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Special Report on Cable & Satellite: The vital question of viewers: how are the numbers growing?: Are the forecasts optimistic? Jason Nisse examines the reasons for discrepancies in estimates00:02
Racing / Grand National: Rights issue created delay that led to chaos00:02
Rugby Union: Orrell's hospitality enjoyed by Wasps00:02
Letter: Concern about Maastricht's Social Chapter00:02
Letter: Enforcing payment of the council tax00:02
Motor Racing: Mansell recovers from horrifying crash: Britain's F1 champion misses oval-track debut after 170 mph IndyCar accident00:02
THEATRE / On life's broad canvas: Rhoda Koenig reviews Declan Hughes' New Morning at the Bush00:02
Cricket: Remarkable tie ends one-day extravaganza: West Indies and Pakistan share match and series00:02
Saatchi goes worldwide to lift revenue00:02
Locking into something new: Revamped Cambridge Industries makes its debut at Olympia00:02
Rebel leader sails off to underground cell00:02
President's man fights to stay in driving seat: Andrew Higgins in Voronezh sees a local version of the Moscow battle00:02
Letter: Self-perpetuating school governors00:02
Rugby Union: Waterloo line is expensive00:02
Further rail strike possible00:02
Letter: No restrictions on freedom of expression in Peru00:02
Italian Football: Toto football helps Inter close on Milan00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Spring Ram subsidiary fined 2,400 pounds00:02
Sporting Digest: Bowls00:02
Special Report on Cable & Satellite: Franchises count on local impact to widen their appeal: Cable companies realise that their popularity depends on creating character and diversity within regional communities, writes David Guest00:02
Sporting Digest: Judo00:02
Labour plan for young jobless00:02
Golf: Steady Standly secures his Masters card: First tournament wins for a cool American and an Italian who hits hot streak to break course record in final round00:02
Special Report on Cable & Satellite: All the latest news that's fit to use: Interactive business television is pointing to the 21st century, writes Steve Homer00:02
Rugby Union / Commentary: Fleetwood confirm their progress with cup triumph: Provincial Insurance end sponsorship but English junior clubs' competition continues its success in inspiring the game's grass roots00:02
Racing: Nigel Mansell avoids serious injury after hitting wall in practice for debut on an IndyCar oval circuit00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Football: Frail Forest are floored by McGrath: Villa return to top to put pressure on Norwich and United00:02
Heavy drinkers lose brain agility00:02
Football / FA Cup Semi-Final: Graham's mission realised by Merson00:02
Fujimori tries to calm media: Peru's President insists he will protect freedom of expression, but not all journalists are convinced00:02
Throne, mosque and parliament battle for power: Jordan's king hopes the ballot box will thwart Islamic extremism, writes Sarah Helm00:02
What Yeltsin needs next is power: As the US offers aid to Russia, Michel Tatu argues that economic progress is impossible in a country that has become ungovernable00:02
Azeris say Armenia is stepping up attack00:02
Football: Promotion rivals add to spiteful saga00:02
Kashmir march00:02
Kismayu pull-out00:02
Rugby Union: Bath fear life without Lions00:02
Gay men challenge UK law in Europe: Ban on homosexual acts under the age of 21 is 'breach of human rights'00:02
Letter: Anguish felt by asylum seekers00:02
Business and City: Summary00:02
HIV disclosure00:02
Extra payments bring threat of poverty trap: The dutiful father00:02
Rugby Union: Moon's resources take Llanelli into semi-finals00:02
British chips find life easier as french fries: Patrick Matthews on a Bristol invention with a 'Made in Grenoble' tag00:02
'New men' absent from campus00:02
Letter: Statistical odds that combined to cause the grand fiasco at Aintree00:02
Women stabbed00:02
Sporting Digest: Skiing00:02
Boy, 15, died on his first hunt protest00:02
Lessons of History: The lies that built up Russia: Force and fraud are too brittle a cement to hold together an empire, writes Norman Davies00:02
The World This Week: Major presses Manchester's Olympic case00:02
Grim SA vision of Aids future: New ways may emerge to fight epidemic00:02
OPERA / Dusting off the old sheets: Edward Seckerson reviews a revival of Queen of Spades at the Coliseum00:02
Sporting Digest: Volleyball00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Basketball: Cleave leaves it late for Worthing00:02
Recycling the greenhouse effect: A Japanese institute is planning to convert excess carbon dioxide into useful chemicals, reports Michael Cross00:02
'Recovery' Budget will fuel inflation, economists say: Item Club expects unemployment to top 3 million by the next general election00:02
Half a million should be enough to buy a little time00:02
Leading Article: Clearing the clutter from the curriculum00:02
Out of Cambodia: A hero in the land God forgot00:02
Racing / Grand National: Travel Over hurt by tape tangle00:02
Writing off the keyboard: Mary Fagan on a little helper that can be called up at the touch of a pen00:02
Sporting Digest: Speedway00:02
VOCAL HEROES / Out there on the street, up on the stage: She talked when she sang and sang when she spoke. In the fifth of our series on great voices, Patrick O'Connor discusses Edith Piaf00:02
James Earl Ray 'innocent'00:02
Tolerance survives Sarajevo's bombs: Marcus Tanner finds a people who, after a year under siege, refuse to succumb to the hatreds stalking their country00:02
TELEVISION / Up to their ears in it00:02
How I pray to be wrong about Ireland00:02
Peter Pringle's America: Lawyers on a slippery slope00:02
Football: Aberdeen show pedigree00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Sporting Digest: Swimming00:02
Diary: 5-11 April00:02
The end is nigh for 'separate development' : The dustbin of history beckons for the 'homelands', writes John Carlin00:02
English performance artists flower in foreign fields00:02
ICI boss warns of chemicals shake-up00:02
Obituary: Italo Tajo00:02
African music and dance marks 25th anniversary of assassination of Martin Luther King00:02
Sporting Digest: Motocross00:02
Bellamy joins battle to save colony of great crested newts: Rare amphibians' habitat earmarked by council for 35-acre rubbish tip00:02
Interview fuels woman's concern over disclosure: The violent partner00:02
Letter: Investing in a British road-pricing system00:02
Birthdays00:02
Special Report on Cable & Satellite: New markets open up in telephony: The technologies are having an impact in a variety of fields, writes David Guest00:02
Special Report on Cable & Satellite: No-charge channels may be on way out: Peter Purton outlines what the future holds00:02
Leading Article: Who pays for a father's sins?00:02
Prison praised00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
Togo coup death00:02
Letter: Statistical odds that combined to cause the grand fiasco at Aintree00:02
Athletics: Long distance records00:02
Cable TV companies snatch BT's business: Cut-price telephone services attract 15,000 customers a month as fibre networks spread00:02
Boxing: Brighter future for ABA00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
We have fans and mantillas; have we the legs?: Louise Levene watches the toil, sweat and temperament as the Royal Ballet prepares its new 'Don Quixote'00:02
Sporting Digest: Rowing00:02
Special Report on Cable & Satellite Present and future landscape00:02
COALES' NOTES / The quest for an unborn art-form: Gordon Coales settles in at Ars Longa and looks for a gap in the art-prize market00:02
Muslims forbidden to flee with UN convoy: Srebrenica leaders defy Bosnian President's order, saying evacuation aids ethnic cleansing00:02
Such a chirpy Chancellor00:02
Tide turns for cocaine hit-men: Vigilantes hunt Colombian killers00:02
Republicans stall00:02
Punters are off for the pounds 75m National return stakes: Bookmakers consider legal action after Aintree fiasco00:02
Policemen shot00:02
Union offers talks in schools dispute: Patten urged to simplify curriculum00:02
Police pelted00:02
Football: Millwall rescued by globetrotter00:02
Light touch has a host of woodland daffodils dancing: An ancient skill is restoring life to our forests, says Simon Hadlington00:02
Football Commentary / FA Cup Semi-Final: Wandering Waddle becomes a wonder of the modern world: Kelly's heroics are not enough as Sheffield Wednesday parade a passing majesty to ensure their second cup final at Wembley this season00:02
US gives pounds 1bn down payment to Russia: Help for Yeltsin in referendum - Clinton looks to G7 for more00:02
Court Circular00:02
Letter: Anguish felt by asylum seekers00:02
Ministers focus on invalidity benefits to reduce spending: Planned guidelines for family doctors would tighten the rules on eligibility for allowances. Colin Brown reports00:02
ICL to report profits down by a third00:02
Special Report on Cable & Satellite: Interactive television for all is approaching us rapidly: Join the players at a football match or order your holiday brochure. Steve Homer looks at dramatic changes in the way we watch the box00:02
Rail privatisation 'threat to rural life': Report predicts line closures and rising fares00:02
Racing / Grand National: Race was run in near record time00:02
Football / FA Cup Semi-Final: Adams plays avenger to end Spurs adventure: Arsenal battle their way to the final despite the dismissal of Dixon as Tottenham are punished for failing to trouble Seaman00:02
Senior police admit officers bent rules: Evidence 'planted and embroidered'00:02
Racing: Aintree authorities reject idea of a Grand National rerun: Jockey Club begins inquiry into big race as bookmakers counting the multi-million pound cost of fiasco ponder legal action00:02
Rugby League: Wigan may have cause to regret error: Championship is left hanging in the balance after a slip-up by Robinson lets in Castleford00:02
Today's Number: 1,980,00000:02
IRA suspect on run from Brixton is held in Ireland00:02
Special Report on Cable & Satellite: Advertisers aim to stop the sideshow: Their role in raising revenue is small but they are selling more, writes Jason Nisse00:02
The gigaflop that thinks it's a teraflop: A small British supercomputer company has captured one of America's most prized contracts with its 'monster machine'. Greg Wilson explains00:02
Greenpeace condemns search for oil in Welsh bay00:02
The Daily Poem: Three Ways of Looking at God00:02
Obituary: Lord Zuckerman00:02
Letter: Statistical odds that combined to cause the grand fiasco at Aintree00:02
Sporting Digest: Billiards00:02
Hockey: England show fighting quality: England defeat Olympic champions twice in successive days00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Satellite from the apocalypse that never happened: 'Places of the Mind. The Life and Work of James Thomson' - Tom Leonard: Jonathan Cape, 25 pounds00:02
Ice Hockey: Britain take elite place with gold00:02
Guide drops 70 beaches as health risks: Sewage pollution still a major problem00:02
Sporting Digest: Australian Rules00:02
Army's supply-side move00:02
Sporting Digest: Table Tennis00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Rugby League: St Helens romp past weary Leeds00:02
Football: Fatigue endangers Rangers00:02
'Secret defence cuts' denied00:02
Sporting Digest: Diving00:02
TELEVISION / BRIEFING: If paradise is half as nice00:02
Chess: Long-suffering Short00:02
Letter: Statistical odds that combined to cause the grand fiasco at Aintree00:02
Man charged00:02
Obituary: Richard Diebenkorn00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Food barons strike it rich00:02
Lone parents 'to be thrust deeper into hardship': Today the Child Support Agency takes over responsibility for maintenance, in one of the most important changes in family law for 20 years. Adam Sage reports00:02
Leading Article: Horse race ruined, not many dead00:02
Rugby Union: Humiliated Welsh committee walk out: Furious clubs' no confidence vote leaves WRU secretary in untenable position00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Sporting Digest: Motorcycling00:02
Sporting Digest: Aerobics00:02
Racing / Grand National: National's flagging reputation may be beyond recall: Trainers call for a halt to recrimination while the Jockey Club begins its inquest into the events that triggered abandonment00:02
Mercy flights resume to besieged city00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Obituary: Lord Zuckerman00:02
Therapists seek laws on sex with patients: Celia Hall at the British Pyschological Society conference00:02
Racing / Grand National: The rule that caused a void00:02
Pembroke: Lessons from the dust-up at Cedar00:02
Mother fears ruling will end her right to benefit: The divorcee00:02
French Socialists close to a split00:02
Golf: Rocca runs off with first Tour title00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
A learning-by-choice revolution: Faced with fierce opposition, John Patten explains why his reforms will strengthen education00:02
Sir David, the Chief Useful Idiot to China00:02
TELEVISION / Review of the week00:02
Happy Anniversary: Top week for bananas00:02
Commodities: Iraq has the oil price over a barrel00:02
Rallies urge politicians to put peace first: Thousands gather to condemn Ulster violence as Dublin campaigner flies to Belfast and London for demonstrations00:02
Appointments00:02
Let's be honest about lonely hearts00:02
Mutinous troops00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Football / European Round-Up: Marseille move up to the top00:02
Smaller Companies: Why Goldsmiths could prove a gem00:02
The Vancouver Summit: Yeltsin looks for a silver lining: Russian leader impresses Clinton with his vision of the future00:02
Judo: Gordon's argument tarnishes his sport: Off-mat mayhem mars British Open00:02
Best & Worst of Times: I was so excited at finally coming out of the closet: Armistead Maupin Talks To Danny Danziger00:02
International Art Market: A good month for baseball cards and pasha's furnishings00:02
British Coal admits secret deal over pension fund: Labour energy team will question Heseltine about payments00:02
Inexperience blamed for Major's year of troubles: Parkinson points to Prime Minister's fast promotion00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Law Report: Case Summaries00:02
Climber killed00:02
Obituary: Lord Zuckerman00:02
Greenpeace condemns search for oil in Welsh bay