bank account details may not be criminal matter00:02
Turkey warned to spare Ocalan or lose EU entry00:02
Pop: Jazz Round-UP00:02
Right wing plays anti-Maori card in dash for votes00:02
Pop: This Week's Album Releases00:02
Inquiry into use of handcuffs on paralysed inmate00:02
Fayed: `How can I remember. I am not a computer'00:02
Expanding Nationwide speeds up online plans00:02
Letter: Just and unjust war00:02
Portillo returns with a vow of loyalty00:02
Hockey: Sixsmith inspires British onslaught00:02
Police ordered to shoot Nigerian rioters on sight00:02
Film: Videowatch00:02
Obituary: Ian Messiter00:02
Around the World's Markets: London00:02
Around the World's Markets: Tokyo00:02
DNA tests reopen 22-year-old murder inquiry00:02
Around the World's Markets: Hong Kong00:02
Surprise baby `a blessing not a burden'00:02
American Football: Warner the reject turns into fantasy man00:02
Sanctity of third-round ritual desecrated by the bell00:02
New Films00:02
Hundreds die as blaze destroys Chinese ferry00:02
At last, Europe is beginning to learn the lessons of this war- torn decade00:02
Column One: Sorry Mr Fletcher, it's too late to bale out now00:02
Football: Rice disappoints Northern Ireland00:02
Skiing: Maier is too fast for Swiss rival00:02
Fayed: 'How can I remember? I am not a computer'00:02
Why sexual passion is failing us between the covers00:02
Football: Tivvy turn to Trophy hunt00:02
AA says Britain's drivers get worst deal in Europe00:02
Pop: It's over (definitely maybe)00:02
Obituary: The Rev Edmund Colledge00:02
Murdoch hints at deal between TV networks pounds 16bn NBC sale00:02
Council taxes to rise by three times inflation rate00:02
Outlook: Safeway cut00:02
Can our companies make the leap from the old to the new high-tech economy?00:02
Record pounds 1.3m payout for mother of boy born disabled and unwanted00:02
At last: a chance to ask God about crop circles00:02
Jail escaper caught after 10 years00:02
Letter: Getting there by car00:02
Film: The Big Picture: Hanging by a thread00:02
Arts: A snapper of unconsidered trifles00:02
Classical: `I'm on earth to play the cello'00:02
Letter: Getting there by car00:02
Review: Classical: What? No Stockhausen?00:02
Podium: A turning-point in the history of Ireland00:02
SCIENCE: TECHNOQUEST00:02
Flotation price raised for online sports provider 36500:02
Football: Blackburn poised to make move for Rioch00:02
The devil in Mr Osborne00:02
Television Review00:02
Leading Article: Europe must prepare to look after its own defence interests00:02
Rugby Union: Richards rejigs for European rumble00:02
Cruickshank to present review findings to banks00:02
Right of Reply: Jacqui Smith00:02
Pop: Riffs00:02
Friday Book: The apex of a vast act of reclamation00:02
London stocks surge to record high as bid fever takes hold00:02
Water shares rally but Byatt price curbs set to prompt appeals00:02
Bloody Christmas00:02
Cricket: Alleyne's A-grade showing00:02
Letter: RUC discredited00:02
Cricket: Glamorgan woo Chappell00:02
Russia to drop `fuel air' bombs on Grozny00:02
Conservatives In Crisis: FO objections `led to summit ban on Ashcroft'00:02
Lord Archer invites you into his lovely home to meet his fragrant wife (and to say `sorry')00:02
Oasis boss quits label in search of new discoveries00:02
Pandora00:02
E-commerce ban for shops as mall fears trade loss00:02
Football: Johnson's spell at Everton cut short00:02
The Information On: `Peggy for You'00:02
Thomson blames poor sales on millennium apathy00:02
Lord Archer asked journalist `to forget their conversation'00:02
Football: Southgate escapes with warning00:02
Football: Newcastle hold firm until Totti selects his spot00:02
Exhibition celebrates 20 years of `Viz' comic00:02
Letter: Quantum jump00:02
Golf: Woods soars as eagle nets Grand Slam00:02
Thought for the Day00:02
Bank appeals for discarded toys00:02
Vodafone shares soar 7.4%, putting value of Mannesmann bid at pounds 82bn00:02
Outlook: NatWest's fate is sealed - anyone for Barclays?00:02
Classical: Still so controversial, still so new00:02
Parliament: Standards: Labour MP and wife rebuked for expenses claims00:02
Men must break their conspiracy of silence00:02
Price controls to bring cost of gas down next year00:02
Racing: Heavens opening for Blessed in Hennessy00:02
Friday Law Report: Downloading Internet pornography an offence00:02
Market Report: Talk of mystery mega-deal pushes FTSE to new high00:02
Tennis: Agassi the ace at head of rankings00:02
French `hitmen plotting to assassinate Milosevic'00:02
Around the World's Markets: Paris00:02
The Investment Column: New Look00:02
Film: Double Bill00:02
Football: Huddersfield in talks with Ajax00:02
Parliament: Fox-hunting: Livingstone has rival for anti-bloodsports Bill00:02
Science: Ever heard a sex-crazed spider buzz?00:02
Football: Rice stays with Gunners00:02
European Times: Rome: Ancient wall blocks Vatican's Jubilee plans00:02
The Independent Recommends: The Five Best Films00:02
Pick of the Day: Digital, Cable and Satellite Television00:02
Warning system `not the answer to trains safety'00:02
Classical: On The Air00:02
Letter: Call-centre stress00:02
Thirty months on, Portillo is back in business00:02
Best infant painkiller drug-free00:02
Government objection led to summit ban on Ashcroft00:02
The Trojan horse that `started' a 79-day war00:02
Teachers call for change in school funds `lottery' changed00:02
Quote of the Day00:02
The Knack: How To Go Undercover00:02
Parliament: The Sketch: A functionary who should stand with Falstaff and Micawber00:02
Words: joott, n.00:02
Letter: Citizens' NHS00:02
Snooker: Stevens shows no fear in defeat of O'Sullivan00:02
New London Tube map goes overground00:02
Football: Winterburn thunderbolt caps Arsenal late show00:02
Football: Wallace's wonder strike puts Rangers in the clear00:02
Doctors cook up womb treatment00:02
Blair and Chirac call for 60,000 EU troops00:02
Letter: Killing isn't fun00:02
pounds 3bn of forgotten toys lurk in British cupboards00:02
Oxfam calls for end to Congo catastrophe00:02
Battle for NatWest resumes as DTI clears pounds 22bn Bank of Scotland bid00:02
Trade row will bring `sleepless nights' in Seattle00:02
Carlton and United `in talks' over pounds 7bn merger00:02
Lambeth may give away 40,000 homes00:02
Historical Notes: Round the world in one millennium00:02
Cricket: Donald and Pollock demolish England00:02
Football: Lazio will pose truer test of Chelsea's pedigree00:02
POETRY: From Russia with love00:02
Football: Leeds counting cost of call-off00:02
Monitor: British comment on the latest crisis in the Conservative Party following revelations about Lord Archer and Michael Ashcroft00:02
Public hails doctor's decision to speak up00:02
Letter: Deadly rays00:02
The Independent Recommends: The Five Best Shows00:02
Safeway's dividend cut lays ground for price war00:02
M&S cuts more prices in Christmas battle00:02
Outlook: GEC on a roll00:02
Minister clears way for banking shake-up00:02
Obituary: Eulalie Banks00:02
Prescott fears European funding inquiry could undermine revival of brownfield sites00:02
Forget fettucine - spuds remain the smash hit here00:02
Film: Boring? Irritating? Surly? Moi?00:02
Pop: Lyric Sheets: This is the story of a pop star00:02
Letter: Call-centre stress00:02
Chess00:02
Letter: Getting there by car00:02
Parliament: Intelligence: Committee breaks silence on cost of keeping spies00:02
Blondie to take action against EMI over royalty payments00:02
Russian orchestra reduced to playing for its supper00:02
Leading Article: Fulchester's finest00:02
Bridge00:02
Glenda Jackson recounts a love life characterised by violence00:02
Unionists sent bogus letter from Sinn Fein00:02
EasyJet says new pounds 40m terminal at Luton threatens its survival00:02
Letter: Just and unjust war00:02
Shipman claims his alleged victim was drug abuser00:02
Pop: When Will I Be Famous?00:02
Music: Together in perfect harmony00:02
Rugby League: Offiah sets fresh target00:02
Letter: Passing mention00:02
Christmas cheer for islanders00:02
Rain or Shine...00:02
Film: Also Showing00:02
Science: Stars and Planets: December00:02
MP rebuked over his link with Ashcroft's bank00:02
Daily Mail buys out Bristol press group00:02
Letter: Muggled thinking00:02
Parliament: Media: BBC digital news cost has doubled budget, says Birt00:02
Tennis: Kafelnikov casts down the gauntlet00:02
Obituary: Gene Levitt00:02
Letter: Taxis for `Today'00:02
Arts: Theatre: Not black or comic enough00:02
POP: LIVE: He ain't heavy, he's my Bruckner00:02
Around the World's Markets: Frankfurt00:00
Price controls to bring cost of gas down next year00:00
Government objection led to summit ban on Ashcroft00:00
Marconi buys German telecoms company00:00
This Week's Album Releases00:00
Woods soars as eagle nets Grand Slam00:00
The devil in Mr Osborne00:00
Vodafone shares soar 7.4%, putting value of Mannesmann bid at £82bn00:00
Warner the reject turns into fantasy man00:00
Heavens opening for Blessed in Hennessy00:00
M&S cuts more prices in Christmas battle00:00
Hospitals told to cut out-patient queues by 200100:00
E-commerce ban for shops as mall fears trade loss00:00
It's over (definitely maybe)00:00
TV model agency executives quit00:00
Seahawks face moment of truth00:00
Ever heard a sex-crazed spider buzz?00:00
£3bn of forgotten toys lurk in British cupboards00:00
Right wing plays anti-Maori card in dash for votes00:00
Bloody Christmas - Seven days of accidents and emergencies00:00
Offiah sets fresh target00:00
EasyJet says new £40m terminal at Luton threatens its survival00:00
What? No Stockhausen?00:00
Flotation price raised for online sports provider 36500:00
Jazz round-up00:00
Strange. The man seems so normal00:00
Richards rejigs for European rumble00:00
Doctors cook up womb treatment00:00
MP rebuked over his link with Ashcroft's bank00:00
Glenda Jackson recounts a love life characterised by violence00:00
Best infant painkiller drug-free00:00
UB shares rise on bid speculation00:00
Russian orchestra reduced to playing for its supper00:00
Water shares rally but Byatt price curbs set to prompt appeals00:00
The Compact Collection00:00
Portillo returns with a vow of loyalty00:00
London stocks surge to record high as bid fever takes hold00:00
Inquiry into use of handcuffs on paralysed inmate00:00
Lord Archer asked journalist 'to forget their conversation'00:00
Still so controversial, still so new00:00
End near for beef on bone ban00:00
Blondie to take action against EMI over royalty payments00:00
The apex of a vast act of reclamation00:00
Warning system 'not the answer to trains safety'00:00
Daily Mail buys out Bristol press group00:00
Together in perfect harmony00:00
Riffs00:00
New London Tube map goes overground00:00
BBC digital cost double its budget, admits Birt00:00
Media giants in £7.8bn merger00:00
I'll bring Tories back up to strength, says Portillo00:00
Labour MP and wife rebuked for expenses claims00:00
Opera House pays 'temp' £750-a-day for two years00:00
Always serve your hippo stewed in vinegar00:00
Russia keeps up barrage against Chechen towns00:00
Can our companies make the leap from the old to the new high-tech economy?00:00
Hundreds die as blaze destroys Chinese ferry00:00
Russia to drop 'fuel air' bombs on Grozny00:00
Council taxes to rise by three times inflation rate00:00
Oxfam calls for end to Congo catastrophe00:00
Hot Spot: Basingstoke, Hampshire00:00
Cruickshank to present review findings to banks00:00
Footballer charged in girlfriend's shooting00:00
Teachers call for change in school funds 'lottery'00:00
Prescott fears European funding inquiry could undermine revival of brownfield sites00:00
Expanding Nationwide speeds up online plans00:00
3,000 jobs axed at oil rig yards00:00
Safeway's dividend cut lays ground for price war00:00
Unionists sent bogus letter from Sinn Fein00:00
New Year Tube strike threatened00:00
Murdoch hints at deal between TV networks00:00
Campbell finishes with a flourish00:00
Lord Archer invites you into his lovely home to meet his fragrant wife (and to say 'sorry')00:00
Kafelnikov casts down the gauntlet00:00
Leeds counting cost of call-off00:00
Weatherman wins appeal over bullying claims00:00
Carlton and United 'in talks' over £7bn merger00:00
No guns - no government, Trimble tells IRA00:00
Blackburn poised to make move for Rioch00:00
Fayed: 'How can I remember. I am not a computer'00:00
Shipman claims his alleged victim was drug abuser00:00
Railtrack ready to pay £10m over failure to reduce delays00:00
Battle for NatWest resumes as DTI clears £22bn Bank of Scotland bid00:00
Minister clears way for banking shake-up00:00
AA says Britain's drivers get worst deal in Europe00:00
Record £1.3m payout for mother of boy born disabled and unwanted