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My Week: I've found a whole new world of phlegm: Switching his brand of cigs is just one more novelty of life on the dole for Thomas Ho00:02
Sailing: West is best for Hains: Challenge leaders in fight to finish00:02
The Spanish Election: Crisis issues face voters00:02
Presidential helicopter crashes00:02
Home Computer: Facing the pitfalls: Nigel Willmott counts his blessings for a lucky escape00:02
Storehouse gains offset by disposal costs: Operating profits soar at BhS and Mothercare as sales show a 10% improvement00:02
Obituary: Ronald Aubery00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Table Tennis: English ambitions stymied00:02
Leading Article: Straight talk about Aids00:02
Public Spending: Portillo measures the benefits of targeting: Social security is the 'cuckoo' that the Chief Secretary is seeking to evict from the Treasury nest00:02
Football: 'Andy will now be a folk hero with the fans'00:02
Today's Number: 333,33300:02
Hope deferred in HK talks: Hints of compromise at a later date00:02
Bottom Line: Pertinent questions00:02
Athletics: Bupa International Festival - Aberdeen00:02
Cambodians prepare for worst as poll tension grows: Fears of violence lead to stockpiling of food and arms in run-up to Sunday's multi-party elections00:02
Law Update: Sofia, so good00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Football: Graham's hard men stand firm00:02
Cardiff jail infested by filth and vermin: Inspectors say conditions 'as bad as have been found in any prison'00:02
First book printed in English to be sold: Volume by Caxton could fetch pounds 500,00000:02
Georgian ceasefire breaks00:02
Sporting Digest: Diving00:02
Pounds 25,000 book prize00:02
TELEVISION / Cut Short: Thomas Sutcliffe on Ric Burns' Death of a Wagon Train00:02
Myth 2: 'Straight' sex is safe: Heterosexual sex is safe00:02
Law Update: French leave00:02
The Spanish Election: PR system counters tyranny of Franco00:02
Myth 3: Researchers have exaggerated the problem00:02
Letter: Prerequisites for democracy in the EC00:02
Canoeing: International slalom - Nottingham00:02
Public Spending: Thatcherite remains true to his ideology: Colin Brown looks at the career of a man tipped as a future Tory prime minister00:02
Spreading the notion that lifestyle, not a virus, is to blame (CORRECTED)00:02
Football: Coppell ends his nine-year Palace tenure00:02
Law: Firms pay price for performance: Profit-related salaries are a growing trend, says Neasa MacErlean00:02
Rugby Union: Barnes leads Lions into the unknown: Relaxation in short supply as tourists prepare for their first match against North Auckland00:02
Chief schools inspector returns to his roots00:02
Gerrard turns in 60% advance: Discount house group reports rise virtually across the board00:02
Britain saves day for National Australia: Interim dividend up as profits jump 25% despite flat markets00:02
Man burnt to death00:02
Companies warned on selective leaks: Stock Exchange cracks down on exploitation of price-sensitive information00:02
SET REPORT / A hard day's night: In a sleazy Hamburg bar somewhere off Ladbroke Grove, Monique Roffey watches the Beatles in action00:02
Racing: Hopes are higher for Fatherland00:02
Myth 4: It is a world away00:02
The Daily Poem: Stubble fields00:02
Surface tension: A split second before the bubble bursts for an Olympic swimmer00:02
Cricket: England backing wrong one-day horses: Doubts arise over fresh blood policy but Caddick proves Ashes pedigree00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Racing: Seemar turning on the heat: A climatic advantage could help a Middle East-based trainer to flourish with a filly with a fine chance in tomorrow's Irish 1,000 Guineas00:02
Pru in row over board re-elections: Consultants advise against three big names00:02
Venezuela President 'plot victim'00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
President faces corruption trial: Venezuela cabinet resigns after ruling00:02
View from City Road: It's looking much better on the jobs front00:02
Marketing changes hit SBG shares00:02
Heavy metal fatigue00:02
The Spanish Election: Fading memories and rising right trouble Gonzalez: As campaigning officially begins in Spain, Phil Davison reports from Madrid on the daunting problems facing the ruling Socialists00:02
Mr Rabin's cavalry is coming00:02
Croatia 'ready to make peace' with Serbia: Secret talks provoke Muslim fears of a territorial carve-up in Bosnia00:02
Ferguson restructuring helps double profits00:02
The Bluffer's Briefing: Multiple Births00:02
BR pension takeover abandoned00:02
Obituary: The Right Rev Kevin O'Connor00:02
Sun-tan warning00:02
Royal check-up00:02
OPERA / Case solved: Raymond Monelle on Janacek at Scottish Opera00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Grimsby sextuplets are signed up for stardom: Babies make good progress as the sponsorship talks begin00:02
Out of Russia: Summertime and the snow makes you sneezy00:02
Taking a crack at the Mozart: On Wednesday, after a year of complaints about drugs, police swooped on the notorious London estate. What took them so long? Heather Mills reports00:02
Feelings run high over 'unjust system'00:02
Letter: Competition is to blame for alleged bad blood at Oxford00:02
Tories put into a spin by Portillo: Refusal to rule out prescription charges for pensioners dismays MPs00:02
Climbers named00:02
View from City Road: SmithKline forges a promising link-up00:02
Universities seek pounds 3bn for renovations00:02
Historians bemused at pounds 7.7m for calculator00:02
Pembroke: Deadline count-down00:02
Bottom Line: Accruals may be better for age of full disclosure00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Waigel loses Bavaria bid00:02
FILM / Between the devil and the deep blue sea: Kevin Jackson on the release of James Cameron's director's cut of The Abyss, with a restored 28 minutes of footage. Plus Nowhere to Run and I Was On Mars00:02
THEATRE / Mother love: Paul Taylor reviews Juno and the Paycock in the West End00:02
Law Update: Partners in profit00:02
Judges rule on proper test for negligence00:02
Drawing new lines00:02
Fashion retailer back to profit00:02
Scottish Power payouts set for growth: Fuel costs cut by 5 per cent; Police probe illegal multiple share applications00:02
Walesa gives backing to strike-hit government00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
BR's profitable freight operations to be split into three: Future of loss-making services remains uncertain as Government publishes privatisation proposals00:02
One flew out of the cuckoo's nest: Jimmy Laing spent half a century in mental institutions. Why? That's a good question, and a very good read00:02
Law: Judging on legal ability rather than disability: Sharon Wallach talks to the woman who chairs the Group for Solicitors with Disabilities about its work00:02
Equestrianism: Ledingham safely home and dry: Rain makes going hazardous but Irish emerge on top00:02
Labour costs falling at record rate: Big jump in productivity reflected in first-quarter figures00:02
Edible flowers pass the taste test: Safety warnings issued as floral ingredients grow in popularity00:02
Oxleas option00:02
Sex attack arrest00:02
Letter: Prerequisites for democracy in the EC00:02
Battered home buyers flock for a fix: Deals that guarantee a set interest rate are being snapped up despite expensive conditions. Vivien Goldsmith reports00:02
Letter: How many people should be farming the land?00:02
Boxing: Pyatt's pride of place: Leicester's middleweight rides high00:02
Arsenal win FA Cup with extra-time goal00:02
MUSIC / A modern master: Jan Smaczny welcomes the premiere of Hugh Wood's latest string quartet00:02
Lorry bomb injures 13 in Belfast city centre attack: IRA marks local election count with 1,000lb device00:02
Dentists guilty of misconduct00:02
Ethiopia's rebels take revenge on alma mater: The new government has sacked 42 university teachers in an ethnic purge. Richard Dowden reports00:02
Football / FA Cup Final Replay: Wednesday left in Linighan's wake: Waddle's heroics end in tears as an unsung defender plays poacher to give Arsenal unprecedented double00:02
Murder acquittal00:02
Tory MPs in record revolt: Lamont leaves door open for ERM re-entry (CORRECTED)00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Obituary: Dele Charley00:02
Blaze mix-up00:02
Obituary: Curt Martin Riess00:02
View from City Road: Nursing Mothercare back to health00:02
Call to ban illegal curses00:02
Iran says West will kill Rushdie00:02
TELEVISION / Critical Round-up00:02
Sporting Digest: Table Tennis00:02
Cities to burn rubbish under pollution plan: Royal Commission rejects calls to cut waste and boost recycling00:02
Hostage gunman buried00:02
Trade Center bomb charge00:02
Doctors in Allitt case fight for reinstatement: Consultants sacked from unit where children were murdered 'are scapegoats'00:02
Westbury hopes upturn will accelerate in second half00:02
COMEDY / When it's time to give up the day job: Would you give up the security of a monthly salary to pursue a dream of stardom? Gizelle Rahman talks to three performers about the moment they decided to take the plunge00:02
Next Week in Parliament00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Motor Racing: Hill ignores bad weather to scale mountain: Briton makes light of inexperience to beat his Williams team-mate in the race for provisional pole position00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Home Computer: Direct marketing code of conduct launched00:02
Unemployment falls again: Third successive drop in monthly figures a fiddle, Labour says00:02
Somali woman building a hut00:02
Crabtree to reverse into Somerset00:02
Letter: Competition is to blame for alleged bad blood at Oxford00:02
Market Report: Laura Ashley chairman steps down and sells shares00:02
'Distant Drums' goes too far: Court silences woman who played Jim Reeves songs 18 hours a day00:02
Ukraine PM resigns in battle with President00:02
Plan Ahead: Cowes Week00:02
The Butcher of Whitehall has a blunt knife00:02
Police told justice is 'near collapse'00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
CANNES DIARY / Cause for effect: Sheila Johnston finds that stars are choosing guarded seclusion over the estival's glare00:02
Law Update: When in Rome00:02
Prescription charges set to rise by another 25p00:02
Letter: How many people should be farming the land?00:02
British Gas to cut more jobs than planned00:02
Rapist convicted00:02
Hackers ran up bills of pounds 25,000 for victims: Two unemployed men who communicated by codeword but never met used cheap computers to hack into specialist databases around the world00:02
Cricket: Benson ties up Notts00:02
At Large: Everest's ever-lasting effect on those who feel its force: A former SAS soldier has lost his toes and broken his neck in a glorious but painful obsession with the world's highest point00:02
FILM / Desperately trying to die hard: Adam Mars-Jones finds that the thriller Passenger 57 fails to live up to some of its predecessors00:02
132 die in Colombian plane crash00:02
Rugby Union: Cunningham resigns before Bristol can dismiss him00:02
Leading Article: Wider values of the welfare state00:02
Heterosexual HIV epidemic predicted00:02
School forced to close by row over 'racist' expulsion: A dispute has broken out over the decision to isolate a boy aged 10 who was expelled last January, then reinstated compulsorily. Mary Braid reports00:02
Birthdays00:02
'Better drama' pledge for BBC1: Yentob rejects accusation that he is indifferent to ratings00:02
Cuba eye epidemic baffles US expert00:02
Steamy female boss lands in hot water00:02
France unmoved by memories of a revolutionary summer: Julian Nundy looks back on the May 1968 riots, when students in Paris brought power to the people00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Law Update: Students in debt00:02
Letter: How many people should be farming the land?00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Inside Parliament: Last post sounds in Commons for treaty Bill00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Lilley accused of misleading MPs over post offices: Fears that benefits payment move could lead to 5,000 closures. Rhys Williams reports00:02
Operating results nudge down at Kunick00:02
Complaints over level of TV violence soar00:02
Rushes00:02
Chesterfield rise boosts property: Healthier net asset value and profit increase lift shares00:02
We'll always be foreigners in this beautiful land: The Danes may have voted for closer European ties, but they remain suspicious of outsiders, says Margaret Dolley00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Court Circular00:02
Doomsday preacher jailed00:02
Clinton advised to commit US ground troops to Bosnia: Anonymous 'senior official' offers policy guidance to President00:02
FILM / Critical round-up00:02
Leading Article: The right balance on school exclusions00:02
Obituary: Nemesio Antunez00:02
Golf: Jacklin ready to dine out on the seniors table: Gary Player Classic launches second season of the over-50s Tour as an American Ryder Cup player takes a back seat to a European contender00:02
Golf: Gilford leaves Cook adrift00:02
Letter: Citizenship in Estonia00:02
Snooker: Lung cancer operation for Mountjoy00:02
Education charters given cool reception00:02
Outside Edge00:02
Letter: Competition is to blame for alleged bad blood at Oxford00:02
Island's native must move fast to stay ahead of invaders00:02
BOOK REVIEW / She was a lovely girl my daughter was: 'May the Lord in His Mercy be Kind to Belfast' - Tony Parker: Cape, 16.99 pounds00:02
Obituary: John Newman00:02
Home Computer: The Lord helps them that go 'on-line': Rupert Goodwins lays down the law on how to get the most out of modems00:02
Italian Socialists fight for party's soul: Reformist leader resigns in anger from beleaguered movement as old guard thwarts change00:02
Ask a silly question and get a silly question for an answer00:02
John Laing to raise pounds 39m for expansion00:02
Citicorp brings in spending controller00:02
Clinton finally pulls plug on Angola rebels: US recognition boosts government00:02
Inveresk to float with pounds 79m placing00:02
Diary00:02
People: Leisurely trim on Hair Force One00:02
Law Report: Manslaughter guidance: Regina v Prentice and others. Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) (Lord Taylor of Gosforth, Lord Chief Justice, Mr Justice Henry and Mr Justice Blofeld), 20 May 199300:02
Basildon arrest00:02
Former Beirut hostage marries00:02
Home Computer: How to stay afloat in the cut-throat PC bazaar: More than pounds 1m has been lost by personal computer buyers in recent company collapses. David Hewson gives some hints on protecting your money when buying by mail order