00:02
Food and drink: The leanest times, the fattest times . . . and all the suppers in-between: 'I dreamt I served up goldfish'00:02
Briefly: Wives win allowance rights00:02
Property / The Going Rate: Cut your price and move fast00:02
Food and Drink: Bigger and better: Safeway's innovative wine range has won it a Supermarket of the Year award. Anthony Rose reports00:02
Snooker: A craving for the Crucible: The qualifiers are queuing up in Blackpool for a chance of meeting the elite of world snooker. Guy Hodgson reports00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Believe it or not: Jan Morris on a demystifying life of Christ: Jesus - A N Wilson: Sinclair-Stevenson, pounds 1500:02
Birthdays00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Treaty breaks up political families of all hues: Maastricht winners and losers00:02
Property Update: Double delight00:02
Property and services blamed for downturn00:02
Turmoil threatens fixed-rate mortgages: With interest charges in a state of flux, the advice to borrowers is 'wait'. Vivien Goldsmith reports on the prospects for home loans00:02
Letter: Funerary mysteries00:02
Gunmen kill 'Mafia link man'00:02
Travel: A worrying brush with the gendarmes: Departures00:02
TELEVISION / The irresistible Force: Policemen have travelled from Dock Green to the dock but their fascination hasn't waned for writers. Jim White reports on an autumn season of drama down the nick00:02
Letter: King Canute games fail to bring back confidence00:02
Candid Caller00:02
Laurentian leads00:02
New leads on Nickell murder00:02
BOOKS / Second Thoughts: Never drawing breath: Rosemary Dinnage on the talk that filled The Ruffian on the Stair (Penguin pounds 6.99)00:02
The Week in Review: Sport00:02
BOOK REVIEW / That obscure subject of desire: Jeanette Winterson latest narrator has no gender, no childhood and no history, writes Natasha Walter: Written on the body - Jeanette Winterson: Jonathan Cape, pounds 13.9900:02
Murder remand00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Twelve soften stance on refugees: German plea heeded00:02
Sport in Short: Hockey00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Into paradise with a curled lip: The Happy Isles of Oceania - Paul Theroux: Hamish Hamilton, pounds 16.9900:02
ANC buries Ciskei victims00:02
Market report: Footsie powers ahead as buying frenzy continues00:02
Letter: King Canute games fail to bring back confidence00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Minister talks of a '2-tier' Europe: View from Rome00:02
Column Eight: A warning from Lloyds00:02
Golf: US at home in Palmer territory00:02
Faith in Nature Conference00:02
Gardening: I'm dreaming of a white potato: Anna Pavord goes north to Scotland where she delights in the combination of order and profusion in a classic kitchen garden00:02
Staff pledge support for crisis-hit school00:02
Letter: Effective funding of medical research00:02
Medal convention00:02
Resignation and disobedience mar Opec meeting00:02
Business and City in brief00:02
To eat and not to count the calories00:02
Former Beirut hostages attack TV dramatisation00:02
Airport arrest00:02
Racing / New Clive Britain filly00:02
Collecting: Marilyn and Jean like you've never seen: Bonhams' first auction of Hollywood glamour photographs, some previously unpublished, will sell well, says John Windsor00:02
Russian troops in Tajik move00:02
Sport in Short: Cricket00:02
Gunmen kill 'Mafia link man'00:02
Court Circular00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Rustlers jailed00:02
No cheap shows at the Circus: The revamped Criterion buildings are designed to bring Londoners back to Piccadilly Circus. Jonathan Glancey tests the mood00:02
Travel / Channel Ports: Britain lets down the drawbridge: The opening of the Channel tunnel next year will change our perception of travel to the Continent. Frank Barrett launches our series on the Channel ports at Cheriton00:02
25 dead in Haiti explosion00:02
OPERA / Not in front of the children: Andrew Toovey's adaptation of Jarry's Ubu Roi gets back to basics. Mark Pappenheim reports00:02
Rate fixed at 9.75%00:02
'Rabbit-hutch nation' yearns in vain for more room: Prospective house-buyers are being priced out of the market, Terry McCarthy writes from Tokyo00:02
Obituary: Alexis Rassine00:02
Athletics: McColgan fit as a favourite00:02
Scientists in pay dispute win support00:02
EC nations vote for controls on weapon exports00:02
The Sterling Crisis: The mighty mark basks in a plethora of superlatives: Counter-offensive to defend EC00:02
Where the blood of Bosnia flows to no avail: Robert Fisk visits a Sarajevo hospital where ethnic distinctions have no meaning for patients or staff00:02
Obituary: Millicent Fenwick00:02
Racing: Market Rasen00:02
Germany and Italy bridle at British assaults00:02
Boxing: Bigger risk for Eubank00:02
View from Manhattan: A surplus of bargain hunters00:02
Philips warns of halved profits00:02
Payout held up after investors go to court00:02
Motor Racing / Champion's Challenge: Mansell makes his move into Indycar series: Having mastered Formula One, Britain's premier driver heads west to compete for America's biggest prize00:02
The Sterling Crisis: The voters give their verdict on the new Europe: Straw poll in France00:02
Appeals: The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals00:02
Tabloid editor calls for review of press code00:02
Sport in Short: Snooker00:02
Travel: Be warned, and fill the tank up first: Departures00:02
Scottish Football: McLeish back00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Salary increases outstrip inflation: Pay rises00:02
Fulbright Commission00:02
Gardening: The Great Autumn Sell-Out00:02
Pensioners lose on unit-linked plans00:02
RECORDS / Double Play: Risk compensation: Bach refreshed and Handel's Theodora00:02
Rugby League: Iro's arrival adds to injured list at Leeds00:02
Golf: Davies equal to task on route 6600:02
Islamic venture company launched: Muslims have the chance to invest in a firm run in line with the principles of Islam. Neasa MacErlean reports00:02
Oil fuels the struggle for a would-be Kuwait: Cabindan rebels believe they can wrest their independence from Angola, but this is just a futile dream, Karl Maier writes from Bofo00:02
Food and Drink: Go for the ones with nibble marks: Recipe00:02
Pakistan counts cost as force of the flood eases00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Briefly: Midland starts new unit trust00:02
Money Grouse: Caught up in a tax code trap00:02
Letter: The right track for waste recycling00:02
Hedges quits Taylor Woodrow00:02
Letter: What Europe would lose if Maastricht were rejected00:02
Sport in Short: Tennis00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Gould may be forced to quit over Maastricht: Shadow cabinet discord00:02
250 jobs cut00:02
Property Update: The corner fax office00:02
Aquarium project 'not dependent on London Zoo'00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Baker calls for immediate cut in interest rate: Tory backbench reaction00:02
Manx bank victims may be paid at last00:02
We all say 'oui' in South Ken00:02
Gardening Update: Bring and buy sale00:02
Letter: Effective funding of medical research00:02
Appointments00:02
Football Team News00:02
Travel: Chinese whispers for Reluctant Tourist: Departures00:02
Motor Racing: Where familiarity and insanity collide: David Phillips assesses the pleasures and perils awaiting Mansell in the United States00:02
Wills00:02
Travel Update: Industry gloom00:02
Schools: New Hall School00:02
Jaguar's new chairman00:02
Travel Update: Hurricane report00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Interest rate hopes fuel share price rise: The financial markets00:02
Country Matters: Parish gems on a preservation trail00:02
Travel: Hold the front line, we want to see the war: The violence in former Yugoslavia has drawn a new type of tourist, says Miles Graham00:02
Lancaster Prison00:02
Money supply weakness deepens gloom00:02
Faith and Reason: Savagery is alive in the heart of Europe: The Rev John Kennedy, of the Methodist Division of Social Responsibility, argues in a personal capacity against the Habsburg model of European union and all other empires.00:02
Racing: Rhythmical deserves Ayr fanfare00:02
Hurd urges UN to take 'imperial' role00:02
Briefly: Warning over stolen cheques00:02
Sex attack arrest00:02
Gunfire hits Somalia aid plane00:02
Travel Update: B & B in Bangkok00:02
University appointments00:02
Wharfedale to acquire Mission00:02
Kurds shot in 'act of revenge'00:02
Obituary: Tristram Barran00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Exhausting week of confusion ends on high note: Record trading00:02
Police all clear00:02
Pay cuts for all imposed by Harland00:02
Serb chief hints at deal with Croats to carve up Bosnia00:02
Football: Chelsea give a chance to Chamberlain00:02
Meet Scoopman, son of Walkman: Sony's micro recorder has high-quality sound using tapes the size of a postage stamp, writes Matthew Gwyther00:02
Jewish leaders to stand down after criticism00:02
Property: A rare chance to live in Bliss, despite the slump: Andrew Morgan sees a bold mill conversion in the Cotswolds where the prices hark back to the boom era00:02
Liberty under fire after profits dive00:02
Briefly: Help with your annual tax form00:02
Athletics: Anguish for Owen00:02
Property Update: Stemming the tide00:02
American Football: End of the World League00:02
MUSIC / Persons of note: As part of the International Classical Music Awards, Independent readers will vote for a Personality of the Year. Robert Maycock looks for the elusive essentials00:02
Football: Walker's new chord for old Canary song: Under an unheralded new manager Norwich City are leading the Premier League by making the game less easy on themselves00:02
Major seeks ERM reform: Britain blames 'fault lines' for sterling crisis and demands European monetary policy 'run in interests of all countries'00:02
Sport in Short: Cycling00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Dealers' attention turns to the franc: French response00:02
Bush begs as cash flows in to Clinton00:02
Letter: King Canute games fail to bring back confidence00:02
Kurds shot in 'act of revenge'00:02
Travel: Taking Off00:02
Jury in injection trial told to set aside emotions00:02
Cows kill woman00:02
US plays 'positive' role in Middle East talks00:02
Auctions: Sold over the phone00:02
Gardening Update: Weekend work00:02
Sport in Short: Football00:02
Letter: Effective funding of medical research00:02
Travel: Your first drive through the tunnel: Frank Barrett guides you and your car on a simulated journey through the Channel tunnel00:02
Arms depots cut00:02
TVS agrees pounds 38m bid from US 'family' cable group00:02
Sun Alliance drops its designs on CU00:02
Macallan feels the recessionary pinch00:02
Sport in Short: Golf00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Bonn plots its response to a French 'no': Counter-offensive to defend EC00:02
Letter: Third Age families00:02
NZ voters feel put upon once too often: David Barber in Wellington finds people thoroughly confused about an unusual referendum on electoral reform00:02
Obituary: Ffransis Payne00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Co-op shuns speculation profits: Banking ethics00:02
Quotes of the Week00:02
Basketball: Kings feel pressure of progress00:02
25 dead in Haiti explosion00:02
Race equality body disowns complaint over ape advert00:02
Food and Drink: Gastropod00:02
HK Land reduces financing charges00:02
Appeals: National Art Collections Fund00:02
Sailing: Admiral's choice00:02
Company news in brief00:02
Profile: Excuse me while I take you apart: George Carman QC, ultimate inquisitor00:02
Senate votes to curb nuclear tests00:02
Police shred files in attempt to heal rift with gay groups00:02
Briefly: An ethical PEP from Scotland00:02
BOOKS / Recommended00:02
Rugby Union's Kick-off: Exchange controls curb poachers: At the start of a new Courage league season, the RFU is getting tough on inducements to players. Steve Bale reports00:02
Letter: King Canute games fail to bring back confidence00:02
Soften the blow and survive: Airbags that inflate to cushion motorists in crashes are being increasingly offered as optional extras. Roger Bell looks at the future of car safety00:02
Church appointments00:02
Sport in Short: Baseball00:02
Insurance snag blocks lettings to students: Sue Fieldman finds insurers reluctant to provide buildings cover for rented homes00:02
TSB offers families a bonus on interest00:02
Cross-Channel00:02
Football: Saunders is the main attraction: Phil Shaw expects a rush to the turnstiles for today's Premier and Barclays League matches00:02
Travel Update: Deserts to diamonds00:02
Bristol & West says capital is healthy00:02
Letter: What Europe would lose if Maastricht were rejected00:02
Rugby Union's Kick-off: Club-by-club guide00:02
BOOKS / Writers washed away by a desert storm: Rana Kabbani on two new books, and one new blacklist, thrown up by the Gulf war00:02
Mellor behaved 'like ostrich' over PLO link: Newspaper says article was justified comment on minister's behaviour. Andrew Gliniecki reports00:02
Food and Drink: Wine Box00:02
Travel Update: Amtrak passes00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Estate agents carry on twiddling their thumbs: The housing market: Hopes of a housing market revival are rising with predictions of a cut in interest rates. Yet still there is uncertainty. David Lawson reports00:02
BBC to shed 1,250 jobs over next five years00:02
The Sterling Crisis: Lamont facing Bundesbank clash: Group of Seven00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Hotel du lack: Honeymoon - Patrick Modiano, Tr. Barbara Wright: Harvill, pounds 13.9900:02
Obituary: Nguyen Thi Dinh00:02
Golf: Faldo misses the buzz00:02
Cinderella Subaru goes to the ball: Roger Bell tests the SVX, an improbable but worthy flagship00:02
English authorities blamed for blocking war crimes case00:02
Five women hurt in gun attack on guard00:02
Rugby Union: Andy Robinson out of match00:02
Sport in Short: Speedway00:02
William Donaldson's Week: Yo, Morgan, gimme five]00:02
THEATRE / Bernard Shaw, bound and gagged: Paul Taylor on the transfer of Valentine's Day, Benny Green and David William's Shavian musical00:02
Leading Article: Europe in French hands00:02
Appeals: LINK00:02
Service appointments00:02
Obituary: John Taylor00:02
Family separated as court supports deportation order00:02
Tory party appoints finance director00:02
Travel: Come home to a real castle: Joanna Gibbon has a taste of the stately life in Scotland, and discovers a wealth of historic heaps you can stay in00:02
Gambler wins00:02
Russian troops in Tajik move00:02
Letter: King Canute games fail to bring back confidence00:02
Gardening Update: Moles in holes00:02
Executive girls train for sex war : Charles Oulton observes discreetly as top women of the future learn to combat the many wiles of men00:02
Travel Update: Go rugged00:02
Sport in Short: Athletics00:02
French poll shows 'no' to Maastricht00:02
Property Update: Nearly new incentives00:02
Rawlings leaves armed forces00:02
Rugby Union: Lions not endangered00:02
Rugby Union's Kick-off: Four players to follow in the new season00:02
Letter: Effective funding of medical research00:02
Rugby League: Hull lose unbeaten record00:02
Football Diary: Wolves' latest bulletin00:02
Food and drink: The leanest times, the fattest times . . . and all the suppers in-between: 'Roasted flour and water: you try it sometime'00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Dirty tricks claim over paper boy murder case