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Keith Elliott at Large: Jolly giant of the green baize: The chimney sweep turned professional snooker referee was once described as the 'godfather of punk'00:02
RADIO / Goodbye to the House of Fun?: The BBC is talking about developing 'services of distinction and quality': could this mean the end of Radio 1 disc jockeys as we know them? Martin Kelner worries00:02
Kohl plan to send troops to Somalia00:02
FILM / 'Tis the season to be green and furry: The Muppet Christmas Carol (U) Brian Henson (UK); The Princess and the Goblin (U) Josef Gemes (UK / Hungary); Cool World (12) Ralph Bakshi (US); Mo' Money Peter MacDonald (US)00:02
Sport in Short: Equestrianism00:02
Rugby Union: Davies wants to expand Anglo-Welsh relationship00:02
Bhutan Society of the UK00:02
FILM / Rushes00:02
FILM / Crimes and misdemeanours: Quentin Tarantino doesn't lie like he used to, thanks to his spectacular debut, Reservoir Dogs. The director puts the record straight for Sheila Johnston00:02
Sport in Short: Squash00:02
Wave energy scientists fear cut in research cash00:02
Idealised body shape 'danger to human race'00:02
Middle East: Bush's Middle East policy on brink of ruin00:02
Letter: Wherefore art thou, Milton?00:02
Drink-drive informants' line set up00:02
Racing: Danny is destroyed00:02
Nato backs 'pause' over no-fly zone00:02
One pair sheep's horns. Destination unknown: . . . and no return address. When Santa slips up the missing mail detectives step in, says David Leafe00:02
Merrydown pays 8m pounds for soft drinks00:02
Scots MPs disrupt debates in fury over NHS opt-outs move00:02
Well-connected man returns00:02
Sports Letter: Kelly's claim on incidents00:02
Thames could be used to solve transport problems00:02
FILM / The lovey and the tramp00:02
Panic exhorts voters to choose peace over war00:02
Middle East: Syria intent on agreement to contain Israel: Charles Richards, Middle East Editor, visits the ruined town of Quneitra and assesses its significance in the search for peace in the region00:02
Squash: Walker marches forward00:02
Sport in Short: Rugby Union00:02
TELEVISION / Statistics00:02
Letter: The merits of application00:02
Letter: Safety standards in British Coal mines00:02
Rao survives00:02
Yeltsin hails new era in Russian relations with China00:02
Top-security inmates 'in a haze of drugs and alcohol'00:02
THEATRE / A revenger's tragedy: Paul Taylor on Peter Shaffer's new play The Gift of the Gorgon, at the Barbican00:02
Obituary: Liam O'Leary00:02
Lottery promises millionaires and museums00:02
Hispanic politician joins Clinton cabinet00:02
Sport in Short: Cricket00:02
DAF to shed more staff00:02
Court Circular00:02
Adoption detail is held from mother00:02
Equestrianism: Whitaker at the double00:02
Football: Taylor warns Wright of his responsibility00:02
Australia drops royal oath00:02
THEATRE / A revenger's tragedy: Paul Taylor on Peter Shaffer's new play The Gift of the Gorgon, at the Barbican00:02
Sport in Short: Basketball00:02
46 peace troops kidnapped00:02
Bosnian refugees arrive in Britain00:02
Newman and Baddiel. What a joke]: Girls scream, students queue, tills ring. But who's really laughing at this pair of comedians, and do they care anyway?00:02
OPERA / The world turned upside-down: Edward Seckerson comes reeling from ENO's new staging of Janacek's time-travelling fantasy, The Adventures of Mr Broucek00:02
Institute to review Labour's defeat00:02
Lawyers lose out after volunteering pay freeze00:02
Letter: Second to none00:02
Former polytechnic weighs mixed blessing: Hertfordshire University intends to learn lessons from its first assessment and build on its reputation for applied research. Michael Durham reports00:02
Soldiers accused00:02
Vitamin cuts risk of birth defects00:02
Rao survives00:02
Leading Article: Caught in the trap00:02
Appointments00:02
Cricket: England tour is given the green light00:02
Rival's 20% stake angers Devenish00:02
Murder of an old man symbolises Somali ills00:02
Sport in Short: Hockey00:02
BMA dismayed by hospital cash shortages00:02
Sharpen up your card sense00:02
Police use war technology in battle against car theft00:02
Boxing: Bowe signs lucrative TV deal00:02
Sports Listings: This Weekend: Husky racing - Rally Championship, Brandon00:02
FILM / Critical Round-Up00:02
Cricket: Sensational Simmons00:02
Out of Russia: Wired for water in the third zone00:02
Racing: Walker on route for Cup00:02
Birthdays00:02
Buy-and-fly deals take off in face of recession: David Nicholson-Lord looks at the 'free flights' on offer to shoppers (CORRECTED)00:02
Letter: Time is running out for hundreds of thousands of Bosnian Muslims00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Craxi unmoved by bribes inquiry00:02
TELEVISION BRIEFING / Caravan of love00:02
Obituary: Dan Maskell00:02
Jealous killer's husband told to leave the Army00:02
Man stabbed to death at station00:02
Sport in Short: Tennis00:02
FILM / Eric Rohmer Competition: Seasons greetings00:02
Boys charged over assault00:02
Electra's NAV falls by 8.75%00:02
Golf: Parry finding winds a breeze00:02
MUSIC / Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen, Royal Festival Hall, London00:02
Sports Listings: Plan ahead: American Football00:02
Letter: Time is running out for hundreds of thousands of Bosnian Muslims00:02
Cambridge is top university for research: History don resigns from panel over treatment of Oxford as first ratings to include former polytechnics are published00:02
Hardy Wessex raises interim00:02
Lottery promises millionaires and museums00:02
Middle East: Rabin finds backing for 'iron fist' in court00:02
Criticised charity to raise spending on administration00:02
Ashdown calls on UN to bolster forces in Bosnia00:02
NAPF backs down on pension proposal00:02
Six remanded in burnt girl case00:02
View from City Road: Generators come under spotlight00:02
Minorco tightens Oppenheimer link00:02
Sport in Short: Football00:02
Sport in Short: Athletics00:02
Law Report: Sunday trading rules do not breach EC law: Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Norwich City Council v B & Q plc - European Court of Justice, Luxembourg, 16 December 199200:02
Patient took his life in psychotic trance00:02
Books for Christmas: The transcendent sting of the butterfly: Ken Jones looks at current books about boxing legends00:02
Sports Letter: Rolling mauls00:02
Letter: Book clubs for all00:02
Surfing: Potter in taming of the tube00:02
Sports Letter: Right of opinion00:02
Lottery tickets 'should be on sale by 1994': Charities fear public support for smaller ventures may fall away00:02
Train crash blamed on red light error00:02
Technology lessons to be more practical00:02
Why lawyers suppress the truth: Paul Purnell QC and the Independent; Correction00:02
Diary00:02
Sailing: Long on spirit, short on funds: A British challenger for the Whitbread Race has designs on success. Stuart Alexander reports00:02
Findings hold key to funding and survival: Ngaio Crequer looks at what lies behind the ratings on research00:02
Law: The brothers for the workers: Union power may have declined, but membership can still offer big legal benefits. Sharon Wallach reports00:02
Gaidar given job as adviser00:02
Drunk raider carried to bank robbery00:02
FILM / The Last Detail: What's in a name? Initial thoughts on the letters of the law and the numbers game00:02
Brooke aims to deter syndicates00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
View from City Road: Caution would be wise for Walls00:02
Middle East: Muslims mediate between PLO and Hamas00:02
Holy water hinders man's miraculous recovery00:02
Cambridge is top university for research: History don resigns from panel over treatment of Oxford as first ratings to include former polytechnics are published00:02
DTI memo reveals job fears over data plans00:02
CU trims bonuses on life policies00:02
Sport in Short: Motor Racing00:02
Obituary: Liam O'Leary00:02
Leading Article: A flutter for the nation00:02
Sport in Short: Badminton00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Home thoughts on the taste of rowanberries: 'The Czar's Madman' - Jaan Kross: Harvill, 14.99 pounds (CORRECTED)00:02
TELEVISION / Death on the box00:02
Art list to shed light on 'hidden' treasures00:02
Smith launches 'big idea' for welfare state00:02
Epileptic took his life while under close observation00:02
Rugby Union: Clark taking off for the heady heights: Steve Bale on Chris Clark, the exciting England rugby union newcomer who is gathering speed00:02
Children take part in Coalfield Communities Campaign carol service00:02
Top-security inmates 'in a haze of drugs and alcohol'00:02
Column Eight: A bank in need of . . . money00:02
Jobless rise will hinder recovery00:02
The nagging doubt of the benefit: Polly Toynbee doesn't need the Government's money, but wonders whether John Smith's Commission on Social Justice will target the people who do00:02
Just maybe, we could live with greater Serbia00:02
Sport in Short: Baseball00:02
Letter: A lack of choice for ECT patients00:02
S Korean candidate trips over democracy00:02
Germany rejects call for rate cut00:02
Bosnian show of unity masks hatred: The image of brave defenders fighting together against Serbian attacks is not what it seems, Robert Fisk writes from Mostar00:02
Mother to sue over kidnapping00:02
Hotel owner accused of pounds 3m arson00:02
Obituary: John Page-Phillips00:02
Britain offers haven to Mediterranean bird00:02
Fitness teacher tells family of abduction ordeal00:02
Sport in Short: Boxing00:02
Hispanic politician joins Clinton cabinet00:02
Picture of armour mask given to Henry VIII00:02
Letter: Wherefore art thou, Milton?00:02
Letter: A lack of choice for ECT patients00:02
Imry loans cost Barclays 240m pounds00:02
House sales cash 'being clawed back'00:02
Hockey: HA looks for better discipline00:02
Gonzalez's party faces 'Spanish Inquisition': Allegations of corruption and mismanagement have put Socialists under pressure from opposition parties and the public00:02
U-turn on tainted blood affair00:02
Tunnel of gloom for rail freight: Hopes for carrying goods by train through the Channel tunnel look like being dashed. Christian Wolmar reports00:02
Single-track rail junctions 'built ignoring risks'00:02
Deportations 'kill' peace talks: Hamas threatens to attack civilians after Israel expels 417 Palestinians to Lebanon despite international protests00:02
FBI silent on seizing 'wrong man' in Mexico00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Letter: A question of sport00:02
City disappointed by unchanged growth in wages00:02
Sports Letter: Rangers' support00:02
Minister denies murdered journalist was British spy00:02
View from City Road: Rose is thorn in Barclays' side (CORRECTED)00:02
Gestetner bounces back in second half00:02
Letter: In praise of ancestral accents00:02
Sports Listings: This Weekend: Equestrianism - Olympia Horse Show, London00:02
BA wins Qantas as US bid fades00:02
THEATRE / Heartless, ICA, London00:02
Comment: Christmas message in the shops00:02
Football / Non-League Notebook: Ashurst brings breath of life00:02
Obituary: Professor Ronald Good00:02
Market Report: Takeover talk builds up Tarmac shares00:02
Sport in Short: Ice Hockey00:02
Murder case extradition is delayed00:02
Yeltsin hails new era in Russian relations with China00:02
Sport in Short: Skiing00:02
Mozart suffered incontinence of the emotions