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Rise in benefit claims linked to social change00:02
Leading Article: Dickleburgh vigilantes deserve a lighter sentence00:02
UK signals impatience over Hong Kong Talks: Chris Patten is to meet John Major in London as frustration grows over inconclusive Sino-British negotiations00:02
Kohl takes a low-key line on racism: Chancellor applauds Germany's response to burden of asylum-seekers and talks of easing laws on citizenship00:02
Publisher ends year with 6m pounds flourish00:02
Tarmac sells part of Econowaste for 44m pounds: Deal doubles ARC's landfill capacity00:02
Obituary: Patriarch Mstyslav00:02
Jimmy Young seeks truth in 'penal dustbin': Dartmoor, damned by Judge Tumim, is showing off its reforms. Esther Oxford reports00:02
Cambodian refugees from election violence00:02
Kenneth Clarke 1, Treasury 1: Bill Robinson, former special adviser to Norman Lamont, assesses the first battle for the mind of the new Chancellor00:02
Letter: Cuts would plunge arts into crisis00:02
Rebel advance00:02
The myth of a 'twilight world' is not helping the murder hunt: Chris Woods, a gay writer, looks at the tension between police and those at risk00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A hunger for men, chocolate and succulent jellies: 'Eating Children' - Jill Tweedie: Viking 15.99 pounds00:02
Market Report: Heinz cost-cutting takes a bite out of food shares00:02
Today's Number: 1500:02
China tests British patience00:02
Genetic engineering 'does not make oilseed rape more invasive'00:02
Student engineers get 500 pounds incentive00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Financial practices in schools attacked: Commission highlights accountability 'failures'00:02
Inside Line: Brawn shows he can provide the brains: Derick Allsop continues his look at the Benetton-Ford Formula One team. Here he to their technical director the problems of designing competitive grand prix car00:02
O'Reilly to head Waterford Wedgwood00:02
Fowler refuses to name foreign donors to Tories: Party chairman faces heated session of select committee as pressure grows on Tories to reveal sources of financing00:02
Obituary: Donald K. 'Deke' Slayton00:02
Bottom Line: Springtime for debt collectors00:02
Step forward for Yeltsin00:02
Lloyd's in new cash call: Gooda Walker members face demand for another pounds 157m despite SFO investigation00:02
Defendant death00:02
Universities favour 'pick and mix' courses00:02
Rugby League: Rovers place 1m pounds price tag on Newlove00:02
THEATRE / Welcome to the great outdoors: A Flea in Her Ear / Mold; The Winter's Tale / Lancaster00:02
USAir warns losses are likely again this year: BA ally rejects reported profit forecast00:02
Public Services Management Update: A good Reed00:02
Waiter jailed for life00:02
Vote-rigging claim halts Nigerian election: Fears of disorder after court stops publication of results with Yoruba-backed candidate heading for big win00:02
Rugby Union: Mighty Auckland provide extra test for tourists: In New Zealand one team has proved themselves invincible. Steve Bale reports00:02
Sports Letters: Name droppers00:02
Collor in court00:02
Croats and Serbs 'divide up' Bosnia: Muslim leader storms out of Geneva summit in protest at heavy attack on Gorazde00:02
View from City Road: Wrongdoers should be hit in the pocket00:02
Unlikely pair of big-time smugglers: Professional heroin traffickers may have been using Karyn Smith and Patricia Cahill as decoys00:02
Football: Venables loses Earl's support: Tottenham saga takes new twist while Charlton's men keep American dream alive00:02
Court Circular00:02
Charities: Teaching the Facts about Aids: Joanna Gibbon on the Foundation for Aids Counselling Treatment and Support00:02
Sports Letters: Blunt truth about sharp practices00:02
ANC sings its way into old City Hall00:02
The Daily Poem: Life on Earth00:02
'Terrible day' for Gorazde as shells rain down: Croats flee from villages ransacked in new Muslim land-grab as Serbian forces allow UN into besieged town00:02
Dilemmas: The 20 pounds question: what would you do?: Life's everyday dilemmas can loom large. In a new weekly series, Virginia Ironside invites you to share such problems - and to suggest solutions00:02
Tennis: Pierce files paternal suit: Father-coach fears Wimbledon ban00:02
Paris Post war: Art and Existentialism 1945-5500:02
Letter: Cuts would plunge arts into crisis00:02
Soros 'made dollars 650m last year'00:02
Football: Price of doing the business00:02
Modest size of Polly Peck's 'large sum'00:02
MUSIC / Keeping it short and sweet: Anthony Payne on the RPO's Grieg celebrations at the Royal Festival Hall00:02
Banda lies low after poll defeat00:02
Broker says plan is 'too dangerous' for members00:02
Letter: MP's sorrow over a child's death00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Propaganda war00:02
Estate agent to face her kidnapper: Victim to relive ordeal in giving evidence against man also accused of murder00:02
Birthdays00:02
TELEVISION / Statistics00:02
Letter: What jailed an editor00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Graduate: Time to talk shop: Retailing has come of age. It now offers graduates a variety of specialist career paths - from food technology to finance, says Philip Schofield00:02
Fisherman tempts true love with dainty dishes00:02
Letter: An enemy of human rights in Uganda00:02
Bridge: West over-reaches himself00:02
'Insulted' pop star forgives the Israelis: Elton plans return to Tel Aviv after angry departure00:02
Law Report: Video recognition evidence allowed: Regina v Caldwell; Regina v Dixon - Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)(Lord Justice Simon Brown, Mr Justice Henry and Mr Justice Potts), 25 May 199300:02
SCARPIA / Beauty without nearly enough cruelty: A week on the London concert scene - from mature-sounding Mendelssohn to muddy modernism00:02
Bottom Line: Gerry is the pacemaker at Granada00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Letter: An enemy of human rights in Uganda00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
View from City Road: Changing the rules is not part of Warburg's job00:02
Kravchuk decree00:02
Fashion: A simple dress is hard to beat: Scrunch it, roll it, crease it . . . this summer's essential dress combines easy fabrics with an enduring appeal, says Marion Hume00:02
Leading Article: A bit more remorse wouldn't go amiss00:02
Clinton cables envoys to boost global image00:02
Obituary: John Connally00:02
Pembroke: A poet for our times00:02
Racing: French make renewed impact with Splash: A jockey rejected in Hong Kong resumes with a leading role in the Coronation as the champion rider receives a four-day suspension00:02
Refuge fire 'arson'00:02
Public Services Management Update: What about the workers?00:02
May retail sales slip by 0.2%: City predicts interest-rate cut if recovery remains uneven00:02
Chancellor rules out increase in income tax: Clarke 'will keep manifesto pledges', reports Patricia Wynn Davies00:02
British tourist shot in Florida00:02
Sporting Digest: American Football00:02
Treasury sights set on cutting FO budget00:02
Haiti faces worldwide UN oil embargo: Security Council gives military regime ultimatum for restoration of deposed President Aristide00:02
Few tears and much laughter as friends remember a clown: Mothers-in-law joined celebrities to pay tribute to the comedian Les Dawson, writes Malcolm Pithers00:02
Letter: Spurred into action00:02
Camping out in West Hollywood: Roger Tredre sets out to discover what's up in Boys' Town, home to much of LA's gay community. To his surprise, he finds himself going native00:02
Granada plays for higher stakes: TV group likely to pursue merger and enter the national lottery line-up00:02
Cricket: Lindsay Hassett dies, aged 7900:02
Gays defiant as killer fails to disrupt bar scene: Attacks follow familiar pattern00:02
The West knows best - and don't forget it00:02
Ivory may cut trusts' discounts00:02
Chess: Kasparov and Short not rated by Fide00:02
ROCK / REVIEW: The grumpy duo: Andy Gill on Bob Dylan and Van Morrison at the Finsbury Park Fleadh00:02
Obituary: Duncan Browne00:02
Sheep dip hazard00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Phone numbers to be 'portable' by next year: Code changes herald 'explosion of new services', watchdog predicts00:02
Diary: MP who spooked the Russians00:02
City to be asked to dig deep for nuclear power: Private finance sought for Sizewell C reactor00:02
I breast-fed Jeremy while the bullets flew outside: When Jane Robertson, an aid worker, went to an Ethiopian war zone, she took her four-week- old son with her. Celia Dodd hears her story00:02
Gays defiant as killer fails to disrupt bar scene: Mistrust of police in a closed community may hinder search for murderer of five men despite attempts to forge closer links00:02
Murder charge00:02
Unlikely pair of big-time smugglers: Hopes rest on King of Thailand's power of pardon00:02
Letter: Happy times under a Greek tyranny00:02
All eyes on LA's millionaire trial: Brothers accused of murdering wealthy parents00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Silly Questions: The last word, by definition00:02
Sports Letters: Siding with left-handers00:02
TELEVISION / Not a lot of people know that: John Lyttle on Jonathan Ross's Fantastic Facts00:02
Vatican losing power in Italy: Catholics are queuing to join the new, untainted parties, writes Patricia Clough00:02
Leading Article: When secrecy must cease00:02
Cricket: Principles of Arlott honoured00:02
ROCK / Albums: As Young as you feel: Andy Gill on recycling, saving the planet, decadence and hedonism00:02
Public Services Management: Milestone in fight with Aids: Liza Donaldson visits a region in the vanguard of meeting the needs of a growing population of men and women infected by HIV00:02
Indian PM denies 200,000 pounds 'bribe': Bombay stockbroker insists he was buying patronage00:02
Labour acts on sexual equality00:02
Major's peace hopes00:02
Brothel guide00:02
THEATRE / All present and erect: Paul Taylor reviews Ranjit Bolt's stylishly smut-strewn translation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata at London's Old Vic00:02
Maxwell ghost haunts musical: Plan for 1.2m pounds show is met with legal threat00:02
Public Services Management Update: Blowing the whistle00:02
Inside Parliament: Peers given lesson in land access: Maiden speech by Earl Spencer focuses on responsible approach to use of the countryside - Bill attacks 'sleazy world of Tory finances'00:02
No is yes and more is less, but that's politics00:02
Goldman fined 160,000 pounds over Maxwell deals: SFA finds no evidence of illicit activity, but bank falls foul of reporting rules over late delivery of paid-for stock00:02
An every day story of not-so-friendly country folk: Gypsies were once a traditional part of rural England, but now it's middle class property values and tourism that matter. Peter Dunn reports fron Somerset on a campaign of intolerance00:02
Letter: Spurred into action00:02
Picking up a bargain in the cut-price shops00:02
Education: Technology / Not enough time or space: Revolt is brewing as favourite GCSE options are squeezed out00:02
ROCK / Gigs00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Staying on tap00:02
ROCK / A close shave and no cash back: When David Bowie signed to Savage, he took a long shot - and missed. John Adams reports00:02
Golf: Protective authorities take no chances: Security firm hired to guard US Open players and spectators from harm00:02
Gonzalez in search of a partner: Catalans and Basques ask a high price for their support in Spain's new government00:02
Obituary: Professor Sir Austin Robinson00:02
Racing: Keith Piggott dies aged 8900:02
Bank dismissal 'fair'00:02
Sporting Digest: Motor Racing00:02
City takes NFC profit fall badly00:02
Locks for train doors00:02
Letter: Small-scale schools00:02
Football / World Cup: Staunton's strike action00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Racing: Sought Out has stamina for slog00:02
Higher EducationL Not league tables, just facts: Universities are seeking the best ways to help potential students make informed choices. Liz Heron reports00:02
Economic gloom set to colour EC talks00:02
Experts say two Britons framed in heroin trial: Anthony Bevins re-examines the 'evidence' that put Birmingham teenagers in a Bangkok jail00:02
Sports Letters: Blunt truth about sharp practices00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Coach party escape00:02
US launches new air strikes on Somali warlord: Mogadishu echoes to sound of bombing hours after aid officials told it was safe to return and resume relief work00:02
Police to test side-handled batons: Howard reverses decision on protection for British officers. Terry Kirby reports00:02
Anagen floats with 15m pounds share placing00:02
Tories accused of 'favouring' Nadir: Cook challenges the Government to charge Polly Peck chief over failure to declare political donations00:02
Cricket: Groggy England take seat in the last-chance saloon: Third man adds a twist to the second Test as Gooch's moochers aim to end more than half a century of Australian dominance at Lord's00:02
Cricket: Eccentric excels in an age of conformity: Abominable showman or priceless example of Victorian value? Martin Johnson on Australia's enigma, Merv Hughes00:02
Row grows over beer duty change: Industry accused of hiding benefit00:02
Pepsi scare00:02
'Missing' 3.4 million voters put MPs at risk: Poll tax evasion could distort review, writes Rosie Waterhouse00:02
Tennis: Bates left to carry the flag: Home revival is checked by an experienced Australian whose win double sets up a quarter-final with the British No 100:02
ROCK REVIEW / Big thing in a little package: Giles Smith on the small but perfectly performed Gary Clark at Camden Jongleurs, London00:02
Golf: Europe aims to halt a roll at Baltusrol: Faldo leads a foreign contingent seeking to break an American stranglehold on the US Open which dates back to Jacklin's triumph in 197000:02
Ad complaint upheld00:02
Sports Letters: Lack of sensitivity00:02
Peers in 'wrecking' move over treaty00:02
Dump left to leak pesticide: Pollution to continue after company hands back waste disposal licence00:02
Rugby Union: Lions bounce back in joyous manner: Exuberant running and handling help tourists to their biggest win00:02
Government gives ground on petroleum tax00:02
Education: Technology / Mr Patten's next crisis in the making: What was meant to be a key part of education reforms has been a subject of frustration for teachers and pupils alike. Elaine Williams looks at a curriculum in chaos00:02
Jam yesterday and jam tomorrow: Dundee has lost Timex, but still has plenty going for it, says James Cusick00:02
Obituary: Lindsay Hassett