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Auctions: Speculators make way for collectors00:02
How to organise a really bad time00:02
Upbeat: For the fallen00:02
Jet 'black box' sent to US for decoding00:02
New F&C trust will take PEP investments00:02
Football: Team news00:02
Letter: Manufacturing loss in a free-fall nation00:02
Central loses director00:02
Building society savings rates come down00:02
Russian stopped from stooping to conker00:02
Iraq seizes US arms expert from Kuwait00:02
Tourists caught by fluctuating pound00:02
RECORDS / In search of the amazing fruity tutti: Stephen Johnson and Edward Seckerson review new recordings of Brahms and Mozart00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Where the only truth is the lie00:02
MUSIC / The perfect ten: Annette Morreau reports from the MUSICA festival in Strasbourg00:02
Wills00:02
Bookshop Window00:02
Football: Leeds celebrate open and Shutt case00:02
William Donaldson's Week: A never-ending search for Self00:02
Mount affidavit kept secret00:02
New doubts surround Dan-Air rescue talks00:02
Company news in brief00:02
Mother spends 40,000 pounds trying to trace son00:02
Newspaper pays damages to former union leader00:02
Letter: Safeguards for extradition reform00:02
At base camp on the Siena trail: Battling against determined mice in their hill-top tent, Chris Arnot and his family still managed to enjoy a holiday in Tuscany00:02
Cricket: A walking, talking, giving soul: Martin Johnson tracks the indomitable showman, Ian Botham, a rebel with a cause00:02
Armani and Versace turn world upside down: With design in a state of flux, the two giants of Italian fashion struck out in new directions in Milan, reports Roger Tredre.00:02
View from Tokyo: Should Japan's industry go West?00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Edwardian hostess with the mostest: 'Ottoline Morrell: Life on the Grand Scale' - Miranda Seymour: Hodder & Stoughton, 25 pounds00:02
The higher or the better?: Chris Gill and his computer work out which resorts should offer the most reliable skiing00:02
Letter: Government takes, but does not give00:02
Murdered girl, 7, seen begging outside pub00:02
Letter: German menace00:02
Motor Racing: Williams reject dejected Brundle00:02
MUSIC / Halle / Pommier - Free Trade Hall, Manchester00:02
Gorbachev was 'planning coup'00:02
20 years for man in KLM plot00:02
OFT takes look at private hospitals00:02
Faith and Reason: Whose rib was it in the first place?: Our series on the impact of feminism on Christianity continues with this edited version of a recent pamphlet by the Rev Robert Law, Women are not for ordination.00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Out of France: Referendum forces silly season to wait until autumn00:02
Harvey's Nick is coming up on the rails: At 23, Nicholas Knightly is selling in one of London's smartest stores and putting on his own show in London Fashion Week. Roger Tredre met him00:02
New Morecambe and Heysham Yacht Club race HQ opened00:02
Cricket: ICC to keep an eye on the ball00:02
1492: if Columbus had come here: When the New World was found, where stood England? Here, in an essay based on extensive interviews with experts on the period, Danny Danziger evokes the pleasures and pains of five centuries ago00:02
The Way I Was: Master of the ship school dorm: Tam Dalyell00:02
Obituary: Willy Brandt00:02
Hockey: Roberts back to bolster Havant00:02
'Limit price' scheme on RHM00:02
Staying alive: a travellers' guide00:02
Changing flavours of the city streets00:02
Rugby Union: Andrew put on hold after all00:02
Racing: Iviza to foil the freshman00:02
The doorway to America's future: A hundred million Americans have ancestors who disembarked at Ellis Island. Reggie Nadelson is one of them. On the eve of Columbus Day she crosses New York harbour for a visit to the island's museum00:02
Market Report: All eyes are on Forte's payout as cut expected00:02
A shopkeeper is engulfed by flames during a protest against bus lanes in Montreal, after he put a match to a petrol-soaked city flag yesterday. He was not injured, and the flames subsided quickly00:02
Rugby Union: Walker on the run for Wales: Steve Bale on an Olympic hurdler who has winged his way into rugby's spotlight00:02
Patten seeks merit pay plan for teachers00:02
Johnston plunges to interim loss00:02
Country Matters: A winter's tale told by an estuary man00:02
Dutch judge frees triple killer who fled Broadmoor00:02
BOOK REVIEW / All the blood that's fit to spill: 'The Picador Book of the New Gothic' - Ed. Patrick McGrath & Bradford Morrow: Picador, 15.9900:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Diplomats strive to save Angola from war00:02
Equestrianism: Triple for Whitaker00:02
Rugby League: Reilly's spotlight falls on Hanley00:02
A good return from Templeton Life00:02
Muslims facing isolation as Serb-Croat pact nears00:02
Israel's peace envoy seeks new start with Syria00:02
Sport in short: Golf00:02
Money Grouse: When two positives add up to a negative00:02
The Conservatives in Brighton: Speech fails to dissolve all opposition to treaty00:02
Little by little, here come the big boys' toys: Cute, bright and very smart, the new super-minis are the models of the future00:02
MUSIC / Cry Wolpe: Bayan Northcott surveys the career of Stefan Wolpe in the light of a new CD and forthcoming recital of his music00:02
Sykes hits out at Murray's record00:02
Racing: Swinburn on Sayyedati00:02
Upbeat: Panufnik plus00:02
Obituary: Willy Brandt00:02
THEATRE / The sleep of the unjust: Jeffrey Wainwright reviews Michael Rudman's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Sheffield Crucible00:02
US carriers turn down British air pact proposals00:02
Sorry, your train of thought is cancelled00:02
Photographs of Marilyn Monroe to be auctioned00:02
Baseball: Cone cuts off Oakland's power00:02
Man thrown off Welsh Office car wins 7,879 pounds00:02
Two car bombs end IRA week of publicity00:02
Political debate ends for BBC's honourable editor: John Cole00:02
The Conservatives in Brighton: Major warns EC against browbeating: In his closing conference speech, the Prime Minister reiterated his commitment to European union. Stephen Goodwin reports00:02
Golf: Langer hits the front in style00:02
Property: If the agent fails, why not sell it yourself?00:02
Airline smoking ban set for 199600:02
Sport in short: Football00:02
Football: Wright to join Shearer in an attack of class00:02
Traiteur in the British ranks: As the French take to the ready-made meal, we are being served their fine, fresh form of convenience food, says Joanna Blythman00:02
Insurer fined over negligent advice00:02
The Week in Review: Home News00:02
Dutch put Boeing death-toll at 12000:02
Letter: Government takes, but does not give00:02
Organisers on offer00:02
Fischer wins00:02
Roh dismisses top ministers00:02
Football: England's combine harvesters: Joe Lovejoy endorses the Shearer-Wright World Cup partnership favoured by Graham Taylor00:02
The Conservatives in Brighton: Tories discover the benefits of debate00:02
Refugees flee as 'power hungry' Tajiks fight on: As factions battle for ascendancy, Hugh Pope joins the 'losers in this war' at a bridge in Kizilkala in Tajikistan00:02
Tough policies needed to keep emissions pledge00:02
Danes point to EC's way ahead00:02
The Conservatives in Brighton: Party gives old newspaper allies the role of scapegoat00:02
The Week in Review: Sport00:02
Football: Ardiles in hot pursuit of his vision: As the Premier League rests, Phil Shaw looks at the weekend's Barclays League fixtures00:02
Column Eight: Lambs to a lively slaughter00:02
Beer price and politics feature in student guide: A new university guide seeks to cover more than academic reputation. Donald MacLeod reports00:02
The scent that was lost, and is found: Many flowers are so highly bred that they have lost their natural smell. Anna Pavord celebrates the new, perfumed sweet peas00:02
Working on the bit in the middle: Despite a string of solo affairs, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones remain faithful to their double act. Jim White watched them rehearse00:02
Sport in short: Cricket00:02
French group fights Conran over Fitch role00:02
Porn seized00:02
Lake radar00:02
Tennis: Borg courts humiliation on the comeback trail: John Roberts on the Swedish tennis legend contemplating an embarrassing homecoming00:02
COURT CIRCULAR00:02
Letter: Pitchford Hall's lost heritage00:02
The London Dungeon, where a bomb exploded on Thursday night, opened for business as usual00:02
Man fined for strangling neighbours' noisy parrot00:02
Business and city in brief00:02
Benefits up for elderly00:02
Owners denies offer story00:02
The Conservatives in Brighton: Fowler in crusade to heal divisions00:02
BOOK REIVEW / For love and money: 'Shylock' - John Gross: Chatto & Windus, 18 pounds00:02
Letter: Who can afford to grow old?00:02
Hongkong looks set for failure in Trafalgar offer00:02
Sport in short: Darts00:02
Material girl00:02
Letter: No reason to pay more for a full pint00:02
Rugby Union: Botha back for SA00:02
Birthdays00:02
Letter from Frankfurt: Gold and itchy fingers00:02
Legal threat by UN 'may reduce atrocities'00:02
You are invited to an art world wake: Bargain-hunters are being lured to Burlington Street via the back door of Sotheby's. John Windsor does a recce00:02
Letter: Conservatives miss the point on Brussels00:02
The US presidential elections: Bush barbs look blunt for great TV debate00:02
Radical on trial00:02
One of the waiting-room herd00:02
Up the creek without a doctor: If it's Thursday, it must be naso-gastric intubation. Simon Calder takes a course in coping with medical emergencies in foreign parts - those of his classmates00:02
Maxwell widow shares joys of letter writing00:02
Basketball: Rally of the Kings is Cadle's objective00:02
Letter: The crisis created by Khrushchev and Kennedy00:02
A quick spin with the French Foreign Legion00:02
Upbeat: Coda00:02
Recommended books00:02
Uninspired Lamont down 44%00:02
Profile: Has the prize bookseller sold out?: Tim Waterstone00:02
Reminding the public where there's a will: Neasa McErlean on a campaign to encourage adults to avoid the problems of dying intestate00:02
BP stations may shun cards: Maria Scott on a campaign by petrol retailers against bank charges for debit transactions00:02
Football Diary: Only one Gary Flip Flop00:02
Standard Chartered sues Citibank for dollars 41m00:02
Workman shot00:02
Gibbs Mew fights off Brierley bid00:02
Departures00:02
Belgium's brew shows its wild side: Unmalted wheat, natural yeasts (even fruit, if you like) combine to make Michael Jackson's Beer of the Month00:02
Gooda report faults Lloyd's professionalism00:02
Wrens claim millions for pregnancy dismissals00:02
Vegetarian pies 'laced with meat'00:02
Skiing: Cervinia - best resort for zooming downhill00:02
Of your own will00:02
'Executive game' helps BBC chiefs learn to compete00:02
Letter: The crisis created by Khrushchev and Kennedy00:02
Traveller buried00:02
The Conservatives in Brighton: Not drowning ..00:02
Charity fraud00:02
Football: Nevin thrives on the pleasure motive: Phil Shaw on the entertainer who crossed the Mersey and is revelling in the freedom of Prenton Park00:02
Retail Therapy00:02
Appeals: Witt library, Courtauld Institute00:02
BOOKS / Mother of all tragedies: Jill Neville on two books about women who fled rural Ireland00:02
Bhutan battles to preserve identity: The tiny Himalayan kingdom is evicting thousands of Nepali settlers. Tim McGirk visits refugees who fled across the border00:02
Leak of toxic chemical from Ulster plant was not reported00:02
Recipe: My little pumpkin dumpling00:02
Amato wins reform vote00:02
The Conservatives in Brighton: MPs 'to grasp nettle' over Sunday trading legislation00:02
Obituary: Willy Brandt00:02
Protests after hanging of Sikhs00:02
Nightmare of a dream home: Vivien Goldsmith talks to one man touched by MMI's problems00:02
Rugby League: Mackay on a high00:02
CIS may send force to Tajikistan: As factions battle for ascendancy, Hugh Pope joins the 'losers in this war' at a bridge in Kizilkala in Tajikistan00:02
Letter: Manufacturing loss in a free-fall nation00:02
House prices register their steepest drop on record00:02
The Pimpernel and the perfect hostess: Two of the younger restaurant managers in London have opened new premises this month, and Emily Green visited them both00:02
Croatia built 'web of contacts' to evade weapons embargo00:02
Underlying inflation drops to Lamont's 4% ceiling00:02
Two plead guilty to Bestwood charges00:02
Sign language expert to 'perform' in theatre00:02
Rugby Union: Olver coy about Saints' virtues: Steve Bale looks forward to Northampton's challenge to the order of Bath today00:02
The world awaits the forbidden fruit: South Africa's wine exporters are keen to make up for lost time, says Anthony Rose00:02
Golf: Woosnam's heady brew of birdies: World Match Play Championship00:02
Scottish Football: Buddies strive for revenge00:02
Murder solved00:02
Channel Ports: Seeking to solve the puzzle of Picardy: What beauties lie behind the slag heaps? Where is Amiens, and why did William Morris go there? Frank Barrett spent a weekend finding out00:02
Quotes of the Week00:02
Leading article: The long haul back00:02
Germany salutes Brandt, 'patriot and European': Countless ordinary people mourn an advocate of reason and pay tribute to the man who, with integrity and honour, reached across generations and party lines00:02
Workers charged00:02
Candid Caller00:02
Major denounces EC 'myths': Maastricht critics accused of tilting at windmills as PM tries to restore party unity00:02
Gastropod00:02
Gardening: Weekend work00:02
Art Market: Delhi in-crowd bids with one eye on taxman00:02
The Independent Road Test: My other car's a private plane: Gavin Green tests the incomparable Bentley Brooklands and introduces a group of city cars which, for pounds 85,000 less, will also get you from A to B00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Paradise recycled in the sun: 'Spring Street Summer' - Christopher Hudson: Viking, 16.99