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Opt-out fears unfounded, Patten says00:02
DANCE / All the right moves: Merce Cunningham is the Grand Old Man of modern dance, but he's still creating fresh, original work. He spoke to Judith Mackrell00:02
Jewellers suffer as retail as sales plunge hits home00:02
Fischer moves on toilet time00:02
Thousands of NHS jobs may go in London00:02
Letter: A woman's right to refuse obstetric surgery00:02
Law: Practice that is strictly a family business: Two solicitors aim to corner a part of the market in a field greatly changed by the year-old Children Act, says Sharon Wallach00:02
Letter: Coal industry shutdown 'will have a demoralising effect on the whole nation'00:02
Sport in Short: Rugby Union00:02
Allied bases its recovery on rentals00:02
Moves towards openness00:02
Obituary: Edward Warburg00:02
Leading Article: No cures in Birmingham00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Britain shows talent for literary feuding00:02
Obituary: Willie Waddell00:02
Court Circular00:02
Radioactive leak in Lithuania00:02
Crisis in the mines: British Coal denies more on hit-list00:02
Boxing: Bruno's designs on division of derision: Ken Jones reports on a heavyweight void and the Britons with a chance to fill it00:02
Radio 3 'goes live' to win listeners in battle with classical rival: Nick Kenyon defends the much-criticised changes he has made to the BBC's drama and music station. David Lister reports00:02
Study confirms effectiveness of abortion drug00:02
FILM / Can't stop the music: Strictly Ballroom (PG)Baz Luhrmann (Aus); Thunderheart (15) Michael Apted (US)00:02
FILM / Critical round-up00:02
Birmingham Summit: A summit to help Major and wave flags: The main function of today's EC summit is as a public-relations exercise to soothe the doubting British, writes Sarah Lambert in Brussels00:02
Lord Olivier of Paddington: By day it's a west London coffee shop; by night it's tablecloths off for Iranian fringe theatre, courtesy of Iraj Emami, cafe owner, producer, actor extraordinaire00:02
McGregor defends regulation of press00:02
View from City Road: Cashing in on tax savings00:02
Squash: Scotland overcome officials00:02
Listing for Linx via 19m pounds placing00:02
Rugby Union: Cautionary tale for Kernaghan: Derek Hodgson looks back on a proud night for Ireland's new-look defence00:02
BBC delays 24-hour radio news service00:02
First British soldiers arrive in Croatia00:02
Not as nice as he looked: America loved Jonas Savimbi because he said he fought for freedom. Now democracy doesn't suit him, what will the US do? Richard Dowden wonders00:02
Crisis in the mines: Angry Tory MPs threaten revolt over pit closures00:02
OPERA / Cast adrift on a sea of conceptual chaos: David Patrick Stearns on the world premiere of Philip Glass's Columbus quincentenary offering, The Voyage00:02
Cost of Docklands road tops 340m pounds: Geological difficulty and noise controls have pushed the tunnel bill way over estimate. Christian Wolmar reports00:02
FILM / Heights and depths00:02
Sport in Short: Tennis00:02
Air London fends off downturn00:02
Diary00:02
Crisis in the mines: Scargill delays a strike vote and asks public for support00:02
Hockey: Slough look to Parker00:02
Racing: Inchinor can halt Zafonic hype00:02
British troops join UN force in Croatia00:02
Industry warns of new downturn00:02
Compulsory ID cards 'could assist crime fight'00:02
View from City Road: Trafalgar meets its Waterloo00:02
Strange bedfellows in a Siberian dream: Stephen Court on the high economic hopes of an unlikely five-nation Pacific development project00:02
Madonna book is referred to CPS00:02
Panic woos Kosovo Albanians00:02
Baseball: Bream rises to net a rich prize for Braves00:02
FILM / The last detail00:02
Foreign affairs put Clinton to test00:02
Rescuer dies00:02
Inquest will highlight detention policies00:02
Leading Article: BR takes commuters for a ride00:02
BNB profits hit hard by cutbacks in training00:02
Letter: Cunning sales ploys00:02
Judge to rule over mine shutdowns00:02
Obituary: Robert de Vernejoul00:02
Football: Wealdstone's tale of woe: Non-league notebook00:02
Obituary: Rigoberto Losada00:02
Closed bank to start court fight00:02
Shutter speeds00:02
DANCE / Three generations of choreographers reflect on the Cunningham legacy00:02
Gorbachev in tirade against Yeltsin 'plot'00:02
BR fares rise to be double inflation00:02
Rugby Union: Cooke and Carling wax lyrical00:02
Anniversaries00:02
THEATRE / Three Shouts from a Hill - Lilian Baylis, London EC100:02
Chess00:02
Crisis in the mines: Jobs budget could bear brunt of cost00:02
Letter: A woman's right to refuse obstetric surgery00:02
Triads 'hit-man' tells of gang's initiation rites00:02
Water company challenges price curb00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Bewildered yes-men lost in the sea of reason: 'Voltaire's Bastards' - John Ralston Saul: Sinclair-Stevenson, 20 pounds00:02
Boy aged 11 stole 150,000 pounds in raids on public houses00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Birmingham Summit: Danes facing the music over Maastricht: Schluter on the spot00:02
What a situation to be in00:02
Sport in Short: Sailing00:02
Sport in Short: Cricket00:02
Plans grounded00:02
THEATRE / Prison of the mind: Paul Taylor on Head-Rot Holiday at the BAC, London SW1100:02
'Rostov Ripper' to be shot00:02
Birmingham Summit: Opposition boycotts Bonn asylum debate00:02
Instructor drowns in underground rescue00:02
Football: England shown right direction by Gascoigne: Joe Lovejoy reports on the chance missed and the encouragement gained from an unfortunate draw with Norway at Wembley00:02
Pharmacy sales rise fails to ease doubts00:02
French fight shy of an 'October surprise'00:02
Gleeson result down but payout increases00:02
Crisis in the mines: High Court to rule on speed of shut-downs00:02
Obituary: Professor J. B. Skemp00:02
Boxing: McKenzie battles to WBO title00:02
Doctor fined over abortions00:02
Sport in Short: Snooker00:02
Morecambe Bay / Living Coastline campaign00:02
Letter: Why Europe needs a constitution00:02
Write-offs give nightspot group a 56m pounds hangover00:02
Chief who lives under the shadow of death: Conflict in KwaZulu is reaching into the rural township of Mondlo, writes John Carlin00:02
A creeping conviction within the Cabinet room00:02
Slow way home00:02
Rushes00:02
Correction: Diary: Nick Brown MP00:02
Obituary: Qin Mu00:02
Jordan fined for breach of ethics00:02
Obituary: Mark Miller00:02
Sport in Short: Football00:02
Gardner Merchant management buyout worries City00:02
Earnings growth at 25-year low00:02
Malawi charges00:02
Column Eight: A most exciting poll . . .00:02
Etam chain gets stylish figures00:02
Letter: Coal industry shutdown 'will have a demoralising effect on the whole nation'00:02
Cricket: Plan ahead00:02
Neill report details 'incest' at Lloyd's: Angry underwriters say the inquiry into LMX losses is 'a catalogue of errors and incompetence'. John Moore reports00:02
Racing: Selkirk to seek Florida fortune00:02
Football: Duries's day of dentiny00:02
Out of Russia: The ghosts of Stalin live next door00:02
Economists say Russia is 'going over a cliff'00:02
Rugby Union: Springbok missionaries lose their zeal00:02
Tory MP's libel award cut00:02
IBM's shake-up causes dollars 2.8bn loss for quarter00:02
UK poised for 2bn pounds Eurobond issue00:02
Flamboyant Galliano showing wins acclaim00:02
Cricket: Mike Brearley, the former England captain, was back practising at Lord's yesterday as captain of the England International Cricket Masters team00:02
Hockey: Police resources overstretched00:02
Tabloid TV00:02
US discounting hammers Hi-Tec00:02
A Bangladeshi police officer lends a guiding hand as a colleague halts traffic to allow a group of blind people to cross a road in Dhaka during a march in the city to mark World White Cane Day yesterday00:02
Tapie furious as Pentland calls off 215m pounds deal to buy Adidas00:02
Evidence on M25 gang 'was seriously flawed'00:02
Sentence increased00:02
Market Report: Chills on Wall Street turn London cold00:02
Sport in Short: Athletics00:02
Hormone therapy led dog astray00:02
Obituary: Noah Bee00:02
Rugby Union: French ask for same again00:02
Spelling tests for seven-year-olds00:02
Christie appeal ruling reserved00:02
Football: Middle men cut supplies: Phil Shaw reflects upon a frustrating night for Scotland and two players giving their coach cause for concern00:02
In Mansfield, they are waiting for Robin Hood to return: Miners' redundancy money will go only so far. What then, tourism? Esther Oxford visits a hard luck town being dealt yet another blow00:02
Letter: Coal industry shutdown 'will have a demoralising effect on the whole nation'00:02
Boost in car production gives a glimmer of cheer00:02
Cricket: Zimbabwe take guard for Test career00:02
Rugby League: Meninga certain to be fit for final00:02
Letter: Coal industry shutdown 'will have a demoralising effect on the whole nation'00:02
Letter: Coal industry shutdown 'will have a demoralising effect on the whole nation'00:02
Tamil loses final appeal for refuge00:02
Sport in Short: Boxing00:02
FILM / Hollywood, with reservations: Leo Burley talks to the British director of the documentary turned feature film Thunderheart00:02
Pilkington to cut 6,000 jobs00:02
Growing concern over Britain's disappearing land00:02
MUSIC / London Philharmonic / Tennstedt - Royal Festival Hall, London00:02
Resignation at Harmony stuns rebels00:02
Football: Wales allow themselves a wry smile: Trevor Haylett reports on the success of Terry Yorath's enterprising team in Cyprus00:02
Sport in Short: Basketball00:02
Letter: Ulster solution for Westminster00:02
Male unemployment at post-war high of 13.4%00:02
Birmingham Summit: Germans seek show of unity: Kohl's view00:02
Tennis: Davis Cup seeding for Britain00:02
Rebel investors demand change of board at SGI00:02
Birthdays00:02
'Difficult' sale pays off00:02
Rail passengers attack 'exploitative' fare rises00:02
'Black Thursday' as Finns pay for boom00:02
DIRECTOR'S CUT / A right Charlie: Benedict Mason, composer, reflects on setting Charlie Chaplin to music00:02
Golf: Koreans fall to slice of bad luck: Alfred Dunhill Cup00:02
Maunders produces rise in 'atrocious' conditions00:02
Letter: Romanian voting fails to add up00:02
160 die in Sri Lanka massacre00:02
Interest rate cut sought by City00:02
Beaverbrook preparing to declare bankruptcy00:02
National Express valued at up to 90m pounds00:02
Cameras set to trap speeding motorists00:02
Crisis in the mines: Heseltine takes lead on pits: Full Cabinet did not approve closures00:02
Comment: Getting out of the regulatory soup00:02
View from City Road: A barrelful of confidence in oil00:02
EC resists Bush over deal on subsidies00:02
Obituary: Barry Shenker00:02
Crisis in the mines: UDM leader stages sit-in at mine00:02
Juan Carlos lays to rest a haunting Spanish tragedy